Piney Woods

"I'm not there yet!"
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## General Information

### Visitors

Evie
Mya
Daniela
Rex
Unnamed elderly woman

## Media Information

### Appears

*The Adventures of Evie and Mya*
*Winter's Tales*

The **Piney Woods** is a location in Pineshadow. It is where Winter's cabin is located.

## Appearance

The Piney Woods is described to be lush and sacred. While it is a small copse in Pineshadow, it is much larger on foot and consists of numerous species of trees, along with shrubs and ground covered in leaves, pinecones, and pine needles. There is also a small creek that cuts through the woods. The interior and exterior of the woods are decorated with varying species of flowers.

## History

### Season 1

#### *Prologue*

The Piney Woods is noted to be near Pinelake Park. Later, a mysterious girl runs through the Piney Woods and into a cabin.

#### *Meeting Winter*

When Evie and Mya try talking to the mysterious girl, she instead snaps at them harshly and flees into the Piney Woods. Evie, while not keen on investigating her at first, is persuaded by Mya and the presence of one of the girl's photos, and both girls head into the woods together. Despite their efforts looking all for naught, Mya slams into a cabin, and she and Evie enter it. This is where they are finally introduced to the girl, named Winter, who tells them her backstory. Later, in the Piney Woods, Winter returns to her cabin after fleeing from Daniela and falls asleep. After awakening from her nightmare, she ventures out into the night with her box, entering a clearing and vowing to tell Evie and Mya her secrets one day.

#### *Stalker*

Winter returns home to the Piney Woods, settling in her cabin and listening to the Varien song *Transmissions from Lemuria*. However, she is interrupted by her stalker and obessive crush, Aiden, much to her disgust, and she summons Evie and Mya into her cabin for an emergency meeting. Later, Evie and Mya run into the Piney Woods to Winter's cabin, needing to help her following Aiden's failed attempt at asking her out. To boost her spirits, they decide to give her a snow day, but Aiden appears and attacks Winter, trying to force her into being her girlfriend. This is thwarted when she reveals that she is a lesbian to him, in the process letting him save her life. The next day, Winter is walking in the direction of the woods when she runs into Daniela, who sends her fleeing in terror with a threat to kill her.

#### *Ex-Girlfriend*

Winter flees Daniela, heading into the Piney Woods and collapsing beside a creekbed, where she vomits. Stagging to her feet, she drags herself back to her cabin and soon lapses into a nightmare. The next day, Winter laments about being stuck in school, away from the woods she calls home. After escaping Evie and Mya, she runs into the Piney Woods and falls into another dream where she is in a more mystic version of the woods, meeting her dead mother, Lorelei - but the dream turns into a nightmare after she is stabbed to death by Daniela. The next day, Winter runs from Evie and Mya, refusing to tell them that Daniela is her ex-girlfriend, and she runs into the woods, fully intending to run for as long as she can. However, Evie convinces her to be honest at long last, causing her to stop and lead the girls into her cabin, finally admitting through a photo that Daniela is her former flame. Later that night, Winter stargazes and reflects in the Piney Woods, but she is interrupted by Daniela, and the two get into a tense, anger-filled confrontation. Ultimately, Winter comes out on top and Daniela concedes, but before she leaves, she warns Winter that she'll be dead the next time they meet.

#### *Dancing in the Dark*

Evie recalls taking a walk with Winter in the Piney Woods recently. When Mya tells her that the forest in Geiger Heights is safe, Evie remembers the charm of the Piney Woods.

#### *There's Something About Mya*

The Piney Woods comes into view as Evie and Mya walk to Pinelake Park. Later, the Piney Woods are mentioned as the sunset is described. When Winter gives Mya advice on her queer crisis, she is delighted even though she cannot see Winter in person - she is in the Piney Woods.

