After the torch lit, Rose found herself in a whole new room. There was a stove, six chests, a table with multiple potions, bowls and cups. There were shelves aligned with books. Right behind her was a fireplace, and far across the room, was this strange looking arch made up of strange stone. It didn't lead anywhere, just a blank brick wall.
Near that was another table, and on that table was stacks of books, and papers, something else on the table glinted in the torch light, peeking Roses growing interest. She walked closer and found it was a compass. It was silver and had red arrows in the middle. Underneath the compass was a large map, at first it looked like a table cloth, for it was as wide as the top of the table. Rose looked closer and found the prints of various other islands, all with beautifully marked names of those places. Firehorn, Kingdom sky, and much more. But strangely, there were ink markings that scratched some of the places. With quickly scribled marks on some of them. Most of all, there was a large hand writing at the top of the page that said:
Where lies the Devils book?!
At that Rose took a few steps back. A sudden wave of fear rushed through her, and she could feel her adrenaline pumping through her veins. Her anxiety was flaring and she didn't know how to control it. Rose ran! She rushed up the steps, threw the trap door open, crawled out like a frightened rabbit, burst through the door and ran! She flung the gate open, as she ran trying to gain speed, she spotted a grove of trees and ran towards it. She realized that it was now nighttime, the half moon shpwn high in the sky. Rose kust lept running. As she did she thought.
'Can Dusty truly be trusted?! What is he hiding?! Why did he kidnap me?! Where is Caden?! What am-'
Rose was suddenly grabbed from behind! The figure put it's hand over her mouth, and wrapped an arm around her midsection, pinning her arms to her sides. Rose shrieked and kicked, trying her best to break free but to little use. The figure dragged her behind a tree, and it was then that it spoke.
"Shh! Quiet-quiet! It's okay it's alright!"
Rose recognized the voice and slowed down her struggling, also trying to control her breathing. The person let go and Rose turned around to face him. Sure enough, it was Caden.
"Caden! Thank God it's you!" She exclaimed, Caden put his hand over her mouth.
"Shh! Rose where were you?" There was sterness in his voice as much as there was on his face. It made Rose feel nervous.
"I was taken by aVillager, he wasn't trying to hurt me! He left to get water, but his basement is..."
She couldn't find the words to describe what she saw. Dark science? Evil ritual? Caden snapped her out of her qiuck thoughts.
"Forget about it, we need to get going. Come."
He grabbed her arm, and began in a slow jog, dodging low cube tree leaves. Suddenly, something fast whipped past them! Leaving a open tear on the right shoulder of Cadens jacket, causing an open cut in Cadens skin. The two stopped and turned around, and found that it was Dusty. Holding and streching his bow, arrow at the ready.
"Illager!" He shouted, his voice sounded both nervous, but powerful at the same time.
"Take your hands off her! Take them off!"
In a swift motion, Caden wrapped his arm around Rose again, and with his other hand, he put on her neck in a sort of choking position. For Rose, none of it hurt, it was all a gentle touch. But it must have looked like a death threat to Dusty, because he lowered his bow slightly, with a look pf shock and horror on his face. He gained back his serious composure, raising his bow and arrow, aiming at Caden.
"Don't you dare hurt her! Let her go!"
"Or what?"
Asked Caden, his light grip slightly getting tighter.
"If you try to shoot, you might end up hitting her!"
"Don't test me Illager! I'm the best aimer in these parts!"
"Is that so? Where were you trying to target? The tree? You pierced it real deep!"
"This time the arrow will pierce through your head!"
"Try me Pig-mud! You'll end up hitting her instead!"
Dusty let lose of the arrow, it flew through the air right towards it's target, Caden swiftly cocked his head to the left, and the arrow sliced him on the side of his neck, leaving another cut.
All this commotion was flaring Roses anxiety through the roof, but suddenly, there was a great white flash, then everything went black. And only silence followed.
But Rose was trying hard to consetrate, she lay on the ground, her vision getting blury. She managed to keep her eyes barely open, she saw Dustys face filled with horror, shouting something she couldn't hear through the ringing in her ears. And the concerned face Caden showed, as he tried to shake her awake.
Then everything darkened back into the void.
