It was well past dusk when Pitch returned with Scarlet's new book. The only problem was it wasn't about the outside. It was about The Guardians.
"Dad…?" Scarlet asked in a confused voice.
"Yes?"
"This says it's about the guardians, not nature?"
"They didn't have any…"
"Ok…" Scarlet said not believing him. He obviously was hiding something, but Scarlet couldn't quite figure it out.
"Is there anything else?"
"No." Scarlet said and closed her door. "I wonder…" Scarlet said opening her new book.
"Hmm?" Pitch said through the door.
"Oh… I hope that he didn't hear that…" Scarlet said to herself.
"Guards!" He yelled and Scarlet could hear the hooves hit the ground almost like an hour glass.
"He wouldn't call them for… He must have seen the sand… If only I…" Scarlet thought before her father opened the door.
"Did you see the sand?"
"Yes, father… I saw it and wondered why it was there."
"Did you make it?"
"No… I found it when I went back to my room.
"Strange…" Pitch said slamming the door and Scarlet heard it lock.
"Ugh… I'm a prisoner in my own room… But why would he lock it as if something bad was happening? Maybe he thinks I turned some guards into yellow sand…"
"Meow?" Shadow meowed at Scarlet.
"Yeah… I can't even tell them to put me down… The only thing I'm good at is being locked up in my own room and making things out of the black sand…"
*Yawn* Scarlet yawned even though she didn't need sleep, she still had to or else she would become weak.
"I guess I'll be able to get out the morning…" Scarlet said lying down on her bed cuddling Shadow and falling into a deep sleep.
I looked out at the forest and laughed. I was finally free. No worries and no more locked rooms. It seemed all to true. "Scarlet!" The sun was shining and the breeze was almost… "Scarlet!"
"Huh?" Scarlet jerked up from her sleep in her old room. "It was only a dream…" Scarlet said stretching her arms in the air.
"Scarlet! Get up!" Dad yelled and Scarlet could sense he was getting angry.
"I'm awake!" Scarlet said in a half awake voice, and then she noticed the yellow sand in her bedroom. "That's weird… Normally there's black sand and today there is yellow?"
"Come on!"
"One moment!" She pretty much yelled at him for not letting her get up at her own pace.
"I need to ask you something important!"
"Great…" She thought. "He's going to ask if I had done anything to the guards." Scarlet thought as she put on her golden hear shaped necklace. It was her mom's and had a little blue jewel in the center. "I first need to tell him about the sand…" Scarlet said aloud.
"What sand?" She heard her father say.
"There's yellow sand in my room!" She hollered back knowing he'd catch on.
"Let me see…" Her father says as he tries to open the door.
"You locked it last night…" Scarlet told him before he would break it down.
*Click* The door unlocked and Pitch walked in.
"This is the second trail in less than a day…" He muttered to himself.
"Is that a problem?" Scarlet said without thinking.
"Do you know what this means?"
"No?" Scarlet shook her head.
"One of the dangerous people have found you."
"Found me?" Scarlet gets a worried look on her face.
"The one made of sand… He is my opposite… If his sand touched you… He could have killed you." Pitch looked at Scarlet for any sign of yellow sand on her.
"How come he hasn't found me till now?" Scarlet asked hoping for a direct answer.
"He likely already had… He controls dreams like me, but his are different than mine."
"How so?"
"He is believed in… I am not."
"How does than effect it?"
"It's a long story."
"I can listen." Scarlet said praying he would tell her.
"It's too long…"
"I have the rest of my life to hear it." Mistake one for Scarlet.
"The more time for you to wait and listen."
"But father…"
"No more talk of this… I'll be in the study if you need me." At this Pitch walked out closing the door.
"Great… Just what I need…" Scarlet thought to herself, while taking off her dress and slipping on a black hoodie and black slacks. "He should be busy reading or commanding his guards, while I slip out to the forest and watch the sunset.
"Meow?" Shadow meowed at Scarlet knowing she was going out.
"Shh…" Scarlet put her hand to lips and Shadow put his head down on the bed. "Don't follow me…" Scarlet whispered and cracked the door open. No one was in sight or at least thing. "Prefect…" Scarlet said slipping into the shadows after quietly closing her door.
"Neigh…" A horse walked around the corner towards Scarlet.
*Gulp* "Please don't see me…" Scarlet thought to herself.
The horse stopped a few feet away hearing a noise.
"I'm dead…" Scarlet thought.
The horse walked closer to Scarlet sensing someone.
"Meow!" Shadow ran out from under the door down the hall.
The horse observed the cat and trotted after him.
"Thanks..." Scarlet whispered then carefully made her way towards the command room.
When Scarlet made it to the command room Shadow ran by and obviously was returning to the safety of her room. Swiftly Scarlet went up the only way out of the liar, the hole. When she made it up to the surface, it was night time and was still brightly lit.
"It must be a full moon." Scarlet thought to herself. A moment later she noticed it was snowing and it shone beautifully under the moonlight. "I've never seen snow…" Scarlet said as she twirled around. "I better hurry to my favorite spot and see if anything had changed since I was last up here." With that Scarlet sprinted to the pond to see it frozen solid. "What has happened? It's solid?" Scarlet said putting her foot on the ice. "It's change so much… Before I could put my feet in the water and stare at the sun." Just then there was a cold breeze that made and Scarlet slipped and fell.
"Ow..." Scarlet said getting back onto her feet.
"Are you ok?" A boy's voice sounded behind her.
