Feelin' So Matryoshka

Ebviony stood in the middle of... wherever they were. It was hard to figure out. Only moments ago were they heading to bed. Now they had awoken in a large playground with all sorts of familiar toys waiting to be used. This wasn't like any other lucid dream they had. Lucid dreams felt real, but not this real. Nor so stable. There wasn't any sense of fogginess or the threat of losing control of the story they were brought into. It felt like they were transported to a different world.

That's what brought the panic. And the shaky breathing. And the tears.

And, like someone was watching them, sugary desserts were laid out with all of Ebviony's favorite toys joining in to eat with them. The familiar faces managed to bring some soothing to their tears. At first, Ebviony was hesitant to take any of the food, wondering if this was some sort of trick, but their dolls reassured them that it was all safe, so they went ahead and ate. And ate they did, because no matter how much they ate, they never felt full or sick or tired. It was one of the best tea parties they ever had, even if they felt confused.

Ebviony was just finishing up the tea party so they could play in the park when a stranger intruded on their fun. A stranger that was somewhat familiar, but not enough to keep Ebviony from letting out a shriek and backing away.

The toys they ate with grew to ten feet tall and towered over the little man to create a circular shield around Ebviony with their bodies. The toys waited patiently for Ebviony to recover from their undignified show of cowardness, then moved a bit out of the way so their master could get a better view of the stranger.

"Who are... Daddy? Daddy!" Ebviony pushed their way through their toys to run up to him. "Where... Wh-Where are we?"

"Yes, very impressive." Obviously, Ebviony was impressive. They were now a powerful fae Monarch of a court reborn. Their body may be small, but they were polite, cute, and filled with power that would only grow the longer they lived.

However, while Ebviony said this was impressive, they still lacked knowledge on what was going on. This being part of their powers did make sense, but it also didn't feel real. As far as they knew, they never had the ability to do this until just now.

But they were told to try to wish for something, so they did. "I think so... I had a tea party earlier with friends because I got scared." It was easy for Ebviony to think of something to wish. After all, they were imagination incarnate. So they had a beautiful unicorn be summoned in front of them, then shrunk it down so Ebviony could easily pull themself onto it.

"So I did this? Does that mean I disappeared? I don't want Momm—Um... I don't want Ms. Forestier to get angry."

Ebviony's dad spoke like a teacher, which was, to be frank, boring. They hadn't meant to sigh out loud. It just happened when the physics of here was brought up. Who cared about the physics of this world? It just did things, and that was acceptable enough to Ebviony.

"I don't know... Um... One hour? Two hours? I didn't count. I was sleeping, then came here. I live on a new island now. Manta Carlos."

Now that Ebviony thought about it, time was an issue. If they were gone for too long, their family would become suspicious and look for them.

"Do you think time could be different here? I don't want to get in trouble."