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The 5th Dimension (The Faerie Realms-The Lands of Spring)

"Where are we?" Tina asked, marveling at what was around her. They were in some kind of forest, but somehow the flora and fauna around them were ones that Tina had never seen before. The flowers were almost as tall as the trees, for one, and the bees were ones that you could ride. The air seemed to sparkle. Tina held out her hands, and a glitter-like substance caught at her palms and arms.

"We're in the Faerie Lands of Spring," Alice answered. She went a little ways into the forest.

"Are you sure we're safe here?" Minho asked, as Tina and he followed Alice into what seemed to be the center of the forest.

"Yep. I mean, maybe not as safe as an interdimensional pocket, but Virtues rarely visit the lower faerie realms, and we just concentrated most of our forces into the Summer Isles, so this place should be relatively isolated. And because the lands are busy with generating pollen which was exhausted last spring, our energy s