~which also housed her favorite plant, the sunflower. She braided and twisted some flowers to make a wreath, one that made her reminisce of the Old Days, when the whole forest was full of plants and animals, before the Forest Plague.

With her fishing class out of the way, she happily skipped to the Meadows, a giant flat grassland with the Food court. Patches of withered grass, dead and fraying, spotted the Meadows like a virus***. She was starving and traded a moose horn for a mushroom and fish stew and some blackberries. Devouring the food, Annie found a nice patch of grass to eat on, one with the flowers and plants the Meadows were once known for. Once. With her stomach full, she set off deeper into the Meadows, ~

~daisy to the orchid. Logs were cut into circular disks to be carved into intricate designs of the trees and flowers and the Deer, for sale. The Deer were the Protectors of the Woods, and were considered sacred. Annie gazed, mesmerized at the petite flowers and flower chains. It reminded her of when she was little. Eventually, she had to drag herself to Benara**. She was a gifted fisherwoman, never missing a chance to strike an unexpected fish.

~dress and walked barefooted. Looking behind her, grey vines twisted around the trunk in place of the flowers that were once there. 'No,' she thought, 'it can't be.'
Trotting to the Town Tree, a giant oak by the name of Bernara*, for her daily fishing classes, she couldn't help but run to the flower stall, as she did every day. The stall was one of the only places with the endangered species of plants, apart from parts of the Meadow. There were flowers of all colors and myriad, from the~

Annie woke up to the sound of birds chirping in her tree. The sun shone through the cracks of the circular wooden door as a woodpecker flew by. Her humble abode nestled in the core of a giant red maple, twisted and braided, as if from a master jeweler. Scarlet leave hung from the hundreds of branches, sparkling with dewdrops. Annie was a twelve year old girl with silky auburn hair and sparkling green eyes. People often compared her to her home in the Woods of Averia. She often wore a maple leaf~