Sitting in world history class, Lauren doodled on her homework and gazed into space.  He teacher was droning on about ancient Greece and how all the gods and goddesses became famous.  Lauren, having stayed up late the previous night preparing for a chemistry test, laid her head on the desk and calmly closed her eyes.  She told herself that she didn’t need to see her teacher as long as she listened.  That way she could rest her tired eyes.  Slowly though, her teacher’s voice drifted away…

            Lorenia, Goddess of the trees, rode gallantly on her pegasus, Adelpha, towards her home in the Forest of Tranquility.  She arrived at the pegasus stable and slid off smoothly.  She consoled Adelpha and began to walk to her house, deeper in the forest.  Being the Forest of Tranquility, everything was calm and quiet.  The only sounds were coming from the rustle of the leaves beneath the feet of critters on the forest floor.  As Lorenia approached her house, she suddenly heard a loud yell in the distance.  The animals were not used to booming noises, so they were disturbed and began running around frantically.  Lorenia instantly knew something was wrong so she ran back to the pegasus stable and took off with Adelpha.  She speedily galloped in the direction of the yell.  (more…)