The forest was quiet and deserted enough to make Penny know that this wasn't any small forest as almost forty people had come in here and the only person she could see was Jera as the girl was walking next to her.
Almost two hours passed and it seemed like they didn't meet anyone. Did they get lost? Asked Penny to herself.
"Do you have the compass?" Penny asked Jera who quickly nodded and pulled out a small instrument that looked like a pocket watch. When she opened the compass, both of them looked at it when Jera moved her hand to make sure it was positioned right, and as she did that, they noticed how the compass's needle was not working.
"Ah, I am not sure if I broke it. It was working fine last night," Jera muttered under her breath and knocked her wrist against the instrument to see it wasn't working.
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