#### *She's Plotting Something*

Long past midnight, Daniela sneaks through the quiet Piney Woods and into Winter's cabin, where she knocks out Winter and kidnaps her. The next morning, Mya describes her night with Winter in the Piney Woods to Evie. When the girls discover that Winter and Daniela have gone missing, Evie faces the Piney Woods and suggests that they search Winter's cabin for clues, which Mya excitedly agrees to. Upon arriving, they find the woods eerily silent. The two investigate Winter's cabin and discover enough evidence to prove she has been kidnapped, and outside, they discuss what to do. Suddenly, they hear someone approach, and to their horror, find Daniela scanning Winter's cabin meticulously. Murmuring that it's interesting, she skips back through the Piney Woods. Evie and Mya, horrified, stop denying reality and accept that Daniela is Winter's kidnapper. A day later, Rex recalls when Winter first told her that she fled to a cabin in the Piney Woods, and when she learns of the girls' encounter with Daniela in the woods, she is terrified. As Mya rallies herself in order to stop Daniela, she remembers the malicious voices that stuck to her like a burr or leaf in the Piney Woods.

#### *The Party*

Winter notes that most fun is given to her by the Piney Woods. Later, near the Piney Woods, Evie and Mya reveal to Winter that Daniela is going to the party, having blackmailed Rex by using her relationship with her. They get into an argument with the stubborn Winter, who believes that she is perfectly safe under Rex's care and that Daniela won't bother her again, and eventually, she snaps, causing everything in the Piney Woods to cease action. She then runs off altogether, leaving Evie and Mya in shock.

#### *Winter Storm Arising*

Daniela reveals to the partygoers that Winter lives in a cabin in the Piney Woods. In a desperate attempt to get Daniela to listen to her, Winter recalls when they would run through the Piney Woods together. As Daniela tries to stab Winter, Evie and Mya note that the unique girl living in the woods can't die, and together, they scream her name - causing her to deflect the killing blow and save herself. When Mya searches for Winter, she worries that she could have already fled to the Piney Woods even with her injured shoulder.

### Season 2

#### *Shocking Secret*

When Amira unhappily leaves Winter, she takes off in the opposite direction of the Piney Woods.

#### *Unbroken Love*

After dancing in the fog, Amira and Winter face the Piney Woods, holding hands. They soon fall asleep by the woods after rolling on the ground. The next morning, Evie and Mya start searching every inch of the Piney Woods to find Winter, and Mya soon finds her sleeping with Amira. Both of them wake up in shock, and Evie reassures them that they won't get hurt despite being here on a Wednesday.

#### *Rushing Roulette*

Upon joining them, Cassandra tells Evie and Winter that she's looking for her bracelet in the Piney Woods. This makes Evie perk up, as the woods are a possible place to search for Mya, and they all head in together. Evie's blind desire makes her quicken her pace and head away from her friends, and she finds Winter's cabin, ready to enter it. Cassandra's bracelet is retured to her, and as she heads opposite to the Piney Woods, Evie and Winter enter the cabin, unprepared for what they are about to see. After nearly escaping with their lives, they, along with Mya, head home.

#### *The Attack*

Amira and Winter sit in the Piney Woods, having fun on another midnight excursion until they are brutally attacked by Skelly, an acquaintance of Shetani.

#### *Your Pain is My Pleasure: Part 1*

It is mentioned that an entire army has formed outside the Piney Woods.

#### *Your Pain is My Pleasure: Part 2*

Amira and Winter hang out together in the Piney Woods.

### Season 3

#### *Memories of the Past*

Mya and Winter walk together in the Piney Woods, reflecting on past events. Winter recalls living by herself in the woods, and Mya asks her if she's ever been in the woods when it rained. She confirms, calling the feeling peaceful. The rain picks up, and the two head home.

#### *Rise to Power*

Winter recalls that fun never came easy when she lived alone in the Piney Woods.

### *Winter's Tales*

#### *Birth of Snowlight*

When Winter starts to visit Pinelake Park, the nearby woods capture her attention, and Winter longs to go inside, but her father prevents her, claiming that it's too risky and that her safety is more important. She protests, but Edwin affirms that the woods are off limits, and she backs down, not wanting to make him furious like she did before. For the first time, she finally gets behind his reasoning, unable to bear the thought of disobeying Edwin - she'd go into the woods someday, when she was older. Later, Winter swells with the need to explore the woods.

#### *Transformations*

Winter longs to go into the Piney Woods, having desired to heed their call to her, and she wonders what's inside them. However, her father denies her permission to go in there several different times due to safety concerns, affirming that his call is final. Dejected, Winter listens to him and plays elsewhere. Later, upon listening to *The Ancient & Arcane*, Winter visualizes a nighttime, fictuous Piney Woods that she immediately falls in love with, declaring it her second home and tying it into her future listens to Varien.

