Keith got startled when Mark rode his horse to him, Theo, and a Doral knight in a hurry.

" Is there something wrong Mark?" Keith asked and Mark got down from his horse wide eyed.

" Thief. Pidge. Forest. Tears." He said out of breath and Keith furrowed his brows.

" Calm down, say it again. What about Pidge and where is the Princess?" 

" Pidge chased a thief into the Forest of Tears and the Princess is now going after him." Mark said panting for his breath.

Now it was time for Keith and Theo to be wide eyed.

" He did what?!" Theo cried out while Keith calmly turned to the other knight and gave instructions.

" Call the other groups together and tell them to meet us at the left path." 

The knight nodded and rode away to the direction of the other groups.

Before Keith could react to the current situation, Theo was already climbing on his horse.

" Which direction is the forest from here, Mark?" He asked but Keith put out a hand to stop him.

" We shouldn't act too rash right now and we should also go together."

Although Keith also wanted to charge into the forest to find him, he knew it wouldn't help so he stopped himself.

" Mark, you said the Princess is after them?" Keith asked and Mark nodded.

" She wrote on the sand to go get you and rode her horse to the right after going back to the fork in the path." 

" Okay then, we just have to go on the path she went." Keith said getting on his horse and led it on the path to the right and the twins followed him with worried faces.

" Your Highness, even if we make it into the Forest of Tears, how will we find them without the Princess's knowledge?" Theo asked brows furrowed and Keith sighed and replied.

" First we wait and hope they come out quickly but if we need to, we will search the Forest ourselves."

" Stop!" Katie yelled to the thief but he kept going so she kept following.

She shivered when she realized she entered the Forest of Tears. Her eyes tried to spot the thief but it was useless trying when the big trees were covering the whole forest from getting sunlight.

She looked back but the darkness had now covered the path. She kept going deeper into the forest because she knew she couldn't back out now.

" Hello? Thief?" She called out but her own voice echoed back.

" Of course, why'd I think he would answer.." She muttered to herself and Bandit snorted to remind her she was lost.

The pathways were getting thinner and thinner so she got off Bandit and grabbed him by the reins.

As she kept going in, she accidentally ran into a branch of a smaller tree. It hit her head and she felt water drops on her forehead.

" What the-" She whispered and looked up. What she saw was an amazing sight.

The trees had visible water drops hanging off them and it just seemed to stay there not even moving. She touched the lowest branch and the water dropped on her finger, then it vaporized into the air and disappeared out of the trees.

" Beautiful.." she mumbled to herself when she suddenly heard a woman's muffled crying.

' There's someone else here?' She frowned and wandered deeper into the forest to find the source.

Katie found a woman in a clearing in the Forest surrounded by trees crying with her head down and she went over to her.

" Are you okay?-" She asked and went to touch her shoulder but her fingers went right through her.

Katie froze wide eyed and drew her hand back quickly walking away slowly.

' There are ghosts here!?'