We now stood at the entrance of a dungeon. On our way here, Merry spotted a creature that was following us. When we began to investigate, we discovered that it was an adorable 'chipmunk like' creature. The fur along its back was a cute strawberry pink while the fur on its belly was more of a vanilla color. Crazy-chan told us that creatures like those belong in the easier parts of dungeons and that it's weird for it to wander around in dangerous areas like this. Maybe it's special? We decided to keep the little guy. The little 'chipmunk like' creature seemed to have taken a liking to Merry and was now sitting on the top of her head.
As we stared at the entrance of the dungeon in awe, Crazy-chan fumbled around in her backpack, handing us three small bottles of something that contained a green liquid.

"Only use them when you're badly injured. I doubt that'll happen but it's better to be safe than sorry!" she quietly giggled to herself.
I wondered what was up with her all of a sudden, but decided not to ask.

"Alright. Time to start looking for clues. Still got your weapons?" I looked down at the sheathed sword that was attached to the belt on my hip and nodded. Dokaru patted her own sword and checked to make sure that Merry didn't lose the two daggers she was given along the way. Crazy-chan gave an approving nod and slowly entered the dungeon. It only kept getting darker and darker the more we walked through it. Crazy-chan didn't seem bothered by this, though. When it got too dark to see anything she lifted her hand, creating a small flame in it.
"Pretty!" Merry had walked closer to the brown eyed lunatic and stared at the flame she was holding.
Crazy-chan looked down at the little angel and smiled meekly, gently holding her hand with her free one. She then abruptly stopped walking and turned to look at us.
"We really should be a bit quiet before we go too far into this place. The monsters that lurk here can hear us."

"What are they like?" I asked.

"Suuuuper scary! But it's nothing I can't handle." She giggled again.

"What do you mean? You know how to take on monsters that powerful?"

"Of course I do! Why else would I bring ya with me? You wouldn't be here if I couldn't handle it."

"So... How exactly are we supposed to find clues about our kingdom in a dungeon?" Dokaru asked.

Crazy-chan giggled again. "Well, you're princesses aren't you? Kingdoms are usually well known. It's strange that none of us knew about it back at the house. So, maybe it's hidden? Clues could be scattered everywhere! We could very well be looking in the wrong place, but it's good to have a start here. Think about it. Lost Kingdoms, Secret Kingdoms, Etc... They usually have clues about them laying around somewhere. They are not 100% a secret. And yours... Yours just disappeared from your memory. Yet, you still remember the name! Why'd I choose this particular dungeon? Hehe... Well, take a good look at your clothes. Err- I mean the ones that you were wearing when we first found you three. I examined them after they were washed. Each of them had markings and symbols. Even the patterns under the skirts looked like they were clues."

Crazy-chan's words had me taken aback. "Our...clothes? I didn't think of that.."

"Your mother protected you three from something that was chasing you. Now... I don't think you suddenly lost them when you all fell. I think it would be too much of a coincidence for the three of you to just lose them at the same time like that. Especially when Dokaru was holding little Merry here. If the memory loss is from bumping your head, then little Merry here would still have hers. ...I think your mom probably knew that you'd come back to help her, so she decided to wipe your memories. Those kind of spells can't last forever, but depending on how powerful she is, and how effective the spell was, it could take years to get all your memories back in one piece. So, we'll just have to try and rush it. If you want to find your parents and your kingdom again, you have to remember more! You have powers yourself don't you? Remember. How do you use them? Keep asking yourself that until you get it."

"R-Right... Okay..! Thanks Crazy!"
"We'll work on it!" Dokaru chimed in.
"Good! This place should help you remember at least that much. Besides... One of the symbols on your clothes looks very similar to the one that's on this dungeon's entry way."
"It is?"
"Yep. Now let's go!" Crazy-chan turned around and continued walking forward while still holding Merry's hand. Merry had taken the little 'chipmunk like' creature off of her head and was now gently holding it like a teddy bear in her arms.

