Ella and the Dreamers by Andrew S. French

Author:Andrew S. French
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Neonoir Books

13 DAYSLEEPER

Ella found herself in the middle of a large forest, with a silver moon shining through the trees. Broken branches lay all around her as a chill wind sent a shiver down her spine. An aroma of fresh grass clung to the air.

A small animal with bright eyes and yellow teeth ran in front of her, and she jumped back. Ella’s fingers hit a tree, with its rough bark cutting into her palm. She took her hand away and stared at the blood forming on her skin. It slid over her flesh and dropped to the ground, sinking into the damp earth under her feet.

That was a spark for the forest to come alive. Birds fluttered above her head while unknown creatures skittered between the grass and the surrounding deadwood.

The trees creaked throughout, with their branches shimmering in the wind.

I hope it’s the wind moving them.

Things that looked like squirrels jumped from tree to tree as if they were gymnasts competing at the Olympics. Seeing them reminded her of the demonic animals she’d encountered in the Beacon.

As Ella glanced above her, the stars were like lucid snowflakes of silver as they sprinkled in the night sky. She saw large mushrooms near her feet when she looked down, expecting some Elemental to be sitting on one of them and staring at her.

The noise came from everywhere: from the birds chattering above her to the sounds of the exotic plants breathing around her legs. The enchanted forest beckoned her into its pulsing heart, and she didn’t refuse the invitation.

Ella rubbed the blood from her hand and moved forward. Hoods of dark shadows were hanging from the trees as she strode over damp grass and cracked branches. A wispy mist appeared out of the earth and wrapped itself around her legs as she went. The further she stepped, the more the light disappeared. The stars had vanished above her head and the haze was growing so thick, it was hard to see where she was walking.

After two minutes, she stopped, wondering if she’d done the right thing by coming through the portal.

It’s not much of an escape if I can’t get home from here.

But Ella knew it wasn’t about escaping from Jupiter and his DAM thugs. Her father was still there with them. What she needed from this strange place was to find an Elemental to help them out of their prison.

Or at least take enough Light into me to get away from Jupiter.

And maybe use it to heal Dad.

As she thought of this, a shard of supernatural radiance poked through the misty mesh. A whole burst of illumination followed it, filtering down in seams of gold. Dozens of brightly coloured butterflies emerged from the light, swirling near Ella as if they wanted to show her the way out of the forest.

Then they stopped flying around her and gathered in two straight lines, pointing forward. She strode between the butterfly arrows, hearing them hum as she followed their lead. When she glanced at their heads, she saw that every one of them had bright white eyes.

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