I awoke to find a man with silver eyes watching me from above. I jolted upright, nearly colliding with him as he leaned over me.
"Crap! What the hell, man? You almost gave me a heart attack!" I pressed a hand to my chest, trying to calm my racing heart.
"Good to see you again," the man said softly.
I looked up at him properly now. He was handsome, with curly golden-brown hair and a green tunic that seemed to absorb the strange light around us.
"Who the hell are you? Where am I?" I turned, taking in my surroundings from where I sat on the hard ground.
The familiar forest stretched out before me.
The same mystical landscape I'd seen before, with impossibly tall trees and skies painted in hues of pink, orange, and purple. A creek trickled in the distance, reminding me of my first time
