I'm so cold, Emma thought to herself, shivering and rubbing her arms. With hindsight, she probably should have brought a jacket. She'd been wandering around the forest alone for about an hour. The moon shone brightly in the star filled sky, which gave her little light to see where she was going. Jesse was nowhere in sight and she'd pretty much lost her way. I should've remembered breadcrumbs; Emma smiled, referring to 'Hansel and Gretal', one of her favourite childhood stories.
Emma could faintly see a clearing up ahead and sensed someone, or more precisely two someones, sleeping. She could only assume it was Shalimar and Brennan. This sparked a flame of hope in Emma's mind that everything would turn out ok. Emma's only thought was to find Jesse, so she ran, slightly stumbling over tree roots, to Brennan to ask if he'd seen Jesse. Crouching, she shook Brennan quite desperately.
"Wake up Brennan!" Emma pleaded. Brennan started to stir, but Shalimar still slept. "Have you seen Jesse?" Emma asked Brennan as his eyes were still closed. He rubbed his eyes and opened them until his vision became clear. Directly in front of him, a beauty he could only describe as an angel knelt before him.
"Emma," Brennan breathed as his heart began to beat faster. The moonlight illuminated her face in such a way that she could match any goddess's beauty. "I love you so much and would happily give my heart to you, though I fear it's already yours." Emma fell backwards in confusion and shock.
"What are you saying?" Emma was slowly crawling backwards, but Brennan hovered closer to her through the mud.
"I'm saying I love you with all my heart." Brennan moved his face closer to Emma's for a kiss, but Emma jumped up and pushed him back.
"No, you love Shalimar. You don't even know me." Emma kept maintaining her distance.
"I'd like to get to know you." Brennan lunged to grab Emma, to take her in his arms. Emma dodged him and with her mind, sent him images of bees flying all around him, long enough to confuse him and let her run far away. When the image disappeared, Brennan blinked and realised Emma, the love of his life, was gone.
"I will find you my love!" Brennan shouted, and ran off to find her.