Chapter 10

Anna felt hot so she took off her cloak. There were tall sand dunes in the distance. Esmia, too, took off her cloak. Her black hair shone in the sun.

"So, who is Riven?" asked Anna.

"Riven is Raven's twin brother. He's the puppet master out of all the others," said Esmia coldly.

"Others?" asked Anna.

"You know, Raven, Lasserin, and Rose?" said Esmia. Anna nodded, remembering them.

"I tried to stop Riven, you know? I wanted to stop him from getting all four daggers. If he got all of them...he'd gain all power" said Esmia seriously. "But of course, I get caught."

"I'm glad we met...with the both of us, we could be unstoppable!" exclaimed Anna.

"I don't know..." said Esmia.

"Come on!!! We got this!" Anna said excitedly.

"Anna-"

"We got this! We may be alone-"

"Anna!"

"WHAT ESMIA?!" She finally yelled.

"You're not being normal! You know we are lost, alone, and have no supplies! Stop pretending we'll be fine!" said Esmia firmly. Anna begins to cry uncontrollably, knowing she was right.

"Anna....I didn't mean to make you cry. I'm not trying to sound like a lost cause, but what can we do?" asked Esmia. "How do you think we could possibly get the other two daggers without any mobile vehicle?" Anna stopped crying and wiped her eyes.

"We could head into Roselia," She said.

"Yeah, maybe it would be good to get out of the Badlands of Roselia," said Esmia.