Down the Rabbit Hole

This had to be one of her most dangerous adventures yet. Solveiga was exploring again, always slave to her curiosity. But this time she had found herself deep within a cave, in the middle of the night. It wouldn't have mattered what time of day it was, though. No amount of sunlight could make it as far as Solveiga had. She had stopped trying to rely on sight a long time ago, shuffling forward carefully and using her nose and ears for clues of where to go. She had stumbled a couple of times, sure, but considering the circumstances she was doing pretty well. Her small, graceful body made things much easier as she slipped under and around the slick stone walls.

When she had started this journey, she'd had some idea of what she was searching for, but she had long since forgotten. Now she continued on simply to see how far these tunnels could really go. There had to be something at the end, didn't there? Solveiga did not know for sure, of course, but to her such a discovery would be well worth the effort.

And sure enough, soon she could see a faint glimmer of light ahead, and she picked up her pace. Before long she was squeezing her way past one last boulder and taking in the beautiful cavern she had found. It was like finding buried treasure. Her baby blue eyes were wide as she took everything in, and then she slowly began to walk further inside, taking a closer look at some of the dimly sparkling stones. She touched a particularly beautiful green one and smiled, relishing in her discovery and wishing her brother were here to share it with her. Suddenly she sensed that she was not alone, but it was not her brother with her in this cavern. It was a stranger, two actually. One wasn't even a wolf. Curiosity piqued once more, Solveiga turned and tilted her head a bit at the pair who were just arriving in the cavern. Her first reaction was to smile. Company was what she wanted, right? "Hello," she called out to them quietly, her voice sounding loud to her ears as it echoed back, but in reality it was as soft as ever.