It is the awaited day... the time has come to fulfill Lilian's wish of joining the academy and studying. She got into the car with Henrey and Synthia, heading there.
___Lilian___
What was the name of the academy again ? I forgot
___Synthia___
Mages Chishiki Academy , the best magic academy currently in the entire continent , only the gifted can enter it!
___Henrey___
And I am sure that you, Lilian, can do it, so there is no need to worry!
___Lilian___
(feeling a little nervous) Thank you both for the encouragement (smile)
Upon arriving at the pedestrian crossing , they could not continue by car, Lilian got out excitedly and both Henrey and Synthia got out.
___ Lilian____
So are we going to continue walking now?!(excited)
Henrey and Synthia exchanged glances silently before Henrey took Lilian's bags out of the car and handed them to her.
___Synthia___
Actually ... this is as far as we can go
___Henrey___
Yes.. except on visiting days, only those who want to become students can pass through this path .
Silence filled the place , Lilian seemed frightened and hesitant at the same time .
___Synthia___
Ah ! But don't worry as long as you are an ambitious and honest person , you will be fine ,
____Lilian_____
Hmm
___Henrey____
And make sure not to enter the forest
____Lilian_____
Forest! Why?!
____Henrey____
Uh... I don't know how to explain this exactly... it's just dangerous don't enter it
___ Lilian ____
Oh
___Synthia___
And also follow the designated path (right,right, left, right, left,left, left, right)
___Henrey___
Yes don't worry , and make sure to arrive before nightfall that would be better !
____ Lilian____
Uhh guys...
___Synthia___
But if it happens that night falls it is said that a flame of fire will be like a reflecting mirror of the path.
____Lilian____
Guys!....guys!... hold on a second....
That's a lot of info... I can't remember that all at once...
Synthia and Henrey exchanged glances , they looked worried .
___ Henrey___
I'm sorry... I was just worried
___ Synthia____
Sorry if we made you stressed.... We just care about you
Lilian just looked at them for a while then laughed it out , for it was the first time someone had shown her all this care ... as if she had found her real parents .
___Lilian___
Thank you both!... Synthia , Henrey ... don't worry, I will be fine ...I will wait for you on visiting day , take care of yourselves!
Lilian exchanged hugs with everyone , before the moment of separation and farewell came , for Lilian to begin her journey towards her goal.
_______ 2 hours later________
___Lilian___
And... this is what happened.... but it has been about two hours, so why can't I arrive!!!(shouting)
Lilian continued walking and walking and walking until sunset came . She was surprised because she had followed the rules indeed , so why was this happening ?! But she remembered Synthia's words that those with sincere will would be fine, so she continued walking... she even started running.
She ran and ran until she got tired and the night had already fallen , but she did not give up, suddenly she stumbled and fell towards a slope in the dark forest which led to a deep cliff , Lilian tried to hold onto something but to no avail the place was too steep , and here she was reaching the edge , and just before falling directly into the abyss she grabbed onto the root of one of the trees.
She thought she had survived, then she tried to climb back up... but it was umpossible , she would fall if she soes that and her body was covered in bruises adding to that she did not have enough energy even to move , so she began screaming and asking for help hoping someone was there.
___Lilian___
Help! Help me!.... I am stuck here on the edge of the cliff! ... I'm about to fall and I can't climb up..... someone!!... please!... help me!... help...
Lilian screamed a lot and could not continue, her throat was almost swollen , and it seemed that her hands had begun slipping from the root that she had been holding on there for a long time and she was beginning to feel tired , but she did not give up and tried to climb one last time then she failed again .... so she sighed.... and the idea came to her , it was to endure until morning hoping that someone would find her... but taljing is easy... as for doing it ... it did not seem possible considering the current situation.
Some time passed and Lilian could not endure any longer , but suddenly ... she heard the sound of footsteps, the sparkle of life returned to her eyes , after she thought it was her last day alive.... but finally...there was someone coming to help.
___ Lilian____
Help me!... I am here!... help.... I am here on the edge of the cliff!... I don't want to fall!... help me!
Lilian used up her energy to ask for help one last time, and she actually noticed that the footsteps were heading towards her , so she felt relief and hope.
___Lilian___
Yes... I am here!... help me!... please!
And finally the footsteps came very close , Lilian smiled and felt happy . Until a tall man came out from between the trees he was wearing a cloak covering everything , he headed towards Lilian who was hanging and holding onto the root.
____ Lilian____
Sir! ... please help me! I can't take it anymore!
Silence filled the place, the man did not move a single step nor did he try to save her , Lilian was surprised because what is he doing exactly .
____Lilian____
Sir!... I am here please!... help me!... I don't want to die!... I will pay you all the money I have .... so please.... help me...
A few seconds passed before the man stepped forward, Lilian smiled , it seemed that he would actually help her, and as soon as he lowered his head to look at her , Lilian raised her head to look directly at him , he was standing tall directly in front of her but he showed no intention of helping her.... Lilian felt angry... what's wrong with this man.... she had even offered him money.... Lilian looked towards the bottom of the abyss , she was almost falling already, it seemed that there was no escape now and giving up was the only solution, she raised her head again to see the man.
Suddenly.... oh my god... his face was facing hers directly .... only a few centimeters separating them ... And ... she saw something she should not have seen.... Lilian felt terrified and her hands began trembling from the horror of what she saw, that thing .... was not human, it was something else , the shape of its body was like a human but the color of its skin was dark blue just like a human who has been lifeless for years , and oh gid that smell that hitted her nose with its strong disgusting odor that resembled rotten meat , she couldn't even look at its eyes since both of them were being eaten by worms , adding to that and the most scary part is that it had no mouth nor skin around its jaw , just looking at it made Lilian disgusted, the teeth and jawbone were completely visible , and to make it even worse most of its teeth were missing , and without even concentrating you could see its tongue and throat where both of them were black which makes it easy to see that its throat was being eaten by white worms just like his eyes.
Lilian froze in place with her mouth open and could not move from the horror of the sight..... the monster extended its hand towards her while she was trembling ... all she could do was watch its hand which was nothing but bones covered with dirty nails approaching her face , she began sweating and could not even scream in this state nor think about how she would survive .
The creature made strange sounds instead of speaking for it was making sounds like clicks as if its throat was dry, it grabbed Lilian's cheek while she looked at it , a few seconds passed before it finally said something understandable.
___Monster___
He.... she..... you.... it was.... there....you met them.... unfortunately..... they are not here.... you... you don't know... where..
All Lilian could do was listen to him say these words, before standing up and muttering other words.
___Monster___
Where....Lord of destruction.... you... useless....you don't know
Then before leaving he moved his leg towards Lilian who was clinging to the root, to push her hard making her let go and fall into the abyss .
____Lilian _____
(she finally managed to scream) Aaaah..... nooo... damn you monster .... fuck you!
And these were the last words she said before hitting several rocks during her fall .
Lilian struck the first rock.
Then another.
Pain shot through her body as she desperately tried to grab anything she could. But there was nothing.
CRACK.
Her head struck the edge of a rock.
Everything went black.