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Chapter #4
Who Left This Here?
by: Unknown
Brick's curiosity got the better of him.
The army cadet continued his jog through the new, foreign pathway. Despite the park usually having very few trees, Brick soon found there to be a dozen of them on both sides of the track. Before he knew it, Brick was suddenly in a forest.
Despite every rational thought telling him that he should head back, a small yet persistent voice in the back of Brick's head told him to go on.
Brick didn't know why, but the smaller voice managed to overpower all the others.
It wasn't really all that bad - the forest Brick was now jogging through. The air was crispy, the sunlight gave way to some beautiful forest scenery, and it was pleasantly quiet. A little too quiet, actually - Brick couldn't even hear any birds chirping. But it was still ideal.
"Maybe I'll make this my new normal route." Brick said to himself.
The young man then felt something from beneath his boot, a small clink echoing throughout the abnormally silent forest.
Brick looked down and moved his boot - it was a pendant.
Brick picked it up by the bail, "Now who would leave something like this lying on the ground?"
Brick detested littering. What way is that to treat the planet they live on?
"Especially when it is so beautiful?" The cadet continued. It was a simple silver pendant with a dazzling, scarlet ruby in the loop.
It was a simple design, and it captured his heart.
Brick put the pendant on. He saw a small pond next to the path. He looked at the reflection; he liked how the piece of jewelry made him look.
Hey, if it was just left here, surely the original owner wouldn't care if he took it.
Brick continued on, eventually jogging out of the new forest area.
Strangely though, it led him back to his original path.
Brick pondered how it was possible; he was moving in a completely straight line.
Brick looked back. The new path was no longer there.
He couldn't have imagined it, because the pendant was around his neck. Maybe his mind just wandered as he came across the necklace.
The cadet shrugged and just continued jogging like normal.
Little did he know that the pendant he just put on was a powerful amulet.
Brick didn't noticed the slight glow now coming from the ruby. As he continued jogging...
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