Before anything else could happen the two large men smiled and then disappeared in front of her eyes. Confused but thankful that they were gone she turned around to the little girl to try and give her some comfort, but when she turned around the little girl was gone as well. The path started to glow again and like before she chose to follow it. She was on edge now thinking about what had just happened. She was still a little concerned about how they just completely disappeared on her. She wanted to know what happened to the little girl. After some time of walking again she determined that it was part of the ritual otherwise they wouldn’t have vanished into thin air like that. At least she hoped not. She felt like she had been walking for hours when the path stopped at a river. The first

