III: The Wood and The Faun
hurting all over Carmen awoke to the sound of a flute. Curious about it she turned her head slightly to the right to discover a faun. Now this wasn't your ordinary faun, he had long tan horns tipped in gold, along with the curliest brown hair you ever could imagine, and one of his hoofs was split in two places rather than one, he also had very deep pretty blue eyes that caught Carmens like a hook. "What is that thing?" Carmen wondered. "Why hello there young one, how did you get here?" The faun questioned.
"To be totally honest I don't know, last thing I remember is four rings, two green and two yellow."
"What! So you expect me to believe that you, a mere child, handled the fabled rings of magic?"
"Sure do,and they were fun and weird at the same time who would have thought that rings can put you in a magical place." Carmen was saying as she looked up at the pale, murky clouds. "Oh yes, I nearly forgot to ask, where am I anyways?"
"Why dear your in the wood between worlds, have you not heard of it where you're from?"
"'Fraid not sir, but I have heard of a creature with two legs like a goat and the upper torso of a man." She noted. By that time he was fascinated with her, so he decided to ask for the name of this thing he had never heard of before. "Why my name is Carmen Trisold, whats yours?"
"Hogan Dankerdule, nice to meet you Carmen shall I show you my home world?"
"Oh yes please! I would love that!" She exclaimed. Right after that he showed her that the ponds or "pools" as some might say are actually portals to the different worlds. The first time to jump in had been her most difficult one at that, but eventually she worked up the courage to jump in. Swishing and pulling, whipping this way and that like a toilet flush, just as fast as it began it was over. They were in Lilac.