•two truths one lie•

•the portal key - realm of the winged•

It was a day like no other. The gardens were beautiful as always and all of our winged creatures were having the best time of their lives. I was knelt down on the floor picking flowers for my younger brother and baby sister until I heard a sweet voice coming from behind me.
"Hi Riah!"
It was Seth. Seth was probably my best friend ever. He was really nice and thoughtful.
"Oh hello! I'm doing great seeing you now! How are you?"
I asked with a smile.
"I'm doing great also and for the same exact reason."
I laughed and handed them a flower. Seth gasped and took it with no hesitation.

Our realm is quite calm. There is no real drama that goes on. Some of my relatives are apart of the royal family so I try to stay with them a bit to show respect and that I still love my family. Everyone in my realm have wings. Either on the side of their head or they grow out of their back. It is very, very rare for someone to have both wings on the side of their head and on their back at the same time. I do believe that has only ever been recorded once. I really do love my life here. As I said, it's calm, peaceful, everyone is nice and we all get along. Most people call it paradise and I agree.

"Hey, wanna go to the waterfall?"
Seth asked, holding out his hand to help me get up.
"Of course. I love it there."
I took his head and we both raced off into the forest and too the waterfall. We had to cross small rivers by jumping on some rocks, we had to weave though trees and look for the path with 3 rocks stacked onto of each other. That always means that you are near and you just have to follow the path. I looked up to the the water flooding down from some rocks at the top of a cliff. I sat down at the pond where the water was falling to with Seth. We just just splashing each other with some of the water. We were both laughing and just having fun and messing around.
"Hey what if w played hide 'n seek?"
Seth asked with an excited tone to his voice. I was quite unsure about it at first but then nodded in agreement.
"You count!"
I said running off quickly into the depths of the forest.

I stopped at this pond where there were little animals. I picked one up and smiled. But then it hit me. I looked around to see where I was but, I didn't recognise anything. Nothing at all. It was like I just entered a different forest. I put the little animal down on the grass and walked around the place trying to find my way back home or at least to a place that I recognised. I walked for hours. I lost track of time and I was starting to get really tired. The amount of energy I had to use to just walk around with no break with unbearable. I was just about to sit down on the grass until some person with a black cloak came up to me.
"Are you Riah Floramit?"
They said with a cold voice. I don't know how to explain it. It sounded as if there wasn't even a person in the body. They sounded soulless.
"Yes that is me? Why ask?"
They handed me a letter. The letter looked really fancy. It was sealed with wax; something I haven't seen in ages. I was going to ask the person a question but they just vanished. I didn't even hear them walking away. I opened the letter. It read:

'Dear Riah,
You may be wondering who I am and who was the person that delivered you this letter. I'm sorry but there is no time for questions. You may refer to me as 'Host' or 'The Host' You are invited to a huge game with at least one person from every realm. You will all be taking part in this game. We know everything. From secrets. To lies. You will have to make a 'realm rift' to get to the portal garden and meet with all the contenders with the 'Book of dreams'. This book is made to create portals to other realms. This book is stored away in the house of your mother. It is your job to find it and open a rift to head to the realm garden.
Good luck, and come alone.
-The Host'

I was so confused. Who the hell was this "host" person, what was this 'book of dreams' and how the hell do they know my mother? I kept the letter and carried on trying to find my way back home. This time for a better reason.

After a few more hours of walking, I finally made it back home. I walked in and it appeared for no one to be home. Not even my siblings. This was perfect. I could look around and not get in trouble while doing it. I checked my parents bedroom. Nothing. I checked mine and my sibling's room. Nothing. I had looked everywhere in the house by now and still haven't found this 'book of dreams', until I reminded myself of something. A few years ago, I witnessed my mother putting away some books in the attic. I tried to take one to see what it said but she started to panic and took it off me straight away. I went up into the attic and looked around. I was opening boxes, looking behind old things until I found some boxes full of old and worn out books. Except for one. It looked brand-new. As if it was only recently put up here. But I do know that no one has went in the attic ever thing my mom put those books in the attic all those years ago.I took the book out of its book and looked at the cover. I was right! My mother did put it up here. There it was. 'The book of Dreams'. I still didn't really get what was so special about it until I found a note inside of the book. I took the note out and read it quietly to myself. They were some sort of....instructions? I was thinking that it was something to do with the book. Because it was saying stuff like "read page 27 for this info" or "page 189 for this info". It was quite confusing to understand at first but I read it a few times and finally understood it. That's it. I was going to this 'portal garden'.