As you surface the cold sea water, you find yourself in a dark cool cavern. Swimming to what you think may be a beach, you pull yourself weakly onto the soft sandy floor. An eerie silence echoes through the cavern, and a strange weakness overcomes you. Trembling, you fall into the deepest, dreamless sleep you have ever known...
Slowly you wake, eyes scanning the darkness, when a pair of bright, hypnotic green eyes meet yours. Frightened, you back away, and still they come towards you. Then, a voice speaks, carrying with it what seems the weight of authority, yet the voice's gentleness resounds through the darkened cavern.
"Do not be frightened, weary traveler," the kind, female voice urges. "You have endured much to get here, and suffered a great many trials. Rest assured that I mean you no harm, traveler." With that, a small ball of fire seems to coalesce from the darkness, lighting the cavern and allowing you the first glimpse inside of what you had only seen from the balcony of the castle before...
