5 Haha he fell flat on his face

Guaracy had to run to keep up with them, as they walked through the forest, the trees were getting bigger and bigger, some of them were as tall as skyscrapers, its roots were larger than cars.

Looking up Guaracy felt like an ant under a green sky, the branches and vegetation blocked much of the sunlight, it was possible to hear the noise of countless birds and animals living on the branches.

Sometimes, the trail they chose was over the roots, their width was the only part that facilitated the walk, the danger was in the moss and in the many cracks, Guaracy concentrated as much as possible to keep up with their speed without falling dozens of meters to the ground.

"Hey Cici, is it going to take too long to arrive at the tribe?"

"No, Ywaktšahi is just ahead" said something behind Guaracy.

The first thing that Guaracy saw were the big green eyes, a huge snake was coming down from the trees, as it camouflaged itself in the vegetation, Guaracy could not know exactly its color or length, but it was at least 4m wide.

"Who is he, Cicí? Is he the sick person, who has helped you?" said the snake in a strange voice, perhaps not so strange for a snake.

"Yeah, I didn't believe he would survive either" said Cicí

"His weird magic items saved him" , said another member of the tribe.

One of the other natives in the group called Vatu said "He says he's lost, but he did invade our territory ..."

"Guaracy is not an enemy, he is just lost," said Cicí.

"You saw his items, he might be a spy for some tribe," said another member of the group.

The snake came closer to Guaracy and said "I don't recognize his scent, he may just have come from very far…. Strange… he doesn't smell like the forests and rivers around us, he seems to have appeared out of nowhere in our territory …. " .

Everyone in the group except Guaracy was amazed, as they knew that few knew the forest as well as she did.

"Do you know if this has happened before or do you know someone who can help me?" asked Guaracy.

"In my centuries of life I have never smelled anything like you ... maybe the ancient turtle or one of the big birds like' yGûyra, can help you "

"Thanks! I will try to talk to one of them "

"No need to thank me... it will be very difficult to convince them to help you" said the snake as she climbed the tree.

Guaracy looked her in the eye and said, "Even so, I really appreciate it, I'll find a way ..."

It was no longer possible to see her when Guaracy heard "I would not advise confidence even for the strongest... cunning can keep you alive longer"

"Come on, the elders must be waiting for us" said Vatu

As they walked, Cici said "Don't take it the wrong way, Guaracy, aunt Uacá is a bit bitter but her advice is always good".

"I completely agree with her, I just know that one way or another I will get the information I need" said Guaracy, looking curiously at the top of the tree just ahead.

Looking up it was possible to see many buildings between the branches and vegetation on the tops of the trees, they had rounded platforms made of branches and the trunk, above these platforms there were several types of buildings forming several floors.

Guaracy couldn't see all the buildings or their exact shapes, but the amount of buildings was enough to be a city, the branches interconnect the trees, forming a very complex system, and the lower buildings appeared to be at the same height as a 20-story building.

"Let's go up," said one of them as they approached a nearby tree.

This tree must be over 10m in diameter and it is the tallest thing I have ever seen…. Does it have any kind of magic door or elevator?

Some of them started to climb using vines and irregularities in the tree's trunk and others transformed themselves to climb along with their companion.

Cicí had already joined Nila , their transformation seemed to be more balanced than Pü's, and their union maintained characteristics of both of them, but she seemed more human and her expressions were more rational than those of Pü. They began to climb and when they noticed that Guaracy was still standing "What happened? "

"-_- ….. Is there any ladder that I could use?

"Don't worry, this is one of the easiest tree to climb, the elders like to use this one " said one of the natives

" He's probably trying to find an excuse so he doesn't have to speak to the elders …."

Guaracy came closer to the tree and noticed that it had many imperfections in the trunk, they seemed to be claw marks…. They must have been made by animals and people while they were climbing here…. He thought as he started to climb

The marks were deep enough to serve as a step, but the shapes and the distance between them made it hard for a normal human to climb " This looks like it is made of stone…. How strong were the beings that left these marks?

