Tower of Blessings

The Silver Garden

     Savanna fell to her knees right besides Xavier. She looked over at him and sighed. "I-I'm so sorry... she promised me she wouldn't..." she trailed off. Xavier stood up and took her hand. "It's ok.... Let's go find the last two blessings." he said. He looked at everybody, and they all nodded. The 4 headed up the stairs.

     The next room was covered in shiny gray plants. Vines painted silver ran along the walls, and the group was mesmerized. Domanick picked a flower and looked at it. "It's like they were frozen- or they're made of stone." he pointed out.

     Ashley pulled a note off the door and handed it to Xavier. "In order to open this door, you must find a living flower, one that hasn't been turned into stone." he read aloud to the three. "Wait," Domanick stated, "So these plants were turned into stone? The were alive?" He looked at the others and they all shrugged, then they all started hunting.

     After about 10 minutes of solid looking, Domanick raised both of his hands and shouted "I found it!" The group gathered around her to see a silver flower, alive and still in bloom. Dom moves the flower slightly and it fell to the floor. He picked it up to see writing on the back of it. "To open the door," he read, "you must pick the petals off of the flower and spread them in front of the door."

     Dom and Savanna put the flower petals in front of the door while Xavier and Ashley watched. Soon enough, the door tumbled and slid open. They all looked at the next blessing. The room seemed off though. Instead of just the blessing being in there, there were stone plants inside as well.

     Xavier walked towards the blessing, hopefully claiming at least one, when suddenly, Ashley darted our in front of him, pushing him back. Savanna called out for her twin and she ran in front of Ashley. "What are you doing?" she cried, looking her sister in the eyes. Ashley just smiled, tears in her eyes, as she grabbed Sav by her shoulders and pushed her back towards Xavier and Domanick.

     Ashley then walked into the blessing room. Savanna reached out towards Ashley, and Ashley turned around. She was smiling as tears rolled down her cheeks. They seemed to freeze as the door slammed shut.

     Ashley has claimed The Silver Garden.