Day 30. Write a short story about a hidden, enchanted forest where magical creatures dwell.

An Eternity of Green

In the depths of the forest, where ribbons of pale sunlight tease out shadows, enchantment lives.

Tree roots are chiselled, emerald mist floats luminescent, insects fly in trails of stardust singing in notes to please the ear. Just occasionally, white feathers blow from dandelions – a sprite’s breath.

It is a world that gnaws on the hearts of some mortals, it lurks unobserved like sparks around fire.

This forest is built of beauty, leaf on leaf, with dawn’s promise to heal the world with nature’s seed. And the only mortal who is allowed to enter the forest is a woodsman with a low and slow voice. He lives in the heart of a tree on a shadowy steep hillside. The morning sun warms him when he wakes and bluebells ring out…