Ethereal

~Charlotte~

"Only a Goblin?" Marcie nodded causally, completely un-phased.

"Only a goblin? Marcie, you have got to be kidding me! A goblin that's ridiculous!"

"Yes Charlotte, a goblin"

She was giving me the Marcie look, the one that meant I was missing something. Why wasn't she shaken by this? It crossed my mind that the landing had been a bit bumpy and I wondered vaguely how hard one would have to hit their head before becoming delusional.

"Goblins aren't all that dangerous, at least not when they're that small and don't travel in groups"

"Since when did you become an expert"

"I wonder where we are." She said ignoring my snide comment.

"Well according to Mr. Glowing Fungus-"

"goblin"

"Right. According to Mr. goblin, we are Nowhere"


"We can't be Nowhere."

I thought about it for a minute.

"Perhaps we're caught somewhere in between two dimensions, like a void space so technically it wouldn't exist."

What was I saying? I mentally searched my scull for bruises. Nope none. Great, I thought I didn't hit my head, I'm just loosing my mind. I ran my fingers through my hair pulling at is slightly, the way I do when I can't think straight. I pulled my hand away quickly. My hair was dry, in fact all of me was dry, save the moisture seeping in from the damp earth to my back pockets.

That was impossible. I had been dripping wet not ten minutes previous. I looked over at Marcie. She too appeared perfectly dry. It just wasn't right.

Of course, nothing here was quite right. The colors were all just a little too bright, the grass a little too lush, the trees a bit too tall. Don't get me wrong, it was lovely, but unnatural somehow. This forest captivated you, pulling you in with the whispered songs of the wind, and gentle touches from stray flowers.

I suddenly felt like I was starring in an episode of "Doctor Who". But where was David Tennent when you needed him?

"Marcie, we should..." I started, but my friend was lost to this world for a moment. Her brown curls tangling unnoticed in the wind, absorbed in the alien beauty that surrounded her.

At the sound of my voice she snapped out of it.

"Go exploring? Brilliant, exactly what I was thinking!"

"Um no, that wasn't quite where I was going with that..."

"Come on Charlotte! This is literally a once in a life time experience!"

I shook my head, folding my arms instinctively across my chest.

"No Marcie. We need to find away out of here, we need to get back to-"

"Get back to what?"

That stopped me. I thought back to the argument that had finally pushed me over the edge. The conversation that had sparked a ludicrous idea. We would have been leaving today anyway, so what was the point? She was right, why go back, when there wasn't a whole lot to go back to?

"I'm going, whether you come or not" Marcie said. She appeared confident in her words, but I could see the hint of uncertainty that resided in her eyes.

"Alright" I said "You win, lets go on an adventure."