#### *Dawn Will Bring Us Death*

Winter mutters to her mother that her father still won't let her go into the Piney Woods, to which she responds that she can take her to a forested area near Old Town Pineshadow instead. Later, during her eulogy for her mother, Winter hears the serenity of the Piney Woods and pushes herself on.

#### *Soulmates*

Winter stares at the Piney Woods with Daniela, longing to go in but knowing her father will never let her. Daniela, describing the beauty of the woods and noting her experience inside it, attempts to drag her friend inside, but Winter is hesitant. She reveals her father's beliefs to her, but she urges her to disobey him, and she eventually agrees. Winter discovers that the woods are beautiful and mystifying, nothing like her father described, and she has a special moment with Daniela in a sheltered clearing. Upon exiting, Daniela tells her that once she becomes one with the woods, she'll come back to them. Winter waves farewell to the Piney Woods for the time being.

#### *Betrayal of Blood*

In her opening monologue, Winter notes that she had woods to protect. Later, Daniela frequently takes Winter into the Piney Woods in order to alleviate her stress at home, and the atmosphere (as well as Daniela snuggling with her) instantly soothes her. However, the scent of the woods rubs off on her one day and accidentally alerts her father to the fact she has been in there without authorization. He and Winter get into a heated fight, where Winter does confirm that she has been in the woods, yet she defends her decision. Ultimately, she wins the fight, and her father backs down and apologizes. In late spring and summer, Winter takes more trips to the Piney Woods with Daniela, this time casually, and they walk around and snuggle together. For their one year annivesary, the girls take a photo in the woods, and the photo ends up in Winter's box. On their first day of middle school, when Winter starts daydreaming, Daniela asks if she's trying to immerse herself in the Piney Woods again.

#### *Only in a Waking Dream*

Winter sees the Piney Woods in the distance. The next morning, she nervously enters them for protection and stumbles upon a cabin, which she quickly makes her shelter. For the remaining time she has off from school, she familiarizes herself with the woods, and reluctantly leaves when she has to return to school. Slowly, Winter grows to like the woods and spends her time enjoying the natural beauty around her. Later, she takes a stroll in the woods as a celebration for dyeing her hair, rescuing a male hummingbird which she ends up naming Rufie. That night, she runs through the Piney Woods, chasing the stars into the clearing and meeting her mother in a dream. She then dreams of the Piney Woods, this time illuminated with starlight and made of stars, and runs and flies through it before collapsing near Pinelake Park.

#### *Talking of the Axes*

Winter tends to the Piney Woods, teeming with life now that it is spring. After running into Daniela, Winter grows terrified, unable to return to the depths of the woods behind her. Later, with guidance from Rex, Winter blows off steam in the Piney Woods by imagining herself in a violent, fast-paced duel with shadow minions. When all is said and done, she observes the messy area she has created. Not long after, Winter builds up her strength in the Piney Woods, running among the trees and also climbing up them, where she gains a stunning view of the area around her.

#### *The Foxes and the Hounds*

Winter returns to the Piney Woods, celebrating her escape from school. While she intially enjoys spending her summer time in the woods, she grows bored over a lack of things to do, struggling with severe burnout. This is fixed when she discovers the Piney Woods coated in fog one morning, and after roaming around in it, she regains her creative energy. Soon, Winter dedicates most of her time to being in the woods, visualizing mystical versions of it and deeming herself its "oracle." On a cloudy day, she contemplates venturing deeper into her memories when it starts raining; thanks to Rufie's help, she grows to experience a new side of the rain and explores the Piney Woods in a different light. Not long after, she begins training in the woods for returning to school, and on the first August day of the seventh grade year, leaves her home behind.

