Chapter 3
Mark had a weird dream. In his dream Matthew kept calling him to supper, but Mark was paralyzed by a loud buzzing. Then a large beast would come up and just as it was about to devour him, he would break free and run away then the process would start over again.
Mark woke up with a star. "He's awake," John called. Lief, Barda, and Jasmine all came running toward him. They all breathed a sigh of relief. "We thought you were dead," Lief said. "Be awful for you have died after just joining us," Barda said. Jasmine said with a small smile, "Glad you're alright." Mark smiled then asked where they were. Jasmine smiled again, but this time it was a broad one, "Near the Nest. In front of the Wennbar's lair." He saw her go over to a tree and instantly knew she was talking to it. After a little while Jasmine came back over.
"The trees say if we continue on much longer we will get out of the forests by dark," Jasmine said. Lief nodded, "Good. We need to be out by night. I can't bear another night here." Mark was instantly nervous, "I was out all night!?" Jasmine nodded, "Yes."
All of a sudden a little creature came from Jasmine's hair. Jasmine was surprised. "Filli, you haven't been out ever since Mark came! Do you trust him now." Filli nodded then motioned up. Everybody looked up and saw Kree coming toward them.
Mark was in awe from seeing both Filli and Kree. Kree screeched and Jasmine nodded. "We should go. The Wennbar is gone, but it has been coming out for longer visits." Everybody nodded and started to pack up.
Jasmine stopped them after a little while. "I have to go somewhere." Before they could stop her, she ran off. They looked at each other and started on again. After a little while Jasmine came back, but she wouldn't tell them where she had been. A little farther up they stopped. Lief breathed, "This was where The Dark and Gorl was." They all moved slowly then came to a clearing.
Jasmine took out what she had been holding. They were glass vials. She ran forward and fell to the ground. They looked and saw she was getting nectar from The Lillis of Life. After the lilies ran out, Jasmine stood up. "We need to get going," she said.
After walking for a little while more Lief said, "We should eat. Where is the food?" John gasped, "We forgot the food when I was stung." Barda said, "We will just keep walking until we find food."
On the way there Mark asked John why he had come. "I am a weapons expert," he said and ended it. "Look," somebody said. There was a beutiful fruit orchard. They hurried over and started to feast. Nobody liked the peel of the fruit except for Mark. They all sat down and soon Lief, Barda, Jasmine, and John fell asleep. Mark went to go get water from a spring near the orchard when he slipped. He fell and landed in the water. Mark laughed then saw something strange. It was a skull. Mark looked at the other rocks and saw they were all bones.
Mark then heard a loud noise. He turned around. The gigantic Orchard Keeper was strutting to the sleeping four.
A/N: I'm sorry for the cliffhangers. I promise that I will have a least one chapter without one. Also, if I get a story off of somebody else's, I will give credit. I did not get this story off of anybody else's.
