My brother and I were walking through the woods one Halloween day when we saw what appeared to be a short-cut. "Let's go that way," my brother said. I was a skeptic but I trusted my brother so I followed him through the trees that were heavy and thick with leaves.
As we got farther along the trail I knew something was off, but if we turned around and went the other way it would just take longer, so I just sucked it up. We were now in a fully secluded place so no one would see anything unless they followed the path exactly, there was a lake with a beautiful waterfall, a very big cathedral with beautiful designs covered in gold and an intricate wall full of all diamonds, jewels, and gems you can imagine. OK, now this is where it started to get crazy, there were what seemed to be fairies, little gnomes, unicorns, trolls, a few witches, and wizards. This was only some of the bizarre things in this place, I honestly felt like I had  just walked into a Fablehaven book!

  I didn't think I just grabbed my brothers hand and booked it! We didn't make it very far before a meaty hand yanked me back. I screamed and tried to run but he held fast, I looked over and my brother was in the trolls other meaty hand. A little gnome dressed in a light green shirt and purple striped pants with a cute chubby little face and ruddy cheeks stocked over to us. "Thanks JJ" the chubby face gnome said to the troll. "Hello, children! My name is Greg and I own this sanctuary, creatures come and go as often as they please. Would you like to come into my hotel? Have a drink? I can answer all of your questions." the chubby faced gnome said. " W-w-we h-have t-t-t-to go?" I stammered as my brother said, "We'd love too!!" My brother won and we followed them into the hotel. I closed my eyes till we sat down, I was so overwhelmed, everything I knew was a lie, mythical creatures were real! I was being over dramatic, they were all actually very nice. Nothing like in most of the stories!
   
    Greg explained that very few humans knew about mythical creatures and we HAD to keep this a secret. He said only creatures with magic in their blood could see the pathway to this sanctuary. So we some how have magic in our blood. Once I heard that I passed out and Greg continued to talk to my brother. It was getting dark by the time I woke up, and my brother was getting ready to leave. "Come back next week and we will show you around and maybe figure out the kind of magic you have in you." Greg said "See you then. It was so nice to meet you!" my brother said. And then we finally walked home.

                                               The End
By Gwyneth Lamoreaux