All around me, there's nothing but fire, smoke, and screams.
I'm standing in my little crib, in an abandoned room, with dangerous cracks spidering across the walls and the ceiling.
I hear crying — a child's cry. My crying.
«Mom… Dad… where are you? I'm scared…»
But no one answers my desperate cries for help. No one can answer.
All I can do is clutch my pillow and curl into a corner of the crib, crying.
And then… I see her, and my heart lights up with hope.
Isabelle Valakys, the governess of the Volkom household. She stands in the doorway, with my little sister, Mia, on her back.
I hear Mia crying my name, begging Isabelle to take me too.
Isabelle is strong — the strongest in all of Mildelar. She'll save me and bring me back to Mom and Dad.
But just as Isabelle is about to step into the room, enormous chunks of the ceiling break free and crash right in front of the doorway, blocking the entrance.
Right after that, the sounds of a ferocious battle erupt down the corridor.
