Next segment, with two main characters meeting.
Short chapters for a short story
I don't own these characters
It was a jolt that woke Danny from his sleep, as he looked up at the sky seeing a bright blue sky above him. He gazed up at it as if it was some strange unknown thing that he had never seen before, but soon found himself remembering.
He looked up a bit -from where he laid- seeing that a leaf had fallen onto his forehead, which must have been the cause to his awakening. This seem to reassure him, to relax for a moment as he closed his eyes, but the peaceful moment soon past as he quickly sat up with a realization that he clearly was not at home… Which would be obvious.
"Gah!" He cried, confused and baffled to where he was. He looked all around him trying to find some hint or some explanation to this strange outcome. But this was in vain as there was nothing.
It was quiet as his yell did nothing to disturb the woods surround him.
He sat there thinking before getting up. It's then he noticed what he was wearing; his jumpsuit that was inverted. He looked confused by this as he knew it wasn't like this before. Even so, he subconsciously looked at his hair, still a raven black like it has always been.
It was then that Wirt emerged from the woods, holding an unlit lantern in his hand that was somewhat covered by the cape he wore. He raised an eyebrow at seeing Danny just sitting there in the middle of the field just near some rocks he could have easily hit his head on.
"You okay there?" He asked taking a few steps closer, but not to close as he didn't know who he even was.
"Gah!" Danny got surprised at the unfamiliar voice and quickly turned to Wirt, on guard if he were to attack.
Wirt automatically put his hands up in defense, implying that he had no weapon –not counting the lamb- on him. "Whoa, whoa. Yikes, I mean you no harm."
Danny relaxed somewhat but was still defensive not sure if he was telling the truth. "Who are you? Where am I? ….. Are you a gnome?" That last question he just looked at Wirt with a 'Are you seriously wearing that?' look.
Wirt blinked surprised at the sudden questions. He sighed figuring out fairly quickly what was up.
"Okay, okay. Just relax. My name is Wirt, and welcome to the Unknown." He explained this as he lifted his arms up motioning them around with a bored tone as if he's done this multiple times. He lowered then soon after hiding his arms within the cape he had, but brought out his free hand and pointed at him giving an annoyed look. "And I'm not a gnome."
Having to take this all in, Danny was bewildered by Wirt's attitude to the situation.
"The unknown? What kinda name is that?" the black haired teen pressed to know.
"Eh, it's one that's hard to understand. I know that from experience." Wirt explained as he was kinda hesitant to go into details. But then turned around going back on the path he came from.
Stopping at the entrance where the trees were, he looked back at Danny. "Come on, I'm sure you don't want to be stuck out here all night."
"All night?" Danny looked up to the sky. "It's still daylight."
"Yeah." Wirt agreed looking up to the sky, soon putting his attention on Danny. "But sun down is in an hour, night fall comes fast then."
"Eh… I guess your right… But can't you just point me wear Amitypark is? Or, maybe a bus stop?" Danny wasn't trying to be mean or anything, but he wasn't that thrilled to go into the woods with some stranger, he didn't know what he had on him, for all he knew was that he had some weapon.
Wirt sighed.
"It's not that easy to explain so simply, and by the looks however you came here, isn't even here. Trust me, I'm just here to help."
Feeling like his hand no other choice he stood up and began to follow the teen into the woods as already he felt like the sun was beginning to dip.
