Scarlet! Scarlet! Scaaaaarleeeet! Wake up! Wake up now! Scarlet!!!"
The girl wakes up at the sound coming from her pocket.
"Yes, yes, i'm awake now!"
"How could you go to sleep in a place like this!!"
"It looks safe and i was very tired!! And i'm still here safe and sound."
"Yes because i woke you up after you fell asleep, who knows what could have happened!!!"
"Wait, how did you knew i was sleeping?"
"You started snoring like a pig!!"
"Wow thanks, you shouldn't compliment me like that! It might get to my head!"
"..."
"Hey?"
Scarlet takes out the card and it's freezed once again, like a normal card, silent.
"If you woke me up and made me a pig, at least you could've also helped me get out of here..."
The girl murmurs angry while getting up and streching a little.
Once again she's facing the mirror, on her own.
She stretches her arm towards it an touches it's soft but cold glass.
The mirror starts shining and says:
"Welcome home, master Salastor!"
"What?..."
Scarlet is confused but still gets closer to the mirror until she goes through it and on the other side.
When she's completely outside she finds herself falling in the sky.
The girl starts screaming and waiting to meet the ground but, in the last moment, someone catches her.
Scarlet looks at her savior, it's a brown haired boy with hazel eyes. At first glance it looks like a normal boy but if you look closely, you can notice his sharp ears and the grass in his hair.
The boy is wearing a green coat with golden buttons and under it a white skinny T-shirt, dark green baggy jeans and black combat boots.
Across his chest, over the coat, is a brown thick belt, going over his right shoulder. At the back, there is a sword holder with the handle of a sword sticking out of it.
Her staring is intrerrupted by him:
"Hi there!"
"H-Hi...You can put me down now" she says
"O-Oh, sure!" he says putting her down.
"My name is Trystan!" the boy says offering her a hand
"I'm Scarlet" she says shaking his hand
"So, Scarlet, you aren't from around? No one uses that portal anymore..."
"Where are we?"
"The Forest, of course"
"What forest?"
"What do you mean?"
"I just came from a forest, what's this forest's name?"
"The Forest as i already said."
"O-Oh, yes..."
"What are you doing here?"
Scarlet feels like she's gonna cry, really, what is she doing here?
What is she looking for?
"I don't quite know..."
"Oh...It's ok"
"How come?"
"I will help you!"
"Why?"
"I'm bored around here, if i help you at least i have something to do"
"Thanks, i guess..."
"So...Where are we going?"
"Umm..."
Scarlet searches her pockets for the tarot card, but it's nowhere to be found.
"I lost it!!! Ohh no, no, no!!"
She screams searching around the bushes for the card like a crazy person.
"Wow, wow, calm down!"
"It must have fell out of the pocket when i started falling from the sky!!!!"
"What, what did you lost?"
"The tarot card!!"
"Ok, i will help you find it"
"Thanks!"
After some time the two of them find the tarot card but, it's in the worst state posible.
It got drenched in water because it rained recently and everything was wet.
It's painting is a mess because of the water.
"Oh, no! What to do now?!" says Scarlet worried sick
"Come to my house, we could try to dry it there!" says Trystan
"N-No, listen here, S-Scarlet..." says the card
"I w-won't make it, b-but you should c-complete your initiation"
"What initiation?"
"The m-mark.....(x_x)
"Hey! D-Don't! W-What initiation?..."
Silent tears start racing down the girl's cheeks then dropping on the surface of the card.
"Let's go, Scarlet"
"What do i do with the card?"
"Take it home and dry it, then keep it"
"O-Ok"
On the way to Trystan's home, the hard silence starts to drown the colors of the nature so the boy decides to speak.
"The card said something about a mark, do you know about it?"
"I think so, lately i discovered a mark on the back of my neck, but i can't make out it's shape..."
"Can i take a look?"
"Sure"
Scarlet turns her back to Trystan and pulls her hair aside from the mark.
Trystan couldn't belive his eyes, that mark was very special.
*gasp!*
When Scarlet hears Trystan making such a shocked sound she turns around, facing him.
"What is it?" she asks
"Nothing, let's go!" he says taking her hand and dragging her in a hurry through the woods.