BANG! Nakoda rolled over and peeled her eyelids back, to reveal bloodshot eyes. She knew this day was coming. Now it was here. The fourteen-year-old shimmied herself out of the coiled blankets. She pulled the sheen of black hair out of her face as she jotted down a quick note, and she stuck it in a book.
BANG! Another thrash at the door told Nakoda Charday to hurry. She picked up a blue, small chest and put the book at the bottom. A leather hide glove was stacked on top.
"You better let us in, you filthy blacksmith scum!" came a voice from the banging door. Nakoda looked over her shoulder, worry etched on her face. She picked up a sapphire locket, and gently placed it in a silver box. She wrapped a red ruby silk cloth around it, and planted it in the box. A white leather hide was placed next to it, and she pulled the the plaid red strip down. The blue box closed and Nakoda stood and began to run.
She twisted and curved throught the forest. The magic had not yet eroded from the world, and the whole Earth knew about magic. Nakoda and her friends were the only ones that could use it. But, Lucy and Grazeila were nowhere to be found. She darted into the Ravenswood forest, monsters coming toward her. She knew this was real. The black horses neighed, and ran behind Nakoda. Behind them, night streaked the sky, and Nakoda tripped on a twisted root. She feel on the ground, and rolled with the box in hand. She sprawled out, silently begging the horses wouldn't find her. The rode past, leaving a trail of dust from their footprints.
Nakoda bolted up and began to run again. She came into a clearing, where the Rocking Stone stood, glowing with strange markings Nakoda had never understood. All of a sudden, she was surrounded.
She turned in a circle, eyeing with fearful eyes. She wished the nightmare would sweep her away, take her away from this awful place. The circle around her started to close in on her. Nakoda's hair was a mess, and her clothes where stained with dirt and grass stains.
The cirlce closed tighter.
The horses and riders finally were a few meters away. Nakoda lifted the blue chest in one hand, and muttered the words that would do the final deed.
"Realastio Diendis," Nakoda mumbled and the box flew out of her hand. A burst of light swallowed the box, and it was gone.
The monsters roared with rage, and Nakoda's eyes went black.