The End Of All Illusions

MIA

How was any of this possible? I thought he had been kidnapped by that terrifying figure in the hood but here he was before my very own eyes running towards me along with Bastien and Leo.

“Javier!” I screamed in excitement, “Get us out of here, hurry!” at this point, I wished that this was not another wicked illusion conjured by the forest to further torment us, I hoped that the three men rushing towards my mother and I with concerned looks on their faces were really here and not also lost in the forest, dealing with different nightmares of their own.

They all caught up with us, Javier was in the lead, and without hesitation, he ran across the quicksand and reached me.

“Be careful, it will trap you too!” I shouted in warning but it was too late, he had already reached me and what was more surprising, he wasn’t sinking either.

“What are you people experiencing right now?” Bastien asked heading cautiously for Sarcana.

“We are being pulled into a batch of quicksand. The fact you have