Chapter 4 The room with the light

• I stood there for a long time and watched, but no one came out.
• The entire place was still silent. Except for the dull light coming from somewhere by the right, there was no sound.
• “Hello?” I called out once more.
• And when I didn't get a reply, I decided to enter.
• It's not a crime to enter into a house where there are no occupants to stop me from doing that.
• Who knows?
• They may have all gone to sleep.
• I enter the house and closed the door behind me.
• The door made a protesting sound as it closed.
• “Now, it's time to check out the rooms.” I walk out of the foyer, only to discover the light was coming from the stairs.
• “Could it be coming from the room I saw the light in?” I wondered as I hastened towards the light.
• I didn't waste any time checking my environment because of how dark the house was.
• All I wanted was to go up there, and see what the source of the light is.
• Who knows, the king or Owner of this strange palace in the forest might be up there reading a book.
• The stairs made a certain noise as I climbed, but I didn't allow my mind to dwell on that.
• I hastened up as I tried to reach the top of the stairs as fast as I could.
• The stairs here were unlike the ones back in the kingdom. Climbing through this one made it seem as if I was climbing a high mountain.
• I clutched the bow to my body as I continued up the stairs, momentarily glancing around for signs of humans.
• I didn't see anyone until I reached the first floor, where the light was coming from.
• Up here, I was able to see the room I saw the light in from a distance.
• “Who knows who lives here?” I wondered aloud as I walked towards the room.
• The silence and the dimly lit place sent shivers down my spine, but I didn't allow my fear to take over.
• I'm princess Starlight, the fearless princess.
• Nothing scares me.
• I'm as bold as a Lion.
• I hastened towards the opened door, and entered inside without glancing neither right nor left.
• Truthfully, I Don't see any need in doing that since I won't see anything with how dim the light was.
• “Hello?”
• I called out.
• The room was like any other room. There was a bed in the middle of the room. The larger-than-life bed took up almost the entire room.
• On the dressing table, was the light that drew me to this place.
• It wasn't like any light I'd ever seen. It was like a lantern, but the light swirling in it was blue.
• The mesmerizing way it danced, caused me to hasten towards it, in my bid to see what it was the light was made of.
• Three steps towards the strange swirling light, and I stopped dead in my tracks.
• Next to the closet was something I didn't notice when I came into the room.
• It was like a form of a box, but the box has an odd shape.
• With the new object, I forgot the lantern I was going to check out and walked towards the black thing.
• I was like a moth to a flame with the way I was going.
• “Gods!”
• I nearly had a heart attack when the window, by the right, suddenly closed.
• The way it banged in the silent room, caused my heart to skip beats.
• The poor organ was already on its way to the grave, with the way it leapt.
• I put my bow in front of me, in a defensive mode, as I glanced around the room.
• There was no sound, and nothing strange aside from how cold the room became.
• It was freezing, unlike the first time, I entered the room.
• “Strange,” I wondered aloud.
• We are in the moon fall season which is a season of constant heat.
• “How can this house be this cold?” It was as if I had somehow been transported into a realm that was still in its moon shining.
• Yet, I didn't allow the thoughts to deter me from approaching the odd black-shaped box.
• I would have mistaken it for a jewellery box, but that can't be possible with how big the box was.
• No jewellery box can be so long, it might contain a human should need be.
• And that was what sparked my curiosity.
• I needed to see what was in the box.
• Who knows, it might be the treasures of the palace.
• Presently, my kingdom will do well with a box filled with this many riches.
• I only have to make sure the occupants of the palace have all deserted, before I stake my claim on this, and call dibs.
• “Hello?” I called out the closer I got to the box.
• This way, I will make certain I'm the only one in this place, for me to stake claims to the box.
• I glance around the room one more time before I closed the distance between the black box and me.
• I rubbed my hands in Glee.
• Up close, I was able to see the entire details of the box.
• The intricate Golden designs on it shone with the light.
• I ran my hand through the drawings I saw on it.
• None of them made sense.
• In one of the designs, a woman was kneeling on the floor while a man stood over her with his head buried in the crook of her neck.
• More of the same drawings were on the black box. Each of them depicts a different scene, but with the same man bent over a female.
• “What strange things are this?” I traced a finger on one of the drawings.
• Suddenly, the same window opened a bit and banged shut.
• And suddenly, the lights went off, bathing the entire room in darkness.
• Up overhead, the sounds of rumbling thunder can be heard, and the streaks of lightning scared me shitless.
• “Gods!” I covered my ears with my palms as I slowly chanted.
• “I'm a fearless female, I can't be scared of this.”
• Yet, I was.