Challenges

Leco watches the ground as she walks along, hand in hand with her little brother. The ground suddenly became engulfed in shadows. Leco looked up at the sky. Everything was black. There was no light of any kind to be found anywhere! Leco felt herself being blown backward by an invisible force, it wasn't like she could have seen it even if it wasn't invisable. Leco slamed into a hard tree. She pulled a hand up from her side painfully and reached for her neck. There was an old necklace stuck to her neck. Leco pulled herself from the tree slowly and carefully got down. Her shaking legs carried her to the river. Leco collapsed onto her knees and found herself staring at her own reflection. Her long black hair tangled with the leaves and the wind that blew them. Leco examined the necklace around her neck. It was a beautiful mahogony wooden necklace. A choker. Leco stood up, still trembling, and looked around for her little brother. He was gone! "Ashen! ASHEN!!", she cried, franticly searching for her young companion. "ASHEN!!!!"