"!!"
(??′?`?)?
"..."
(っ?-?)
Feeling that the light was a little too bright, Annie suddenly opened her eyes. She slowly struggled to sit up from Tibbers' plush belly and rubbed her eyes.
That was right!
Yesterday, while chatting with that strange young lady, Miss Melina, she'd gotten sleepy halfway through. Then, without caring what the other girl thought, she'd enlarged her own little bear, Tibbers, and tossed him onto the ground to use as a mattress. Without even saying a word to her companion, she'd jumped up and promptly fallen asleep on the soft, warm, fluffy fur of the bear's belly, right in front of her.
And she'd slept until now, when a ray of sunlight slanting through the roof finally landed on her face.
"Huh?"
(ˉ?ˉ;)
"This place is..."
(?Д?≡?д?)!?
However, after looking up at the roof and then glancing around, Annie suddenly realized, to her shock, that she'd woken up somewhere unfamiliar.
This didn't seem to be that place from yesterday, whatever it was called—the Monkey King's Chapel.
"Tibbers!"
(*?▽?*)
"Tell me! What happened?"
(??へ??╬)
Realizing she'd woken up in a different place, little Annie of course jumped straight down to the ground, shrank the bear, then grabbed him and hauled him in front of her, demanding an explanation.
(Rep—reporting, respected little mistress! Last night, after you fell asleep, that woman whose name ends in 'na' stared at you for a very, very long time. Then, for some reason, she suddenly cast a spell and teleported both you and me here.)
(lll￢?￢)
(Tibbers knew what had happened, of course, so he didn't dare hide it. He simply told her everything he knew.)
"Oh..."
(??ˇ?ˇ??)
"So that's what happened?"
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
After blinking and learning what had happened, Annie gave an understanding little "oh."
"But!"
(′?︵?`)
"Tibbers, she teleported me