"Hi, I'm Astrid. It's nice to meet you two. Not wanting to gush, but I've always dreamed of actually meeting Arkanians for real!" She said shyly, ultimately thrilled that she is meeting them.

Ingrid gives Astrid a hand and helps her up. "You haven't been here for a long time huh?"

Astrid nodded softly as a response and the two Arkanians looked at each other then at her.

"So... How big is this place?" She asked them "Well, I mean its pretty big. There are some really cool places here, wanna go check them out?" Rowan asked her. "Sure! Why not?"

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Walking through the thick forest, they slowly make their way towards the sparkling waterfalls "Oh my gosh! It's the Sparkling Waterfalls! Just like in my book." Astrid gushed as they go, "Oh there's the Mystic Meadows!"

As they go on they hear whispers in the forest, "Don't forget it, you'll regret it. Don't forget it, you'll regret it."

"What is that?" Astrid asked to Ingrid and Rowan who looked at each other, worried about the mysterious whispers. "We need to get to the kingdom." said Rowan as they pulled her out of the forest.

They're almost out when on the other path Astrid saw an injured bird. She lets go of the sorcerer's hand and went to pick up the bird while Rowan and Ingrid followed her. She then meets Ingrid, a beautiful bird with Violet feathers. She noticed that the bird is tied up, as she was going to untie her the bird shrieked.

Astrid looked surprised, "Did you just say 'be careful'?" The bird squawked again. "Oh right the ropes." She quickly untied the ropes. "Wait, you can talk to Adarna?" Rowan asked in awe as the bird flies and lands on Astrid's shoulder.

"Oh my gosh! I can talk to Adarnas!" Astrid squealed. Having to know that the things she thought was fictional was real. With the Tengu on her shoulder she and her friends continued walking.

They were almost out of the forest and can see the view of the castle from here. "The castle looks more beautiful than I imagine it to be." Astrid said, mesmerizing with what she's seeing.

But suddenly her bracelet started to beep. She looks at her bracelet with shock and looked at her friends.

"What's happening to my bracelet?"

"Wait, I need to give this to you." Ingrid quickly handed her a silver ring with a purple butterfly as the jewel.

"What's this for?" Victoria asked. But before Ingrid could answer her, she disappeared.