Chapter 2: Ant and Cat

                                    

                                          
You and Ib entered the area with green walls, you saw four paintings which had ladybug, bee, butterfly, and spider.
"Beware of edges." Ib read the sign, you turned your head as you heard what she read. 
Suddenly, you noticed an ant on the floor as it approached you. You bent down to look at it as it began to speak. "I'm an ant. I love paintings. My painting is especially cool. I'd like to see it again but it's kind of far away..."
"Painting?" You mumbled as you looked at the wall and didn't see the ant painting on it. You heard some grunt as you quickly turned your head in a hurry and saw Ib walking past the hallway with some claw that emerged out of the black wall.
"Ib! What are you doing?! These curses are dangerous!" You shouted after Ib made it to the end of the hallway with a blank face. You growled lowly under your breath before you quickly went after her without getting caught by these claws.
"I found the ant painting." You looked at the painting Ib pointed at. You sighed as you quickly approached the child before beginning to scold her.
"Why don't you wait before me, Ib? What would happen if you get hurt? You should stay close to me, not wander around like this." You covered your eyes out of tension.
Ib's face lowed down with a straight face but she felt guilty for her sudden action that made you worried. "I'm sorry."
Your hand moved out of your eyes as you stared down at her. You then felt that you were the one who felt guilty because you scolded her like a parent despite being a stranger. "No, It's fine. At least, we found the painting. We should get it to that ant."
Your hands went to the painting frame, you noticed that it could be taken out of the wall as you pulled it out easily with a little strength.
You held it under your armpit as you went back the way you went before talking to an ant. "Is this the painting you want to see?" You said, showing the painting to it.
"Oh. That's my painting. It's just as cool as I remember it." The ant stared at it for a moment before it crawled away.
You walked with Ib behind you as you noticed the other four paintings which were the life cycle of the butterfly. 
"𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞" A single butterfly egg.
"𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏" A green caterpillar. 
"𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐" A caterpillar inside the cocoon. 
"𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫" A cocoon turned into a butterfly with yellow wings.
You approached the door and turned the knob. You entered to see the hole in the middle of the way. You looked at the ant painting as you laid it in the hole. "There. Now we can cross it." You said before you dusted your hands.
You let Ib cross first but as you were going to cross, the painting has torn a little. You stopped in your tracks as you thought the painting would break if you put your weight on it.
Ib looked back at you and she frowned in confusion because you didn't cross the painting with her. You shook your hand as you gestured for her to go inside. "I can't go cross. The painting would be broken if I go there."
Ib nodded before she went inside the room. She saw one painting, a headless statue, and the green key on the ground. She went to look at the painting which was the same butterfly but it got caught in the spider web.
"𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞"
She noticed the key as she bent down and got it. She suddenly noticed the statue was moving towards her. Ib moved back a bit, and the statue began to chase her as she hurriedly went back to the door and went across the ant painting.