"Don't attempt to save him. You're just going to get yourself killed."

"Shut up! Just shut up!" I screamed.

"Don't save him..."

"I said shut up! You can't convince me!" I continued.

"Pff… Have it your way..."

Moments later, I awoken on the hard ground. It was time to go in. Walking inside the cave, I started going deep down. Trying to find what it wanted me to find. Getting about half way down, the air started getting thick. I knew I'm getting close. Another minute, I dropped down in a big chamber. Looking man-built. And in the middle was the scroll. Running up to it, I was knocked back by an invisible barricade. Moments later a giant shadow figure appeared out of nowhere. It's blood red eyes stared me down. And I was terrified. Frozen in place, it finally spoke to me.

"A mortal…? Why have you come here…?"

"I… I- Uh… I need some power from that scroll of yours..." I stuttered.

"And why do you wish to do so…?" It replied.

"I'm trying to save my friend. I… I read getting each eight scrolls power, will provide life." I said back.

"Heh… If you wish to borrow the power… You're going to have to face a trail..." It said.

"A trail?" I asked.

"Yes, pass it and you earn the power. Will you accept…?" It said back.

"Uh, question first. What do you mean by trail?" I asked again.

"Each guardian of the scrolls will put you through a trail. All different. Pass them and earn it's power." It explained a bit.

"My trail… Is the trail of survival. Learn more by accepting it." It added.

"I… I want to save my friend. Then I accept!" I said.

"Very well..." It replied.

Before I knew it, the shadow shot a ball of black lightning at me. Once it cleared, I was somewhere else. Seemed like the trail course. The shadow appeared in front of me again. Waving it's massive wing like arm, things started appearing out of nowhere.

"Now, this is the trail of survival. You're task is, find ten different survival like items. All scattered in this forest. And you may want this." It said, giving me a blood ruby sword.

"Whoa! A sword completely made out of the rarest gems?! Why do I need this?" I asked.

"You're not alone in there. Make sure to take down anything that hunts you. Good luck..." It said, vanishing into thin air.

I kept looking at the sword. Blood gems are so rare, it looked awesome. And when I say rare. I mean ultra rare. Only a few miners found these and sold them for over a million. Not wanting to waste anymore time, I ventured in the forest. A tree had a piece of paper on it. Ripping it off, it had a check list of items.

"Coal, wood, rock, flint, tent, compass, tarp, food, water, lighter." I read.

Before I could walk in, I was stopped by the same force field thing. The shadow appeared once more.

"One last thing before you enter. Take this. Trust me, this is very easy. The more trails you complete it's get much more difficult… Happy hunting." He said, tossing down a collection bag. I assume.

Looking inside the bag, it contained a watch and another paper. Looking at the paper I read.

"Put this on. This moderate your heart rate. Don't let it reach over 200. Keep this on for each trail."

Putting it on, it started updating my heart rate. 97. Well, time to go. As I entered the forest, I started looking for everything. Midway through, I encountered what I believe was my first enemy. Pulling on my sword, it started walking towards me. But it also pulled out something. A blood diamond sword. Which is even better then my sword. And that can cut without trying. It tried swinging at me, but it was pretty bad at aiming. Swinging back at it, I ended up slicing it's head off. After that he just vanished. I was pretty sure these were just made by that shadow thing. I continued on my search. After finding five of them, the watch started talking.

"Fifty percent complete. Releasing boss."

"A boss?!" I thought.

Before I knew it, I heard a loud crash. And something that sounded like a chainsaw. My eyes winded, as I saw the massive enemy. Chainsaw in his hands. I quickly ran from it. I manged to gather three more items, but that monster caught up with me. Attempting to saw me in half, I tried to attack it. But it wasn't going down easily. I gave up trying to take it down, so I ran. Trying to find the other items. And I did. I found all ten items when the watch spoke again.

"All item's collected. Bring them to the start to finish."

I was still being chased by that massive boss. But once I finally reached the outside again. It vanished, along with everything else. Catching my breath, the guardian appeared in front of me. The items I collected started floating. After the guardian viewed every item. It spoke.

"Very good, you passed. Time to head back." It sent another ball of lightning at me.

Once again opening my eyes, we were back at the scroll.

"You passed the trail of survival. You showed your survival skills. And now you can take the power..." It said.

Walking up to the scroll. I gently picked it up, and opened it. It floated from my hands, and started sending these strange symbols of words onto me. I ended up glowing a reddish color. After 30 seconds, it closed. Returning to my normal color, I was confused to what happened. But looking down at my arm, it had an apple symbol.

"You now have one out of eight symbols. The icons on your arm tells you what you had passed." It said.

"Once you completed each of the trails. You should have four symbols on each arm. Once you have completed each trail, you can use the power of life once. After that all your symbols will disappear. And you'll have to complete them again." It added.

"How does this work?" I asked.

"You'll learn when you complete all. But the power of life, it will cure anyone from. Death, illness, curses, medical problems. Anything dealing with the body." It replied.

"Now it's time you should leave..." It said. Surrounding me in a black mist.

About an hour later, I awoke in front of the cave. Looking at my arm, it still had the apple. Looking around, I noticed the blood ruby sword. I was excited to see it. I thought it'd disappeared once I completed it. But I guess this is a trail item. And will disappear once I complete them all. Getting up, there wasn't really a place to go. Checking the book I brought. The second scroll should be around, Torn City. And that's where I'll go. Problem was, I only had about a week or two to do this. And these places are so far away. If I'm going to save Litten in time, I have to find a quicker way to travel. Hopefully everything works out fine. And now, I've set out for Torn City. Wondering what the next trail will be like. I'll save Litten, I promise...