"Here we are! Out of the forest."

"Finally! Some air!" I said as I inspired and expired air. I squinted my eyes and put my hand above to cover the luminous light shining onto my face, because we had traveled all night and it was now morning. When I was able to see, I saw Lorelai in front of me.

"Welcome Adrian, to the Sacred Ivory Woodlands." she said as she spread her right arm towards the beautiful green meadows.

"Wow… It's so beautiful." There were many patches of beautiful trees and a very large meadow as far as the eye can see. There were so much wildlife all over, with many tall trees, vast grassland, and flowers blooming everywhere. The air smelled of fresh grass, flowers, and pine, and there was a nice warm breeze that trickled through my wavy hair. It was so spacious. "There's more to the world than just darkness."

"Have you never seen places like these?" Lorelai questioned.

"No. Remember? I've been raised indoors. Never left home." I reminded her.

"Oh right. I remember." Lorelai then floated a few feet in front of me. "Okay, you see the tallest patch of trees just ahead, right?" I shook my head in agreement. "Well, that's where I live. So, it's not too far. You ready?"

"Yeah, let's go." I then whip the reins, guiding Esprit forward as I followed Lorelai. We trailed through the beautiful Meadows and entered the tall patch of trees. I wonder what her home is like. Does she live alone, or with someone? Is there a colony of fairies? I wonder…

About twenty minutes have passed, and we entered a small area that had a balcony of trees covering the light, but still warm rays of lights peaked through. In the middle was a singular tree stump, with a large ray of light shining upon it. I hopped off Esprit and stood in front of the stump.

"Is this where you live, Lorelai?" I questioned.

"Yup, I go through that tree stump, and then I'm home." she said.

"Um…question. You said you wanted me to visit your home, well I'm not able to go in." I said as I pointed at the stump. So, do I just wait here until you come back?"

"Nope. You're coming with me."

"What? But I can't. I can't magically shrink down to the size of fairy."

"Well, that's where I come in." She said as rubbed her arms, like she was pulling up sleeves. The rubbed her hands together, and held out her hands to me. But, she then looked confused and put her hands down. "Uh, Adrian, why is your cape glowing pink?"

"What are you talking about?" I looked down at my chest, and saw that my cape was glowing pink. What was it? The only thing under my cape is…my pendant? I pulled it out, and it was shining brilliantly. "What's going on?"

"That pendant! Where did you get that!?" Lorelai demanded.

"I found it on the ground while I was playing nearby these walls back home. I picked it up and have kept it safe ever since." I explained as I was about to touch it.

"Adrian! Don't touch the jewel on the pen-" Lorelai tried to explain, but it was too late. I already touched it as she told me not to. Suddenly, I felt a weird tingling feeling in my hands and in my feet. I looked around and saw the the trees were getting taller. What's going on? The trees started to tower over me, and the tree stump was enormous. Then the tingling feeling went away and the trees stopped growing. What happened? I felt really dizzy and needed some water from the spring. I turned around to see Esprit by the spring, but she was the size of a giant.

"What on earth?! What's happened to Esprit?!"

"You shrunk, Adrian." I turned around to see a girl walking up to me. She had blonde hair with hints of light pink, pale skin with rosy cheeks, and small, pointy ears like an elf. She had a short dress that flowed out to be a flower, with different shades of pink, red, orange, and yellow. She had orange and yellow ballet shoes and ribbon wrapping around her legs, and she also had these beautiful violet eyes and pink lips. She had wings that looked just a butterfly with purple, pink, orange, and yellow vibrant colors all over. She looked just like a Peony flower…Hold on…

"Lorelai? Is that you?"

"Yes Adrian. It's me, Lorelai." she said.

"Why are the same size as me?!" I asked with confusion.

"Sigh...No, you shrunk down to the size of a fairy, to my size." said Lorelai.

"No-no way… did you do this?!" I demanded.

"No! I mean, I was going to shrink you down with my magic, but then you pulled out that pendant."

"Wait, you mean the pendant did this?"

