Do you hear what I hear?

Mom's could be so annoying, and Beatrix was at her 9 year old wits end with hers! Don't go out by yourself, what are you doing, keep an eye on your brother, blah, blah, blah! If Neron were here he would let her have fun but mom was just being a big pain in the butt scaredy cat. If this place was so new shouldn't they go out and look around? Well, yeah if you were a grown up mom would say but not her cause she was still little. Uh, last she checked she was nine! That was pretty darned big!

So when she was busy dealing with Jace, she snuck put to have fun and look around!

This place really was weird. It was so...lifeless in a lot of ways, like the scene in a scary story. Beatrix loved scary stories. Auntie Edy told them the best cause she did the spooky voices. Without trying to hard the girl happened upon the labyrinth, staring up at it wide eyed. Well this was cool! A squeak caught her attention and she looked down at her feet, gasping when she saw the cutest little squirrel! "Well hi there!" She said brightly. The squirrel's nose twitched. Bea was surprised to see it didn't run. How odd! "Aren't you scared?"

"No!"

Her eyes widened. "You talk!" She said in surprise.

"Yes! Follow me! it said, before scampering into the maze.

Well now how could she not follow that?! Without hesitation Beatrix chased after the squirrel.