Secret Cave

As fast as possible, I ran out of the castle. Immediately, I took off my shoes, making my way into the woods.

The wind against my toes tickled, but I didn't mind. Relaxing, I opened my mind, allowing my senses to feel, sense, touch, and hear the surrounding countryside.

There was a family of deer at the stream to my left.

On my right was a group of pixilettes collecting seeds from orange peonia plants.

I listened extra carefully for a moment to see if Abrea happened to be with them, but she wasn't.

The pixilettes were talking about creating a new flower color by mixing two seedlings together. It would be called tealender, which was teal and lavender together.

They wanted to create it in my honor since I had a streak of teal along the front of my hair and my eyes were lavender.

I beamed at their thoughtfulness and the intensity of their conversation.

They continued their light discussion.