After failing and being embarrassed in front of the whole school,Zoey comes back home with a heavy heart. As an early birthday present her father bought her a puppy, only to tell her that he won't be able to make it to her birthday party. After all this sadness and  heartbreak, she finds herself outside with her new best friend in the shade of the oakwood tree. 

Today this tree looks different, a large portal is opened behind it. Gel-like substances spill out from the portal. Zoey's puppy,Jewels, gets suck inside. With determination to save her puppy she follows suit. 

Entering a new world filled with wild and deadly animals, Zoey must use the very little survival skills she has to make it out alive. She meets someone who lives there, among the animals, Lopus. She and him work together to not only find Jewels but to also save this magical forest. 

While on journeying, Zoey discovers that the magic isn't only around her but also within her. Her family history runs deep in the forest and she is now a magical being. Will Zoey find her beloved puppy and make it out? Will she save the forest from a deadly power?

The Opening

I heard him before I saw him. "She should be waking up soon." Lupus. "Thank you guys for taking care of her. That was a horrible wound." 


Wound? What wound is he talking about? And what does he mean taking care of her? I do not remember being sick! I do not hear anything more because I start succumbing to sleep. 


Something wet and slimy keeps brushing my face in rapid movements. I raise my hand to push it away but I hear a bark instead. A loud, sharp pitched bark. 


Groaning I open my eyes and see monkeys in front of me. Screaming I move back. I realise that I'm laying on my stomach, such an uncomfortable sleeping position. It feels like the ground is digging into my ribs. 


But I'm quickly made aware that I'm actually on a tree by the leaves falling and the many branches I see. My memory starts to come back in small splurges; dad giving me a puppy, falling into a tree, Lupus, finding Jewels, the maze and the monkeys. Slowly it all starts to make sense. Except the pain in my back. 


8 - Monkeys