"Huh?" Krystal muttered as she looked around. Something wasn't right, the room she was in was pitch black. But at the same time she felt a presence. "I-is anyone..there? Scarlett?" She desperately cried out. She was frightened to her core and didn't know what to do. She carefully walked around, looking for any sign of life. "Where am..I?" She questioned. Tears began forming in her eyes, threatening to spill out. She wouldn't want nothing more than to get out of here. Then, she heard murmurs. The scene changed to a dark room with dim lit candles, there was a man sitting on what seemed like a throne.
Krystal inched closer to the man, "Hello?" she said, her hands trembling, her legs felt like jelly. But, the man could not here her. "Scarlett! Get here now!" The man boomed, a little girl came scurrying into the room. "Yes, father?" She questioned, the man knelt down and picked her up. Suddenly, a loud thud could be heard. Krystal looked up only to see Scarlett's body being thrown against the wall.
"Scarlett!" Krystal yelled. "Huh? You're awake! What happened?" Scarlett, who was unharmed asked. "I-I had a dream where your father threw you against the wall"Krystal said, frightened. Scarlett chuckled, "Nah, he wouldn't do that."She reassured Krystal that she was fine. Krystal nodded her head, and they continued with the climb. Finally, they reached a cottage. It was small but quaint. Krystal walked up to the door, she knocked on the door only to be pulled in. The door then shut. "Krystal!" Scarlett yelled. Scarlett banged on the door, trying to do whatever she could to knock it down. "Hey! Let me in!" Scarlett yelled. Bit to no avail. She walked away defeated wondering what she could do. She then grabbed a rock and threw it at the window.
The glass shattered into tiny pieces. Scarlett picked up a piece and headed inside. The cottage, held organs of animals and skulls of unicorns. It made Scarlett quiver in fear, she felt a cold chill run down her spine. She headed towards the basement and looked around. She saw the lady drag Krystal towards a room. She quietly trailed behind. She peeked into the room, only to see that there was nothing there. "What are you doing here young lady?" A voice snarled from behind. Scarlett whipped her head around to see a lady who was clad in a black dress. Her eyes were red and her hair colour purple. Scarlett jumped from fright. "Where is Krystal?" Scarlett demanded, her voice full with fury as she slammed her hand against the wall.
"That girl? Oh...sweetie don't worry, she's safe. For now" The lady said, the last part was almost a whisper. Scarlett caught onto what she said and began to worry, she had dragged Krystal into this mess and now she's gonna get her out of this mess. "Now get out! Before I turn you into stew!" The lady hissed. Scarlett bolted out and scurried to a nearby cave. She placed around, wondering what she could do. For now, all she could think of was go in when the lady is asleep. But, she didn't know when the lady would sleep. It seemed like a lost cause, but she wanted to make sure she got Krystal out of the safe and sound.
She knew she couldn't do this alone, especially since she was inexperienced with these kind of situations. So, she headed down the mountain as fast as possible to get some help. The climb down was not easy, the sharp rocks and the twists and turns made it hard for her to get down quickly. After a few hours, Scarlett finally made it down. She dashed toward the village nearby to ask for help.
"Excuse me! Can you please help me. The lady on that mountain has taken my friend, I need help to get her back!" She pleaded at the towns folk. As soon as some of them heard about the lady on the mountain, they turned their backs and walked away. Not bothering at all about her. "Girl, your friend's dead. Okay, there is no way to save her" a man said.
It was hopeless, no matter how hard she pleaded no one wanted to help her. "Hey..I can help" Suddenly, someone came up to her and offered help. "I'm Amethist, 16 this year. I've lost my sister to that lady, I don't want the same thing to happen to your friend. I'll help you" She explained. Scarlett thanked her profusely, there was still a ray of hope for Krystal. "we have a week to rescue her, the lady performs whatever after a week of capturing her victims" Amethist said, she gestured for Scarlett to follow her. They headed to a small cottage. "So, tell me about your encounter with her" Scarlett said. Amethist sighed and rubbed her eyes before talking, "Well, it was 5 years ago, I was 11 and my sister was 13. My father asked us to get and Elder Potion for him. We did as told, went up there, my sister knocked on the door and was dragged inside. After a week, I found her body outside the garden of that Witches house." Scarlett took some time to process what she had just heard, she comforted Amethist about it. "Thank you, thank you for offering help."Scarlett said, she looked at the ground and bit her lip. She clasped her hands together and exclaimed, "let's get to work, shall we?" Amethist nodded her head.
They discussed about what they should do, and when. "I'm thinking at night, she's usually out gathering potion ingredients then." Amethist said. Scarlett nodded her head. They then went on to talk about how they should execute the plan. "I think we just drag her outta there" Scarlett suggested. "Weird way of phrasing, but sure." Amethist chuckled. "We should rest, you can sleep on the sofa today" Amethis said as she headed to her room. Scarlett nodded her head and made herself comfortable and shut her eyes, she slowly drifted off to dreamland. Worries slowly fading away.