Protectors of The Wood #2 by John KixMiller

They’d smiled at each other, but had barely spoken that morning as they followed Chi Chi out of the forest. She was aware that Jeremy too was focused on himself. All her attention was on the events of yesterday, and the feeling she had inside. But watch for opportunities now.īack in the toy store, however, Phoebe found herself in the same old world.

You can’t try it very often, the old man said. He said there was a term for the experience: ‘dreaming your life forward.’ She recalled that before their departure at sunrise, the old man had told her that life often developed or moved faster – sometimes in very surprising ways - for those who looked into the stone. Reverend Tuck had better be able to help me. But I have learned one amazing thing: Dreamstone – an opportunity and a danger I can’t even imagine -lies under Hidden Valley. I can’t even find Abby a safe place to live, or a job. I’m supposed to have some special talent, but I can’t figure out what to do next. We have a leader when we need one the most, a champion for the earth.’ And he had advised Phoebe to bring her questions to Reverend Tuck. Phoebe thought back to the conversation in the cave, and remembered the old man had replied, ‘Yes, that’s her, our leader in this great struggle, the crisis of our time. I’m supposed to be doing things, but what exactly? I don’t really understand the woman in my vision.

Yet even in her happiness Phoebe was worried. She knew that something had happened that was beyond her understanding, but her intuition told her that it was good. All her available energy was spent in poring over her experiences, fitting the pieces of her life together like a puzzle. But no one seemed to notice anything, and she had no wish to talk to anyone. She was not her normal self, and was afraid that others could see it, as if there were a sign painted on her forehead. Yet there she was, sitting behind the cash register. It hardly seemed possible that an event so intense, so strange, as her visit to the forest, could happen without disrupting the routine of her universe. The next day, Phoebe was astonished to find herself back working at the toy store.

Protectors of The Wood #2 by John KixMiller