The Garden of Realms

Twelve-year-old Eli Turner had lived on Willow Lane his whole life, but he’d never noticed the ivy-covered gate behind the old Miller house until the day his soccer ball rolled under it. Curiosity tugged harder than fear. He pushed through the rusted gate and stepped into another world—one that smelled of rain and wildflowers. Sunlight slipped through cracks in a high stone wall, lighting up tangled vines, colorful blossoms, and a small pond where dragonflies danced. It was a garden—but not an ordinary one. The air shimmered faintly, and when Eli touched the petals of a silver-blue flower, it hummed softly, like it was alive. Each day after school, he returned. The garden seemed to change with his moods: when he was sad, it rained softly; when he laughed, the flowers turned toward him as if smiling. But soon, he discovered he wasn’t the first to find it. An old woman appeared one afternoon, her eyes full of secrets. She told him the garden had once belonged to her brother—a boy who believed plants could listen. When he disappeared many years ago, the garden closed itself off, waiting for someone new to care for it. Now, Eli realized, it had chosen him. And as the seasons turned, the garden began to whisper its true purpose: it wasn’t just alive—it was guarding something, something the old woman warned him never to wake.

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