"Mother! I found 10 Pearls!"

"Well done. Now be a good boy and add it to the 'Saving' jar, alright?"

"Yes mother."

The boy shrugged his miniscule head at the treasured thought. He can't stop now. Not that he's so close to the answer.

Pushing open the iron gates, he stepped inside and glanced around. The trees laughed at him with their blooming leaves, trying to dare him to venture on. All the flowers and plants tried to hide their nectar from the violent wasps and greedy bees by covering up their buds of fruitfulness with their fragile petals. However, the only thing that stood out was the heavenly meadow, welcoming him with its light and innocence, standing way over the depths of the park – wishing, waiting.

Trudging forward, the young male set on for his journey's end: the meadow. He knew that this was a dangerous park to be in after daylight hours, so he tried to speed up before...

Snap!

He looked beneath him and discovered nothing that could have made that nerve-wrecking sound.

Snap! Snap!

If he wasn't walking, then who else could be here at this hour? Who would want to go into a place like this? Don't they know that this park is...

Snap! Snap! Snap!

Footsteps. Coming from behind of him. Glancing around he found...wolves. There were 3 wolves or more. This was very normal at this part of the area since people have been disappearing, without a trace, for more than 100 years. Nevertheless, he had to run away from the nocturnal beasts or he'll disappear like the many intruders before him.

Without a warning, the wolves marched forward, ready to engulf their prey. With that the boy stumbled for the meadow, fastening the handles of the bag around his shoulders. Almost tripping over a tree stump, he ran on, his life on the death list.

As usual, the boy's stamina decreased making him slow down. For a quick second he peeked behind to the predators. To his surprise the animals were gone, out of his sight. Slowing down, his breath became ragged. He felt like he was going to faint. Running was a thing he had done a long time ago.

With his breath back to normal he decided to move on. He couldn't afford to waste time now that night was settling in. As the chase had led him to the edge of the Greenland, he sighed and walked on.