Delphi's Adventure Part 2

Delphi stepped back, quivering, as the mountain lion growled.

Delphi turned around and ran as fast as she could into the forest, taking a path that she knew would be too narrow for the mountain lion to go through.

The sticks cracked from under her feet. It was shady and cool in the forest, but she didn’t know when the Second Guardian would show up.

The grass and rocks scratched Delphi’s feet.

‘’Hello,’’ singsonged a voice from a tree.

‘’Who are you?’’ Delphi asked, warily.

The woman screamed, as she got her hair tangled in a tree branch. ‘’Please…..help me! Someone, help!’’

‘’Uh, okay,’’ Delphi hesitated. ‘’Is this a test?’’ she asked.

The woman only screamed as a response.

‘’Hey, who are you?’’ asked a tiny horse.

Delphi didn’t notice the horse. ‘’Hmm. How can I get up here?’’ she mused. Delphi was pretty coordinated but she wasn’t very muscular.

Delphi saw the horse. ‘’Can you help?’’ she asked, desperately.

‘’I’m a horse, do you really think I can climb trees?’’ the miniature stead asked.

Delphi hurried back to the tree. ‘’Don’t worry, I’ll get you down,’’ she said.

‘’Don’t worry,’’ the woman said. 

She flipped onto the ground.

‘’Are you okay?’’ Delphi asked.

‘’Yes,’’ the woman said, standing up. ‘’That was a test. To see if you could be trusted.’’

She shook Delphi’s hand. ‘’I’m Akira, by the way. The horse is Kiji.’’

‘’We’ve been trapped here for many years. Maybe you can find a way out.’’

‘’Here,’’ Kiji said. ‘’Let’s find a way out.’’