Chapter 3
Scarlet wakes up and looks around her. She notices it's still dark outside and she is in "A salt circle?" she thinks looking closely at it's texture. "Who put this he-"
Her thoughts are stopped by a horrifying howl from somewhere in the woods, it sounded like the beast who made it, dedicated it to Scarlet. Her mind was blank, her whole body was trembling. For the first time in her life, she didn't know what to do.
"W-What do i do now?" she murmurs with her head low, feeling her tears threatening to spill on her cheeks, but no, she wouldn't let herself cry again today. She must be strong.
The girl slowly gets up, analysing her surroundings, maybe she will find something, a clue, anything that would help her in any way.
Her legs were very cold and scrached but her other half of body was warm and comfy.
Scarlet starts slowly walking in the opposite way from where the howl had come from.
She looks down and sees "A tarot card? The fool..." she wishpers then picks it up and puts it in one of her pockets.
The girl feels like the back of her neck burns but ignores it, finding a path and continues walking.
After some time she finds herself at a crossroads, in front of a tombstone. She bends towards it to have a better view at what it says.
"In the memory of Thomas Burge, a great friend and lover"
Scarlet just couldn't belive her eyes. She can't posibly be standing on her lover's grave she saw it last time in their village.
"No, this is just a sick trick, it doesn't even say this on his true tombstone from the village. I should just see of my own way" she says to herself.
The girl backs away from it a bit and it becomes just a simple stone, with nothing wrote on it.
"Of course..." Scarlet thinks relaxing but not letting her guard down. "Now, which way should i go?" she says talking to the tarot card, as a joke.
"The left one"
"What, who said that?!" yells the girl looking franatically around
"Me!"
"Great, now i'm hearing voices!"
"The card! Look at the card!"
"Holy moly! You're talking!" says Scarlet looking at the man painted in the card
"Oh yes? I didn't realize!"
"Wow there, don't be mad at me"
"Anyways, take the left path"
"Why should i trust you?"
"For no reason"
*sight from Scarlet*
"Well, what are you gonna do?"
"Do you know who or what is in these woods?"
"Out of nothing all that it was made. The same creative power dwells in me also."
"Thanks..." she says and puts the card in her pocket.
"Guess i'l take the left path, i hope this card doesn't play me" the girl snikers then continues walking on the named path.
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In the village, Scarlet already became an overnight celebrity the people formed all sorts of rumors about her as "She killed herself!" "Someone is still hiding her!" "She ran away from her abusive parents!"
But of course there are also people who take this seriously and help her parents in any way they can. Like Helga's or Thomas' parents who were always helping each other like a big family.
"What was she saying in the last time, Helga?" asks her mother
"..."
"Come on, we can't find her if you don't tell us!"
"Ok, look, the whole truth is that she was together with Thomas for a while and when she died she was the most affected. This is why she didn't want to go to the dance nor wear a white dress"
Everyone in the room was shoked by Helga's reveal.
"What!?" said the three womens present there while the dads had all diferent facial expressions.
"How come we didn't find out?" questions Scarlet's mom
"I covered for them..."
"That's...what a true friend would do..." says Helga's mom
"Yes, but it doesn't help us find her states Scarlet's dad
"What if she-" Thomas' mother is cut off
"No, our daughter wouldn never take her life like this!" jumps Scarlet's dad
"Let's continue searching, eventually she will show up" says Helga's dad
"That's right, she just wasn't swallowed by the forest"
~Really?~