The Secrets Of The Forest

Chapter 1: Round Ear Creatures

Elves POV

"ARYAAAAA!" A familiar voice screeched. Arya shot straight up from her reading position.
Footsteps came closer until someone came running into her room.
They run into Arya and knock them both to the ground.
"You could have at least knocked, Elliott" Arya rolls her eyes as she pushed Elliott off her.
"I don't need to knock" they said sitting up.
Arya walked back over to her chair and picked her book back up.

Elliott stared at Arya for a second and pushed the book out of her hands.
Arya gave a death stare to Elliott.
Elliott rolled their eyes." Don't even say anything. You're always reading twenty-four seven. LIVE A LITTLE" they yelled.
Arya crossed her legs."fine, what do you want to do?" She asked her friend.
Elliott replied not even a second after.
"Go outside, get some fresh air" they said.
Arya shook her head.
"When's the last time you've been outside?" They lift their eyebrow.
Arya stayed quiet.
"ARYA! I'm guessing three weeks" Elliott crossed their arms.
Arya shook her head again.
"Four weeks, but you were close" she said.

Elliott stood up and grabbed Arya's arm.
"Well, we're about to break that chain" they said.
They walked over to Arya's window and opened it.
"What are you doing-" Arya said as she got pushed out the window.
She did a high pitch scream before she put her hands out and landed in a bubble of water. She looked down and was an inch off the ground.

She looked up angrily and saw Elliott coming down from her window by a vine they grew.

"I knew you'd catch yourself!" They exclaimed.
The water parted for Arya and she got out of the bubble.
"I almost didn't, idiot" she said.
They cracked their fingers and put an arm around Arya.
"You know, you're no fun sometimes" they said.
Arya crossed her arms.
They started walking down the towns path. The town that was surrounded by huge trees. The nice enchanted forest was their home.
There were many little kids playing with their elements.
A few were practicing their flower growing, some were making a small campfire.

While they walked further through the woods, they heard the noises die down.
Just the two of them hanging out like usual.

Elliott would do weird stuff like climb up a tree and fall on purpose, or make the grass create stairs.
Arya just walking with her arms crossed. Admiring her friends earth powers.
They continued walking until they saw where they usually stop. The big rock.
While Arya sat down near the rock, Elliott kept walking.

"Where are you going?" Arya asked.
Elliott looked back and smirked." None of your beeswax" they started running,
Arya got up fast.
"Elliott, we're not allowed to go past this rock, every single elf that we've met has said that" Arya commented.
"Well if you want me to come back, you better catch me" Elliott smirked one more time before they sprinted deeper into the woods.
Arya started panicking.
She didn't think Elliott would do something like this.

She knew they were crazy, but not crazy enough to go past the barrier.
She sprinted to them.
A couple seconds go by and she finally sees them in view, but standing still.

She creeps up on them, and flinched towards  them.
Elliott was already frozen in fear.
They put their finger up to their lips and signaled for Arya to be quiet.
Arya looked ahead and saw two figures standing in front of them. They weren't super close but close enough to see them. She could only see their backs.

They were talking but it was incoherent.
She looks over at Elliott. They were in complete shock, jaw to the floor.
She looked back and saw their ears.
They...weren't like the elves she usually saw.
They were less pointy, more round.
She started walking backwards carefully, trying not to make a noise.

Elliott scooted closer to the figures to hear what they were saying.
Arya was about to tell them to stop before they step on a branch.
The twig split.
The two people stopped and looked over.
Elliott started sprinting towards Arya and Arya started running back where they came from.
They sprinted along the big trees, hoping that whatever those things were weren't following them.
When they finally arrive at the town, they stand near a store.

They stare at each other in disbelief.
"What are those things?" Arya asked Elliott.
Elliott looked down.

"I don't know.."

"They obviously weren't any of us" Arya said.
Elliott thought for a second.

"Arya, you can't tell anyone about this" they looked up at her.

Arya nodded.
They both caught their breaths before someone saw them.
"Hey, what are you both doing?" One of the towns elders asked.

Arya spoke up." Nothing, sir! Just went on an afternoon run! I'll see you around Elliott" she says walking away.

She ran towards her house and walked into her room.
She thought for the whole day what those things were.
She barely ate.

Finally, while she is about to go to sleep, she gets a paper plane sent into her room.
She grabs it confused and reads it.

'Come outside, I think I know what those things were

                    - Elliott Gardens ;)'
Arya walked to the window and saw Elliott waving from on the ground.

She smiled to herself and prepared her water bubble to jump down.

AN-
HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER. OK BYE