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he tree. He sat by it and hugged his knees while bowing his head. But then he heard something, he turned his head around but did
tings on it then started to glow in blue. It was only a matter of seconds before it opened up. It was like a portal to another realm, Lydia looked at Aldrich and asked him to follow
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glow in blue, indeed it was a sigh
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s were few and special in their own way, each showing its magnificence in its own light. The sprites were however the most abundant in the forest, giving t
ty to Aldrich, he wished he would never leave this place. As he sat with Lydia by a lake he wondered how she even knew this place, the thing
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e questions in their heads. Lydia stood up and stepped back, she broke a branch of a tree and dipped it in the lake
drich said, "There isn't anything
she said to him, "The lake is meant to be thi
e handed the branch to Aldrich while still gr
o the branch, she stood on a spot for almost three seconds before she was instantly submerged in the lake. It was so sudden that Aldrich could swea
rave thoughts filled his head. He decided he wasn't going to just
hoes but just then the soil dragged him in. It happened so fast that Aldrich couldn't even
her wondering what was happening and right in front of her was a sword with its blade buried in stone. It looked exactly like Lydia
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tone it was on was fairly aged, the sword seemed unaffected by time. Its blade was far from rusted, its hilt had not even a speck of dust on it. Aldrich tried to hold the blade but was stopped by a war
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after she added the tune of her whistle making it into a song like tune. The sprites suddenly started to dance around her shouting in excitement, she felt a twinge of guilt as she saw how exited they were fluttering aroun
hand she began to move towards the lake they fell from which was on the roof of the place Aldrich winced at the stinging pain the biting chill of the sword applied to
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drich had no problems reaching it but Lydia however kept being bothered by the sprites around her, just as they reached the stone gate they heard loud shrieks coming from below, the emerald coloured lake started to turn red right before thousands of angry sprites came out of it. The blue colour of the fore
fast it was mounted in stone?" Lydia
and it to Lydia when he heard shrieking at the gate, the shrieks became lo
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