Fables and Folklores

7 | Weird Forest

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"I gave so many signs"

Run. Run. Run. Her mind was racing with many thoughts, and it flashed her wanted poster just in that village. Her heart beats so loud that it sounds like a beating drum, and as she ran her life out, she began to become dizzy after that she have fall to her knees.

She began panting, unsurprisingly, sweat filled her forehead. But what she didn't expect was tears to come down from her eyer caramel eyes and onto her knuckles.

She hadn't even spent a day in this place; and where was night time? She came in near lunch —noon— and it was still day out, what was happening? Perhaps it was always this way in this world? That some unknown reasons, time is moving different than her world back home? Why was she running away? Why wasn't she back home? She could have been reading books, and probably dancing in her room, but here she is, running away like a wanted criminal for murder but she's not! She's not!

Now, her curiosity has turned her life like this. She needs to go home, because she wants to go home. But what about Mr. Rufus? He got into trouble because of her, she can't just leave without knowing he is fine and all.

She should have hold on to that sword, and now it was lost somewhere. And who was that man? And where was she now? A forest?

Unlike the breathing trees, these trees were pretty still. She remain frozen on the ground, intently watching the trees for any unnecessary movements and when it did not do such things, she sigh in relief before deciding to sit in the ground.

She began to heave and continue to catch her breath. She look back and saw no one following her, much to her relief. Now all she needs to do is find a shelter to spend the night, just in case it does. As Clydeth noticed, time wasn't moving too fast it was moving very slow, as if seconds where only hours in this place.

Wherever she is, there is no turning back now. At least for now.

Because tomorrow, or the next few hours by now, many will be searching for her, and now, she is an official fugitive; a wanted lady.

'Great job, Clydeth Lilian Gomez. Nice way to go.' She sarcastically said to herself as she begins to stand up and clean herself.

She then slowly walk deeper into the forest, a very bright green forest. And she will not think of snakes, she will absolutely not. As she step forward, she see that there wasn't many animals and whatsoever. It was just simply her, and nature. But nature wouldn't be complete without creatures or will it be?

Ever since she came here from that magical painting, everything just become weird. Magic, breathing trees, rabbit holes, magical tree properties, talking animals, and now a forest with no signs of creatures. What is this place? Perhaps this a place called, A Place Without Time. But seriously, she needs to find a way out of this forest to spend the night and look for Mr Rufus. As she does not want him to be in trouble in cause of her.

"Now, where is that way out?"

As she begin to look around the forest that seems unending, she begins to hear a sea just behind some trees. She smile at herself and is beginning to run towards the direction where she heard the sea, and pushing herself towards a couple of trees close to each other. Her eyes widened at the sight of a glistening ocean in front of her.

"Wow." It has been long since she saw the sea, and now was the first time in a while she saw the sea. And the first ever body of water she saw, since she was here.

The waters glisten as the sun's rays touched it, as if there was untouched diamonds under the waters. She begin to approach the sea, to see it more closely. And the sand, the sand was beyond her expectations, it was all very tiny. There was no big rocks and anything that can cut your feet. There were even sea shells below.