"I don't care. It's better this way. No one can touch me. I've been thinking about whether or not i should keep it that way." She choked up tears, which was hard for a ghost to do. The clear tears rolled off of her cheeks and faded before falling into the burning flames. "Dusty, just like you i have a secret. My parents don't know. Not even Jackie." She sniffed. 

Leah transformed an blasted as fast as she could through the trees. She pas$ed through the leaves and was above the forest. SUCCESS! She looked around but the sun was only just... setting? She grimaced and looked over to the moon. It seemed extremely close. She felt like she could reach out and touch it. Right, check for... Leah tried to fly up further, enjoying the freedom from the forest when she bumped into an... invisible wall of some sort? She wasn't able to pas$ through it. She was a ghost. This was very bad. She descended back down Dusty, a sad look upon her face. "It'll be full in about another day. Then, it isn't morning right now. It's almost nighttime. More importantly, we're stuck in a bubble. This forest is surrounded by the bubble. I don't think we're getting out anytime soon." Her face darkened.

Leah crouched beside him, human once again. " We'll get out soon enough. Don't worry. And... I think I know what's coming... but don't worry about that either." She cast him a smile. She didn't want him to feel so much pressure. So to lighten the load, she gave him a hug and stood up.

"I don't know where Jackie or the others are, but i don't think you should worry so much. What's going to happen is going to happen. You can't change it." SHe laughed, walking oover to pick up more firewood.

Dusty jumped slightly when Leah hugged him but didn't pull away. He knew what she said was true, but it didn't make him feel any better. Still, he smiled and stood up, walking over to Leah to stand beside her. 

"Well, Rune's still conked out over there and your brother would of used that weird telepathy you guys have if something was wrong so that's two less people to worry about." He looked over at Rune, who had curled up at some point, and smiled. He had two people he cared about with him, maybe things weren't as bad as they seemed.  

Jackie walked over and sat between Dusty and Leah, his jacket full of dozens of typed of berries. He smiled, feeling accomplished. Leah stared at him, slightly confused. He placed it in front of them and set it all out.

“So, is everything okay now?” Jackie asked.

“Yeah, pretty much. I’m not completely dea--er, not, I… forget I said that. Where did you get all those things?” Leah asked him.

“I went berry picking. I had some spare time on my hands.”

“Berry picking? You?”

“Well… the rabbit didn’t agree with me. I didn’t really want to eat the squirrel either.” He sighed as Scratch squeaked on his shoulder.

“Are those all edible?” Leah eyed them. She could tell what some of them were, but others she had no clue as to what on earth they were.

“Um… I really don’t know.” He laughed, a little caught off guard. “Dusty… you feeling better?”   

((Laggy computer is lagging >_<))

Dusty stared at the berries, none of them jumped out as being poisonous but he wasn't exactly the best at identifying. If only his sister was here. He sighed. "To be honest, I'm a lot worse than when I woke up...but I'll live." He looked at the berries again. They didn't look appetizing and Dusty wasn't very hungry in the first place. Maybe he'd go hunting with Rune later. 

Leah looked over to Dusty, wondering whether or not they should tell him about the bubble surrounding the forest. "Um... listen Jackie, we kind of have an issue. Something about this forest..." Her words faded.

"Yeah?" Jackie asked. 

"We'll probably be stuck here longer than we think. Hopefully, there's lots of food out here. Anyway, it's good you got back." Leah hugged him. She turned to Dusty. "You think Rune'll be all right?" she looked over at the body, curled asleep on the ground.

(brain <.< lag) 

"He'll be fine." Dusty answered confidently. "He just sleeps a lot." He crawled over to were Rune was sleeping and shook him. "Hey, wake up." Nothing. Annoyed, Dusty picked up Rune's hand and bit it. 

"Yeouch!" Rune cried, sitting up quickly and pulling his hand out of Dusty's mouth. "Have you people forgotten how to wake a person up or do you just enjoy inflicting pain on me?!"

Dusty laughed and pulled him back to where Leah and Jackie were. "I just thought it was time for you to wake up."

"You're an animal, look you drew--hey are those edible?" Rune asked, staring at the berries and totally forgetting about his hand.