Pan and his companion stood alone in the maze, while the winds began to change again. It started very quietly, like a low rumbling thunder in the distance, but as he poised to flee, Pan knew what was coming next. ”Run!” He spared one last glance to his companion before diving between the rows, racing to beat the maze as it shifted around him once more. With a flurry of leaves and a howling sort of wind, Pan ducked his head to his breast and ran headlong at the closest opening he could find, weaving in and out of the shrubbery before it disappeared once more.
Once he came to, he opened his eyes to find himself in another part of the maze, blinking against the sunlight which had suddenly cleared above him. Here, the trees seemed thinner, and the fog seemed to lift – and in the distance, Pan saw a bobbing silver light. Tink? Hazel? For the briefest of moments, the green colt forgets his companion and the bird on his shoulder, racing toward the light and hoping to find his fairy friends, but as he grew nearer, the light seemed to move, bobbing one step ahead of him as it led him through the tunnels of maze.
He followed the light for what seemed like hours, until at long last, it led him from the maze and back to the clearing where he’d started. Curious, he turned back to see the hedges once more, only to find them fading into nothingness. Wait! He called to Ipomoea, worried suddenly for his new friend as he raced toward the fading maze… but as he nears the entrance once more, the boy is met by little more than empty air and a field stretching as far as the eye can see. Devastated, the green colt turns from this place of mysterious magic, and makes his way back to the Dawn Court.
Once he came to, he opened his eyes to find himself in another part of the maze, blinking against the sunlight which had suddenly cleared above him. Here, the trees seemed thinner, and the fog seemed to lift – and in the distance, Pan saw a bobbing silver light. Tink? Hazel? For the briefest of moments, the green colt forgets his companion and the bird on his shoulder, racing toward the light and hoping to find his fairy friends, but as he grew nearer, the light seemed to move, bobbing one step ahead of him as it led him through the tunnels of maze.
He followed the light for what seemed like hours, until at long last, it led him from the maze and back to the clearing where he’d started. Curious, he turned back to see the hedges once more, only to find them fading into nothingness. Wait! He called to Ipomoea, worried suddenly for his new friend as he raced toward the fading maze… but as he nears the entrance once more, the boy is met by little more than empty air and a field stretching as far as the eye can see. Devastated, the green colt turns from this place of mysterious magic, and makes his way back to the Dawn Court.
Pan
Dawn Court
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