Disenchanted in the Land of Dreams Come True

"Be careful what you wish for: you might get it..." "But what is this land that you call Incantera Sylvana? How did we stumble into it when all we did was to go into the woods to fetch a healing herb for our mother?" Daphne slowly turned her eyes from the trees and brought them back to rest on the face of her inquisitor. She took considerable time before answering, as if assessing Col and his ability to understand what she was about to impart. Col never flinched and stood with his feet...
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"Be careful what you wish for: you might get it..." "But what is this land that you call Incantera Sylvana? How did we stumble into it when all we did was to go into the woods to fetch a healing herb for our mother?" Daphne slowly turned her eyes from the trees and brought them back to rest on the face of her inquisitor. She took considerable time before answering, as if assessing Col and his ability to understand what she was about to impart. Col never flinched and stood with his feet slightly apart, determined to solve the mystery of the land into which he and his sister had stumbled. Seeing his resolve, Daphne at last spoke. "Incantera Sylvana is what remains of what was once a perfect world. Here all of creation is in balance and lives in harmony. It is largely unchanged from its original state, with only a few changes that have come to mar it. And those changes came after the advent of Man, who can not touch anything without spoiling it, all the while under the delusion that he improves what he changes, never seeing, never caring, that nothing needed improving except in his mind. "I have always lived here; and I shall go on living here until the day this world ends, whenever that may be. It is my charge to care for the forest and this I love to do." Here Daphne paused for so long that Molle thought she was finished speaking and prompted her to go on. "And? What of Man? How did he come to be here, and who lived here originally besides yourself?" "The Fairy Folk have always lived here," Daphne answered, "and they have the rule of the realm. There are others with limited reign over their immediate domain, such as the Gnomes and the Trolls. They are not to be treated lightly, for their power to harm those who offend them is terrible, as those so foolish to do so soon discover. "Man was never part of this world, but there is a door that opens on occasion, through which he stumbles and always brings some grief on our land. Always he seeks to make improvements and by his attempts he spoils what was once perfect. And when he discovers the secret of Incantera Sylvana he becomes more terrible still as he attempts to mold our world to his will. "Man has long been the bane of this land, and yet we have been unable to stop his coming. He does not enter often enough that we see where he found the door, and he does not tell us when he is apprehended. If we could but seal the door we should do so, but we have never been able to find it and so prevent his entrance into our world." From L. M. Roth, author of the Quest For the Kingdom series, Abelard and the Dragon's Vapor, and Arise My Love The Princess Who Fell Asleep comes a haunting tale of terror in an enchanted forest. A brother and sister on an errand stumble through the door to another world. In the land of Incantera Sylvana, anything you wish for is possible. But will they discover that their dreams come true might turn out to be their worst nightmare in time to save themselves? Or will they pay the ultimate penalty for trespassing where mortals are not welcome?