The hegoreinak took a few fast steps, building up speed, before spreading its wings and lifting of the ground. Lisa held on tightly to Amelandiel sitting in front of her on the winged deer. It felt dangerous, as she didn't have the ability to hold on to the animal, but wrapping her legs around Ame's waist to leave the animal with enough room to move the wings. Behind her was the second elf. The one that had come with the hegoreinak and that had been so rude. Lisa still let her hold on closely to her. Being between two strong elves made her feel safe.
The winged animal struggled to get enough lift in the small clearing. Lisa thought that it being so much heavier than a bird would explain why it wouldn't be as graceful, and on top of that it was also carrying three women on its back. It was a wonder it was able to get off the ground, and after a turn they were soaring over the tree tops towards the big tree.
As they got above the bigger clearing, they had reached more than twice the height of the normal trees, and Lisa got a chance to look down at the orcs. They didn't look quite as scary from this height. Despite that, Lisa couldn't help but hug Ame close, seeing the orcs starting to scramble on the ground and pointing their weapons up in the sky. She felt Ame trying to force the hegoreinak to quickly fly higher and it started to flap its wings with slow but powerful strokes. When the arrows came Lisa felt like they were so close, but she was too scared to lean to the side to be able to see properly. Surely if they were to fall from this height they would die. At least Lisa knew she would, she couldn't tell for sure about the two elves as they seemed to be able to do the most amazing things. If they would survive the fall surely they wouldn't be able to survive the angry orc army.
When they finally landed on a platform up in the tree, Lisa was relieved. The two elves jumped off quickly but Lisa stayed on the flying deer until Ame helped her get down. The hegoreinak sank down to the ground, clearly exhausted by the ordeal of getting them so high up in the air. Lisa wanted to take care of the Hegoreinak, but Ame dragged her away.
"We need to get moving, we have important things to do," Ame said making sure Lisa was following her.
More elves came running and they were all dressed in what looked like armor. It seemed to have a similar design as the summer dresses but made out of leather and plating. They were even carrying spears and swords; Lisa had never seen that before, but knew it must be because of the orc threat. They tried to talk to Ame but she only brushed them away saying it would have to wait. Lisa could hear some of them whisper about a savior as they passed down. If they were talking about her, they must all be very disappointed now.
As they pushed forward Lisa started to recognize where they were. They were on their way to the Elders Hall. She looked up towards the area where Melandir and Eva's hut had been. She had spent the most amazing summer of her life up there and she wanted to go back there now. Still she let Ame lead the way. She wasn't even sure the hut would be there. Eva would at least not be there, and even if Mel was alive, she wouldn't know who Lisa was. She had to look into it later. Maybe finding Mel could be a key to finding her way back to the right time period.
The big hall was even grander, but it didn't have the same buzz of life as she had remembered. It had been a center for life in the tree, when Lisa had last been here, but now it just had a few soldiers, and the elders. They looked similar to the elders she knew, the same clothes and the same elegant strength that made them the leaders of their people.
"Is this the woman?" one of the elders spoke.
Lisa looked at Ame. If she was right about her identity she knew that one day, her newfound friend would be one of the elders. Not only that, but their leader. Be it 50 or 500 years from now.
"I have found someone, Elders. I do not know if she is the one from my vision. I have brought her here so that your wisdom can guide us," Amelandiel said to the elders.
"The tree will judge her. Take her to the chamber," the middle elder spoke.
Lisa started to prepare to receive the blessing of the tree like she had done when she had first came to the tree, but instead she was just moved towards the chamber with the heart of the tree.
"As soon as you are ready, just touch that knot. You need to be alone in the room so wait for us to leave. Then after you can come out, tell us what you have learned," Ame explained.
Lisa looked at Ame, Squeezing her hand.
"I might not be who you want me to be, Amelandiel. If I am not, then I will still do anything I can to help," Lisa said, hoping she wouldn't disappoint her.
"You are who you are. I am already certain you will save us. The tree told me so, Lisa," Ame explained.
Lisa wasn't convinced but she still let go of Ame's hand and turned to the knot. She heard Ame walk out of the room and she carefully stepped forward, holding her arms out. Last time she had been in this situation she had been covered in cum. She couldn't help but be a bit disappointed that the elders had skipped her cum bath this time. Cum or not, she leaned forward touching the knot.
The world started to turn green and before she knew it she was standing in the soft green world, where the light seemed to come from nowhere, and she was standing on solid ground that she couldn't see. She had been waiting for a vision, but this was a place she had visited once before, even if briefly.
"Seca," Lisa said out loud to the woman standing in front of her.
"You made it here!" the dryad said. "Sadly I have taken you to the wrong time," she confessed with a puzzled look on her face.
"I saw," Lisa said.
She leaned in to give Seca a hug. She was happy to see her again, even if she had only seen her a few days ago she knew that it had been much more than that for the tree spirit. She was glad her friend had made it this far.
"That is why I had to call on you," Seca said. "We need your help, I think you are the only one that can do that, just as you saved me once, you must now save us all."
"I am not sure what I can do," Lisa said feeling that too much trust was put on her. "As you remember, I was hiding instead of helping you, when that orc attacked, so taking on a full army of them isn't something I can do."
"There is something I could give you that could help you," Seca explained.
"Why me? You have so many strong elves, and if you have something that could defeat the orcs, certainly they would be best suited for that," Lisa said, scared of what she might be forced to do.
"You are right that they are strong. They are also proud and stubborn. I do not know if they would be able to handle my gift. If they got it, they might turn from their path and not only defeat the army, but all orcs," Seca said sadly.
Lisa didn't know what to say. Some of the values seemed different in this time period, at least among some of the elves. She had even met a rude elf. She imagined someone like her could end up doing something horrible if she had the power to get away with it.
