"Show yourself! Show yourself!!!" She swung her dagger with all her might and in empty air as she screamed and cried bitterly.
"As your Ladyship pleases." The voices came again and abruptly everything went silent. So silent that the sound of her heartbeat was becoming deafening. It was so loud. It was the only thing she could hear. Every other thing was still and silent. Even her breath. She was holding it, holding it with everything in her.
"Ahh!" She flinched and yelped as something moved on the dry leaves on the ground. The place was dark. She could see nothing, then she remembered, although she could not use her elven powers well yet, she could still bring forth a little shimmer of light from her palms.
