The Shadow Amulet

Chapter One "The Twilight Forest"

I was walking to school from my apartment like I always did. But that was all about to change because of a single amulet. As I was walking past a park on my way to school, the glint of a reflective surface in the bushes caught my attention. Out of curiosity, I reached into the bush and felt my fingers brush against a cold, metallic surface. Wrapping my fingers around the object and pulled out an amulet.

The amulet had a black orb in the center that was about the size of a shooter marble. Upon picking it up, I heard a voice come from the amulet that said "help...please help." But I just shrugged it off as my imagination. Immediately taking a liking to the amulet, I looked around to see if anybody was watching. It's not stealing if I find it in a bush. Right? Once I was satisfied that nobody was looking, I put the amulet around my neck.

When I placed the amulet around my neck though, a wave of nausea that lasted for a couple of seconds washed over me. After the wave of nausea had passed, I thought nothing of it and continued on my way. But I could not shake the strange feeling that I was being watched. Almost like another presence was wrapped around me. I simply did my best to ignore it and continued to walk to school. Yet as I neared my school however, the feeling of being watched increased. Once again, I heard a voice that was full of sorrow come from the amulet.

I looked down at the amulet around my neck and was surprised to see a forest in the center gem. Then, to my astonishment, the image focused in on a girl. She was curled up in a fetal position while on a boulder and had wearing armor with a bad gash on her left arm. There were three large, wolf-like animals that were surrounding the boulder that she was on. The girl was crying, begging "somebody...please...save me". I want to save her. Right after this thought passed through my mind, I began to feel lightheaded. As I began to sway, the world around me faded away as I began to fall.