20. A Dream or The Future?

Something tickled my nose.

I wiggled from its touch and flung it away from my face as I opened my eyes at the light blue sky.

"Huh?" I was confused and unaware that I had slept outside. "Why am I outside? Shouldn't I be in my bed?"

I vaguely remember I lay in my bed waiting for Bastian to bring my tea, then the next thing I woke up in a grassy field lying under a tree that sat across a beautiful crystal blue lake.

Did I accidentally use magic to teleport me here?

I looked down at my clothes. I wasn't wearing my nightgown but a beautiful white dress. I reached to touch my hair and pulled out flowers.

I sniffed the flower to smell the fragrance. These are real, and the texture is real.

I got up, leaving the cool breeze caressing my skin and blowing my dress and hair. I scan my eyes around to find this place peaceful and harmonized. Birds are chirping, and the trees are dancing along with the flowers as the wind blow.

Everything here is...quiet.

I don't have to deal with a two-f