Plum could feel the warm sun on her face. She smiled
and sat up in here warm bed. She stretched and yawned.
Another glorious day. She walked out of bed and into
the kitchen of the small house. Tiouchi, her
room-mate, was still sound asleep. Plum started a
fire going and put a pot full of water on the fire.
She started to put in various vegetables and spices.
It was a soup she prepared every morning. It made you
feel energetic and good for those lazy days. Harmony
taught her how to make it when she lived in the
church. Tiouchi, smelling the soup, woke up and
stumbled into the kitchen. "Good morning sleepy
head." Plum said with a smile. He just grunted in
reply. "I'm going to go hunt delant (similar to deer) after breakfast. We
could use the meat and we are running low on money."
Plum told him. "What does an animal do with money?
And I thought you hated hunting." "I do," Plum
replied, "but delant is easy to hunt and I can use my
skill at using the bow.  Besides there are too many
delant in this part of Monic, they eat everyone's
flowers." Plum paused and continued, "I will sell the
delant skin and antlers to Onhi the Butcher, she pays
good money for them."
With that Plum went into her room. Dressed in a brown
dress, and got her bow and arrows. As she walked into
the forest something seemed odd. The day was sunny
when she woke up, but now it was dark and foggy. She
knew the woods like the back of her hand, so the
weather wasn't a problem. She didn't have to walk far
when she could see a delant. WHISH! went the arrow, and
the delant fell to the ground. When Plum was picking up
the delant she heard a twig snap behind her...she knew
someone was there, but pretended she didn't hear it.
She slowly turned around and searched the woods, she
did not see any sign of life. As she started to head
back she heard foot steps behind her. She snapped
back and saw a person wearing a black robe that
covered their face. The person reached out to her,
and she saw a gold ring on his hand, he touched her
arm. Plum fell to the ground. She felt cold, then
numb, then cold again. She felt herself being
dragged...but she couldn't see anything, it felt like
she was sleeping yet she was awake. It was hard to
explain. She heard people talking then something
touch her head...then she went out cold.