…wasn't there. I checked my other pocket hoping I put it in there,
but it wasn't there either. I sat my backpack down and grabbed the satchel out
of it. I'm not sure why but I wanted to see if for some reason it was back in
the satchel. I knelt and opened it up and started pulling things out of it. The
letters were all folded up just like the first time I found them. I slowly opened them up again and there was
the map from before and the letters. I unfolded them hoping to see her locket
of hair, but it wasn't there. I paused
for a second then turned over the satchel and dumped everything that was in it
onto the ground. The compass fell out and rolled over to the back side of it. I noticed something etched on it and wanted to
read it but all I could think of is where her lock of hair was. I had a urgency as if I lost something
precious to me. I guess in a way it was
though I didn't know why.
I fumbled through everything, but it just wasn't there. I started to think maybe it had fallen out
when I was sleeping in my tent, so I untied it from my pack and unrolled it and
looked all through it, frustrated that it wasn't there. I sat there thinking of where it could have gone
and thought back to when I was in that other place. I remembered looking at my clothes I was
wearing. Could it have stayed wherever
that place was? I looked all around my area, but the blurry time hole thing
wasn't there. Again, my mind was bouncing in every direction almost to a point
where I was starting to feel like I didn't even know where or what place in
time I was at. I looked down at the things I dumped out of the satchel and the
flint caught my eye as did the compass. I reached down and picked them both up. As I did,
I looked at the etching on the back of the compass. Maybe there was some kind
of clue or something on it. I held it closer to my eyes and could see words in
a very small print along with a symbol that looked like a small planet. I
started to read what it said "this day June third, 1866, you found a
moment in life where destiny connected a soul you've been searching for. Always,
Lynn." I just sat there for a second with a lump in my throat. I could
feel every word written and the more times I read it the more I wanted to
somehow find her…..
