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TRUST
TAP!
My eyes suddenly opened and I blinked several times until my eyes had adjusted to the extreme black. It was the middle of the night, dark and cold. Did I just hear something? A noise?
TAP! TAP! TAP!
'Who's there?' I called out, walking slowly towards my window. The noise seemed to be coming from there. Maybe it was just a tree branch … but then, I wasn't sure.
'It's me!' said a familiar voice.
'Rhünilde?' I questioned, opening the curtains. And there, having climbed up the nearby tree was the Shaman.
'What on earth are you doing?' I asked, pulling her into my bedroom.
'Thought I'd come and say hello,' she said, smiling, dusting herself down. 'It's been a long day - didn't get a chance to talk to you again after this morning.'
'But why now? Why the middle of the night? I
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thought you were a burglar - what would have happened if my parents had heard you? What if -'
'Oh Arra, you worry too much!' she interrupted, silencing me. 'Stop fussing. I have something extremely important to talk to you about but we can't stay here. We need to go somewhere else.'
'Why?'
Rhünilde shook her head laughing. 'You'll see soon. Just trust me on this.'
I didn't know what to do. I mean, what the likelihood of the Shaman appearing in the night at your window? But now that I was awake, there was no way I'd get back to sleep or hear the end of it if I stayed.
'Alright,' I said reluctantly. 'But this better be quick. I don't want my parents to notice that I've gone.'
'They won't know - and stop worrying!' Rhünilde said as she began to make her way back down the tree. I drew the curtains back further and sighed. Just as I was about to swing my leg over, I heard footsteps.
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