The azurine fae was completely unaware of just how far she had travelled. Revelling in her new-found weight and strength that was slowly being built up, she had taken the route south from the Aurora Basin and kept going. It had been a long time since she had strayed further out to new lands, feeling the need to explore. Ming Yue was no longer thinking of food, she was thinking of discovery.


The night sky started to crystallise in a beautiful fashion, into the dark night time and this gave Ming Yue a reason to allow a small smile spread across her velveteens. It was becoming dark, and slowly but surely the moon would take full shape, and then she would be in heaven. But having not paid much attention to her surroundings, she never quite saw the entrance that was now glaring at her in both both pools. It seemed like the gateway to a dark place. Uncertain, Ming Yue held back for a while, not sure whether she should let her pretty lithe bodice take her inside. Listening deep and hard the queen could not make out any sounds coming from inside, and therefore assumed that nothing bad could come out. With a deep breath Ming Yue let her cranium steer back up the sky, hoping to catch the last remnants of a beautiful night after her exploration attempt. And with that she let her pillars guide her through the still warm, dry terraria, letting herself wander inside...

***

With pools having adjusted to the darkness within the tunnel, it had opened out into a massive system of cave mazes. Somehow, Ming Yue flowed through the system with relative ease and found herself in one particular cove. Rocks, still remarkably wet from the moisture, clung to the sides of the cave. But in the cove itself the azurine found herself staring straight at a beautiful sight, perhaps more beautiful than the night sky she had left to find this place. It was teeming with crystals, all shapes and sizes that covered the entirety of the room. They seemed to shine a dark blue with hints of lighter yellow, reminding her of the sky above her. It was blindingly beautiful. Taking her pools further into the cave she glimpsed at the crystals that seemed to pop out of every nook and cranny, and with a sigh she smiled once more,
"I wonder how many have found this place?"