Aki's Forest 2of2 By Jackie.

Hello Guys! Here is the conclusion to the highly acclimated, Aki's Forest By our co-author Jackie!

Previously: All of the gods lined up in front of Everett, and then he heard a voice. He looked, and saw Aki, the fox, standing before him.

“Only you can change the future.” All of the gods circled Everett, making a bright glow. Then he opened his eyes and saw that the gods had disappeared.  He looked, and he saw that the woods were just like they had been when he was a boy. He looked in the creek, and he saw that he was a boy again. The gods had sent him back to the past to change the future. He looked at the woods, and saw his favorite tree that he and his brothers loved to climb. He stared at the tree, then he hugged it tight, shouting, “Thank you woods! You will always be in my heart! Thanks for everything you have provided!” Then, Aki, the fox god, came and hugged Everett tight. “I am so proud of you, son.”

Everett was so glad to be a child again.  Everett spent years running through the woods and having a glorious time being an innocent boy again. He wished those days would never come to an end. But after many years of the never changing forest, Everett started to think of the forever, green trees. He knew that they would never change, because when Aki’s spell that turned Everett into a boy also caused the trees to be immortal and forever green. But Everett knew nothing is forever green. Everything would die, like his innocence. This was the way nature is. He decided to talk to Aki.

“Aki, can I talk to you?” Everett told Aki all about what he thought.  Aki agreed with everything. “You are right. Nobody can be the same forever. Nobody will be who they are in a thousand years.” Aki sat down, and looked at the green woods and sighs. He snapped his fingers, and all of the trees turned red. The leaves fell down off the trees, making a red and orange carpet.

“Every October, the leaves shall turn red and will fall off of the trees. The red of the trees resembles the blood of the lives you have taken through times of change, and the leaves falling off resembles the past memories of innocence. During winter, the trees shall have nothing, except the snow that freezes it, resembling karma. And spring, the trees shall grow leaves, resembling your return to innocence.”

When you look out the window, you will see the seasons change, and you will remember the story of Everett, and how Aki brought seasons to the world. When you look out the window, you will remember the magic of the woods.  When you step in the woods, you look at the trees, and you look at the creation of Aki, and you remember the magic of the four seasons.