Elly pulled the cloak tighter around herself as the wind rushed against her. Her long blonde hair was pulled back into a tight braid but several frayed strands whipped into her face anyway and she tried to brush them away. A quiver of arrows and a bow hung on her back, swaying with the wind slightly as she trekked up the path. She had gathered intel, rumors and myths really, from taverns and towns as she traveled farther and farther away from her elven homeland. She had heard of the sudden appearance of a grand and magical city that just suddenly appeared in the forgotten ruins of a lost kingdom.<br/><br/>The only burden and challenge in this venture would be getting through land that was known to be seeped in darkness, or that was what she had been told. Elly wouldn't know for sure what she'd face in those lands and by herself no less. Many on her way there tried to discourage her travels but she was growing inpatient with her meaningless life and wanted an adventure of a lifetime so why not go to where the magic happens?<br/><br/>Elly paused at the entrance of what seemed to be the ruins of a small village. She quietly began to step through the dead grass below her feet and the air around her thickened. It felt like she had stepped into an area where she was not welcomed. Every step was soft and she realized after awhile that there was hardly any sound at all. No animals. No birds. The wind had even stopped. She quickly took a deep breath, swallowing the doubt that arose and nestled itself in the back of her throat like thick mucus. She stopped moving and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath to try and calm her beating heart when she heard it.<br/><br/>She quickly grabbed the bow off her back but was too slow and quickly had to duck forward as a sword came down from above and hit the ground where she had been standing. She rolled around, quickly grabbing an arrow from her back and notched it into the string, taking aim at the moving skeleton that chattered as it's empty eye sockets stared down at her. She released the arrow quickly, watching as it hit the center of the skeleton's forehead and knocked it's skull off easily, and watched as all the bones fell to the ground. She stood up from her crouched position that she had fired from and retrieved her arrow as she heard more chatter. She notched the arrow quickly, glancing around as she quickened her pace through the deserted village. She could still smell the rotting flesh from the skeletons among the smell of rotting wood and mold but she couldn't focus on that now.<br/><br/>As she rounded a building, suddenly a skeleton came around and tried to take a chunk out of her shoulder with it's teeth. She quickly took her bow and slammed it against the body of the skeleton, hearing the bones break and then crash together as it came falling apart and fell to the ground in broken pieces. She staggered away, gasping for breath as adrenaline rushed through her veins. Before she had time to catch her breath she suddenly heard a whistle in the air before an arrow pierced her back. She let out a scream, staggering forward and catching herself against a ruined stone wall. She braced herself against it, wincing as pain shot up her skin and across her side. It hadn't gone in deep, that was good.<br/><br/>She quickly notched an arrow and fired towards where the arrow had come from and heard the clatter and bones clashing together as it hit the skeleton. She began to rush forward, gasping from the pain but forcing herself to ignore it for the time being. Before she knew it, she was no longer in the ruined village and the air around her had lightened significantly. When she felt no presence around her, she stopped and groaned. Reaching behind her, she grabbed the arrow and took a deep breath before yanking it out. She cried out and fell against a tree before taking another deep breath and then moved her left hand around herself to place her palm on her wound.<br/><br/>She quickly recanted the elven spell she knew letting the magic around her swirl into a ball at her palm and could slowly feel the small wound closing up. The elven words drew the attention of a bird that perched on the tree above her and chirped as she finished, tilting its head at her. Elly glanced up at it, wiping drops of sweat from her brow and smiled. She whistled at the bird, who tilted it's head again before flying off. Her eyes followed the bird but then something else caught her attention.<br/><br/>Towers. Magnificent. Tall. Towers. She pushed herself away from the tree and began to walk forward along the path moving closer and closer to those towers before a tall wall and open gates greeted her. Guards at the entrance paused in what seemed to be shock, staring at her and not speaking a word for a few minutes before one finally stepped forward and greeted her.<br/><br/>"Traveler-."<br/><br/>"Is this it?" Elly interrupted the guard, who stopped in shock and blinked at the elf in confusion. "This... it has be it."<br/><br/>The guard guided her to the checkpoint and Elly knew then that she had found it. The mythical kingdom.