Marvel "Emmie" Lupus met her best friend the day she remembers as the worst day of her life, the day her sister disappeared into the forbidden woods of Derivare Valley. Since that day she has always had nightmares about her mom leaving her and not coming back, but that's not what troubles her the most. Noone in the Valley will ever go near the forest and even with stern Warnings from Ben, Marvel can not shake the call of the woods. Something out there beckons her in and stories of a gruesome past do not stop her from watching and wondering about whatever lies with in the tree line.. The question is if she will ever be as brave as her sister Aurora was at eight. On her sixteenth birthday she finds out....