'Mandaria? How come I heard of that before?' I wondered to myself.
"You must be hungry, I heard your tummy grumble earlier, up on the tree" Paula chuckled. I blushed on what she said but replied "Yeah, I must've passed out for a while so I'm quite hungry" I said touching my stomach which was still grumbling.
"C'mon, ill take you to our village" she said. She waved her hand at me signaling to follow her. I nodded and followed her.
• A few minutes later •
They were in the middle of a forest, big trees surrounded the forest and a big tree in the middle of the forest. "Were here!" She said, "here?" I asked. "Yeah" she said, she then held out a jewel and showed it onto the bark of the tree.
The bark of the tree opened on its own and made a doorway. "Come in!" She said and I nodded.
When I went inside my jaw dropped. It was bigger on the inside it was filled with houses and many elves inside, some of them had the size of paula and some were the height up until my hips.
We were wandering around when someone called. It was an older elf, 'must be their king' I thought to myself. "Paula, what did you bring here?" He asked calmly. "Chief, this woman saved my life from dwellers chasing me" Paula said.
"I wanted to take her here because it seemed like she wasn't from here" she added. "Child" the chief said "Come with me" he said walking ahead and I followed.
We went out the secret tree and went a little far so no one could find their home.
"You're from earth aren't you?" He asked.
"Yes, I am but how did you-"
"I've been there once" he said. "Have you ever heard of the book 'The wierd mushroom' dear?" He asked.
"Yes, it's actually still famous up until today" I said. "Well then you must've found what I wrote on the last page of the book" he said.
"Never eat... The mushroom or you may never return" I said. "Wait, chief did you write that book?!" I asked with my eyes wide.
"You're good at catching up, anyways I am going to help you get the key to get you home" he said looking at me.
"Seriously! Thank you..." I bowed at him. "No need, anyways ill keep thing short" he said.
"The key was broken into three pieces and was scattered all over Mandaria 10 years ago so no one can come to any worlds outside" he said sitting down the grassy patch.
"The first key is found on the floating clouds, that's where the easiest piece is found... The second is on the dragons lake... And lastly the last key can be found on the castle. Return these pieces one by one and I will repair it for you and you can return to your land safely" he said standing up and was walking back.
"Did you get everything I said?" He asked. "Umm... yes chief, I think... I got it" I said stammering. "Very well, ill send Paula with you to help on your adventure" he said.
"Thank you chief" I said as we walked back to the forest.
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Little did they know that deep on the bushes, someone was listening to their conversation. "Ke ke ke ke ke whew, gotta te the queen about this. Surely she'll be happy" the dweller ran of fast.
Suddenly Lana felt something was odd and stopped. "You okay kiddo?" He asked "Uh yeah... Im fine, lets go" I said. 'why did my heart suddenly felt heavy?" I asked my self.
• At the dungeon, where the queen lives •
The dweller ran as fast as he could until he reached the throne room where the queen was sitting. "YOURE MAJESTY! YOU'RE MAJESTY! YOUREE MAJES-"
"SILENCE!" The queen shouted and pointing at the dweller. "You must have a good reason for suddenly shouting my name because if you don't you'll be executed, so SPIT... IT... OUT!" She demanded.
The dweller then felt a cold shiver down his spine. "The.. the..." He stammered "The what?" The queen said in a cold tone. "THE KEY, I KNOW HOW TO GET IT!" he said.
The queen was stunned at what the dweller said and stood up. "You're lying, how could you know about how to get this key?" She asked.
"I saw the elder chief in the forest earlier, wi- with someone talking about how to get the key" he said. The queen stepped forward slowly.
And every step the queen took, the dwellers heart pumped faster and faster not knowing what the queen would do to him.
"Tell me dweller, how do we get the precious key?" She asked crouching in front of the dweller and lifted his chin.
[ TO BE CONTINUED ]
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A Fantasy Realm
FantasiaI woke up to the green grass tickling my hands and when I woke up, I saw I was in a different world, Mandaria. A world where magic, elves and creatures big and small appear. But Lana our main character wants to go home to her realm. She knew from...
