Land Of Plants

|Chapter 1|A land beyond the garden?|

            "Populus Lignum, or as the giants say Tree People. To the giants our forming is a complete mystery , however to us it is very clear. Our ancestors were formed due to a failed experiment the giants had done. However our ancestors werent the same as most other garden inhabitants, in fact they werent living flowers or living crops. They were like you sprout. They were Fretex's. A literal walking tree or plant or shrub and etc... They were the special ones. However as they reproduced they began to make hybrids and then those hybrids formed into different species. For example the rose and poppy.". As the bell rings a woman with long spiky petals tied into a bun using a seed ball shuts the book she was holding and purses her lips down to a pause before she resumes on speaking outlining her stern features. "Ok thats all for now  your highness. I'll see you in our next history lesson. On the contary, your father had asked to see you so i reccomend you go see him before resuming back to your other planned activities." The woman says before opening the door to the room and leaving. 
    A boy stands up and sigh's as his crown floats over his head. His green leaves bobbed up and down as he wondered what his father wanted to tell him as he exits the room. He turns around confused, raising a brow before speaking. "I guess the butler isnt accompanying me to father" he grays mutters under his breath as he walks  through the silent hallways of the castle. His foot steps echoed throughout the castle halls.

      The silence spreading throughout the castle but it always made the blue eyed fretex feel a sense of dread. It was just so lonely....

     A voice comes from behind a door and the sound had turned out to be a cry or plea. " I didnt do anything! They forced me to do it! I never meant to come to the garden!". Confused at these sudden sad claims and pitiful sobs, Sprouts stops moving at his regular pace as he looked at the door and wondered on whether  he should go in or not. If he went in, his mother would've been outraged. But she was at a buisness trip at princess Lotus's domain. So as curious as a little buttered up cat he decides to  open the door. 
     It led to a room with cells, most were empty but in one in the far corner of the room seemed to have a lignum in it. So sprout cautiously walked towards it. As he stepped closer the more bizzare the lignum looked. She looked like green regular old.... moss?... More specifically moss the giants had an intrest towards. "Who are you?" She softly murmured out in shock as sprout was now standing right in front of her on the other side of the metal cage. " I am prince sprout blue . I assume  your not from this area of the garden since you dont know my name." He exclaims in a smug smile. The girl laughs. "Dont believe them. Most of the things they say are lies , the garden isnt the only place the lignum form. There is the forest too! The garden is only the place where "precious" and "rare" lignum are found." The outsider hissed in a sassy yet cheery tone. Sprout looks at her confused. Moss notices his slight change in his facial expression then continues after letting out a small sigh. "You dont know do you? Their are lignums whose ancestors are moss, like me. Flowers and crops arent the only lignum which seize to exist. Theres a lot of things beyond the vines of this place you call a garden your highness. I reccomend you check it out for youself instead of believing the crap your parents say". Moss again hissed with distaste. Sprout looks at her intrigued. A world beyond the garden? Lignum whom arent flowers or crops? She was sputtering out loads of nonsense! But it could be true... Coming to this realization, Sprout steps closer to the cell and asks moss a question. "moss, if what you are saying is true... will i see you in this world beyond the garden?". He asked her. Moss shocked at his question bursts out in fits of laughter. "yes your highness! You'll definetly see me! Also the world beyond the garden is called the forest. It'll be quite rude for lignum located there if you say  *the world beyond the garden though* .". 
      As sprout was about to reply to her, he heard a faint voice. It was the voice of his butler, red rose. "You better go now " she says. Sprout nods as he exists the room and follows the voice of his butler. As Sprout clumsily runs into his butler in a sweat, Rose turns around in complete surprise and lets out a small yelp as he went over to sprout examining him to check whether if he had gotten any injuries or anything. "Your highness! Where were you? I was worried when i had arrived to take you to your father but amazingly you werent there in your tutoring room!". Sprout apologizes, lying to his butler saying he was going to his fathers room but instead got lost. The butler lets out a sigh of relief and safely walks him to his fathers room.