The Guardians and the Gods

"No, you can't. It's too dark, we can look for it tomorrow. It will be safer then." Before Rosemary even finished her sentence, Aqua already had her boots on and cloak buttoned, and was heading out the door. Rosemary ran after her, but she didn't get very far before she suddenly stopped.
There was a shadowy figure that stood not two yards in front of them. The figure was tall; they could not see a face for the figure was in a cloak that covered his face. The boots they wore had seen better days. They took one step toward Aqua on the stone slab in front of their door.