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After walking for about 10 more minutes through the dungeon, it was surprisingly quiet. I was going to ask her where the monsters were but then I remembered what she told us. What happened next surprised all of us. As we continued walking, on high alert for anything that would jump out at us, heard weak sobbing. When we looked around we saw a small figure curled up in a ball, laying weakly against the corner of one of the larger areas we walked into. As soon as Crazy saw this, she ran straight to it to get a closer look.

It was a child.

"What's your name? Why are you in a place like this?! Did you come alone?"

The little boy didn't answer, instead he was holding his stomach in pain as he whimpered. Crazy-chan had carefully lifted him up with one arm and used the flame she held in her other hand to light a torch on the wall nearby. Then the flame in her hand disappeared. We had a better view of him now with the room lit. His injuries looked really bad... I rushed over to the little boy and pulled out the small bottle Crazy-chan had given to me. The little boy was coughing and wheezing in Crazy-chan's arms. Carefully, I lifted his head up and poured the weird green liquid that was in the bottle into his mouth. Soon after, he relaxed and stopped coughing. He drank the whole bottle.

"It'll take few minutes for it to start closing up those wounds." Crazy took off her backpack and handed it to Dokaru, then she put the boy on her back and stood up.

"I still have to use my hands so you'll have to hold on, kay?" Before he could nod, loud stomping could be heard coming from around the corner. The little boy began to whimper again. "Is that the thing that hurt you?" Crazy-chan whispered. When he nodded she handed him to me and walked right to where the stomping was coming from. When she was out of our field of vision and had reached the thing making the stomping noises, there were loud growls followed by crashes. Worried, and clutching the boy, I followed her cautiously.
By the time I had reached the area she was in, the thing was already dead. She had blood running down her arm and onto her hand. Looking closer at it, I noticed that there wasn't a cut on it. The blood on her wasn't her own. The thing that was lying on the ground had a large hole in its chest, indicating that she had plunged her arm through it.

"H-Hey what's going o- Oh..." Dokaru, with Merry holding her hand, had followed behind me.
"It was just one of those bulky orcs. It was fairly weak. If it was a stronger monster, I doubt the kid would've made it out alive. This one obviously lacked intelligence so he was able to hide from it, right?" Crazy-chan wiped her hand on the wall. "Ick. I probably should've just used a spell instead." The little boy I was holding nodded and spoke up. "Yes... It attacked me and I was able to get away by hiding."

"Uh..." I didn't know how to react to this.

"What? ...Oh. Hey, battles aren't child's play. Things are going to get bloody." she sighed. "And where the heck are your parents?! Why were you in a place like this? And what's your name?"

"My name is Tama. I was...dared to come here by my friends. They told me to stay in here for 15 minutes but I went in too deep and something grabbed me..." The boy was able to walk again now, so I put him down.

"How old are you?" I asked.

"9 years old."

"Only 9?! I need to have a little 'chat' with your friends about dangerous dares, and you should know better than to come here. You could have died! What if we didn't just so happen to come here in time? Then what?!" Crazy crossed her arms, clearly irritated.

"Hey, wait... This place isn't Earth, right? Why is there a kid here in the first place?"

"Take a good look at us and then look at him closely. Do we look like the rest of the people we saw out there?"

"Nope."

"Exactly! We're not the only ones here who look human of course! Besides... You're technically kids too!" she laughed. Interrupting her laughter, a low growl could be heard coming from nearby. "...We should get moving."

"Okay." I grabbed Tama's hand and the three- uh- four of us followed Crazy-chan deeper into the dungeon.

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((Author's Note: Hey guys!! Sorry there's no picture for this chapter
I wanted to draw it myself so-
Ah-
And wow I think this chapter is even longer than the other one!! I'm going to start trying to make each chapter at least 1,000 words each soo.... Yea! Pretty proud of myself for this!
Well it'll be a while until that and the other chapter pictures as ready
Anyway
I hope you enjoyed!!))