Chapter 1: The Journey
A scene of blinding white, like clouds.
Footsteps were running. From the perspective beneath the feet, the setting looked like a cave. The panting of a woman could be clearly heard; she was carrying a baby in a cradle.
A bony hand swung out, and a small bag flew backward.
"Catch it!" a man's voice called out very loudly.
The woman immediately caught the small bag. Right after, her mouth moved rapidly, as if murmuring some kind of spell .
The man called out, "Hurry, we are running out of time!"
A dead end was right in front of them. The woman immediately stopped, her lips still continuously murmuring. She glanced back at the man, who was holding a scythe and wearing a black cloak.
A gate that reached her chest appeared, looking just wide enough for the cradle. The woman threw her child into the gate, and only the words, "Mother loves you" remained.