Uma noticed something strange about Gil. He woke up earlier than usually and he barely ate anything during breakfast. Excitement was written all over his face and he would just not shut up. Harry could take a good guess why Gil behaved this way, but he decided to stay silent for the time being. It also didn't surprise Harry when Gil jumped up and declared that he had to go at midday. Harry wondered if it was really the excitement of exploring or if it was something else that made Gil smile like that. In the meanwhile Gil didn't even realize the suspicious looks he got from Harry and Uma. He just ran outside, so he could meet Jay as quickly as possible.

Jay was already waiting outside, noticing he was nervous. He knew what he wanted to show Gil and he was actually sure that Gil would be impressed, considering that Gil was impressed by a berry bush. He was just scared that Gil really hoped for jungles and icebergs, liked they agreed on. Those things were actually far away and even though Jay wanted to, he couldn't just take Gil to a random jungle. He sighed, hoping that his surprise would be good enough for Gil. Jay then saw the other guy walking towards him and wondered if it was too late to call the whole thing off. Jay shook this idea off, knowing this would definitely disappoint Gil.

"Hi Jay," Gil immediately greeted him. "Where are we going? Icebergs? Panthers? Oh, I know! Volcano's!"

Somehow Gil's enthusiasm made Jay more at ease. Jay couldn't help but smile back, when he saw Gil's sparkling eyes. He was definitely not calling this off.

"Nothing that fancy, I'm afraid," Jay answered. "I thought I would show you around first. You know, close to Auradon." For a second Jay was afraid to see a disappointed look on Gil's face, but the other guy still smiled at him.

"Like the Enchanted Lake?" Gil asked him. "I heard it is beautiful with a waterfall and everything."

"The Enchanted Lake is something you should see during night," Jay responded. "During the day it's actually crowded there. But I could show you that place one day. First let me show you something else."

It was a short walk to where Jay was heading to. They had to walk through the woods, a place where Gil had been before. He still looked around in amazement, taking every little detail in. Last time he was in the woods they were actually fighting of the Queen of Mean, which meant they didn't had time to look around for long. This time Gil had nothing to worry about. Carefree he noticed how the sunshine left a golden glow on the trees, while the leaves softly rustled through the wind. Different flowers of all kind of colours stood at each side of the path. Birds were chirping in the trees, singing all kind of different songs around them. He couldn't stop smiling as he was surrounded by all those new wonders.

"What is actually the best part of Auradon?" Gil suddenly asked Jay, still looking around. Jay looked up in surprise. He never really thought about that before.

"I don't know," Jay said still thinking. "Maybe the tourney field. I always enjoyed playing tourney."

Gil looked at him in disbelieve, slightly frowning. "The tourney field? You guys have all this and you're telling me the tourney field is the best part?"

"You've never played tourney, so you have no idea how it feels playing on it and hear people cheering you on," Jay defended his choice. "It kind of feels like a battlefield, but without the fear of getting stabbed."

Gil chuckled. He indeed never played any sport for fun, but he knew the rush of adrenaline going through once body during a fight very well.

"Well, I already enjoy rooting for you," Gil said with a slight smile on his face. Jay quickly looked away. There he did it again. Making him blush over a compliment he got a thousand times before. Why was it suddenly special when Gil said it? Jay shook his head, trying to clear his mind. He told himself he would not go down that road again. He hit Gil against his shoulder, which made the other guy look up in surprise.

"We're almost there," Jay said, changing the subject and quickening his pace.

Gil could actually see how the trees parted and light could be seen at the end of the already beautifully green tunnel. He send a quick look at Jay, suddenly nervous about what Jay wanted to show him. Jay kept on walking, unwilling to wait any longer to see Gil's amazed face.

At the end of the green tunnel Jay turned around towards Gil with a mischievous smile on his face. "You said you liked flowers."

Gil slowly walked up to Jay, not sure what to expect. But then he saw the most beautiful view he had ever seen. The path continued it's way till far to the distance, but suddenly both sides of the road were entirely covered with bright coloured flower fields. Plain green got mixed with red, yellow, white and purple flowers and followed the rolling landscape. Mountains could be seen in the distance now that the trees were no longer blocking the view. Even though there was still one huge tree standing in the middle of the colourful field.

Gil didn't hesitate anymore. With eyes wide open he carefully walked into the field to get a closer look at all the flowers. Gently he let his fingers slide over the pedals of a beautiful red flower. He wasn't planning on making the same mistake as he did with the rose bush. He wasn't going to pick any of these, even though they were so pretty. Suddenly his eye fell on a little light blue creature. It silently sat on one of the flowers, slowly waving it's wings. Curious, but still gentle, Gil moved his hand towards the creature, but it wasn't planning to be touched. It flew into the air, showing its beautiful colours once more. Gil still followed it with his eyes, while it still fluttered in the air.

"That's a butterfly," Jay answered the question that was indeed spinning through Gil's head.

"I've seen those at Auradon too. I thought those were only white," Gil said in disbelief.

"Actually they come in all kinds of colours and sizes." Jay's words were proven to be true, when Gil noticed another brown butterfly and close to it was another little yellow butterfly. Then Gil noticed another creature, which was flying from flower to flower.

"Wait, let me guess," Gil said while pointing at the flying insect. Jay could see how Gil was thinking deeply, narrowing his eyes to think clearer. "A bee!" It was a guess, but Gil still sounded confident. Jay nodded slowly as response and Gil's smile grew even wider. "Wow, butterflies look so magical."

Jay smiled as he saw Gil standing in the field of flowers, trying to interact with the butterflies and bees who were flying by. He didn't understand why he had been nervous to begin with. He should've known from the moment they stood together at the berry bush and Gil asked him to go exploring with him. The guy had literally no idea what the world had to offer, but he still wanted to see it all. Jay didn't need to take him to jungles or show him a living penguin just yet, at the moment a little ordinary butterfly was just as new and amazing to him.

"Oh, don't move," Gil suddenly said and quickly walked up to Jay.

Jay jumped up a bit. He hadn't even noticed he had been staring at Gil, while he had been lost in his own thoughts. But then Gil pointed at his right arm and Jay could feel a tickling feeling where a large, brown butterfly was resting on his skin. Jay got a weird sensation, while he could see how the butterfly moved it's antennas. Gil looked up close, full of happiness and excitement. The butterfly then flew away and both Gil and Jay looked up to follow it's trace. Jay started to look around, suddenly just as motivated as Gil to set eyes on as many butterflies as possible.

The boys followed different bees and butterflies, while they softly touched the different kinds of flowers. They slowly walked up to the huge tree in the middle of the field. Gil suddenly stopped when he put his gaze on the tree. When they stood at the edge of the forest the lonely tree didn't seem that big, but the closer they got the more obvious it became that the tree was actually huge.

"Wow," Gil said softly while looking at the tree and discovering the in twin paired smooth red berries. He then looked at Jay with a questioning, but hopeful smile on his face. His hazel eyes seemed to sparkle, as he looked still in absolute wonder at Jay. Jay looked back at him, realizing again his little present was a success.

"Are those edible?" Gil asked while looking at the tree again.

Jay smiled mischievous, he had been waiting for that question for a while. "That's actually why I brought you here."