[@DragonKingUk][@The One]


[b][i][u][color=00a651]Nelos Oakleaf[/color][/u][/i][/b]

	The boy stopped short mid howl. Something was happening. Something not at all expected. The trees that he had asked to protect him began moving, but not their branches or even their trunks. While the top parts remained woven together, the roots pulled themselves up out of the ground, slithering this way and that, like snakes. Only these snakes were working together to move the boy and the girl in a singular direction. The boy continued holding onto the frightened girl as their tree cage rocked back and forth, before finally settling down.

	The roots dug back into the ground thirstily. A moment later, the trunks parted just enough for another girl to crawl in, only this one wasn't a human, or a [i]traveler[/i] as the boy knew them. She looked like one, but she smelled more like a cat. She had cat like ears as well. She sat down next to him and calmly introduced herself. Placing her hand on the "floor", she asked him his name. [color=00a651]"I-I'm the Wandering Forest."[/color] He stammered, tears pooling at the corner of his eyes. [color=00a651]"But mo-host t-travelers call m-me... Nelos. Nelos O-oakleaf."[/color] 

	As he spoke, the trees around him began sprouting large, soft leaves. He allowed them to wrap around him and the scared girl, his fright mostly turning to wide eyed wonder. [color=00a651]"Are you a forest too...?"[/color] He asked, his voice barely above a whisper.