The open space had hardly any trees in the area, Deceit bent down and found an old oil lamp on the forest, with a few seconds he works, Virgil took the lead as he had a melee weapon. The mist was mostly on the forest floor as we walked further through space, Deceit waved the lamp around a bit, "Is there any trace of magic, Virgil?", he stopped. He took a few moments, "No... .But I feel like we aren't alone. . .", as those words left his mouth, we heard the sound of trotting closing in on them. Logan tucked the book under his left arm as he got his sword out, Deceit strapped his shield to his left arm and got his bow ready and Virgil pull both of his swords out, ready for another fight. As the sound drew closer to them, they must not be any normal animals approaching, soon the outline of the creatures appeared and came only closer to them, they came to a halt. There was four of them in total, "What are mortals like you doing in our area let along the woods.", Logan seemed both intrigued and scared, "W-What are you?", the creature responded, "We are centaur.", Deceit spoke up, "Ah, yes, Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse, you have the abilities of human intelligence and speech.", the creature nod, "Indeed. We feared that you were with the other human that has entered here.", Virgil's face turned stone cold, "What has he done.", the creature spoke again but in a quiet voice, "He killed my brother.", Logan and Deceit's faces had lost their color as those words settled in. If the creature was correct then Roman killed a creature that was in a herd, Logan took over with the talking, "We mean no harm to you or your herd. We're to find that man and bring him to justice.", the creature looked unsure of letting them go, "We aren't sure if we can let you after what that man did to my brother. . .", Deceit then stepped forward, lowering his bow, "I understand...If anyone ever hurt my brother I would never let that go...I understand you, sir. . .", the creature seemed to have a greater trust in them after Deceit admitted that he would do the same for his brother, Remus, "Let us take you through here.", the three that haven't spoken yet, took off in different directions as only the one that has spoken stayed, "Please, allow me to guide you out of this area. . .", they nod and allow them to lead...Deceit offered them the lamp, but he said he could see alright to guide us.

They arrived in an old cemetery, the mist seemed to be mostly coming from this specific area. The creature leaned down to us and whispered, "Get ready to fight. . .", Virgil, Logan, and Deceit withdrew their weapons as they walked carefully and quietly through the cemetery. . . They stopped. Blocking their exit was yet another unknown creature. It zipped its head over and its eyes were forced on Virgil, Deceit, and Logan. The creature stood up as the centaur leaned down at their level and explained in a hushed voice, "That's a Ghoul. Is a demon or monster originating in pre-Islamic Arabian religion associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh.", the creature suddenly lunched itself at them, the centaur pulled out his bow and shoot the Ghoul in the face, making it stumble to the ground, "GO!!", Virgil, Deceit, and Logan did as he commanded as ran, "BRING THAT MAN TO JUSTICE!!", as they ran out the of the cemetery, they heard the Ghoul's aggression growing as it had just lost its prey. . .

They continued to run but as they grew tired, they stopped running, Logan fixed his glasses as he used his book to summon light, Deceit collapsed on the ground in exhaustion as Virgil sat down on a stomp, "How are we ever going to find Roman... .?! The woods seem to go on forever!!!", Deceit leaned back and did his best to catch his breath, Logan read through the spells to try and find something that could help them... ., "Hello there, travelers!", they froze at a small voice. A bright light was coming at them in full speed, "Whatever are you, three young mortals, doing in the woods?", once it stopped in front of them, Deceit knew instantly what it was, "You're a fairy, correct?", they heard a soft giggle come from it as it landed on the pages of Logan's book, "Indeed! You see. . .I can help you to where you wanna go, there was a man. . .He had The Crown of Rose in his fist carelessly!", Logan sat down and was interested, "If it's not an issue. . .Who is Rose?", the fairy smiled sweetly and beckoning them in so they could hear her clearly. . .

"Rose was the keeper of these woods, she cared for every creature no matter how big or small. One day, King Jacob started to come more often to get roses or just to talk to Rose. One day, the King had to choose a wife he chooses Rose. At first, is father was against it, but as his father started to see that Rose truly loved him. Not long after they wed, Rose was going to have a child. The King was overjoyed that the women he loved would have his child. After a year, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. She took him into the forest from time to time. But. . . The Witch arrived and demanded that they hand her the child, Rose refused. . . It costed her life, the King fell into an episode depression it never took a tow on his relationship with his son, as his son reminded him so much about Rose...But he had no choice but to close the forest off from the kingdom as the Witch took over it with her creatures and magic. . . I've always tried to help travelers, but they always tried to steal the crown that would be her child's but could never wheelie it's magic and somehow always got caught. . ."

The fairy finished her story as everything clicked in Logan's mind! Thomas...Is the child of this Rose woman. . .Deceit smiled, "Could you take us to the man who had the crown?", she smiled "Of course! Please follow me!", the fairy was fast, but the hope of finding Roman gave Virgil, Deceit, and Logan the strength to continue, Deceit was scribbling something down on a scroll, "Miss Fairy, could you send this to my brother, Remus?", she sprinkled dust on it and it vanished, "He shall receive it. Time is different in here; a minute is an hour out there. . .", Virgil, Logan, and Deceit realized that they might have been gone for more than a day. . .

Patton replaced new bandages on Thomas, Remus sat by the window in sorrow and fear, they've been gone for a week...Thomas hasn't woken up yet...Patton suddenly yelped in surprise! Remus and Patton looked at the sudden scroll...Remus picked it up and recognized the handwriting, "It's from the others!", Patton read it over his shoulder... ., "So, time is different in the Forest?", Remus nods, "Dark magic must have done that.", the opened and there stood the Royal Doctor, "Ah. I see you have changed his bandages." Remus and Patton slipped out of the room to let the doctor do his work. . .