#20 Brightest Sun

Between all the bright torches, it was hard to find out the brightest one. Whenever Alice felt like she found the one, another one felt brighter, but sometimes they all felt equal. Alice kept walking the way, staring into each of those torches, almost expecting them to shout and tell the brightest, but nothing like that happened.

It took her a few minutes to find two torches, the brightest of all. She could feel in her heart that these were the torches she needed. She remembered the first time she had visited the room of the mirror. She needed to stand in a particular place of this to work. She walked slowly between the two torches, taking each step with pressure until her feet triggered something.

The wall in front of her turned into a door-sized mirror. According to her previous experience, Alice knew she had to press her palm into it. So, she did the same. She stepped inside a similar room to the last time, and the door behind her faded away as she had expected.

Last time, the puzzle was there in front of her, but now the floor was stone. There was a door in front of her, and she knew well what would be behind that door. Her steps were slow, and her mouth started to dry out as she walked toward it, thinking about the beast that awaited her.

Alice took out the fruit from her pocket while opening the door. Now, she had all the knowledge of the creature, but it didn't make it less scary. The eyes of the beast were shut, and Alice was unsure if she should let it wake up before feeding him. Well, rudely waking him would make him angry. So, it would be better if it would wake up on its own.