The Land of Tales: The Darkwoods

living in the passage

The cottage seems so small from the outside, rusty and wooden. It almost looks like it can only hold a very small room, maybe an extremely small kitchen, and a tiny bathroom.
This is what Emily was expecting before she walked into the cottage.

After stepping into the cottage through the door that the guardian opened, it almost seems like she walked through a bubble.
It was nothing that Emily expected, it seems to have so much more space, almost like a castle, with raised painted ceilings and marble flooring.

The guardian led the way through a hallway, as they walked through the hallway Emily asked "how many rooms are there in this place" then she heard a low voice say "there are 3 rooms my dear but maybe more depending on the way you look at it" however it wasn't the guardians voice, she looks around the hallway for the sorce of the voice, but there was no one else there.

This seems like such a long hallway, there are a few closed doors but other then that it just seems like walking through a very long tunnel.
"We have been walking for a while now... are we there yet?" Emily asked.
The low voice answered this time to "close, but serenely not too close" again Emily begins to look around "where is the voices coming from?" She asked.
The voice answered again "maybe in your head... you stupid girl!".
Emily got upset thinking how dare someone call her stupid and yet too afraid to shoe themselves, however right before she would say something the guardian yelled out "will you please stop asking questions! Those ugly paintings always say the truth but the have such ill manners"

"Excuse me!!! You are the one walking with such ugly creature!!" Said the painting with the low voice.

Emily looks at the paintings with fascination, talking paintings are things you don't see everyday. She didn't even noticedthat she was just insulated.

They finally reach the end of the hallway, a very tall golden door that reached from the ceiling to the ground. The guardian opens the door where it leads to a large lounge, it was wonderful there is a huge kitchen and dining area, everything seems to look like dimonds, silver and gold. Very victorian looking furniture, he walks over to a room and said "this is where you will be staying at for tonight, there is clean clothing on the bed and a bathroom is right by the door if you wish to clean up. I will be in the study area... please don't bother me".

After Emily cleaned up and put on the clean clothing she fell a sleep.
A while later Emily woke up, it feels like a whole day has passed. "This room is fit for a queen.... oh dear is it already morning?" She thought so she jumped out of bed and ran around looking for the guardian, she finally found him.
The guardian was In a room reading a book "the land of tales" was the name, he looked at her with a cross face and said "what is it? Didn't I tell you not to bother me?"
She answered "but I fell a sleep... I need to get back to my brother and make sure that he is alright" he looked at her and he chuckles then he said "didn't I tell you he will be fine... also... there is a storm on the human forest, so we will not go back till it completely clears"

"Huuuuuh!!!! How long will it take?!?" She yelled out.

"Not long... perhaps a week or so" he said with a calm face as he flips through his book with a calm face.

"Whaat!! No way!! We agreed that you will take me back in the morning... or the night" She said with a complicated face both filled with anger and sadness.

"Yes I said that, however I wouldn't risk my own safety... the rains in the forests are more like bullets from the sky, it happens suddenly every once in a while"

"So what am I supposed to do just sit here and wait?!?" She said.

Giving a more eratated look he said "yes! Now please do not bother me, I am busy!"

"Uuugggghhh!!!" She said marching out of the study room.

Some time passes, it seems like Emily has been sitting for meny hours so she walks back into the study room and said "look, I am getting hungry and bord sitting outside with nothing to do. How much longer do I have to wait".

He stayed quiet for a few seconds, then he slowly raised his head looking away from the book at her with a quit an angry expression and said "honesty, what part if do not bother me do you humans don't understand!? Look if your hungry look for a kitchen and cook your self a meal and if your bord make yourself entertained without pissing me of, as for how long you must wait.... Well I told you earlier... its about a week. Now if you would be so kind get out and this time don't bother me unless it's something serious"

"Are you kidding!!! How am I supposed to entertainmen myself for a whole damn week!!"She yells out at him.

He smiled and said "look around dear, you never left your home before and now your left in an enchanted castle in the darkwoods. I am sure you can enjoy your stay if you look at things from a different point of view. Up to this point you have been locked indoors for meny years, why are you in such a hurry to go back to being trapped again?"

She stood there quite, baffled and confused. She never looked at things this way however now she thinks about it, she is finally free. She turned around and walked out the room and looked outside the window.

Could it be? The journey just started?
She thought.
The guardian stood right behind her with a smile and said "Emily, welcome to the darkwoods".