" She's very resistant, but the outer bark you're seeing, it's fragile, hey Nàï, go ahead and let the elders know, " Vatu said, looking at one guy in the group.

Guaracy froze when he saw how fast Nàï was climbing, he had transformed into some kind of primate and it didn't take him more than 10s to climb the tree.

As Guaracy wasn't used to climbing, his speed was pretty slow compared to a professional from his Earth, and that professional would look like a slug to the others in the group.

Guaracy, noticing the looks "Give me a break... I'll make it", but before he could continue to climb, he heard the sound of wings and two gigantic claws pulled him out of the tree.

He started to struggle, but the bird was so big that his arms only reached the claws, before he got hurt, Vatu looked up and shouted "She won't hurt you! did you really think we were going to wait all day for you to climb?"

The noise of the wind and the flapping of wings was deafening, "Now I really want a giant bird like this… "From up there he could see better the buildings and the bridges that interconnect them.

Before Guaracy could enjoy the ride, he felt that the claws were loosening, he was so immersed in the flight that he was only able to protect his face at the time of the fall. He fell on his stomach in the yard, when he raised his face, he noticed a crowd staring at him.

" Haha he fell flat on his face, mommy... " laugh a little boy with monkey on his shoulder

"He's very strange... why is he all wrapped up in rags?" Said an old man.

"Maybe he..." the crowd surrounding him heatedly argued about the strangeness of his appearance.

"What's up guys?... I mean... Greet..." Before Guaracy managed to make an acceptable greeting, he completely stopped.

"Why is everyone naked?" he said before noticing that they looked a lot like Brazilian indigenous, they wore many ornaments, earrings, straps and necklaces, but none of these items were used to cover any body part.

The biggest differences between them and those on Earth, besides the transformations of course, was that they were quite tall and some of them had different colors of hair and eyes, not forgetting the many body paintings and tattoos.

Guaracy had been surprised mostly because the others in the group, like Cicí, were dressed in some pieces of clothing.

"What a strange question... Do your people wear these clothes all the time?" asked Cicí.

"In public, yes!"

"It must be terribly uncomfortable"

Guaracy turned to see who had said that and ran into the tallest woman he had ever seen, she was over two meters tall, her hair was straight and long in a pale metallic blue shade, she wore a headdress made of silver metallic feathers.

Her eyes were purple, but the color seemed to vary in intensity over time, he was forced to stop looking at her appearance, when he noticed that it wasn't just her height that could be considered big. Before Guaracy could answer, Cicí ran and hugged her.

"Silly girl… You're always making me worried…." Said the tall woman.

The others in the group looked at her and said " Greetings Ni Ivití"

She greeted them back and looked into Guaracy's eyes and said "You must be the mysterious Guaracy… I need to thank you for helping my daughter"

"No need ... I'm grateful, if it weren't for her I probably would have been served as dinner ..."

Ni Ivití smiled and said "Let's finish this conversation in the central hall... the other elders must be waiting for us".

They followed the mother and daughter passing through the crowd until the bridge. Maybe coming to this world was the best thing that has ever happened to me…. focus over their shoulders Guaracy!... you don't want to embarrass yourself in front of a crowd, he thought as he turned his face to admire the view.

Guaracy noticed that the buildings were mostly circular and the platforms that were on the same tree had a good distance between them, forming floors, they were made of branches, that twisted itself to form the structures.

From there, they continued for two more trees until a bridge that led to the top floor, they went up a few more floors and passed through several trees, until they reached a special platform, it covered hundreds of meters and circled the largest tree he had seen yet

It was several times wider and taller than the other trees. "It looks like that anime, Yara loves to watch… are there any elves here?"

Guaracy looked up and he saw some clouds which were lower than the top of the tree, while they crossed the bridge, Guaracy looked down, but could not calculate the height of the tree.

"Damn…. this is higher than the hill of Christ…. "

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