Seven Wishes

#9 A Harmless World

Sophie and Jake slowly opened their eyes. They have went into another dimension - again. 

Jake rubbed his eyes, stretched his arms out, "Ugh, where are we now?" 

Sophie sighed at him as she sat up from the floor, brushing the dirt off her pants, "We're in a different world that I've created - don't worry, I made sure it was safe for us to travel through." 

Jake gaped at her, his hands shaking, pointing at her, "Woah - did you just say that you created a world!?"

"Yes, yes I did, the Candle of Dreams helped me," Sophie grinned. 

"Wow, that's pretty impressive," Jake said, his body relaxing, stroking his chin, "But why did the Candle suddenly help you?" 

"I guess I was in danger, and it came and helped me?" Sophie muttered under her breath.

Jake shrugged, and froze, "Wait, what danger? What happened, and why did you even have to make another world anyway?"

Sophie rolled her eyes, and crossed her arms, and explained what had happened - the Sirenettas, him falling under their spell, and she having to rescue him. 

Jake patted her back and said, "Wow, thanks Soph, you've got some girl power," 

Sophie smirked, and studied the world she had just created carefully. It was completely normal, with Earth - like trees, that did not curl into each other, the paths were flat and did not  curve around, and the sky was blue, and it did not have a single puff of cotton candy clouds in it. 

"This place is harmless and completely normal, alright," Jake commented, looking around the new world they were in. 

"Or is it?" Sophie said, as she started walking down the path, Jake jogging towards her to keep up, "We still have to watch out for anything strange, though, we can't completely trust my powers,"

"Yeah, we shouldn't, Sophie shouldn't be trusted, guys!" Jake shouted, and Sophie laughed, and swatted his arm playfully. Sophie and Jake hiked down the path in silence, sticking together, keeping an eye out for anything unusual. However, for the past four hours, nothing weird happened. 

"This place is too normal," Jake said, in a monotone voice, "This adventure is nearly turning out to be just an ordinary stroll down a hill," 

"I know, but we better get some sleep and a bit of snack now," Sophie sighed, rubbing her belly. 

Jake perked his head up, and blinked his eyes, "Woah, I didn't realise that we haven't eaten anything since we were in Pumaplot's!" 

"I know, right?" Sophie yawned, covering her mouth.

They walked a for a few more minutes, until they found a perfect area for them to camp in.

"We should try making a blanket out of these leaves," Sophie said. 

Jake took a deep breath, and chanted, "Quenictum, leaves, towards me!" 

Jake snapped his fingers, and the leaves whooshed and tumbled towards him. Jake immediately shouted, "Reego!" and the leaves came to a halt. 

"Oh yeah - I nearly forgot about those spells," Sophie said. 

They sat and leaned against a large tree, and the leaves fell on top of them. They made themselves as comfortable as they could, and started getting Pumpalot's snacks out of their small rucksacks. They got out the cinnamon rolls and bananas, and helped themselves. They wolfed down one cinnamon roll and one banana each, leaving only four rolls and bananas left in their bags. They slumped back on the tree trunk and breathed in the tropical forest air.