Ever since she was born, Nalani has been attracted to the Forbidden Woods. It has been 12 years from the time she first learned to resist the feeling to now, but the pull is getting stronger and stronger, like a rope pulling her heart toward the deep dark forbidden woods of Harmony.
Since the day my mother whispered "Nalani we shall name her" at my birth, I have been feeling a strange pull toward the forbidden woods of Harmony. Yes, I know its dumb, but Harmony is the name of my city. Everyone here feels... too happy, and too artificial. I have only one friend, Arcelio. He has short red hair and blue eyes with a pointy nose and puffy red cheeks. His name means "Altar of heaven", and mine, Nalani, means "the heavens". Like i said, mostly everyone is stupid here. To get a name, your parents have to take you to the Harmony House and get their idea approved. The councillors there usually approve only names that mean "heaven", or "happy" and "peace" and things like that. As soon as you reach the age of 2, you start going to school, where you are educated about how dangerous stress and negativity and lying is. But, most of all, you are taught never EVER to enter the Forbidden Woods. It is a place where you worst fears and nightmares come true, and where death is guaranteed. If you ever try to go there to escape, the wolves would hunt you down and eat you alive. Or, the Guardians of Harmony will find you and burn you alive. Every child knew this tale and feared the woods, but not me. I have this feeling, like a rope, pulling me to the woods. I am scared, but not of the woods. I am scared of the Guardians of Harmony. The only person that knew was Arcelio, and he was in fact the only person I trusted. My parents were nice, of course, but they were too loyal, just like every other person in Harmony.
