The Winding Woods: Tales of a Boggle by Dani Swanson

Author:Dani Swanson [Swanson, Dani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-13T22:00:00+00:00

18: A start to a horrible joke: A camper, an archer and a witch enter the woods.

"Wake up! Girl, you better wake up!"

It took a moment for Izzie's eyes to focus. She felt like she was waking out of a surreal dream when she could see Xander's sweet face.

"Babe, can you hear me?"

"Izzie? Are you with us?" Nathan's golden hair fell into the frame as she shook her head, trying to focus.

"Guys, I had the weirdest dream." She rubbed her temples as she got up. She wrapped her arms around Xander's neck, meeting his lips as she greeted him. Izzie then took her free arm and wrapped it around Nathan's neck, realizing she was still holding the care package that the little shadow had given her. She let the boys go and pushed them out of the way to see the long strands of the tree branches falling around their sheltered area. "Oh, it wasn't a dream."

"I've learned a lot about you in the last few days," Xander said as he rested his hand on her hip.

"We're in the Winding Woods, Iz. You're home."

"How did you two get here? Did the Guild of Shadows take you too?"

"No." Nathan's face was twisted in confusion. "We found Zyon in your closet and let him out of the box. He brought us here through an old oak tree in Hyde Park.....is that food?" She could hear the rumble of his stomach.

"Here." She said, opening the bundle and revealing enough for all of them. "Don't go nuts; I have a feeling this needs to last us a while. What happened to Zyon?"

"He took off on us when we got here. We haven't seen him. There's a lot of strange fairytale stuff around here, all asleep though." Xander was surveying the area under the tree. "What happened to you?" His attention was back onto her.

"The Guild of Shadows got me. Remember the stories of the boogeyman that our parents told us when we were little? They're true.... except they save kids, not kidnap them. Or at least that is what they told me when I got here. They live underground and have a whole kingdom down there."

"Saved you? Why did they think you needed saving?" Nathan's face was twisted even more in a confused look as he was eating a sandwich from the care package. "You weren't in any danger."

"They seem to think I was...or still am actually. The shadows told me that Zyon had kidnapped me and was holding me for Phantasma."

"That witch thing he used to tell us about when you were telling stories on the porch?"

"Yep. So, I'm guessing The Mother is real too. I thought he was just telling me stories to keep me entertained. I never guessed that it was real."

"I hear that you're a witch?" Xander's voice was playful as he watched her face.

"Apparently? I don't know. Sometimes things happen, and I don't know how to explain them." Izzie nervously looked at her hands.

"That's kind of hot." Xander winked at her as he could see that she was uncomfortable with the conversation.

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