New Journey

Cerene has fallen backward, stunned, and is sitting on the ground. 

The Stone Giant turns its glance toward Cerene. It slowly turns its body, takes a few thundering steps forward, bends to a knee, and quickly extends out a hand over Evangelina's shoulder and directly in front of Cerene. 

Cerene raises her arm and turns away as to shield herself. 

"It won't hurt you.", Evangelina calmly states. "It lives to serve only you.". 

As Cerene lowers her arm and peers from behind one of the stone giant's fingers. She sees its expressionless face and faint green glowing eyes. Its slightly nods to her. 

She slowly places her hand inside of a small crevice and pulls herself up from the ground. She dusts herself off and looks past the giant's legs to see the empty place where the boulder, now giant, once rested. 

"The forest holds secrets. Many secrets, my dear. You must unlock these secrets, discover your true purpose, and help the Elven King."   

As Evangelina continues to talking, Cerene can see the stone giant filling the hole it emerged from. 

"... The Elven King needs your help Cerene. You'll find him at the castle. Castle Crestmoor." 

As Evangelina finishes her sentence. Her emerald light fades until it disappears. It was almost like she was never there to begin with. 

Cerene with her hands on sheathed twin daggers, bow resting on her back, a quiver of arrows hanging from her waist, and new journey in her thoughts, blankly stares at the backside of a kneeling stone giant playing with dirt.