Chapter: Chapter 3 - The Beginning of a Long Journey

So and on it goes!
Hope you like it again and thank you for the dear clerks!
Bye, angi-chan ^ - ^

It had been two days since Rie "moved in" with Kensuke. Kensuke's servants had brought all her personal belongings and she had got her own room. The room alone was bigger than her entire apartment, and she hadn't eaten so well in a long time.
Still, she felt uncomfortable. She had this… dream every night now and the girl still couldn't understand it. Which was very disturbing.
Ken noticed that she was not doing so well and always tried to comfort her. But it didn't help. She was even more worried after each dream.
That evening Rie went to bed early because she was very tired and wanted to think about that dream again. The girl did not want to sleep because she was afraid of having that dream again.
But at some point she had to sleep. As she was about to close her eyes, she was suddenly blinded."What is it now?" Asked Rie. Your chain, it shone! Like in her dream.
"Rie ... Rie ... come ... find me. Only you can ... Rie ..."The voice came from the chain !? The girl got scared. A chain that speaks? That can not be.
"Follow me!"came from the chain and a ray of light emanated from it and led into the forest. Rie was scared. But she also wanted to know what this chain was all about. So she quickly got dressed and climbed out the window. It was now 11 o'clock and therefore dark. The girl wandered through the forest, always after the light. In the dark this forest looked dangerous and eerie. But Rie paid no attention and just kept walking.
After a few minutes she came to the coast. "I didn't even know the beach was that close," she said aloud to herself. The light seemed to come from the rock of the cliffs, but there was nothing there. "What do I do now?" She asked herself. "Rie?" Someone called from behind her.She turned and saw Kensuke. "Ken? What are you doing here?" Rie asked surprised. He stood in front of her fully dressed with his wooden sword in his belt. "I saw that you climbed out of your room ..." he explained to her "... and ran after you. I was worried." Rie looked at the floor. "I'm sorry, Ken! But ... my necklace! It suddenly started to glow and she spoke to me! I finally wanted to know what this dream meant." Kensuke smiled at her. "It's okay. I knew that you had to search until you found the answer. And that's why I'm here. I'll help you and in an emergency I'll protect you." Rie blushed again. But this time she didn't hide it. She smiled at him and said, "Thank you!"
Now they both turned to the wall. "Must be something here ...", Kensuke thought aloud and stepped up to the wall. But there was nothing to be found. “Ah, wait. My chain!” Rie took off her chain and held it near the wall.Shortly afterwards, a large cave opened into which a staircase led down. "Are we going?", Kensuke wanted to know from Rie. "Let's go!"
Kensuke went ahead and Rie followed. It was pitch dark and they could only feel their way. "What do you think we'll find down there?" Rie asked anxiously. "I don't know," said Ken.
At the end of the stairs they saw an exit a few meters away. They walked slowly towards it and when they passed through they couldn't believe their eyes. They were standing on a cliff and in front of them was a huge valley. It was a jungle with rivers and lakes. "How can something like that exist down here?" The girl wondered. Kensuke was just as surprised, then he had no answer to the question. "Let's take a look around," he said finally. Rie nodded and followed him.
The jungle was huge. They met many animals that Rie was particularly fond of. Suddenly Kensuke stopped so that she almost ran into him."What's going on?" She wanted to know when he had drawn the wooden sword. "There is someone here.", He just said and continued to listen.
Rie was scared she looked around and saw something in a bush behind her. She got a fright and screamed.