Under The Oak Tree Manta Novels & Stories

I couldn’t help but run my hands down my body to try to calm the storm inside me. At that moment, I felt like someone was with me in the woods. I moved towards the scent, drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Whatever it was, I had to know. Before I could reach it, I felt like my skin was burning. As if someone had injected fire into my blood, and it was trying to work its way out. I dropped to my knees, attempting to get closer to the Earth, which felt cool under my feet. My shoes were missing. I took them off and forgot to get them before running out of the bar.

*Holly* “I can’t believe we showed up to this thing in a cookie on wheels,” Gretchen said. She wasn’t all for riding to her potential engagement in my parent’s bakery van. It wasn’t the most romantic car in the world, but it was the only option that would fit the three of us since mine was temporarily out of commission, Abigail drove a little 2013 Mazda Miata with only two seats, and Gretchen didn’t want to take her car since she planned to leave with Joey for a midnight showing of A Christmas Story.

Lauren looks at Mew who is sitting on his shoulder and nibbling on a poke block happily, hearing Lauren's question Mew floats up and starts to head towards a direction and gesture Lauren to follow, Lauren quietly follow Mew as it leads him deeper and deeper into the flowery field. After walking for more than an hour they finally stop in front of a huge lake, he had never seen such a vast water body that was so still without any movement, it expanded far beyond his vision, Lauren is mesmerized by seeing this lake, the water in this lake is so clear that he could see the bottom of this lake and how deep it actually is, he then look forwards and sees a small Island right in the center of the la

He released another rumble but didn't respond as the smell of death became faint in the air. "We're getting close." He told the rest of the pack. I flattened myself on his back as he raised his head slightly to mask any visible sign of my presence. Surprisingly the crunching sounds that the pack had been producing dropped to a minimum as we grew closer to the rotting corpse smell. In my mind, I could hear Paul questioning Karolina about what was happening. Karolina explained as quickly as possible, but it seemed that every answer given produced two more questions. Thankfully, Dimitri intervened with a firm word of silence to Paul. I could see the trees break up ahead where the moonlight lit

I grin and the nymph pauses and nods. "It must be a mighty oak, tall and sturdy and located in the same place as my last," she growls, eyeing me curiously. I nod and hold out my hand. She reluctantly put her boney hand in mine and I searched her mind for the location. We appeared at the dead stump and I could sense the creature's sadness. I felt like an ass and manifested my staff. I tapped the tree stump and stood back as the branches began to shoot upward, they spread open and covered themselves with thick foliage. I grinned and looked down at Euclea.

elder Karl commands and turns around without a second glance walking deep in the jungle behind their huts. Everyone follows him silently, Theo joins by my side, we look at each other. He takes my hand, squeezing it for reassurance. We move past some thick trees until we reach a clearing, a massive tree stands at the center of the space, it's leaves the shade of soft illuminating blue. The soft blue light from the leaves spread around the tree in a beautiful perfect circle. The same blue you find in all the elders eyes. Under the tree sat a man in a meditating positions, his white hairs were spread around him, his white dress remained clean even though he was sitting on the ground.

were grouped as if telling some gossip. What the hell is with this place. Is this some kind of organization? Ugh! I can’t sit here doing nothing. I need to get out of this room. I slowly turned the doorknob and opened the door, carefully propping my head to check if anyone is there. Left and right. “Do you want something?” A robotic voice sounded from my left immediately made me jump. It scared the shit out of me that I reflexively closed the door with a bang. Didn’t I just check the left side? I leaned my head on the door before opening it again. I saw a tall, blonde woman with muscular arms standing in front of the room. “Hey~” I singsonged, “You maybe!?” “I am Oasis. You guard.” She said

As one, Anton, Laila, and I all turn to see the Prince of the Underworld standing behind us, his arms crossed, frowning at the screen. “What in hell is this?” He murmurs. “Oh, use your paws,” Laila begs, putting a hand out on my arm. “Please, I don’t want to miss it –“ I frown at her for a second before I understand her meaning and then I grin, pressing pause on the remote and stopping the film. “Hey, ‘Ri Guy!” Anton says, quite cheerful, holding a palm out flat to Orion. “Welcome back!” “Thanks, ‘Ton…gon…” Orion finishes, a little lame, grimacing a bit before shifting his eyes back to the TV. “Seriously, what is that?”

The forest glowed, branches painted in molten silver. Killian’s breath caught. He was trying so hard to hide it, but awe flickered across his face. Still, I wasn’t done. Closing my eyes, I reached deeper. The air shifted, heavy and alive. I lifted my hand, and a great oak shuddered. Leaves rustled, branches groaned, and the tree bent, bent, toward me, as though bowing to a queen. Killian swore under his breath. When I released it, the oak snapped upright, quivering. Moonveil purred inside me, smug at his reaction.

He would often get forty winks for a powernap. Unknown to Orlando, his witchy side was woken when he entered Olga's house. His spirit could separate from his body. Orlando found himself walking in the forest. He could hear sounds. Moaning. Groaning. Keening guttural voices... He followed the direction of the noises. They came from a tamarind tree. Orlando had hesitated to come near but his curiosity got the better of him. He treaded cautiously. When he got nearer, he saw that the tamarind tree was almost ten meters wide and twenty meters high. It also had holes on different parts. The largest hole was at the ground level.