"You'll see!" She said, then made a sound to shush her. All around them the sounds of the forest seemed to grow louder as she led Myriam further in, the bugs buzzing nearby, an owl startled by their approach taking off. It was one of Leila's favourite times to be in the forest, she enjoyed the dark, the near quietness, the life all around her. It worked that few people came into this part of the forest, not at the very back of the girls dorms, where it slowly turned into swamp. They were truly missing out, but Leila wasn't about to tell any of them, she had only shown three other people this, Luke, Tai, and a boy who's name she never intended to think of, or mention, again.

She knew they were getting closer when she could hear the loud, slow croak of the toads that called her special place home. "We're almost there..." She assured her, still moving forward at a steady pace. Eventually they broke into a small clearing shaped like a near perfect circle, a small pond sat in the middle of it, fed by a rocky stream off to the far side. The branches of the trees seemed to bend in to provide a roof over the clearing, long strings hung from them, on the ends dangled white, glowing orbs. Each globe had strange markings painted on them in various shades of green. The real magic was that all around little glowing orbs fluttered about, lighting up the whole place, giving it a pale white glow. Even the globes twinkled as the orbs entered and exited them. The glowing orbs dived into the water, not making a single noise, the light zipping around beneath the surface before coming out once more.

"You must be quiet here, they don't like too much noise..." Leila whispered, holding out her hand as the small, glowing orbs approached her. She held her hand up to Myriam as one landed on it, it had no real form, a small, brightly glowing, pulsing light. "I call them faeries, though Luke says they're just Will-o'-the-wisp." They seemed to dance around her, obviously comfortable with her presence.