Chapter 12

My best friend, Crista, and I had gone to the forest at dawn to search for lotus plants because we wanted to sell the roots and I told Crista that we should split up so we could cover more ground. Crista didn't like being alone in the forest so she hadn't wanted to do that but I convinced her because we had to go to the Northern Kingdom after we dropped the lotus roots off at the market. She only agreed after I said we would stay within hundred metres of each other and we had split up.

It took me a while to finally find a bunch of lotus plants and I had been about to call out to Crista when someone suddenly grabbed me from behind before using a piece of cloth to cover my nose and mouth. I tried to scream and get away but the cloth that had been pressed to my face must have been dipped in some sort of sedative because the last thing I remember seeing was the boots of the person that had grabbed me.

Where am I? Where is Crista?