Chapter 51 The fourth ingredient
The fourth ingredient: Pixie dust from the enchanted forest.
The enchanted forest, sister to the spirit world,
She lives atop a river; all her trees stand tall uncurled.
Home to many creatures; pixies, fairies, elves and trolls,
The forest’s lovely trees sing with jolly cheerful souls.
Do not be deceived, this forest has a mighty size,
Designed by mother nature who is very very wise.
Show us your beauty, O ye big and mighty forest,
Everyone is welcome, all her lovely trees chorused.
She lives amongst humans although blind to the human eye,
She sits on the big river, her greens reflect in the sky.
How do you look so beautiful and still house so many creatures?
Diverse life and trees amongst all her lovely features.
Magical pixie that lives here, please give us some of your dust,
We hope you’ll spread your magic and give the whole earth your trust.
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“We’re here Katariina,” Joana said to the little troll, whom they hand put a veil to conceal her looks because even though it was night, humans still lurked around the area.
Katariina removed the veil and saw that they stood at the mouth of a river. No forest around here anywhere. She heaved a sigh of disappointment; she should have known that they were talking crazy when they mentioned an enchanted forest and the existence of other trolls.
“You just brought me to the city,” she said. “There’s nothing here.”
“Look closely,” Joana said to her. “Use your supernatural eyes.”
It didn’t take long before Katariina saw it too. She couldn’t believe her eyes, never had she seen something so wonderful in her life.
“Woah! A forest on top of a river, it’s so beautiful.” She now had tears coming out of her eyes.
“I said the same thing too when I first came here,” Joana told her.
“Let’s go inside before anyone notices Katariina,” Derick said to the two ladies who wouldn’t stop staring at the forest.
“I want to take Katariina home first,” Joana said to Derick as they walked forward. “We can go for the pixie dust later.”
“Thank you,” Katariina said to her.
“Hey, I’m just keeping my part of the deal. We’re sorry for what those other creatures did to your friends, and we hope you will make new ones here.”
They all entered the forest and met some pixies sitting on the trees at the entrance. The trees began to welcome them into the forest and Joana stopped to ask the pixies where the trolls could be found.
The little pixie happily led them to where the trolls were, a bit far away from where they entered. She had never been to this part of the forest before, Joana then noticed as they were walking that the enchanted forest looked much bigger than how it appeared on the outside. Of course, it was a magical forest, and with magic, anything was possible. When they reached the land of trolls, Joana presented Katariina to the troll king and told him her story, Katariina was welcomed immediately and was given a new home. Joana couldn’t help but shed tears upon seeing the greedy troll she had read about having her life changed in the blink of an eye, and it was all because of her and Derick. It was truly a blessing to be of help to someone like Katariina, who just like the black dragon, the whole world had mistaken as evil.
