Realmwalker by Jonathan Franks

Author:Jonathan Franks [Franks, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-25T22:00:00+00:00

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Ivy ate a large breakfast the next morning, since she’d slept through dinner the night before. The food here was so exotic. It had smells and colors and textures very unlike what she was used to from home. It was wonderful. She understood why Herron had chosen a life like this - being able to see all of these different places, make all of these new friends, experience all of these different ways of life. She was very happy to be on this trip.

After breakfast, they restocked their supplies and a number of the fairies from Choon saw them off.

Ivy and Herron flew through the forest at a pace that was a bit strenuous for Ivy, but Herron was darting around trees and starting to get ahead of her.

“Herron, wait, please.”

He stopped and turned toward her, hovering.

“I’m sorry,” Ivy said. “I just can’t go as fast as you can. Sorry for slowing you down, and I know we’re in a hurry, but I just need to you to take it easy, just a little.”

“All right. Do you need to rest?”

“No!” Ivy was surprised at how adamant she sounded. “No, I don’t need to rest, I’m fine, I just need us to go a tiny bit slower. Not even that much. Just a little?” She asked, tipping her head down and peeking her eyes up at him, trying to get a touch of sympathy.

Herron laughed. “Okay. Come on.” He turned again and flew off again, this time at a much lower speed. Ivy was still getting tired, but she had no problem keeping up. She wasn’t used to flying this much at once.

Herron stopped abruptly, Ivy darted past him, then stopped, herself. She turned to look at Herron and started to ask him, “Wha-”

He put his finger to his lips to indicate that she should be quiet. Then he gestured, palms toward the ground, fanning his hands downward, instructing her to land. Her feet touched the forest floor and she looked around. She didn’t see anything. The noises of the forest were all around her - birds and insects were singing and calling, the leaves in the canopy were constantly rustling. It was warm and humid and that same thin fog she saw at the border surrounded them here, as well.

Herron returned his finger to his lips and pointed ahead of them with the other hand. Ivy tilted her head, looking where he was pointing. She looked back at Herron and shrugged. He signaled again and pointed back at the same area, pointing up, then down, then in a circle. Ivy tipped her head the other way and then her eyes widened as she saw what he was trying to show her.

The thin fog had left drops of condensation on a tremendous spiderweb, woven between several of the trees. It was directly in the path they were traveling.

“Wow!” She mouthed at him, but he had already turned around. He crept on foot a little to the left, then shook his head and crept back to the right, then nodded, and turned back to Ivy.

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