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Author's Note: Well…I would say have fun, but…

All Gone

Kelly looked around at the desolate land around her. Everything was dark and a thick fog covered the ground. A chill enveloped Kelly as she looked at all the dead grass and lack of trees. She didn't know what to make of the place; everything was just so unnatural that it was something she had never dreamed about. Looking back her eyes widened as she noticed how far they were from the woods.

"We haven't moved have we?"

"What?" Hunter looked down at her, "What are you talking about?"

"That." Blake and Hunter turned and looked to the direction that was pointing at and saw that the woods were indeed a few miles away. Hearing a clap of thunder the three turned back to the bleak land in front of them.

"So, where do we go from here?" Blake asked his voice barely above a whisper.

"Well, the story deals with the castle, so I suppose we need to find the castle."

"Alright, where's the castle?"

"I've never been over here, I don't know."

"Hey look," Blake said pointing ahead of them, "There's a grove of trees, I think, maybe we should go there, and then one of us could climb up and see a vaster distance."

"Good idea. Come on." Hunter stepped forward followed by Kelly and Blake.

The three silently moved through the deadened land. There was absolutely no sound except for the ones that came from them. They all kept expecting to hear some kind of animal, insect, anything, but they were not rewarded in any way. Things remained quiet as they approached the trees, if that was indeed what they were. It looked as though the trees had all been burned, but the leaves had remained and turned black like the bark. On the leave ran white lines, much like veins.

"I don't think we should go all the way in." Hunter said looking around.

"Alright, I'll go up." Kelly headed to the tree.

"No." Hunter stood in front of her.

"It's a tree."

"And someone could be," At this point Hunter stuck his arm out preventing Blake from making his way around Hunter, "watching." He looked at Blake, "I'll go." He quickly made it to the top of the tree, which he found was slimy in certain places, what it was he didn't want to know. He made it to the top of the tree and looked around. From the place they had just come from it looked like a black curtain, opposite there was a thick fog, heading south he could see more groves of trees and what appeared to be a forest, all with the same black, dead trees.

And when he looked north he saw the castle, gray against a shadowy sky which lit up every so often with lightning. As soon as he saw the castle he felt his breath catch in his throat. Tensing up he stared at it for a bit before something flashed in his mind which threw him off balance. Shaking his head he found himself breathing heavily. After taking a moment he thought about what he had seen. Everything was odd, but what Hunter found to be the oddest was the fact that he didn't see anybody or anything in any direction. He jumped out of the tree.

"Everything okay?" Blake asked putting his hand on his older brother's shoulder.

"I'm fine." He looked back over from where they had come, shook his head and turned back to Kelly and Blake, "Come on, the castle is this way."

All three began walking towards the north. Kelly spoke up first, "What did you see?"

"Dead trees, fog, dark sky, lightning. Nothing new."

Nodding she looked down to the ground. All at once they head a loud roar that came from behind them. Turning around they saw a fairly large animal staring at them.

"Uh, bro, any ideas?" Blake asked.

Hunter stepped a bit in front of the other two, "I'm thinking."

"Well we can't just stay here, what about running?" Kelly asked.

"Who knows if we can out run it?" Blake said.

Hunter looked up and down the field and still saw nothing. Then he glanced over at the fog, they weren't that far from it. There was a very good possibility that the creature couldn't see in the fog. "Alright, see the fog over there?" Blake nodded and then spoke out loud his confirmation. Hunter glanced down at Kelly, "Kelly?"

"Yeah."

"Let's run to there. It's more of a sprint and we have a better chance of escaping it there." Pausing for a moment, Hunter looked down and Blake and then Kelly, "Alright, when I saw go…" He continued watching the animal who kept them in a stare and was making no other moves, "…GO!"

The three took off running. Hunter stayed behind the two to make sure that they made it to the fog. Glancing behind him he saw the thing sprinting towards them. Just a little bit further and they would make it into the thick fog. With a final burst of speed from all three of them they joined the fog causing the creature to stop right outside it. As Hunter was catching his breathe he could hear the thing breathing behind him. Why it wasn't coming after them he didn't know.

Looking to the front he noticed that he couldn't see Kelly or Blake! His heart stopped once more in his chest, "Blake?" He called quietly praying that he would answer, but the only thing that came back was the fog as if telling him that Blake was gone. He stepped forward a few more steps hoping to find them. Reaching out he grasped some kind of cloth. As his breathe came back he moved forward to see what he thought was his brother. Instead he was holding a skeleton which he quickly dropped.

Everything was lost now. The creature was out of the fog waiting for them, and he couldn't find Blake or Kelly. Tori was somewhere, maybe alive, in this land. And the two countries would be at war. But the one that got him the most was the fact that he had let his little brother down. He had let him die. Hunter fell to his knees in despair. Now there was no point.

Tori woke up her head aching. She slowly sat up and looked around her. She had to be in some sort of a jail. Swallowing she stood up and looked around. There appeared to be someone in the corner.

"He…" Her mouth was so dry that she had to wait before saying anything, "Hello." They were in the shadows so she couldn't quite make out who it was. Taking a deep breath she made her way over to the corner. As she knelt down she realized that there was someone, but no one that would have answered her. Backing away from that skeleton she felt the wall behind her. Sinking back down she tried to assess her situation.

She was in this land, alone, weaponless, with creatures she had never seen or heard of before. She didn't even know how long she'd been over here, it felt like days to her, but that didn't mean anything. As if in response to that she felt her stomach rumble. Great hungry and thirsty. Trapped with a dead guy. And who knew if they would even think about looking over here. She hadn't told anyone she'd left or where she was going. They probably wouldn't even realize it for a couple of days in which case then they would search around the castle and the grounds and when they finally would consider this land she would be dead, or worse.

Blake! Her mind immediately flew to the dark skinned prince usually clad in dark blue clothes. He was here somewhere, unless he was already dead. Some rescue. Way to go Tori. Shaking her head she leaned back against the wall. There was no way out of here. She would be stuck in this dark, cold, wet box for the rest of her life, which wouldn't be that long. Why had she told that stupid story? She couldn't even tell Blake that she was sorry or that she liked more than just what she had originally thought of, and now he would never know.

Author's Note: Yeah, okay, not so much fun. This was a pretty depressing chapter to write.