forum Over the Cracked Stone Wall

Started March 16, 2019 by @German_Boats

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"Oh, your awake." Haven sighed. "This new girl showed up and is claiming she can take us home… because the wall is gone. And she won't stop arguing with Anita. And… I could really use some advil."

Anita softened her tone addressing Aubrey's question. "We fell off a wall, and now the wall isn't here anymore. Scarlet here, thinks that we can get back home by following that path over there." She pointed at it.

Aubrey sighed and stood up, brushing herself off.
"I have some Advil in my purse." She says, before sighing, "Which is back at the mansion…"

Avar finally woke up, her deep blue hair full of dirt. She held her head. She had fallen the hardest of them all, completely knocking out.

"Woah, Avar, are you okay?" Aubrey quickly rushes over to her friend, helping her sit up.

Scarlet leaned against a tree looking at the friends.

"You have a huuuge bump on your head." Aubrey tells Avar.

Scarlet heard what Aubrey said. She looked at one of the glowing trees. she picked a leaf off the tree. She walked over to Avar with the leaf. She placed the leaf on the bump on Avar's forhead.

Avar rubbed at her head, wincing as she felt the bump rise. She sat up and straightened her short blue dress, glad she had decided to wear leggings.
“Ugh. How long was I out?”

The leaf's shine darkened and Avar's bumped lowered.

"A few minutes. Nothing to worry about." Aubrey reassures her, "What's the leaf for? And does anyone have a flashlight?"

"feel her bump," Scarlet answered one of the questions.

"I told you there was magic here," Scarlet said. "Now do you trust me,"

"This place doesn't make any sense!" Anita gave up. She didn't want to trust Scarlet, this girl that she had just met, but she had to. Scarlet was their only hope. Taking a deep breath, Anita turned to where Scarlet was kneeling beside Avar. Trust her for Avar. Trust her so that your friends get home safely. If Anita were alone, she wouldn't have done this. She would have kept arguing for hours and hours. However, other people were at stake, and that was something she would never gamble on. "I'm sorry, Scarlet. Please, lead the way." There wasn't an ounce of hatred or disrespect in her voice. Anita just wanted her friends to be safe. "Take us home."

"Ok, follow me. Oh, and if you see a figure who looks like a man and is wearing a long black coak tell me right away." Scarlet said as she started to walk down the stone path.

"Why?"

"He is not a good person,"

"Why?"

"I'll tell you if you see him."

"No, I mean why is he not a good person?" Anita looked around cautiously, not that it did much good. She couldn't see through the thick foilage anyways. Lowering her voice, she leaned in and said "What did he do?"

"This is going to sound insane, but he steals souls. He takes your life and puts it in his lantern where you will stay forever."

"You know what?" Anita looked around and shook her head dismissively. "Doesn't really sound that insane anymore."