"Great. I should've brought a jacket," I mumbled to myself as a shiver came down my spine.
I was already half way there and I was FREEZING. At night, it gets pretty cold around here.
In order to get to Devon Woods, I had to pass up the village. It was pretty dark out and no one was really there. As I passed up all the stands, I started to smell smoke. Like something was burned.
I looked around to see where the scent was coming from and realized, there was ashes all around the ground. As memories flooded from yesterday, I remembered something.
George Kingsford...
Not wanting to think about it, I sped up and left the village as quickly as possible.
After a while of walking, I started to wonder if I might've gotten lost. All I saw around me was fields of trees. That's it.
I then noticed a sign way up ahead.
"Devon Woods," I whispered.
When I finally approached the sign, I take a good look at the woods and gulped.
Maybe I should turn back...
No, I told myself. I have to keep going, I already came this far.
The woods were so dark, and that is what made it scary. I wasn't able to tell what was really ahead of me.
Every step I took, a crack followed. Noticing my surroundings, there were a lot of critters too.
"Shoot!" I exclaimed as I whacked my forehead with my palm.
I forgot to change into the dress and shoes.
Where was I suppose to change? Out here? When whoever sent me here could be watching me?
I really had no other choice so I tried to change as rapidly as possible.
When I was in the middle of trying to pry my dress on, stubborn dress, I heard a huge CRACK.
I jumped and quickly finished putting my dress on.
"Who's there?! Hello?" I yelled as my heart dropped to my stomach.
The sound of hoots and chirping filled the silence.
Huh, must have been an animal or something.
I finish putting on my shoes and realized, how did they know my exact size?
As possibilities filled my head, I heard another CRACK.
"Alright, that's it! Who is it?!"
Before I could think that I might have been possibly hallucinating, I heard shuffling from the bushes behind me.
Right when I turned around, I jumped to see a girl who was ironically wearing a dress and similar shoes as mine as well and had reddish hair.
She looked scared to death, not that I wasn't either.
"Who are you? Are you the one who sent me here?" I questioned.
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The Dark Crown
Romance"They're always watching..... there is no way to escape." In a very poor place called Hillington, where it use to be paradise, eventually broke into pieces when a new heir of Royalty, a dark and evil one, took over the throne. No one can explain who...
