Sherizad's POV- Up North... past

As we walked towards the North chief's tribe,further up North we looked around in disbelief. It was as if a dark spell had been cast on this land, rendering it barren and deserted. I could feel the tension in between our bodies as we approached the main walk leading to the Northern tribe.

"What happened here?" I asked, finally breaking the awkward silence that had taken over.

"I don't know," Tristan replied, trying to keep his own fear at bay as he saw me nervous. "But we need to be careful."

As we walked further, we noticed that even the birds and bees were nowhere to be found. It was eerily silent, except for the sound of our footsteps crunching on the dry earth.

Ryan spoke up, his voice low and urgent. "We need to find out what's going on here. We can't just keep heading in the middle of all this knowing how abnormal everything is around here. There might be no way out."

I nodded in agreement. "Let's keep moving outside the perimeter."

As we got close enough to get a view of the t