Finn flew around my head making me dizzy, its been a while since he has been there and I wasn't used to him.

"So, what do you think happened to the witch princess Akari? Do you think she went terminator on us?"

"I don't think she's bad Finn, just selfish," I replied sighing. I was getting close to Flute Fields. I hated walking through Fugue forest, it seemed to go on forever, and the marsh was located deep inside the maze.

"Can we go see Marimba farm?" Finn asked. I thought about it, and I secretly wanted to see too. I know it was kinda morbid considering the condition the farm was suppose to be in, but I just couldn't believe that every single one of their crops and flowers could just shrivel like mine had. So…I took a detour.

As we got closer I could tell the Goddess had been right, well of course she was. I looked closer and my jaw dropped, everything surrounding Chase's house and the seed shop was jet black. There was row upon row of dead plants. I looked over at Finn and his mouth was more open then mine. He stopped fluttering and landed on my shoulder with a thud, he almost fell off, but I steadied him with my hand.

"A-Akari?" He stuttered, "I know I should be brave, and that I'm suppose to help keep you safe, but… I'm scared. Who besides the Goddess has the power to do this?" He buried his face in my neck.

Who indeed. I thought about it for a second, but then I saw Craig and Anissa out in the field, Craig throwing his hands up in the air, then slumping his shoulders as if defeated. I walked over to them and Anissa saw me first.

"Oh, hello Akari," she said glumly. She had three bags of seeds in her hand.

"Hi, guys," I replied, "what are you doing?"

Craig looked at me, his eyes tired. "We were trying to figure out what happened to our crops…" He sighed.

"Has this happened at your farm too Akari?" Anissa asked me, sounding hopeless.

"Yes it has," I replied. "Why are you carrying those seeds Anissa?" I was a little too curious sometimes.

"Well, we were going to try replanting, but…look at this." She put her hand into a bag off cabbage seeds and scattered a few on the ground. As they hit the dirt, the seeds spilt open, and seemed to just disintegrate and dissolve into the earth. I gasped at the sight.

"I know," she replied, "we were shocked too. We even tried using fertilizer and multiple types of seeds to see if it was just a certain kind, but even the flower seeds do the same thing." She looked down at the dirt sadly.

"Two years ago, the island was bad," Craig piped up, "but at least things were able to grow. I don't know if the town will be able to survive this." He shook his head and started walking towards his house.

"What are we going to do Akari?" I couldn't even look at her face.

"I don't know." I looked at the sky, the sun was high, it looked to be about one o'clock. I had to get to the witch princesses house and meet Gill. "Sorry Anissa, but I have to go. Let me know if you find anything out." I said that last bit knowing very well that her chances of finding anything were slim.

"Ok Akari, I'll keep you posted." I left her standing next to her field as I went to Fugue forest.

When I got to the door I sighed, knowing what lay ahead of me. The forest was dark and it seemed like the boulders and trees were always moving and blocking your path. It was super creepy. Finn stayed close to my head as I opened the gate and stepped into the natural maze.

We had been walking for a while before Finn finally spoke. "Are we almost there yet Akari?" I tried to think of how many clearings we had been through since we started walking.

"Yes Finn, we should be there soon, just a couple more turns." This seemed to satisfy him and he went quiet again.

After what seemed like hours we finally reach the last clearing before the witch's house, I continued walking until I reached the bridge, her house was just on the other side. Suddenly Finn tapped me.

"Akari," he said nervously, "something doesn't feel right. I hear something." I stopped and listened with him, and I heard it, the grass was rustling. I listened harder, and the sound was getting closer and moving fast.

"Akari, I think we should move it!" Finn yelled in my ear, but it was too late. The two animals that lived next to the witches house, a raccoon and a weasel ,came flying out of the grass hissing and snarling. I moved out of the way just in time to get past the raccoon, he slipped by just barely missing my calf with his teeth. I wasn't so lucky with the weasel though, I felt a sharp pain, as his razor teeth cut into my ankle and I cried out. He was latched on!

"Finn!" I screamed

"Akari! The raccoon. Come on we have to get to the house it's our only chance!"

I kicked my leg furiously, the weasel's teeth making a deep gash as they slowly lost their grip from the force. It went flying into the nearest bush, but didn't stay down long. I made a run for it to the witch's house. I grabbed the doorknob, praying that the door wasn't locked. I turned the knob and…success! I turned back to see the weasel and raccoon rushing at me.

"Akari! Inside now!" It was a good thing Finn was there, or I would have been frozen to the spot. Both animals had a dim, eerie red glow coming from their eyes, and their teeth were bared. I quickly stepped inside and slammed the door behind me, hearing both animals bang into it as it closed in their faces.

I quickly backed away from the door because they continued ramming it. "That was a little too close," I said too Finn, exhilarated from the adrenaline rushing through my veins. "Did you see their eyes?" I asked him. He nodded then shrugged.

"I've never seen or heard anything like it before." Of course he hadn't, he was only created when I came to the island.

I stared at him for a minute then began to look around. The witch princesses house was very dark and I couldn't really see anything. I started searching around for a light, as I did I could feel glass crunching beneath my shoes. I felt really uneasy, where was she? The witch princess very rarely ever left her house, actually, I don't think she ever left. Suddenly a light came on.

"I found a lamp!" Finn said triumphantly, then quickly returned to my side.

Her place was a mess. Everything that had once been on a shelf, was now on the floor, there were herbs and flowers and other ingredients I couldn't identify scattered everywhere mixed in with large amounts of smashed glass. The light was dim and I kept walking until I came to a book, it was left open on a stand. I tried reading it, but couldn't understand the language so gave up. As I turned I stepped on something that wasn't glass, I looked down and saw a hand.

"Eeeeekkk!!!" I screeched and jump back. Finn tumbled through the air, surprised by my sudden movement.

"What? What is it?" He yelled flying around in circles.

I cautiously stepped forward and knelt to the ground. "I found the witch princess." I whispered. She was face down with her hair spread out on the floor wearing her usual dark clothing and witch hat.

Finn looked down at me then at her. "Oh my gosh! OH MY GOSH! Is she…is she, well you know? Is she alright?" He choked out the last words, trying to keep his voice from breaking as he held back tears.

I slowly turned her over onto her back, then reached for the pulse in her neck. I breathed out a sigh of relief, "she's still alive," I responded and Finn relaxed, "but she's unconscious. It might be serious."

I looked at the witch princess. Ok so she was alive, that was good, but how was I going to get any answers from her? She needed to get to the hospital, I cringed as I heard another bang at the door. My ankle remembered all to well that it was dangerous to go back out. How was I going to get us out of here?

Thanks for reading my story guys, I'm glad some of you are really enjoying it. I'm going to keep adding chapters as fast as I can. :)