You buy your supplies, and all the while people look at you strange. You decide to ignore it and you climb up the stairs. You find the river and walk along it. But since it is night it is very hard to see and you and Arashi are very tired.
Do you sleep by the river, or climb back down the stairs to a inn, (though you doubt you could make it that far)

Go down too the inn and ask Arashi if he would keep the sun stone with him as it would be safer (In his mane or maybe lodged hidden in his mouth)

"It's gold I." say lying "I'm not rich so that is why I want it back so badly if your wondering. I think it's worth a decent amount of money."

You decide to go north, riding on Cerces back. You walk through a forest, and then it starts getting colder. You pull your jacket more tight around yourself. Soon you see snow, and Cerces is leaving footprints behind you.
You are very cold, and Cerces is getting tired of carrying you on his back.
But, you see a light (cause it is getting dark and the snow makes it hard to see), and it looks like a cabin of some sort.
You quickly ride to it and knock on the door.
When the door opens, there is a rush of warm air and light that hits you. You see a small girl in the door way.

"Can I come in?" you ask.

"Oh yes, please do, it is cold outside!" the young girl waves her hand and steps away to let you in.

You step in, and Cerces follows you. Inside is not very big. A fireplace, and small cot, a sink, a small stove, and a small table with two chairs.
Cerces curls up in front of the fireplace.

"Thank you for letting us in." you say.

"I wouldn't want to be stuck outside in this weather either!" the girl said. She sat down in one of the chairs.

You sit down on the other one, and you see her finger with something small and gold. The piece looks like it broke off of something, and you suddenly feel something pull you toward it. But when the girl puts it back in her pocket, the pull leaves.
The girl sets food and water down in front of you, but gets up when you both hear a knock on the door.

"Is it another traveler stuck in the snow?" she wonders to herself.

The girl opens the door, and you can only see a figure.

"Hello," she says, "do you need to come in and-"

You see the figure move, and the girl gasps. You stand up as she falls backwards to the floor, and knife in her chest. The figure walks more into the cabin, and the door shuts. Its a bandit. And he has another knife, what do you do?

You slump down against a tree, and Midnight lays beside you. But you notice something laying on the ground, that the evil Sylestian had dropped.
You move forward and pick it up. It is golden, and small, and it looks like it broke off something. Even in the dark forest, it had some sort of glow to it.
What do you think it is?

I could help me on my way to find the sun stone...

Please answer the question^^
What do you think it is?

I'll head East.

I try to find something to attack the bandit with

A piece of the sun stone, possibly!