Cat Sacksteder

The Petal that Saved Lives

Darkness swept throughout the village as all hope seemed lost. Hundreds of men, women & children grew gravely ill as night fell. The Chief paced the hall, afraid of what fate had in store for his daughter and his tribe. His daughter was all he had left in this world as the sickness had already taken his wife. He did not know how he could live on if his daughter did not survive. In the shadows, a servant girl named, Itzel felt fear overcome her. Her parents lie gravely ill as well. She feared that they would die here soon enough without a cure. She wanted to help but didn't know what she could say or do to comfort the Chief. But then, she had an idea. She ran to the ruins of a deserted pyramid that loomed in the distance nearby. It had been deserted years before she was born.