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Chapter 6 - Chapter 2 part 2

Jackie soon walked back into the clear grassy field but it seemed to be on another side. His eyes looked back at the forest for a quick moment wondering about the cat before deciding to see what else this location contained. He adjusted his foot comfortably in his leather boots as he started to walk through the dirt as he looked upwards, assuming that a couple of minutes or more has passed by as he noticed a flowery smell coming from nearby. He saw a couple of flowers which look to be dandelions, daisies and a strange flower with black-orange petals. It was slightly taller than the other two flowers and what looked to be a exotic sweet honey liquid.

Jackie thought he saw this flower somewhere before, it was probably a rare type of flower that he saw in the UK. He swore he did saw it when he was visiting an museum about natural plants and animals that rotted over time when they died out. He couldn't remember what was the name of the flower however. He did not want to pick it out, so he left it alone as he stood up and walked into a pathway while being attentive to whoever may be passing next to him. The pathway was drier and seemed to have stones scattered around through the grass and dirt then the other one that Jackie went through in the forest. It also had a couple of small twigs laid on there.

Jackie saw a water well nearby as he turned. It was made out of old stone that looks to be about a few decades old with a couple of flowers growing around it. There was a bucket that looked to be made out of the wood gently swaying in the air and was half-full with water. Jackie bent downwards seeing the water inside of the well and it was nearly empty from how much people had used it. He noticed that the bucket stopped swaying as a bluebird flew by with it's wings flapping as it's feathers ruffled in the air. He looked up from the water well as he noticed on what looks to be a small town nearby which looked to be urbanised.

He looked at himself which had the rags and muttered to himself "I don't want to look like this if I ever want to go inside. I should probably find something else." Jackie got up before noticing a cave nearby. He wondered why he should go into a cave but remembered that there was some crystals back where he went into a cave where it had crystals back in the UK. He sighed, not having much of a choice as he went inside looking around the darkness. He saw a couple of torches lighting up the cave as he decided to jump up grabbing the stick of one of the torches as he held it in his left hand. He walked through the cold stone seeing a bunch of spiders crawling away. They were hairy, running on all 8 legs as Jackie jumped again but this time in fear. Oh how he hated those spiders, especially the big and hairy ones.

Jackie went deeper into the cave as he heard noises of bats and some other unintelligible noise. He started to hear growling, as he took a step backwards. He tried to focus on his emotions as he felt a bit scared. But his curiosity made him continue further as he saw something rushing towards him. Jackie threw down the torch as he heard a whimper as it stopped in front of it and he looked upwards as his eyes widened in shock. It was a beast covered in fur and had sharp teeth with the smell of meat coming from it, it had several scars on it and it's ear had a chunk of flesh being ripped out as it's orange eyes looked down at the torch with unnatural look of fear. Jackie determined that it was some sort of strange canine that didn't have a tail as it started to run away on all fours.

Jackie picked up the torch as he wondered why was this strange animal in this cave as he saw more spiders crawling through as he attempted to get away from them. He could feel the cave start to get chilly as he went into a area where the gates were closed. Jackie entered and looked around in surprise...

The area looked dug out as there was a couple of tunnels going through the dirt above, there were a bunch of stone that were put in baskets and it looked to be a area where people operated. Jackie saw that there was materials such as clay, dirt and wood also put in baskets. Jackie wondered why are people building with such primitive resources which weren't like steel and metal. He decided to figure out more clues about this place as he walked into another area. This time, there were what looks to be a basket with crystals. Jackie wasn't one for stealing but he had to get clothes for the sake of his own survival. So he quickly grabbed a few and ran off quickly, feeling slightly guilty.

He saw some slimes in the entrance as he looked surprised. First the hairy beast, now this? Okay what's going on? Jackie wondered as he avoided them for now. He watched them bounce as they had different shades of colours, some brighter and some dull as some of them absorbed small materials such as moss and and other plant-like things. He went outside as he said to himself "Well this is certainly a strange location. It has those things that are moving and that great dirty beast. I think I need to take a break, too much is happening at the same time." Jackie soon saw a oak tree nearby as he went down and rested in the shade as he put the crystals by his side and laid down on the soft grass.

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