I immediately felt uneasy. 'How do you know my name?' Cereus smiled. 'You've become quite the celebrity, Miss Hawthorne. Accepting quests here and there... You're the most famous Player, second only to the Ranger himself.' I shivered at the mention of the
I was searching for hours. The cavern was enormous and I had never felt as lost. 'Lava? Where are you?' I called, feeling desperate. To my astonishment, a voice actually answered. 'Here you stupid cow!' Out of curiosity, I followed the voice to a side cavern
I dug straight down. Not in the street, dummy, in my basement. I hoped there would be no intercrossing cave system, but I obviously had rotten luck. One of the downsides of digging straight down is you never know if there is lava or a cave beneath you. In this
The clerk led me to a dead end. 'Dig here.' she instructed me, and I did as she said. There was a barrel hidden there, but how the clerk hid it there was beyond me. That was because she didn't have hands. Or, at least, no
My name is Cindi Hawthorne, and I am going to die. If you haven't been suspended on a ledge above a boiling sea of lava, then well... I envy you. It all started like this: I was just minding my own business in the Oaken Bookist when the
The healer, Francine, poked at the pendant curiously. ‘there’s nothing I can do,’ she declared, to the dismay of Lindsky. ‘But it poses no threat. You should be fine.’ With a heavy heart, Lindsky tramped out of the healer’s hut. ’So?’ asked Iris expectantly. ‘It can’t be
With the Emerald Golem defeated, the pedestal rose back up with a rumble. Lindsky dashed away from the remains of the Emerald Golem and gently picked up the pendant. Flipping it over, she saw two initials carved into the cool metallic surface. ‘V.L…. That's my great-grandmother,
A hulking creature appeared, originally blending into the walls with its dull, mossy outer shell. Now, the golem’s eyes were open, irises as green as the foliage on the ceiling. It saw Iris first, charging at her, strong, stone arms hammering away. She shoved her torch into a nearby
The chamber was dimly lit by a crevasse in the ceiling, from which sunlight was streaming in. On a pedestal in the middle of the room lay the Pendant of the Ages, illuminated by the sunlight pouring in so it looked as if the Pendant itself was glowing. When Lindsky
They cleared away the brambles the next morning. It took nearly no time at all until they were in the claustrophobia-inducing tunnel. Iris lit her torch and took the lead, keeping the flame as far away from her long strands of hair as possible. They soon reached the ‘gate’
‘I’m tired,’ complained Iris as she clambered through the lower branches of a spruce tree. ‘Better up here than down there,’ retorted Lindsky as she gestured to the foul smelling swamp below. ‘Come on, Tunigia is just up ahead!’ she said enthusiastically, ignoring her friend’s grumbles. After a
‘Are you sure this is legit?’said Iris Lockwood to her best friend, Lindsky Blossom. ‘Kinda,’ Lindsky replied, unrolling the tattered, faded map she found in her attic. ‘It’s worth a try.’Iris picked up her bow and Lindsky sheathed her sword. Together, they went out of Iris’s