Finally a home....

A hilltop.  Trees changing color as Autumn drains the life from the fragile leaves.  The air is crisp.  Winter is beginning to make his presence known.1

A house sits in the midst of all this beauty.  It blends in so well, if you didn't know it was there, you would never notice it.  A women lives in this house.  She has left the busy bustling city she knew to find her way again.  To start anew.2

She never found a place to belong.  Never found a home.  She came here to escape. She believes in a world of magic.  A world of knights and dragons.  A world where evil is always vanquished and all is peaceful and good.3

"Sprocket, kitty, kitty, kitty. Where has that fat cat gotten to now?"4

Her only companion.  A large brown tabby that seems to follow his own path.  Usually that path leads directly to his stomach.  Stepping outside she doesn't at first notice the changes.5

"There you are Sprock.  What are you doing out here?"6

The cat is staring straight ahead.  His hackles are up and he looks genuinely distressed. She approaches the tubby beast, and finally observes the scene around her.7

The world it seems, has changed.  Subtle changes to be sure, but changes that let her know she is somewhere else.  The sky instead of being blue, has a purplish hue to it.  The trees seem to move on their own.  There is no breeze, yet the leaves rustle as if a gentle breeze is blowing through them.8

Flowers litter the land around her house.  Only yesterday, winter was happily on his way. Now it looks as if spring has arrived.  The terrain around her has also changed.  She is no longer on a hilltop.  Now it seems, she is in a valley.  All around her mountains tower.  Off in the distance something very large is circling the peak of a mountain.  Maybe a very large eagle.9

The forgotten cat suddenly lets out a frightening yowl, and takes off into the trees. 10

Frantically she calls after her companion11

"Sprocket, sprocket, come back here."12

Fearful for her furry friends life in this suddenly strange land, she bolts after the cat. 13

"What is he chasing?"  She wonders to herself.14

Bursting through the trees, she stops dead in her tracks.  Where once there would have been highway now stands a small village.  It seems to be bustling with activity and the villagers stop to look at the strange looking girl that has just suddenly come from the forest.15

"What is going on here?" she thinks to herself.16

The people all look so different.  Not like anything she has ever seen before.  Tall and slender with huge eyes that dwarf their faces.  In fact, they seem to be mostly eyes.  They have them on their hands, arms, all over their bodies it seems.  She spots Sprocket and rushes to retrieve him.17

" Oh I see, that's what you were chasing"18

Another cat, could be his twin, except for all the extra eyes.  Even one on his twitching tail. The villagers had all returned to what they were doing before she had come bursting out of the trees.  Deciding to take the cat home she heads back into the forest.  She longs to explore, but wants her furry friend safely stowed at home.19

Butterflies are flying to and fro in the forest.  Alighting upon the flowers. 20

"Wait a minute" she thinks "Those aren't butterflies, those are fairies!"21

Happily going about their business, the fairies seem unaware of her intrusion.  Suddenly it all begins to dawn on her, as she carries Sprocket back home.22

She made it!  That world she believed in and hoped for for so long is real.  Shes here.  Maybe now all here dreams will come true.  Suddenly she thinks back to that large "eagle" she spotted circling the mountain peak.  What if it wasn't a bird?  What if it was a dragon?  And where there are dragons, there are sure to be knights dying to slay them.  Magic too, for dragons are the oldest magic.23

Has she finally found true happiness?  Has she finally found her fairytale? Will it be all that she has dreamt of?24

"If this is a dream, I will sleep forever.  At last, I'm home!" she cries.25