#### *Snowblind*

Winter favors the woods over Skylar. Later, as the season changes from summer to autumn, Winter admires the beauty of the Piney Woods, especially when it snows early, and she often plays in *Snowlight*. On one instance, this proves to be a mistake, as Lars and his clique find her and bully her. She runs off into the woods in terror, and struggles to exit it on school days, dreading what is to come. She feels no comfort in her home, falling into a bleak depression. However, upon realizing that her memories have power she has neglected, she goes out into the woods to visualize them all, healing much of herself in the process. Not long after, she suspects that someone is stalking her in the woods, hearing noises, seeing footprints, and eventually seeing a silhouette, though she has little time to dwell on what's going on.

#### *Dance of a Thousand Eyes*

Winter checks to make sure there isn't a stalker in the woods before heading out of it with one of her photos. After the two girls annoy her, she furiously runs into the clearing and chastises herself before calming down; upon realizing that her photo is missing, she runs back through the woods to retrieve it. However, she notices the two girls have entered her cabn and accosts them instead, in the process befriending them and getting the photo back. She then bids Evie and Mya farewell, and they wave goodbye to her in the Piney Woods. Later, Winter faces Aiden in the Piney Woods, rapidly losing her ground, but when she comes out to him, he rescues her from falling, and they make amends. The next day, Winter runs into the Piney Woods in the midst of escaping from Daniela, frequently retreating to it in the real world and her dreams to escape the pressure of keeping her relationship with Daniela a secret from Evie and Mya, but when they reach out to her and promise her no pain, she concedes and tells them the truth.

Later that night, she rests in the woods, but Daniela confronts her. Although Winter wins, her ex warns her that she'll be dead someday, making her nervous. Afterward, she hangs out with the girls in the woods, and takes Mya there on one such excursion, where she immerses her in her waking dream, and the two grow close to each other. A few days later, Winter takes Mya out into the Piney Woods and shows her the stars from the roof of the cabin, then shows them again from the clearing. This makes Mya fall more in love with the waking dream, and the two close out of the night by laying in the grasses together.

#### *Return of Snowlight*

Winter walks through the woods and returns to her cabin, though she is kidnapped by Daniela hours later. Upon being freed, and with Daniela's defeat two days afterward, she briefly heads back into the woods and to her cabin. Following school on the day Winter and her friends are invited to the the party, they walk into the woods, though Winter ditches Evie and Mya after fighting with them. She ignores their requests to contact her for days leading up to the party. Much later, after Daniela's final defeat, Winter spends a final few days in the Piney Woods before formally bidding farewell to live with Mya's family.

### *Two-Sided*

#### *It's Murder*

Daniela follows Winter back into the Piney Woods, finding out that she lives in a cabin there, and she begins to deviously plot to get rid of her ex-girlfriend. Soon after, she sneaks into the woods at night, confronting Winter and leaving with a chilling parting message. Later, she heads back to the cabin again in order to kidnap Winter and take her to her cabana.

#### *Aftermath*

Amira takes Daniela in the Piney Woods, wanting to show her something - revealed to be a puddle.

### *Little Miss Perfect*

Evie notices Majken standing near the Piney Woods. During the *Against the Sun* scene, Evie dashes toward the Piney Woods, playing chase with Mya, stopping near the first tree of the woods. Later, when looking for her friend, Evie heads into the Piney Woods, reaching her cabin. Evie soon hides in the woods with Winter in an effort to find the stranger that fills up her cabin with random things. Shortly after her confrontation with her mother, Evie stares blankly ahead at the Piney Woods. When explaining where she was saving Mya, Evie says that she was in the Piney Woods shakily.

### Specials

#### *Daniela Wrecks Christmas*

Mya remembers Winter living in the Piney Woods. In Mya's story, she and Evie walk towards the Piney Woods.

#### *The Guardian of Angels*

A cloaked stranger kidnaps Mya and flees with her into the Piney Woods. Winter, Amira, and Daniela all follow her, but Winter is captured and dragged deeper into the woods. Pinned against a tree, she tells her girlfriend and friend to run. The two (and later Winter) discover Mya bound to a tree, and the figure threatens her. However, she accidentally triggers Mya's insecurities with her blackened hands and speech, and she runs away out of remorse. Amira and Daniela chase after her while Winter frees Mya, and after a short tussle, the stranger is finally captured. She is revealed to be Evie, who apologizes for ruining everything, but her girlfriend and friends are not mad and praise her instead.

## Trivia

* The image for the Piney Woods is illustrated by Robotilla.