Awakening with a pounding head was not a pleasant sensation. Corynn groaned and threw an arm over her eyes, hiding her face from the light that was shining straight into her face. Removing her arm, she sat up and gave her head a quick shake, trying to banish the cobwebs as she looked about her and took in her surroundings. And promptly burst into laughter at the sight of Leah staring down the goose in a death match. She clutched her stomach, trying to catch her breath as she cackled in her standard fashion. Clearly unharmed, once Corynn caught her breath she stood up, stretching her limbs and looking around. The first thing she noticed was that her very nice tulip poplar was gone, and sturdy oaks were replaced by slimmer trees of maple, ash, and other such trees.

"Soooo….anyone know where we are?" She inquired curiously as she rested her hands on her hips, observing the area surrounding the three lost humans and goose.

Leah rubbed at her eyes, and groaned. Something was not right, but her head was splitting too much to figure out what. She attempted to stand and muttered profanities when the goose hissed at her. It was glaring at her. Leah glared back, mentally going through the many ways she could kill it. She rubbed her head, praying that she didn't have a concussion and that the lump on her head wasn't as big as it felt. She looked around for her roommates, wondering if the goose had gone after them after she had blacked out. Corynn was standing near her, cackling away merrily. Leah growled and looked around for Willow. But something else caught her attention: the landscape was not right. Where there had been a park surrounded by signs of autumn was a forest dappled in spring light.

She heard Corynn say, "'Soooo...anyone know where we are?'"

Leah turned around a few times, wondering if her head injury was more serious than she had originally thought. There was no sign of the park or river. She caught Corynn's eye and threw up her hands in a WTF? gesture. Corynn shook her head in return.

Willow pushed herself up off the ground. I am going to have bruises in the morning. Ow. Why did I have to hit my back so hard? She looked around, spotted Corynn cackling like mad, and looked to see what she was laughing at. Leah and the goose were having a glaring contest; it looked like both of them were thinking of ways to seriously maim, injure, or kill the other. Corynn was right; it was rather funny. As Willow used the tree as a prop to help her stand, she noticed it was different. I thought the tree was wider than this. She looked around again, paying more attention to her surroundings. I know I slammed into an oak; most of the larger trees in Wildwood are oaks. This is a maple, and it isn't nearly as big around. What happened?

"Soooo….anyone know where we are?" Corynn asked while Willow was pondering the changed trees. Leah threw up her hands.

This is not normal. How did the trees change? Where is the park? Or the river, for that matter? Did I somehow manage to hit my head, or am I hallucinating? Or were we transported somewhere else, like in a bad fanfic? Willow looked around again; nothing was familiar. I still hurt from slamming into the tree, so this probably isn't a dream. How realistic do hallucinations get? On the other hand, everything felt so real. I almost hope we got transported somewhere. Although that would bring a whole other set of problems with it.

She checked her bag, still mulling over the issue of where they were and what had happened. Good, it doesn't look like my water leaked. Nothing looks broken, even the mirror on the back of my brush is intact. Why didn't I take that out after the last time I went swimming? She did that all the time; since she used the bag whenever she went somewhere with her friends and rarely took anything out, a lot of random things ended up in there. At least she'd remembered to restock her granola bars; wherever they were, at least they had some food and water. Not much, though.

Corynn caught the gesture and shook her head before shrugging - as if she had an answer. "Magic? We made someone verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyy angry." She guessed, looking around for anything vaguely familiar. Unfortunately, no goose. Well, no luck finding anything familiar - there was still, in fact, a goose. Which was a miracle considering how much it hated Leah and she hated it. The copper haired girl snickered as she finally spotted Willow.

Leah went over to where her roommates were standing; unfortunately, the goose followed her.

"Guys, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Leah asked.

"I don't know - what are we seeing or looking at exactly?" Corynn inquired, blinking owlishly.

"Well, for starters, we're not at Wildewood any more...and what do you mean: 'we made someone angry?'" Leah asked, pointedly.

She shrugged, pulling a face. "I do not know. Lately things just seem to be angry at me, considering the happenings lately."

"Yeah, but still. Are you sure we both just don't have concussions? I did run into a fence...and you have blood dripping down your forehead."

"I do?" She blinked, and touched her face. "Nice to know." She shrugged it off. "Well, for starters, I do not have a concussion - because reasons. Ask the med student over there, not me. Also, it's possible we just made someone happy and they gave us a gift?"

"I am not a med student. Just because I'm a biology major in the pre-med club does not mean I'm going to be a doctor." Willow sighed. "I wouldn't be qualified to tell if someone had a concussion even if I were studying to be a doctor."

Leah growled, louder this time, and spun to where the goose was pecking for worms. "This is all your fault!" She snarled at it. It looked up at her briefly, and then resumed its work.

Corynn rolled her eyes and shook her head, her curls bouncing. "Don't blame the goose. It's not a bad goose. Just mean."

Leah glared at all of them in turn. This situation was not getting any simpler. She ran her hands through her hair, making it stand up on end, and then paced around the clearing trying to ward off the massive headache she could feel coming on.

"Hey look, there's some smoke over there." Corynn pointed out, admittedly in a very belated fashion.

Leah paused in her pacing, and looked in the direction Corynn was pointing. "Smoke means people...or something that is capable of making a fire. There might be someone we can ask for help from. I get the sneaking feeling we're not in Virginia anymore." She said.

"Woof woof." The copper haired girl added on, feeling the need to retaliate to the reference. "But I'm not Toto. So, let's go!" She said, marching in the direction of the smoke, unperturbed.

The other two (and the goose-no surprise there) followed her, and walked in relative silence, gazing around them.

It was a nice forest. The trees were a lot older than any Leah had ever seen. Everything was a vibrant green, with not a touch of the autumn colors she had gotten used to seeing. They came to the edge of the forest where the land opened up before them. There were still trees scattered here and there, but most of the land before them was wide, rolling green meadows and hills. In some places, these green fields were broken up by gardens and hedges. There was even a road, with a green verge, winding its way along. And there, set into the hills, were little round doors, and chimneys at the top of the hills - these were the source of the smoke.