FRIEND

It was summer vacation and you were pretty bored, so you had the brilliant idea to go to the "Dark Worm," a coal-black tunnel that, according to the gossip among the kids in your class, was the entrance to another world. You approached and started walking around the entrance, and after a while, you went into the tunnel. After walking for a bit, you saw something shiny on one of the walls. You reached out, and something grabbed you and pulled you forcefully inside the wall. You were falling, but little by little, you fell slower, and the darkness began to take shape until you reached solid ground. Around you, bubbles were rising from the ground, which looked like a chessboard. Before you could process everything that had happened, a group of pawns with legs ran in your direction.
The smiling beast is approaching, save yourselves!
"A pawn shouted as he escaped, following the rest. Now you were twice as confused, smiling beast? "
hello...
A deep voice said from behind you. When you turned around, you saw a large black creature with a feline appearance. One of its eyes was yellow and the other pink, and most notably, it had a large, white, ear-to-ear grin.
You don't look like a chess piece or some other creature I've seen here, who are you little one?
wait...I can't believe it Y̵̡̢͖̫̓̽Ä̸̱́ͅH̵̡̤͛Ā̴͍̦Ĥ̴͚͂͌̓͜Ä̴̢̬̐̂H̶̾̓͂̃ ̨̗Ḁ̸̢̟̃͌̅͘H̵̤̀̆́͝A̶̰͉̍̇̀H̶̢̆̋͛̈ͅĀ̵̛̩̆̉es a Lightner, it's been a while since I've seen one of you in the dark world, who brought you to this side of the coin he?~