Ara opened her eyes, pain revolting all around her body.
She calmed down for a little bit before trying to move her feet to see if she would still experience pain, none.
She slowly sat up and looked around the area.
It was unfamiliar.
She tried to remember what happened to her.
She then remembered the incident in the storage room of her school.
She looked around once again and saw she was nowhere near the school nor the place she lives in, nothing even looked normal.
The sun shone brightly but it didn't feel hot, her skin didn't feel like it was burning.
She was in a forest surrounded by beautiful, tall trees with white leaves, dancing along to the wind.
Ara looked at her body and saw she was still in her school uniform, along with the necklace from the peculiar box.
She stood up and decided to look around for help.
It was peacefully quiet. So peaceful that Ara didn't even feel anxious from god knows where she is in that moment. Crunches of dried white leaves on the ground was heard with every graceful steps that Ara took as she danced along to the rhythm inside her head.
After a 10 minute walk, a tall pointy roof could be seen behind the trees from her perspective.
Ara ran to where the roof was located, she thought she could get help from there.
Every steps she took, the walls started becoming more visible from behind the trees until she was completely in front of the place.
"A castle?" she mumbled
It indeed was a castle, a long pathway with pink leaved trees like a cherry blossom tree aligned beside it.
She walked to the pathway to see what was in the end of it.
She walked, and walked, and walked. Until figures of people could be seen from afar. Ara smiled before sprinting to the people.
The more she got nearer, the more it made sense on who they were.
Guards, two guards, dressed in metallic armours while holding a spear, were guarding a huge archway which seemed like it led to the castle itself
Ara started slowing her pace when she was finally in front of them. They immediately blocked the archway from Ara by crossing their spears
"What do you think you're doing, lady?" One of the guards asked
"Oh, sorry. Am I not allowed inside?" Ara asked confusingly
"Are you a visitor of the royal family?" the other guard asked wherein Ara immediately shook her head
"no, no, no, I'm not. I'm just.. Lost?" she said
"I woke up in the middle of a forest and ended up in here" she continued
"Try going to Miyeon's hut, she can help you" The guard said as Ara gave him a confused look
"Who's Miyeon?" Ara asked
"You really don't know anybody here?" The guard asked
"No, literally no. I don't even think I came from the same world as you do. Like, bet you probably have magic here" Ara answered
"Magic does exist here?" The guard said making Ara instantly turn her head to them with a frown
"what"
"I said mag—"
"Wait, you're serious?" Ara asked again
"Uh, yeah?" The guard looked at her confusingly
