Haven't updated this in awhile, exams, schoolwork among other stuff getting in the way. But here's the next chapter, if you were reading this sorry it took so long. Reviews Please!!!

0-Unknown-Author-0

Chapter 4

We stepped outside the caravan, I stopped for a moment, relishing the fresh air. The Alex motioned for me to follow him, I did so. He led me past a, to my surprise, working windmill and towards a gaping hole in the ground. A small tree and some brush growing out and around the edges. I walked over to the fence surrounding it and gazed downwards. If I was shocked about this whole situation before it had just moved up a notch. I could see little windows and doors adorning the crevasse walls, probably about four or five homes in all. And all along the bottom grew grass, blue flowers and other foliage in the shadows below. In had an unsettling beauty to it that had me entranced for a moment.

'Hey, you alright?' Alex said laying a hand on my shoulder.

'Yeah, I'm fine...' I spun round quickly and found myself staring into his eyes, then I realised what I was doing. My mind raced, my heart raced faster.

'Oh, um...good, uh, right...follow me' He said slowly, eyes locked with mine.

'Right.' I said finally breaking the gaze. In my head I kept replaying what just happened, and one word kept hammering into my skull.

'Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid'

We came to a ladder in a break in the fence. I looked down again this time lloking away quickly. Ladders were not my thing, they were really not my thing. Especially rickety, ancient, lost in the middle of nowhere ones.

'You first.' I said putting on the best forced smile I could.

'Ok' He said calmly and began the descent.

My head took over again as I began to follow.

'Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God'

'Hey, is there something wrong!' Alex called up to me. My insides screamed 'God yes get me down from here' So I said:

'No, I'm fine'

I figured if I went down slowly I'd be fine. Wrong.

SNAP! The rungs my hands and feet were on broke.

'Aaaaiiiiieeee!!!' I screamed.

'Sara!' Alex yelled, he ran underneath me and caught me in his arms, we crashed to the ground in a heap.

I groaned and sat up rubbing my sore back. Alex raised himself shakily holding onto a wall for support.

'I owe you twice now.' I said grinning.

'What f-' He started. But I put a finger to his lips, then placed kiss on his cheek.

'My life.' I said then stepped back from him and looked round a bit. The most prominent object down here was what looked like a dying tree with a door in it.

'So what were we looking for.'

'...uuhhh...oh, I'll show you.'

I followed him down the track to a broken bridge, there were several of them, damaged, weathered. Two were broken entirely. He stepped back a bit, then took a running jump across the gap. I did the same, landing with a thump on both feet. We walked through an open doorway and I saw what must have been the stone wheel connected to the above Windmill. He then led me up a small flight of stairs into a room which may have once been a study of some sort. Then he showed me a cloth with a handprint on it. I looked at him questioningly.

'Touch it.' He motioned to it.

I reached and placed my open hand on it. Suddenly my body was filled with a strange sensation as the handprint began to glow a blueish hue, but not completely. One finger remained faded.

I turned back to Alex, a bit shaken.

'Sit down, he spoke calmly, I'll explain everything.'