Enchanted

Enchanted . . .

by Kieara Ara Davis

It all started when I woke up and looked outside to see that the sky was such a lavender purple. The wind was flowing by with a scent of cherry blossom trees, and the sun was shining to its fullest. I decided to get ready for the big plans I had for today. I went outside for a short look around and saw a forest hidden in the back of my little cottage. I was very concerned about it, so I changed my plans and decided to explore the forest.

As it got later, I finally decided to go explore the forest, but all of a sudden the sky turned into a very dark purple and the forest got all smokey, and I heard tree branches were breaking. I was very concerned about the noises, but I was still eager to continue on my journey.

While walking through the smokey forest something brushed past me pretty fast, I looked back to see if I could find out what it was, but I had no clue. A few seconds later it flew by again and now I was really determined to find out what it was so I followed it. It took me pretty far into the forest and then it randomly disappeared in front of two different paths which I had to choose from, at this moment I was thinking of turning back around but I just couldn’t. I needed to find out where it went.

There were two paths, left and right, they both looked pretty spooky so I couldn’t tell if one path was more safe than the other. It took me a while to choose but then I picked left just out of my heart, I believed that was the correct path. While walking down that path I started feeling a little nauseous and everything looked dizzy to me. Then I passed out.

I woke up feeling very dizzy and confused, I took a look around and realized I was sitting on a tiny couch. I was greeted with some tea from a tiny fairy who looked at me like I was crazy. We both looked at each other in complete shock. She got a wet rag from her kitchen and wiped my face off and asked me if I was okay.

“Yes,” I replied in a sick voice.

“May I ask you something dear?” the fairy said.

I shook my head up and down. “Sure,” I said.

She looked at me and said, “Do you know what happened before you passed out?”

I told her that something brushed past me and I followed it. She looked very concerned. She asked me if it had color on it and I told her I wasn’t sure. She told me that the forest is not safe at night or when the sky turns to a dark purple.

“That’s when the little ghost-like figures come around you and follow you. We call them shades. They only come around people if they are alone just like you were.” We sat for a few hours and talked about the dangers of the forest and why no one should ever go in the forest alone at these times. I was really desperate to go back home but I knew that it was way too dangerous for me to go out. The fairy also told me that I should stay until morning just to be on the safe side.

I had woken up feeling very uncomfortable because of how small the couch was, and also happily greeted with a morning breakfast. The fairy had given me some toast, wild berries, tea, and some maple syrup from the trees right outside. The breakfast was very fresh which made me very energized for the day. I told the fairy goodbye and thank you for all of the things you did for me. If it wasn’t for her I would probably be dead. For the next few hours I was walking back towards my house and then I saw the little ghost-like figure again but it was morning. I was confused because they only come out at night or when the sky is dark purple. I started running through the forest, not following the path to go back home. I was running for so long and I was sweating and also getting extremely tired. I had stopped thinking that it was gone so I sat by a tree for a few minutes. I heard rustling in the leaves and looked behind me and saw the shade. I didn’t even have the energy to run so I just sat there thinking about how it was going to end. Until the shade transformed into a fairy. The fairy sat there and looked at me and then I remembered. It was the same fairy that HELPED ME, my heart dropped. How can she betray me? What did I do to her?

She looked me in the eyes and told me, “I tried to warn you, but you didn’t listen.”

I was confused. I didn’t know what she was talking about. Then she told me to leave multiple times before she would have to kill me! That was the day I left and never came back.