The Sayers Son

The Cave

The day was moving fast , time today seemed hasty , moving as fast as the wind mid storm. The sun continued to rise casting its light in the forrest. The young man sat himself down by the river , The mud and dirt of the rover bank gave way and sculpted perfectly around his body as he sat down , the river continued to flow as peacefully and as powerful as it did only moments before. The young man stared into the distance and muttered to himself , "what are you playing at Benke" ..... benke, a name to the face of this stranger. Benke slowly pulled the roll of paper out of his satchel and opened it to reveal a map , the map was detailed with pinpoint precision and had notes and labels for every landmark around. Except the forrest of the far lands , rather strange for a map to not show were you are , according to the map we must be sitting in a void. Then again no ones ever made it out of here alive. The forest has an intricate and interesting feel that just seems to lure people in never to be seen again.

Benke stood up slowly returning the map to the satchel. His intrest was turned back to the compass the gold and silver glimmers in the mid day sunlight, the lid of the compass reflecting and light that touches it , almost glowing. Great care was took with the compass and benke handled it like a small child. Hastely Benke retreated back to the cave opening , on the wall stood a wooden torch ,benke removed the torch from the wall and lit it on the already existing campfire . The torch burst into flames throwing sparks into the air , The crackling and sudden burst of light must have amused benke as a large grin spead across his face as he walked into the cave.

Sight , something you dont truly appreciate until theres non left the cave was dark and evidently much larger than first thought. The faint distant echoes of water droplets ring out like a beacon to guide benke home. The rough stone corridor was getting thinner and thinner and benke dodnt seem to care , clearly has done this many a time .

An opening appeared the room opened up and the sound of gushing water suddenly became apparent the cave opened up like the jaws of a lion to reveal a large dimly lit area with a waterfall . Vines and leaves and moss covered the walls and in the centre a pond with a single rock in the middle.
The furthest wall was painted with a deep blue color and benke was slowly approaching.

A hand print embedded in the wall appeared in which benke placed his hand and muttered words to himself, his hand and the room suddenly became engulfed in a flash of dim green and blue light like an explosion. And in the centre of the flash , benke.

The wall started to slide as if by magic. The rumbles and vibrations rattled the forest , leaves fell and the faint patter could be heard. A dim orange glow emitted from the room and the doorway locked open with a thud . Benke continued inwards.

Into the library.