The Land of Tales: The Darkwoods

Wicked Path

This is where the adventure starts, the guardian is far too smart to risk Emily's safety however, she is much saver with him on this journey then to be left behind in this home.

They both walked out of the huge castle which does not seem like so from the outside they both head to the stables that was hidden strangely underground near the lack. Emily is a bit curious not knowing where she was headed to and the guardian walks right in front of her with silence. He did not even say one word, it was at this point where Emily realized how isolated they are, the only thing that can be heard is the chippering of the birds and the splashing of the swans in the lake.

Emily attempts to break the silent and asks "Soo... umm.. Where are we headed to again?"

He chuckles and as they keep walking he stops for a second to glance at her. He turns away quickly and keeps walking as he said "Well, we do need some kind of transport t get to where we are heading to, it is pretty far. However, I don't like carriages so you are going to be alright with riding on the back of a horse."

She shakes her head "No, not at all. It is alright with me; it is going to be a new experience."

He laughs a bit "Indeed then, it shall be a very new and rare experience."

They finally reached to the stables but from the outside it just looks like an ordinary cave. The entrance starts with what looks like a haunted cave, the sealing was crowded with bats and the floors what filled with spiders and webs. It looks like one of the last places that someone would keep their horses. After they walk further into the cave a huge door way seems to come closer into sight, it is about 5 stories high filled with Victorian designs and it appears to be made out of silver.
It was so grand that it looks out of place in a cave like this. As they get closer and closer to the door it starts to glow and sine but not enough to hurt anyone's eyes; it looks like it is covered in sparkles and as they get even closer more details begin to show, diamonds seem to be in graded into the door, it looks as glamorous as one of the most expensive engagement rings if not even better.

The guardian starts to speak an unknown language and then shorty after that the door magically opens on its own reveling marble floorings and beautifully decorated walls and large stables.

Emily was amazed with how wonderful this place looked she did not even realize that there was a pale white unicorn to her right. The guardian was already used to this so he keeps walking however he quickly recognized that Emily was walking much slower then he was.

"Now, now this is no time to get blinded by the beauty of this place, we have some work to do." The guardian told Emily.

Emily stats to match his speed as they made their way to the back to the sables.

It was filled with dark fog similar to the one that filled the streets of her town at night, the room starts to get darker and darker and then suddenly blood red eyes open in the dark, sharp razer teeth displaying an inhumanly smile and as they get closer it becomes clearer that this was a magical dark horse.

"Ohh woow, is that the hose we are riding?" Emily asked

The guardian was a bit thrown of, as normally most people would shiver in fear of the sight of that horse he the replayed calmly "Indeed it is".

He rustles to get the satel ready, and looks at the horse's reaction to Emily as normally the horse would get really grumpy around strange new people, those who try to pet him they would get bit.
But this encounter was rather strange; the house did not freak out in fact it was strangely normal.

"What is he called? It is a male right?" Emily asked curiously.

"That us correct, this house is a male and his name is Shadow" the guardian answered. Then grabs one of the satels and placed it on the houses back, as he was make in sure that he hooked on all the buckles and Emily waited patiently he guides the horse out of the stable.

The guardian quickly gets on top of the horse and said Emily "Come on now, we need to get going".

Emily struggled at first to get on to the horse as it was pretty tall and it did not seem like there was much space for her to sit behind the guardian. But then after a few failed attempt she finally managed to sit however like she suspected it was not that spacious.

"Hold on tight, this is going to be rather fast" the guardian warned Emily.

Emily hold onto the guardians cape and the horse suddenly starts running building up speed as they go, the seem to get closer and closer to the closed door.

"Ohhh noooo we are going go crash into the door" Emily thought but she could not say it as it was happening way too fast and she was too scared to speak.

They don't seem to be stopping anytime soon and the door is way too big and heavy to be opened on time.

It is really close now to where you can see the fine details on the door.

Emily let's out a squeak as her voice was not enough for her to scream. She quickly closed her eyes it seems like there is no hope now they are definitely crashing into the door.

Suddenly a portal opens and fresh air slams into their faces. They are now in a field that is heading towards a village of pointy roofs and purple houses. This was the village of witches.