The Discovery

A soft wind whipped up my dirty blonde hair and then - I couldn't see a single thing. All I actually could see was dirty blonde hair. I let out a soft laugh before pulling my hair back.

"What's so funny? Fun-nee?" Ax asked, looking over his shoulder.

"Oh, nothing," I grinned. He looked confused but only for a short moment.

I bounded ahead with energy, and without looking over my shoulder, I yelled, "Try to catch me if you can!"

I ran at full-speed then. I glanced over my shoulder and seen Ax struggling to keep up. I grinned. Warmth spread through me at the sight of him actually playing the game with me.

I slowed down and gazed over my shoulder, looking for Ax. But Ax was far behind. I looked around wildly, trying to find a place to hide.

Then I spotted it. A little opening in the forest, barely noticeable if you weren't looking for a hidey-hole in particular.

I sprang forward without a second thought and squeezed myself into the hole. That was when I seen Ax run up into the spot I had just stood a couple moments before. He looked around for me. Then he spotted me. He grinned and I stepped deeper into the hole and suddenly - I fell.

I fell backwards. Backwards to somewhere I didn't know. I had seen a flicker of surprise on Ax's face. I fell upon grass. I noticed Ax squeeze through the hole - and then he tripped over my shoe and landed on me.

Instantly, he leaped to his feet, "Eliza, I am so sorry. So-ree."

"It's alright," I gasped for breath as I struggled to my feet.

"Where are we?" Ax gaped. I turned around, and I found myself gaping as well. We were in a hidden meadow or field of some sort. There was a beautiful little waterfall and a little river. The grass was long and swayed with the wind. Flowers bloomed everywhere on the grass, the skies - the skies was the best part. The skies were open! And clear!

Leaping to my feet, I pranced around the field, joy and happiness swept over me as I did so.

When I had looked back at Ax, he had morphed back to an Andalite. His human clothes lay on the grass.

"Ax…?" I asked.

Huh? Oh, what? Ax asked, slowly turning all four of his eyes towards my direction.

"Oh, uh, nothing," I said simply. My gaze flew up to the sky as dawn spilled across it, lacing around the clouds and revealing it's beauty to the world. The water reflected it's appearance, and glittered like there was billions of stars in the sky while the sky was dawning.

It truly was a beautiful sight.

Ax trotted up to my side, and I just stood there, gaping at the sky as if I was a blind person who had her first glimpse of the sky.

My eyes burned when the sun fully rose, and I rubbed them and turned away.

Shouldn't you be returning home? Isn't your dad going to be worried about you? Ax asked as he turned to me.

"Yes, I suppose so…" I glanced down at my watch. It read 7:01 AM. I gaped down at it and muttered under my breath about how around two hours had passed by so quickly.

I turned to leave through the way I came, and I quickly noted -to myself of course- where and how I had found this hidden place.

Eliza? Shouldn't we think of a name for this place? I heard Ax's voice in my head.

I stopped and thought about it, "Yeah, I suppose so… did you have a name in mind?"

Ax took a while to reply, No.

"Then we'll just have to think of a name the next time we meet up again, don't we?" I asked without turning around.

Ax nodded.

I reached the entrance I just froze. I just stood there, like a moron. Something told me to turn around, so I did. Ax was no longer looking at me, but at the sky - or perhaps the waterfall… it was hard to tell…

But a question rose into my mind: What had made me turn around?

I turned around once more and slipped through the entrance. That was when I realized that I was grinning.