A Trip(2)

Noel gasped, looking all around at the giant, towering trees, the grassy earth that smelled of the first signs of rain, and the blue, blue sky, hidden among the canopy of leaves far, far above, looking through the gaps to grace the entire place with a pleasant, warm light…that did nothing to slow down his thundering heart.

He scrambled back on all fours, convinced that he was in a place of danger, a place of death that he knew he couldn't escape from by running, but still tried to as it was all he could do. He relaxed a bit when he used his frae to examine the surroundings and saw that it was still available to him, but the moment he remembered what had just happened, he frowned and bit his lips.