Hello again, everyone! Are you ready for another hint about the Mystery Writer? (Oh, and thanks for the new guess, TheDiamondWriter!)

Sure thing, AlliyahTheAuthor, just to make things clear to TheDiamondWriter and all those who think I'm this young author's sister, I am not related to her whatsoever by blood.

Yep! So that should narrow things down a bit, for all those guessing! All I can say is this: Boy, will you be surprised when you finally figure it out XD!

You bet! You'll all be like: Why didn't I guess that before? o:

Anyways, have fun reading this chapter! :)

Olivia's P.O.V.

Everyone had already left, but I stayed inside the secret passage. I sighed.

"What's wrong?" Destiny asked me.

"I suppose I'm not meant to be a knight...There's only five knightly tasks, and they're obviously for the others…"

Destiny looked down. "Wait a second!" she exclaimed excitedly. "What if you find something; the relic that the Knightly Ones used? It's a map that can change to show where you want to go. But, I'm not sure where it is… You'll have to explore."

"Yes!" I said happily. "I've lived in the forests of Avalon all my life! I know it like the back of my hand. I'll never get lost."

Except I did.

Out of all places, I had to end up lost in the Weirwoods, the place where I live! How is that even possible? I sighed. I suppose I'd wandered farther than I'd ever gone. I really wish I had that map… My pondering was interrupted by an eerie howl.

Was that a wolf? I worried. or even worse, something undead?!

Turns, out, it was my second assumption. Because there, in front of me, stood a tall, dark figure in black armor. It removed its helmet, and I was shocked to see an elf-like sharp face with slim bright green eyes. She had straight black hair. It was darker than black, it seemed.

"Follow me," she said.

"Wait! Hold on!" I panted, trying to keep up with her speed. "Don't leave me here!"

"If you want to become a knight, you'll have to be quicker than that," she said.

Wait a second. I thought. How does he… she… it, know I want to become a knight so badly?

I raced after her. So many questions were raising from my mind.

I finally stopped to take a break. When I looked back up, the mysterious figure had disappeared. Then the stone I was leaning on slanted sideways.

It made the sounds of a lever! And I just activated it!

Oh joy. I imagined, full of sarcasm. I guess nothing is what it seems in these woods.

Before the ground opened up and I fell into an eternal abyss, I scratched a small cross on the stone with a pebble. If I do make out of this alive, I better tell the rest of Knights of the Silver Rose. Getting here again will be another problem…

After what seemed like forever, I finally landed on concrete ground. Somehow, the fall didn't hurt me at all. I was sure I would be flattened into a pancake.

A wall closed the way I entered. The walls were stone. They almost reminded me of the palace of Avalon.

Just great. I rationalized. How am I get out of this dark place?

The minute I questioned about what to do next, candles lit up all around the tiny room. It looks like a secret secretary, I observed.

I scrambled through the papers and old books, and guess what I found? A map! It must have been what Destiny was talking about, because it showed a map of Weirwood, and a huge castle.

So that's what this place is...

The second I touched it, a stream of light came from the map and my hands and blinded me. What's going on?! Next thing I knew, I was wearing aqua and black armor! Just like a real knight! I felt something inside of me, telling me to reach into my satchel.

I pulled something out; it was my father's dagger! After he died, it was all I had left of him...And I lost it… But now it was back! It was much longer than before, and with a shock, I realized it had turned into a sword!

"Wow..." I was simply amazed.

"So, you've found the map." said the voice from earlier, as she emerged from the shadows.

I murmured, "Who are you?"

"I'm Silena Noir, also known as descendant of the Black Knight," she said simply. "And you are Olivia ShadowBlood."

"How do you know my name?!"

She shrugged. "I know many things. I guess you could say that it pays to live with a bunch of ghosts."

"Ghosts?" I asked uneasily.

"Yes, yes. You're the last one to get accepted. You need to head back; it's getting late. You know as well as I do it is not good to stay out after dark in Avalon." Silena told me.

She looked to the side, and seemed to listen to someone. "You will return in the future, but not now. Take the map; you will need it." And with that, she disappeared into the shadows.

I looked back at the map.

There was a blinking arrow on it! It was pointing back towards the castle of Avalon!

"Okay… but how do I get out of here?" I questioned.

The map shone and the directions were blurred. Then it zoomed into the Weirwood section and clearly portrayed a map of all the secret tunnels!

Incredible! I thought in disbelief. I'm definitely showing this to my friends. It might come in handy.

"Does this map show the insides of buildings?" I asked myself. The image on the map dissolved, and now it showed the room I was in. It showed a hall that led up a staircase, and back outside. I circled the room.

What was on the map was nowhere to be found!

"Wait a second." I stopped. "This is a castle of some sort! There has to be a secret passageway!" I drifted along the wall, pressing on every stone brick I could reach. Finally, one on the ground I was stepping on made the wall open up, and I saw what was on the map.

When I got outside, I noticed that the sun was down. The moon was shining brightly. I shuddered; that meant trouble.

I walked all the way back, as carefully as possible, but I ran into a Shadow Nymph on the way there. I got a chance to use my father's sword, and turns out, I was already getting the hang of it!

The Shadow Nymph kept turning into shadows, and back to solid. I had to strike her when she was solid, otherwise it would go right through her. She could attack me in either form, though…

"Argh!" I cried, slamming my sword onto her. I missed! She was in shadow form.

"Heh-heh-heh!" she cackled crazily. As she turned back solid, I could see the fury in her eyes. She charged towards me.

I felt my heart quicken. Now was the moment of truth.

I shielded my face with my sword as she pushed. Her weight against mine.

With struggle, I pushed it forward, and pulled it out of her hands. I struck her as hard as I could with the sword. She shrieked, dissolving into shadow permanently. She could never harm anyone again.

Thankfully, I managed to get all the way back to the castle with no more monsters after me.

"Olivia!" Destiny cried with joy and relief. "I thought you'd never come back! And you look stunning!" she added.

"Thanks. Can we have a gathering? I have a story to share," I said urgently.

"Of course! I'll gather everyone now that everyone's back," said Destiny as she hurried off.

We met at our secret hideout. I saw some new knights. They must have recruited some more while I was gone. Genna also had silvery blue shimmering wings! They all told their stories first, and I was the last to tell mine.

"Hold on a second," paused Genna after I told my tale. "Did you say you had a flash of light with the transformation with the armor? That was like me when I got my wings!" she exclaimed.

"And you weren't the only one who saw this Selina Noir," added Evelyn.

We all stared at her.

"Well, after I fell in the well, and ran into a bunch of goblins, and almost fell down the hole again, I didn't exactly mention about a knight in dark armor pulling me up," she confessed as she blushed.

"What?!" we all cried together in shock.

"Well, I guess this Black Knight is worth looking into," Destiny realized.

We all agreed on that.

"Plus, maybe we're all gonna find that special something!" added Savannah in excitement.

"Oh! Maybe that could be our next mission?!" exclaimed Fiona.

Cleo smiled. "That certainly sounds exciting."

"Do we have to?" whined the twins.

Guess they're still exhausted after their first quest, I imagined.

"Okay! It's official: Our next mission as Knights of the Silver Rose is to go back to that castle and investigate!" declared Christina.

"Yay!" we all said in unison, Mia and Mike even did, only a bit tiredly.

"Who could have lived in that castle, back in the Weirwood, before Silena? I'm curious about what lies in there..." Destiny questioned mysteriously.

I nodded. I had a bad feeling that we'd run into the ghosts Silena had mentioned...