"What the? Is she crazy?" one of the orcs cried and they all ran over to the side. I wasn't there of course. I had simply climbed down from tower to tower, to column to column, from roof to roof. I was already running away into the forest laughing to myself, "They are probably still standing there, standing in confusion!"

I ran through the forest, over logs, and under the great trees. I might have missed my old home, but the forest was mine to command. The wild beasts of the forest respected me, I swam with the otters, and I ran with the deer and wolf pack. I was the queen here.

Yes. I was queen. I may not have looked royal, with the rags I only wore over my chest and a short torn skirt, but I felt royal. I could jump farther then any deer, climb higher than any squirrel, and dig better than any badger.

Once I came to the deep forest, the wild beasts greeted me. "You have taken a long time, what drives you to keep going there?" said Meka. The two wild beasts where the last of there kind, their names where Meka and Olap. Wild beasts are somewhat like lions, though, are larger, and are grey striped and have no manes.

"I wish to see memories, and past adventures." I said, "Have you two been worried?"

The two beasts looked at each other, then back at me. "It is getting dangerous, you may not survive next time you go there."

I looked angrily at both of them, and then thought it over. I knew I took great risks going there. "I will not go back then." I said, but, they knew I was lying. I couldn't help it, I loved that old broken house. It burned my heart to think of never going back…

"All right then," said Olap, "We must now head deeper into the forest, we must leave this place at once."

"But why?" I asked

"Evil has grown in the north," said Meka,"So we must head south. The world is changing May, we can't stop it."

Great more change.

So we ran through the forest the whole day, over many dwells and canyons, and over hills, and down cliffs. The forest was long and had many hardships, but, it was all quite easy to me.

We made it to the far edge of the forest by the next morning. And Meka and Olap went back to where they dwelled in this world. They brought me to somewhere safe, and left me in the forest's protection.

I sat under a great oak tree, and watched the sun rise over the tree tops. I was alone, and in my mind. In my mind I searched for forgotten thoughts, and things that where once happy to think about.

I found an old memory of me playing with my sisters in a river bed, with my father's cousin watching us, while my two brothers played in the trees.

What ever happened to my siblings?

Everything in my mind stopped. I never had really thought about it until now. I knew what happened to a few, but some I had no idea about.

And then I thought about my parents. The tears started coming again. Everything went wrong when they left. Why did my parents have to leave in the first place? Well I knew that, my parents had gone together to the undying lands a long time ago. But why? Did they not like us? No, I knew they loved us. I believe they just went because they felt old. It would make sense because of how old my parents where at the time.

Then a sound drew me from my thoughts, and I sprang to my feet. This sound was an unearthly like screech, so high pitched, I had to cover my ears for a second. I climbed the oak tree I was under, and once I reached a high point that I could see underneath me from, I dared not move.

I could hear a horse, and then I could see a horse; a black horse with a cloaked black rider. The rider stopped right under the tree I was in. He looked around, seemed to sniff the air, and with one more ear splitting screech, he was gone.

I waited for a minute or two. Then slowly went down the tree and looked around. Nothing. It was peaceful again. That thing, I knew what it was from the start. It had been a wraith. Not many where left on this earth, but a few still survived. I was in danger, no matter how deep in the forest I was.

I thought for a while of what I should do, then I finally decided on heading out in search of adventure, to just keep moving and never really settle. I was very interested in those kind of things, no matter what Meka and Opal said.

So I went for a walk to see what sort of adventure I'd bump into. And I happened to bump right into one, literally.