Third Task (3)

Brantley and Ileus ran along with her. In the wilderness around her, the canopies were so thick that the sunlight struggled to penetrate through them to reach the ground. The vista flashed in the shades of blue, green and black. Dense fog often snaked around the trees and the air became heavier. She noticed how wildly the jungle had grown. She had never noticed that kind of flora in other places. Big yellow flowers, the size of a deer at the base of tree trunks sensed their movement and turned in their direction. Moss covered decaying wood that was lying on the ground harbored numerous species of animals and birds. Occasionally she passed across various circles created by the fireflies, which lighted up like a small bulb and then switched off. She knew these circles were portals to other dimensions. And the unusual flora was a result of the energy dropped by the folks that emerged from those portals.