You ever had those days where you feel like you’re in a dream, but you’re wide-awake? A dream where your imagination takes you to a world of fantasy and make-believe, escaping the cruel problems of the real world? Well, the tale I’m about to tell you is something like that, except that it isn’t a dream. 


I woke up to find myself in a mysterious forest.

Wait…this isn’t my bedroom! I was confused and shocked, scanning my newfound environment in a panicked manner.

I found myself laid back against a fallen tree. Without hesitation, I stood up and started walking east, or at least what I thought was east. I wandered in hopes of finding any sign of civilization. Unfortunately, all there was were more trees. I walked for almost an hour and I was starting to get scared. My breath became heavy as beads started falling from my brow. I was afraid I would be lost and that nobody might find me. Hell, I was even scared how much of a burden my disappearance would be to my parents. Suddenly, my distraught was nearly over. The sun shines through an opening up ahead.

I dashed towards it and when I made it, I saw that it led outside of the forest and right in front of me was a pasture with a single road made of cobblestone over small hills like something out of The Sound of Music.

“Kya!”

I heard a scream close by. I turned my attention to the origin and saw a young girl being surrounded by five men. I couldn’t believe something that that was happening before me. Usually, you would see something like that out of a shounen manga. Hell! They even had swords also!

They looked like they were about to hurt the girl. One of them even held a sword up to the girl's throat. I knew I shouldn’t mind my own business, especially when I didn’t know where the hell I was, but I just couldn’t stand by and let it happen.

I had to go and try to stop them. However, I didn’t have a weapon to begin with. I looked around and see if I could use anything. Luckily, I found what I needed. Reaching my hand up, I grabbed onto a dead branch that was still attached to the tree beside me. I yanked it with all my might as I heard cracking from the wood stems. With one last pull, I ripped it off of the tree’s trunk, but tumbled down the hill and landing right in front of them.

While I descended to the brae, I caught a word of what they were saying. Something about a “elf” and giving up “All the valuable possessions you’ve got!” but then they stopped talking. Then, when everything stopped spinning, I realized the five men had turn their attention to me.

“What the hell is this?!” one of the men exclaimed irritably.

I stumbled a little while trying to regain my footing. When I managed to stand up straight, I held the branch in my hand up like a sword and kept my guard up.

I replied justly with a stern glare, “You tell me?! I don’t know what I’m doing here or how I got here, but what I do know is that you ganging up a defenseless girl is wrong, and I’m here to put an end to it!”

Now that I was close, I was able to get a good look at the girl. She was about my age, either 16 or 17-years-old. She had long blonde hair, reaching almost to her waist, having blue eyes and fair peach skin. She wore a sleeveless beige dress with a loincloth covering the front and back of her torso, long fingerless gloves, and a pair of brown boots with white stockings she was even carrying a satchel over her shoulder.

Hold on! She has long ears! Is she an elf?!

That’s what came to mind when I noticed her ears. That’s when it all started coming back to me. How I got here, that is.