“I heard a sound in the distance. It was far away and getting closer. I tried to figure where it was coming from and that is when something grabbed my hand and began to pull me along. I looked and saw one of the fairies pulling me along. Fairies are rather strong. I could not have gotten away if I had tried.”

Avris could feel the fear all over again, “The fairy was pulling me toward a big rock on the other side of the field. Father used to complain about that rock being in the way of working the field. At the rock, the fairy began pulling me up, but I had to help climb. When I was on top of the rock, I heard Monorra yelling. The other fairy was helping her up the rock. I reach down to help her and she was pointing toward where our parents were. I looked as I grabbed her. I wish I had not looked. Father was also yelling as he and mother were running toward us. I heard trees cracking and a loud roar. The fairies made us lie down and hold onto the rock. I had to look again and this time I saw water bursting through the trees. I screamed as it suddenly took my parents away. Then the water hit the rock. I actually thought we would also be taken away. The water hit us and then hit us again. I slipped once and tried to scream again, but my mouth was filled with water and I choked.” She stopped and found herself breathing heavily. It was like she was there again. She realized that she had finally told it. She looked at her daughter saw in their aces some of the fear she had felt that day.

“I must have passed out. I woke up later that day. Monorra was shaking me. We were still on the rock, but now it was surrounded by a river. The trees that had been nearby were gone and mother and father were nowhere to be seen. It was quiet. It was too quiet.”

Chapter one:  Ohlfgon’s Forge