The white lights that flooded into the hallway dispersed willfully as they walked into the open space. It was a body of black mountains, painted with the smiles of greens from the leaves and trees, and lined in all directions with the brown ugly heads of dust. The sky was bright over the horizon, leaving a cloud of smoke on the mountains and stretching into the distance, as far as the eyes could see. There was no sun or moon, yet the brightness was as alluring as any torch in the universe. It was hard to place a finger on the oddity, the place seems different from the outside world which was probably approaching evening by now.
"What is this place?" Vera covered her mouth as she slouched down from her horse. Helen was holding her rein and Liz looked somewhat homesick. Fin had let go of th
