The girl ran through the gardens, which at night still had the same color as the day. Instead of vibrant colours, they were more luminance, glowing in the dark. The girl ran to a small offshoot of the garden, with Anon in chase. When Anon rounded the corner, the girl just looked at him, scared. Anon ran towards her, saying that he could count on him but she just shook her head and ran. Anon reached to grab her but tripped over a dead tree branch. That when he snapped out of it. Unlike the rest of the garden, everything here was dark and lifeless, dead and devoid. Anon got to his feet and brush himself off.
"Damn, I need to know what's going on."
He pulled out his pendent again and waited for the crystal to show him where to go. It was leading him somewhere west, he could hear running water and guess that it was the main fountain in the middle of the the gardens.