The caves hadn’t been on her mind for quite some time. It had been Levi who had reminded her of them, even if he hadn’t directly referred to them. He had merely said he had spent most of his time patrolling the beach. Amorette had held herself up on the beach for quite some time too, right after Lucrezia’s disappearance and Offspring’s rise to the throne.
The caves had made quite a comfy home, sheltered from the weather and prying eyes. The caves offered shade and Tephra’s warm climate didn’t reach the depths, and they kept anyone dry from tropical storms. With the seed – the memory of the caves – planted in her mind, Amore cannot help but to be curious. Curious to see if she still felt at home there, or if she had become too much of a social creature to be able to live in the solitude again.
She can hear the crashing waves behind her. The salty smell is another memory that gets pulled to the front of Amorette’s mind, one makes her smile. Silly how such a small thing could make one relive the past.
Like that she enters one of the caves. She strolls deeper into the darkness, but like the volcano hadn’t scared her, the cave does neither. Especially not one she knew so well. Like Amore had expected, nothing had changed. Still deserted, not a sound to be heard. The only scents are the vague ones of old habitants, much like herself.
Or not. And one of the scents is quite familiar. What business would Levi have in these caves?
Following her nose it doesn’t take Amorette long to find a more recent trail. He hadn’t passed through these caves too long ago. She glances into the direction she knows is the opening, the way out, but that’s not what calls to her. There must be something deeper, something hidden, perhaps?
She know she shouldn’t pry, and she would blame it to curiosity if he would stumble upon her, but she just had to follow Levi’s scent that travels deeper into the cave. With each step a second scent grows stronger, more define, and not much later she can see the faint glow of fire. She could smell and hear it too. ”Hello?” she calls out softly, both her ears perked forward as she carefully continues on.
What she finds is not something she would ever have imagined to find. Flames coming from the ground and all the way up to the ceiling, but it doesn’t spread or move further than the thin wall it became. ”What..?” she mumbles to herself, carefully stepping closer. The, through the flames, she can spot a figure. ”Who’s there? What is this?”
Amorette
Quand on n'a que l'amour.
OOC: Sorry for the book XD