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Glad to hear everyone approving of the marking plan, Ace happily accepted the stone that she offered. As they went along, the red head would stop every so often and put three diagonal scratches on the trees, but upon Brandy suggesting that it would be of no use, Ace chucked the rock a few feet away. Well that really sucked. The best they could do is to keep walking and home that they hit something that looks different.

Lesley must've not heard the memo because he came up to Ace a little after and gave her a trident before scuttling off for some unknown reason. His scream was enough to get her gripping Songbird's arm even tighter. "S-so, how was it the last time you were here?" She asked him as she tried to get her attention off of their whole situation.

Meanwhile, she started to feel like someone was following them. Huddling even closer to the white-haired guide, she shrunk herself against his arm like a little girl walking through a fake haunted house with her dad. Suddenly, she felt a cold breeze against the back of her neck, almost like a freezing hand swiped at her, but ran away. "AH!" Her surprised shout was shrill and her hands automatically grabbed the back of her neck. She scrunched her face at Hakuren who noticed her expression and explained it wasn't him. "Yeah right!" She pouted with a grouchy expression. Behind him, she noticed a tree with three gashes on it, but it was directly on the path. "Uh-umm guys? Tell me that tree was there before.." Asking this, she never remembered a tree being there, especially one with three gash marks.

As everyone was inspecting the mysterious tree, a rustle behind them caught her attention. Squinting a bit at the bush, she was about to ignore it when the same cat that ran past Ace popped out and bared its fangs at her. This was her last straw, her heart stopped for a millisecond before she ran farther up the path, getting stopped by a dozen hands that grabbed at her arms and legs, halting her from moving. Eyes closed, the let out an ear-shattering scream, tears beginning to well up. Little did she know, she just stumbled into an area full of dark vines and webs.