Dustin is a ten-year-old boy. He and his family lives in another realm called Heartella. Dustins lifelong dream is to go to another realm. He has six-year-old twin sisters and a best friend that is a minotaur. After a talking vine captures Dustin, his father convinces her to release him with the promise of getting her a sapling so she will not be alone. Dustins mother tells him he cannot go with his father to another realm. He becomes rebellious and runs away from home, where he finds himself in more trouble than he can handle alone.