"..." she paused for a moment. "...Yes. Do you know where that pendant actually came from?"

"No, I just found it a long time ago." I said.

"Well, that's a pendant from the fairy realm. Fairies earn these pendants by working their way up to become leaders, teachers, healers, and or soldiers. You get one if you're are, or related, to any high up fairies, like the head or protector of the realm.." said Lorelai.

"Well how come this pendant was bigger to fit around my neck when I found it?" I questioned.

"Because fairies that earn these pendants can do many things with it. For example, they can grow to the size of a human and shrink down back to the size of a fairy, like you did just now. They can also make things grow, like plants, and also bring dead plants to life. Those are just the more common examples, but they can do so much more. So when you found this pendant, it must've been on a fairy that was the size of a human. Fairy can hide themselves and make it look like they're human." she explained. So, the was a fairy inside the castle? They must've done a really good job of hiding. I then looked at the pendant and realized that there was a small jewel in the middle of it. I don't remember that being there before.

"What's this small jewel on the pendant?" I asked.

"That's the jewel that makes you small. You tap the jewel and you'll shrink." said Lorelai.

"But this jewel was never there before." I said.

"Really? Maybe the pendant you picked up was from a fairy that lost its powers. Once they lose their powers, the jewel will disappear." I looked at the pendant, then looked up at Lorelai.

"Do you know how long this shrinking thing will last?"

"It will keep you small until you tap the jewel in the middle, except when you're in the fairy realm." After she finished, she put her hand on her chin and started to circle me.

"Uh, what are you doing?"

"... It's just, I've never seen a human this small before." she said. "You're as tall as me."

"Yeah?" I said with confusion.

"Yeah, I don't have to fly to see your giant face now, I can just stand and see from eye to eye." she said as she turned around.

"Thanks for saying my face is giant." I said with a pissed off face.

"Sorry, I didn't mean that." She then came back to face me. She got really close to my face.

"Lorelai?"

"You look like you're… seventeen."

"How did you know?" I asked.

"Well, you look like the same age as the fairy boys in the fairy realm that are seventeen." she said. "You're the same age as me."

"Wow, that's observant of you." I said as I stepped back a little bit. "Well, since I'm this small, I might as well go with you. Will Esprit be ok?"

"Yeah, she can just wander around the meadows outside of this patch of trees. Wild horses always come by to these meadows to drink water from the nearby spring. There's also hay around the fields she can eat. She can find her way around."explained Lorelai.

"Alright." I then looked up at the stump. "Um, Lorelai. How am I supposed to get up there? I can't fly up there and the stump is too steep to climb."

"Oh, I'll just carry you up there, now that you're small." she said.

"But I'm pretty heavy."

"Oh don't worry. Fairies can lift or carry really heavy things, except giant things, like humans. But I can carry you if you're the small." And with that, I immediately lifted off from the ground.

"WHOA!" Lorelai had wrapped her arms my stomach from behind and flew to the top of the stump.

"You okay Adrian?" she asked.

"Yeah, I just, I've never floated off the ground before." I said with my breath taken away. We then landed onto the top of the stump.

"Alright, here's our entrance." she said pointing to the small hole. "Go ahead and drop down. There's a mushroom to catch your fall." I then proceeded to drop down the hole and land on a soft, bouncy mushroom, and hop onto the ground.

I looked up at the mushroom and said, "Wow, that's a giant mushroom."

"There's a lot to take in a different perspective, huh?" Lorelai asked as she floated down from the hole above.

"Yeah." I turned around and saw a large door. "Is this where we go?"

"Yup, this is the entrance to the fairy realm." she said. She landed onto the ground and walked up to the door. She placed her pointer finger onto the door, and started to make a shape. Once she finished, the symbol she drew glowed onto the door and heard a click. She then pushed the door open.

When the door was fully open, she turned to me and said, "Welcome Adrian, to fairy realm, or also known as Okapi Kingdom." I couldn't believe what I saw. I just went inside a tree stump, and enter a beautiful, spacious kingdom. It was like entering a different world.