Time to Train

[Marta]

Marta began to move through the dream woods, exploring it as a child would explore the woods near their home. She kept her bow ready, an arrow nocked to the string should anything attempt to harm the pair. Marta wasn’t sure what she sought and also didn’t know what it was she needed to do to figure out this place more.

Marta looked around, always feeling like someone was watching. She stopped, realizing that this had always been the case, and perhaps a significant portion of her unease while she had been here. Marta resumed her journey, coming to a cave. She stopped in her tracks. The cave smelled wrong.

Marta didn’t know what it was, but she knew whatever it was, it was evil. Marta took a step back. Her first thought was the dream was a reflection of their real world. This place wasn’t dangerous here, but she dismissed it. The Dream was always dangerous and forgetting that could be fatal. Still, whatever made this place in particular evil didn’t exist here. It existed in the mortal world.

Splash could sense it too. She looked around with a whine. Marta nodded. ”Yeah, let’s get out of here.” Marta left the area, not turning around until she was out of sight of the evil cave.