A hot, dry wind blew through the air, particles of the red dust the covered the terrain were swept along by the wind. Ruby landed confidently on the ground, though she had been expecting the drop. She quickly moved out of the way as the boy that had been following her fell through the door and into the dirt. There was no time for hesitating, however, as she saw a shadow pass over them. Looking up for a moment she barely had time to react as a large foot came down towards the boy. “Look out!”

Ruby ran forwards and tackled Christopher to the ground, landing on top of him as a large creature walked carelessly over the top of them, unaware of their presence. It was at least three metres tall, easily double her height. The creature had finished passing over them but Ruby still held him to the ground as a massive cart it was pulling quickly followed. As soon as it had passed over them she jumped up, looking around before she grabbed his arm and pulled him to his feet. And with a quick burst of speed she pulled him into what appeared to be a small tunnel and she pressed him against the wall.

Before he had too much time to react she quickly pressed a hand to his mouth and moved her finger to her lips, signalling him to be quiet. A few long second of almost silence passed before a loud voice boomed through the crater. “RUBY!” The voice seemed to echo all around them, practically shaking the ground. She turned her head sharply and looked out to where they had just come from. “Stay here.” She whispered softly, her voice perfectly matching that of the one that had called out to him in the darkness and the one that had shouted out to him just before he had been crushed.

The girl slowly pulled away from him, turning and walking back out of the tunnel and into the light. Outside, the landscape was indeed a strange one, with walls rising high around them and wide paths caved into the cliff side leading up to the top. There was a large tunnel entrance to the left, which was obviously used as some kind of mining site.

((OOC: just for the record the cat’s purple, looks like [url=http://images4.fanpop.com/image/forum/98000/98366_1305943834220_full.jpg]this[/url]))