The Mansion Incident

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Chapter Three

Lisa heard a noise in the sky and left the safety of her little hut. Her chains dragged on the ground through mud and wet leaves, clinking together softly like a wind chime. She turned her gaze to the sky and watched in amazement as a vehicle flew through the air right over her head. It had small wings with a long tail and a twirling circle on top. Was it some kind of metal bird? Lisa remembered birds from her life long before the time under the ground. When she found the surface once more, she saw birds again and was happy because she knew what they were. She tried to catch some, but they always flew away before she got there.

The sun was gone, leaving her in darkness. But it was okay, because there were tiny lights in the sky for her to look at. Still, she hoped that the sun would come back soon. She liked the sun.

She even found some new friends since she left the place under the ground. Unlike many of her other friends, these ones did not try to run away. They actually came right to her, but something was wrong with them that she couldn’t understand. Sometimes, they were bleeding from injuries and she didn’t know why. But they were better than her other friends.

When she took their faces, they did not stop moving like the others. They kept moving and remained to keep her company. She kept their faces anyway. Some of them left without their faces and she missed them, but there were always more friends running around. Some of the friends tried to bite her, and she crushed their heads in her hands, taking their faces afterward if they weren't ruined. Even if they tried to bite her, they were still her friends

Maybe the metal bird would have new friends she could meet. She walked away from the hut and headed in the direction the metal bird was going. It was a very loud bird, and she heard it in the distance quite clearly.

Even with the sun and birds and new friends, Lisa was getting bored. Now that she was not stuck to the wall and was free to move wherever she wanted to, she wanted to adventure everywhere she could. She desired new sights and new smells. She wanted to make even more new friends.

Maybe when the sun returned, she would start looking around for new things. She would leave her nice little hut in the woods and go far away from here. She didn’t know how, but she remembered places where lots and lots of people could be found, lots of potential friends. She believed that there was a place like that nearby, at the other side of the forest.

Lisa wanted to go to the city.

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