The Witch Within The Forest Of Illusions Arc

Part One

Illusions Of Food

Loc was in her aircraft, which was the shape of a rectangular box which was powered by magical crystals that allowed it to lift and move. She was in a well lit room where the door was, which had its own bedrooms and bathrooms with baths included. It seemed very posh to her and she could not believe that she was in such a structure.

She looked out and saw an ocean of trees with a long, black, thin triangular based pyramid stuck out over the trees like a sward. This, she knew was where she would be staying for the next month. This would be where she would learn how to decipher the difference between what is real and what is but an illusion.

The moment that she landed she walked out she could see fifteen others looking at her with both horror and anger. Then there was one boy with a good crop of dark brunette hair and crystal grey eyes with skin just as pail as hers who just looked at her and gave her a smile. He then waved at her cheerily to the anger of the rest.

So, this must be the rest of my class. She deduced and already knowing that there would be some that would wish her nothing but the most painful death to her. She also could tell that the boy would probably be the only one that would even be welcome to her.

Part of her wanted to go and get back home and forget all about this, however she knew that she had to do this, after all, if she did not then her sisters would be able to deceive her with their illusions again and again and who knows who else would end up dead because of that? No this would be something that she would have do get over with as soon as possible.

They were led by a man into the building. The corridor was black and doors. They then walked down to the end, where there was a spiral staircase that wrapped around the inside of the building. They were taken the second level, where their bedrooms were. They were all given their own with a bathroom.

Hers' was a dark purple room and a back sun above her door. Her bed was white and opposite was a mirror in the shape of a pointed nail with a black rim. She walked to an apple wardrobe with a two black lion heads with a ring for the doorknobs and unpacked.

She took a bath and cleaned her teeth. She then fell asleep.

The next day she made her way to her classroom she spotted that boy that waved to her leaning by the door.

“Hi! I'm Max, you?” he said as he extended his hand. She took it and shook it.

“Loc.”

“That's a cool name.” he said as they entered the room.

There was a man with a crimson robe with his hood up concealing his face.

“Hello, my name is Curogh Cliff. I will be your teacher for your time here. This will be your first lesson. Subtle clues of illusions.” he said his voice low and calm. He then raised his thin tight and smooth hand. In it was a basket of apples. He walked up to each of the students. He then placed down each apple in front of them. He then went back and he gave them another apple.

“Now eat both apples.” he said. She looked at the identical apples and took a bite out of both. There seemed to be no difference but there seemed to be something odd about the first apple. She then frowned and took a second bite, and then took another of the other. Soon it hit! The first had a dulled taste to it and it felt less like she was biting an apple and more like she was eating a peace of paper, no, even that had even more taste.

“Anything wrong Miss Cerberus?” Curogh asked.

“That apple is an illusion isn't it?” she asked.

“Yes, how could you tell?”

“It tastes like paper and it doesn't feel right.” she replied.

“Good.”

The others looked at her in such a spiteful way that she knew that one or two of then would have give her a beating within an inch of her life soon, but she also knew that if she kept to herself then that would help her chances of not getting beaten up. So this became her game plan for the next week and it worked. Then on Monday morning she was woken by Curogh and they were taken by him to an aircraft. They then were taken to the edge of the forest and they all were given their own coloured path, hers' was a dark purple. So they all took their first step at the same time.

They all looked in the forest. They did not need to be told what they were to do for it was self-explanatory. They heard the arrow and most of them ran into the forest on their paths. Loc and Max and five others simply walked down the path. These seven had the same thought, that running and rushing would only make the forest's job of tempting you away much more easier. Then who knows what would happen to you the moment that you did.

She just walked in the forest which in a way, was quite pleasant. Then she realised sometime that she and the others did not have breakfast. This caused her stomach to growl. She started to smell ice-cream and she followed the scent where it was which she spotted a bowel of mint chocolate ice-cream at the base of a tree trunk. She felt her mouth water as she approached the bowl where she wanted to see if there was a spoon which she quickly found.

She reached out her hand but then she knew what that was. She then lifted herself up and then walked back to the road and walked on.

She then spotted a bowl of strawberries.

Come on. That's not even my favourite fruit!

Then she walked on to see a bowl of crimson apples.

Better, but still no.

She then walked on and spotted that there was a bend in the road. To see a full and untouched fruit cake next to the road. Her stomach started to hurt as it growled. She walked up to the cake it was covered in her favourite hard icing. Which broke as she took off a sluice and shoved it in her mouth and from the moment that it entered she knew what it was and walked on to the end to get some real food.

She then spotted that Max had just left. Half of the eight that ran returned.