"Thalia! Take her!" My mother said, as she shoved me into my Auntie Thalia's arms. "Give her the locket, and take her as far as possible!" Thalia nodded, hurriedly taking me out of my mother's arms, and ran into the woods.
The branches were hitting my face, and the rain continued to poor down. On several occasions, she slipped and almost dropped me, but her grip held strong. "Callie" ,Thalia started. "Take this locket and hold on to it. You mustn't let it go until you feel its safe."
Suddenly we broke into a clearing. The darkness was more evident here. I heard footsteps pounding behind us, crashing through the forest, and close on our trail. "I want to explain more, but there isn't time!" Thalia cried, running to the far end, toward a series of hedges.
We were 5 feet away from the end of the clearing, when the evilest man I've seen in my short four years of life, burst out of the trees. "Why, why, why, if it isn't the Protector and the warrior's daughter?" The man started. "I have been looking for that locket little girl. Hand it over!"
It wasn't happening, and Thalia seemed to agree. She put me down in the grass, pulled out an arrow and loaded it into her bow. " There is no way you are to get that locket. Got it, Derek?" and with that, she shot her arrow into the tree behind him.
"You missed" Derek taunted. "Sorry, but no." Thalia replied, watching the arrow spew smoke until the clearing was covered with fog. "Come out and fight like a Hunter!" Derek called.
Thalia scooped me up and shoved me into the bushes behind us. "You have to stop them before they get too powerful. The locket will take you back, but remember my warning!" Thalia said. "Thalia! Are mommy and daddy okay?" I asked.
A sad, dark looked crossed her face. 'No, and neither will I. But you have a chance to save us all. Hold on to that locket and don't worry. You'll have help! Oh, and one last thing."
She snapped her fingers close to my eyes, and I experienced a strange feeling. Like, something was covering them. I could still see fine, but it was as if I was looking through glass.
Everything suddenly became brighter, when I realized the locket was emitting the strange light. Before I had a chance to say something in reply, my world became wrapped in a bright, white light.
When I opened my eyes, I wasn't anywhere familiar. Still on the edge of a clearing, but instead of rain, there was bright sunshine. I crawled out of the bushes.
I was completely and utterly alone. Confused, sad, and lonely, I did the only thing a four year old knew what to do. I cried.
I could of sobbed for hours, Thalia, my favorite Aunt, just told be that my parents weren't okay I could only gather one thing from that. They were in danger. And I had the only way to save them.
After staring at the locket for a while, my sobbing subsided. It was then I heard familiar, yet different voices from the woods opposite me.