A few hours later...
Sythe What now?
Laura 2 We go down.
Sythe Then up?
Laura 2 Mm-hmm.
Sythe Why can't there be a bridge?
Laura 2 There was, but she caused its disassembly.
Natani 2 Me!?
Trace Let's not point fingers at anyone! If this is the only way down then-
Laura 2 There's a stairway, carved into the cliff.
Kyle This is more of a cuesta.
Keith A what?
Kyle A ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other. This is the "dip"--the gentle slope--and the fortress is built on the "scarp"--the steep slope--as if a moat was built around it.
Raine Then how do we-
Laura 2 A passageway, built deep into the fortress.
Trace Good. Take the staircase, then the passageway.
Kyle How can horses climb this?
Trace Laura, can you please lead the way?
Laura 2 Y-yes, my Lord.
Natani 2 Wait, someone's coming!
Trace Alistair... Run! Hide!
Everyone ran and hid behind nearby trees.
Sythe/Natani 2/Kyle/Laura 2 This won't work...
An army jumped up from the cliff and examined the first set of trees.
Alistair <Cut them down! Find them!>
Flora "Find them?" *gasp*
Alistair ...<Who's there? Show yourself!>
After a moment...
Sythe/Raine/Trace/Keith/Kyle/Natani 2/Laura 2 Flora, no!
But too late...
Alistair *gasp* <A tigress? But how!? State yourself!>
Flora ...
Alistair <Speak!>
Crack!
Flora <F-Flora...>
Alistair <"Flora?" Where do you come from? Answer me!>
Crack!
Flora <A-a village.>
Alistair ...<Why did the Lord leave you there?>
Flora <I-I don't know->
Alistair <Silence!>
Crack!
Alistair <Are you or are you not the Lord's royal?>
Flora <R-royal what?>
Crack!
Flora *sob, sob*
Alistair <Are you the Lord's royal!?>
Flora <I'm his wife!> *gasp*
The blurt blushed everyone.
Alistair <"W-wife?" Th-the Wife of the Lord? I-I didn't- What were you doing out here?>
Flora *sob* <I... I->
Alistair <Please, say no more. Sorry for the, er, misinterpretation. Let's return you.>
Flora W-what! <N-no!>
Alistair He has a lot to explain...
Flora *muffled* Trace!
Trace ...
Natani 2 That's just great! We lost her!
Trace We'll get her back.
Once Alistair and his army vanished...
Trace Laura, lead the way!
Laura 2 A-as you wish, m-my Lord. He has a wife?
Natani 2 A wife? Huh...
Down the stairway...
Sythe Uh, where's the passageway?
Laura 2 Uh... Uh...
Trace You do know where it is, right?
Laura 2 We follow Alistair through it.
Sythe "We!?"
Natani 2 I think she meant was when she was still in the army, each Fox and Wolf would follow their leader through this passageway.
Trace But?
Kyle We didn't follow Alistair.
Sythe Dammit! We were so close!
Trace Think hard, Laura! Where is the passageway?
Natani 2 She's as good as dead.
Laura 2 *whimper*
Trace Natani!
Flora Uh, guys?
Keith What is it?
Flora There's something carved into the rock.
Kyle An outline.
Raine The passageway!
Natani 2 Huh, we weren't lying the whole time. I guess I owe you.
Trace Later. Let's get in. Kyle?
Kyle tried pushing the door, then pulled it. It swung open, the thick slab of rock. One by one, they walked up the stone stairs.
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TwoKinds: Dimensional Catastrophe
FanfictionOne day, Trace, Flora, Keith, Sythe and Raine wander in the woods, lead by Kyle, when stumble upon a mysterious device that teleports them into two alternate worlds! When three worlds collide, would our friends save them all? (Warning: Some mature c...
