The cursed gem

Forbidden Forest

She looked around. There was an old, yellow tape all around the place. The Forbidden Forest got its name for a reason. Every cookie that has entered it, never came back. Alchemist has already been there a couple of times. This time it wasn't the same. Usually she'd walk around it, collecting things that were growing near it. This time, she had to go there. She started trembling. It was both dangerous and illegal.
-"N-n-now.."
She said out loud, stuttering.
-"Y-you can't g-g-go back.."
She smiled nervously. She slowly started going forward. She went under the tape. She suddenly stopped. She wasn't sure if it was because of fear or she did it herself. She opened her bag and started looking for something. She finally took out her flashlight. She closed her bag and activated the flashlight. She took a deep breath and went inside. As much as she prefered silence than other noises, that much she'd rather listen to something else.
~"Just get the stuff and leave."
She kept repeating the same sentence in her mind for at least 5 minutes until she found the first thing that was on her list.
~"1 got. 3 more to go."
The fact that she was one step closer to the end made her less anxious. It was now a bit easier for her to keep going. She picked up the ingredients she needed which were purple flowers. She couldn't remember the name but they were really important. She didn't use them often but they could replace some other resources. Unfortunately, not the ones she needed to get. There were quite a lot of them which was pretty rare. Those type of flowers usually grow alone. Alchemist stuffed them in her bag and went straight forward. This time she was going a little bit faster, tho still anxious. She could still remember the time when those cookies disappeared. Their faces faded from her memory but she could still remember some things that were shown on the missing posters. She hoped she wouldn't end up like them.