Nell found herself back where she had first arrived in her woods, not able to move more than a few feet from it. Things had gotten strange in the last day or so. Colors dancing in the sky, dreams so vivid she'd have sworn she was awake, unease in the woods.
Then a message to evacuate from the train. On the SCA she'd barely realized she was still wearing.
To leave her world, especially knowing what she now did about her family? How could she go? How could she leave her woods again?
But her heart and her gut knew what even the woods were trying to tell her. Something about this world had always been wrong. Didn't make it any easier to push that button, though. Even if she knew it was the right thing to do.
Back on the Train
Nell was devastated by the loss of her new-found family, pulled once again from the woods that made up part of her soul. She'd try to help the others the best she could, putting a brave face on, but inside it felt like her heart and soul were dying. She might be found tucked away in some quiet corner overwhelmed by grief, cooking comfort food she couldn't make herself eat late at night, or just sitting with little Selene in her room or at the library as she stared blankly at a book.
Returning
Nell found herself back where she had first arrived in her woods, not able to move more than a few feet from it. Things had gotten strange in the last day or so. Colors dancing in the sky, dreams so vivid she'd have sworn she was awake, unease in the woods.
Then a message to evacuate from the train. On the SCA she'd barely realized she was still wearing.
To leave her world, especially knowing what she now did about her family? How could she go? How could she leave her woods again?
But her heart and her gut knew what even the woods were trying to tell her. Something about this world had always been wrong. Didn't make it any easier to push that button, though. Even if she knew it was the right thing to do.
Back on the Train
Nell was devastated by the loss of her new-found family, pulled once again from the woods that made up part of her soul. She'd try to help the others the best she could, putting a brave face on, but inside it felt like her heart and soul were dying. She might be found tucked away in some quiet corner overwhelmed by grief, cooking comfort food she couldn't make herself eat late at night, or just sitting with little Selene in her room or at the library as she stared blankly at a book.