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Once during a storm, a young girl ran away from home. It took days for anyone to notice, since the girl didn't do anything too important. They followed every possible answer to find her. When they did, she was dead near these woods. It's rumored that the woods were hunted by a vampire. Finding no cause for the dead of the girl, they buried her like they would any vampire victim.
Years later, another girl disappeared near those same woods; however, this girl was loved by many people. They searched the woods fearing for the girl's life with tear-filled eyes. This girl was found alive a few months later in a hermits cave. The hermit had found the girl dazed and tired.
Roses began to grow where the people's tears had dropped, creating a path to the hermit's cave. Should any venture that way again, they simply needed to follow the path created by the roses.
The hermit with the girls help created a safe heaven of travelers. Anyone who needed a place to rest was welcomed. No one was ever turned away.
One night a stranger dropped by. They welcome him in, as they always had. This man was against the entire idea. He claimed that there should be no help for those who cannot help themselves. So he had created a plan to ruin everything. Disguised as a traveler, he would kill other guests and make it look like some one in the heaven was after blood.
The girl found out before he could start his murderous plot. She decided to be the first and only victim of this plot. He followed her outside and into the woods. There he attacked. The girl found her way back to the heaven. The man was never seen again, although the unmoving wind is said to be his cries for justice.
As the girl wondered back to the heaven, she grew thirsty. She began to hear the sound of water. She went towards it and found an old man sitting by a well. He told her it was empty and the sound was from his mind.
Next she met what looked like a guard. He guided her to the roses and told her to follow them. When she got back to the heaven, she opened up books and books trying to find out who or at least where this guard was from. The only description that she could find that would be close was of an angel of The Great I Am.
After telling her story to those of the heaven, they decided to build a monument in thanks of the angel's help. Years later although the site had been abandoned, a knight found rest near this monument. He was decided to build a bigger monument, but after talking to a priest, he decided to build a church by the monument to honor what had taken place in that spot for so many years.

All, who need rest, simply need to find their rose path. It will take them to their place of rest.

A young princess was running and playing with common people. The king had told her over and over again her place. Play itself was horrible, but to be around the common people without protection was worst. So the king decided to punish the princess. Se took her out to her favorite woods. They went deeper and deeper into them until, he was sure that she had never been there before. There he left her. She thought he would be back for her in a few hours, by the end of the day at the latest. But as it grew dark, he still hadn't returned. The beasts of the forest began to wake. So the princess decided it was time to leave. She headed in the direction that the castle would be. It seemed like hours as she walked. Then she saw a shadow move across her path. It didn't look like the friendly type. She turned around and ran back the way she came. In her frenzy, she came across a rose. It seemed so out of place. A solo red in the mist of green, brown, and black. The other flowers that she found where purple, white, yellow, and sometimes blue. This beautiful deep red was just so out of place. For a short time, she forgot about the beast and its shadow; however, it hadn't forgotten about her. When she looked up from the flower, the beast bounced. She began to run again. This time down a path outlined with roses. After a time, she needed to rest and catch her breath. She noticed that the beast was no where to be seen nor heard. When she was ready to head out, she found the shadow. It was just beyond the roses. The rose seemed to act like a gate. At the end of the path, she found a church. The church looked closer to the evils' house in horror movies, than a church. She went into it all the same. Inside were wonders beyond imagination. Finding food and drink, she sat down and began to eat. She had gone without for so long. As she finished, a man appeared.
Hello. Welcome to the house of The Great I Am. I hope you enjoy your stay. The man stated.
As she began to think about her rudeness, the man told her how everything was meant to be taken by travelers. After hearing her story, the man agreed to let her stay the night, but told her the next day, she would have to head home.
So the next day as promised, the princess headed home. The man gave her a bag and told her that inside of it was anything she could every want. When she got home, she found her father ill. Military men were fighting over who should kill him and how long they should let him suffer in his condition, since all the doctors claim there is nothing they can do.
The princess went and visited her father. He told her how horrible she was and what a bother she had always been, and wished she had waited just a few more days to return. Angry and hurt, the girl presented the bag and told her father about what was inside. Leaving it on his chest, she got up and walked towards the door.
What will happen when the bag opens, will the king be cured or will he die?