Somehow, this odd, small, faceless tree seems to have taken a great liking to me. The other faceless trees seem to like me as well, but they won't go near me, unlike Pinky.
Pinky's leaves are pink. I cannot properly describe it, but it looks like a child with dyed hair that goes in different directions.
Pinky is adorable.
I tried touching it and it stood still. Somehow, I can understand it.
Despite its strange appearance, touching its branches and leaves makes it feel like an ordinary tree.
Pinky somehow enjoys being touched and makes some weird sounds.
I got distracted.
I should probably try to go back inside the gate. When I peeked, it looked like the creature-like people are minding their own business.
It looked intriguing.
I mean, they looked like people but somehow..
WHAT THE?!
WHO TOUCHED ME?!!
Suddenly, the gate grew arms and tried to grab me. Pinky's branches grew unexpectedly, hitting the gate while squealing.
The gate somehow groaned, fighting off the branches. Behind me, several squealing, faceless trees grew their branches, trying to strike the gate.
It looks funny but at the same time, I feel sorry for the gate.
Thanks to you, Pinky and to your family as well, I think.
So I resumed my observation.
The creature-like people looked as through parts of humans were attached to animal-like or alien-like beings. I don't know how to properly describe them.
They don't look the same.
There was a creature that looked like a giant triangle, floating with eyes all over its body. Some of the eyes were looking in different directions, while others were either blinking or closed.
Fascinating...
I saw another creature that had a body like a panther but with several small wings on its back and a face like a human, though its ears were pointed.
What amazes me is that even though it is night time, it is not dark at all, but as bright as day, despite the sky being a dark violet-blue. It is so hard to describe. It is completely different from anything humans experience on Earth.
Nothing like what I have read in fantasy novels or science books.
Oohh...
There is a small, one-eyed owl-like creature flying around. I'm not too fond of that.
Pinky and the gate must have agreed to a truce, since they stopped fighting and were just dancing somehow.
I decided to move and try to peek from another angle.
What I saw was definitely hard to imagine and describe.
It's... unbelievable...
There are several floating buildings with floating lights everywhere and trees so tall that their tops are covered with what looks like clouds.
The buildings themselves have no specific shape.
Many creatures are floating or flying all around, while other strange creatures crawl, walk or ride in contraptions that have no wheels.
I didn't really hear a language being spoken. It sounded more like squeaks, hums, growls, rumbles and various noises.
But some of the creatures I saw looked.. gorgeous... beautiful... lovely...
I saw a creature-like being that looked almost human, except it had a long tail and hair that seemed to have a mind on his own. But the eyes looked...
Breathtaking...
The creature-like being seems to float on air and wears strange clothing that includes a long cloak. The cloak looks like the sea under a night sky.
The creature-like being's hair seemed human-like... golden, yet it moved on its own. But the eyes... the eyes mesmerized me. Each eye was a different color: the right one was red while the left was gold. They seemed to be staring at something, until I realized the creature-like being was staring AT me.
Oh my gosh!!!
Pinky!!!
I screamed silently, in my mind of course, as I hurriedly crawled away from my hiding place.
Fortunately, Pinky seemed to notice my distress and tried to grow its branches as a sort of effort to hide me. The rest of Pinky's family followed suit and tried to grow their branches as well. Some branches even started flowering.
I tried holding Pinky while it tried its best to cover me. The creature-like being with differently colored eyes frowned slightly and its hair stopped moving.
Ah. I'm screwed.
While the creature-like being slowly floated towards me, my tears started falling. I used to hate how female characters in fantasy novels cried easily and always thought they were cringey.
I couldn't have been more wrong. I want to hit myself.
.....
Scared out of my wits, I find myself in a strange world where I know no one, except for the faceless trees I've befriended.
I am tired and hungry and I don't know why I'm here or what happened in my previous world to bring me here.
Dying from an unknown reason or suffering something worse than death are my biggest fears.
I want to take back what I said about those characters in the novels I read.
It's not easy to find or understand where you are.
I cannot fully describe what I saw and I doubt any human could truly comprehend it either.
The creature-like being with the golden hair moved slowly toward me. Now that he was closer, I can see more of its features.
His face is human-like, yet he has slightly pointed ears. His emotionless eyes are mesmerizing. He possesses a long, slender body with a long tail. His long, golden hair moved with a mind of its own and is styled with several braids.
He wears numerous pieces of jewelry such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings that appear magical and somewhat menacing.
The creature-like being moves with the predatory grace of a lion stalking its prey.
The prey is me.
I realized a bit late that I was staring at the lion-like creature so hard that it hadn't sunk in yet that the reason I can describe him better is because he was in front of me.
I am so dead.