It is dark. Darkness isn't the word to describe it. Yes these are words I'm thinking about, thinking is something I do because I do. I am something aren't I? I exist? I think therefore I am. Why did that sentence come to me all of a sudden? I must be an existing something, but what kind of something could I be?
I'm starting to whats the word again? Remember that's it! I'm remembering things, things about me. I was a human, or perhaps still am. All I know is this darkness but I remember things before. Do I even have a body anymore? Did I die somehow and this is what I live as now? I try and think about the things I used to do: see, smell, touch, hear. I can't do anything of those things now.
″Its time to wake up.″
Suddenly a loud voice fills me! Its telling me to wake up. Who is it? Why did they sound so calm? There is another thing coming towards me, a white thing. Its light! There is a light coming towards me!
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Ugh... I hurt. The darkness is still here, but its less dark. What is that now? Its something I remember... Birds? I'm hearing birds? I can hear again? I... I smell something too. Its like a low smell, like dirt or something. Yes its dirt I'm smelling, and other things like a forest. Maybe if I concentrate I can... Yes I feel something all around me now. It must be my body! It hurts to move for some reason, but I can feel something a short distance away touching into the dirt. I think these are called fingers and they are attached to hands. Yes yes and arms after that. I must be human after all! This must mean I can open my eyes and see again! I can feel my eyelids so let me just...
OW! PAINFUL!
The light hurt so much! I won't be making that mistake again. At least not for a while... The smells and sounds are defiantly easier to identify now though. Yes there is dirt, trees, air. The air smells so clean I think you would say. Its definitely a forest. There is lots of birds singing too and I can hear what must be leaves moving around in the wind. I feel that wind over my body, a cool feeling that washes over me and fills my breaths with a clean taste. It feels... Nice. I better try opening my eyes again though, I can't lay here forever and die.
I slowly open my eyes, the light is still bright but if I'm careful I can slowly adjust. While I'm doing this I start to push myself up with my arms. I can feel my arms moving and my hands touch the dirt. My fingers spread out and begin applying pressure. Slowly my arms push into the ground and begin lifting my body into the air.
″Help me...″
What's that? Another voice? It sounded so far away. Suddenly my arms give way and I fall down onto my back again. Oof! The impact knocks the air out of my lungs as they're called. This is the feeling of pain once again, I must have hit my head on the ground. I think I tried enough movement for now. I'm just going to leave my eyes shut right now... I'm feeling very tired.
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″Somebody please help me...″
I awake again to the sound of that distant voice. It sounds very airy and high, I think feminine is the word. Its a woman calling for help. I wish I could help her but I'm unable to even move at the moment. If I don't do something fast I'll starve or worse. What kinds of animals are there in these woods? What if I'm eaten!
I can feel my heartbeat begin increasing as I become agitated. Heartbeat increasing means I'm scared. Scared means I have to do something! I open my eyes quickly. Hey whats this? Its dark out here too? That light in the... sky I think yes. Its so much less bright. So many smaller lights too. I remember this as the moon and stars. The other bright one was the sun then, that ones out during the day. Have I been asleep all day? Oh no!
I move my right arm against the ground and push, rolling my body over onto my front. I'm getting some dirt in my mouth gross. Tastes like dirt though. I then use both arms and push into the ground, pulling my legs in underneath me. It takes some effort because for some reason I feel very heavy. Is there something wrong with me?
In a few agonizing moments that feel like forever I'm sitting up, kneeling more like, on my legs. I lift my hands up in the moonlight and look down at them. Yes look at these human hands! Perfectly normal for sure! They seem small for some reason though... Wait why are my arms so short? I look over my torso and knees, panicking as the moonlight reveals my body. I'm a kid! I must not be more than 7 years old! I wasn't a kid before! I don't know how I know that but I know its true. I remember being an adult. A man or woman? Something else? Don't remember that. But now.... I...
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I know how to tell if you're a girl or boy the easiest, but I know that's a bad place to touch... I'll close my eyes and do it. Here I'm reaching down... I'm... a girl! I'm a little girl now? I know that wasn't me before!
″Please anybody...″
That voice! It still sounds so distant but its clearer now. Its a woman's voice and she's agitated. I should go see whats wrong! I start pushing myself up off the ground with my arms and ARGH! My legs are giving out! I'm falling! My arms I can't stop myse-
Darkness takes me.
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I awake to more pain in my head region. The not as dark darkness from behind my eyelids greets me as my hand reaches up and touches the top of my head. I fell over trying to stand up. I hope so much that no one saw me. I better get up again.
Pushing myself into a sitting position is much easier this time, no slips or falls as I adjust myself with my legs in front of me and my back straight. As I open my eyes I see its day again. Wait its day again? I haven't eaten or drunk anything at all for a whole day! I lift my arms and hands up and look at them closely. Its the bright light of the sun everything is so much easier to make out. Yes I am a little human girl. As I look over my body and legs I can see my bare feet a short distance away at the end of my legs. I also appear to be dressed in a simple grey dress. That's it for clothing.
Not eating or drinking for a whole day though? That's not normal that's very bad. I don't feel hungry or thirsty though. What is the world is going on? That's not the only strange thing though, as I have a very strange feeling. Lowering my arms again I begin looking around at my surroundings. I can see trees and dirt and rocks. Pine trees and whatever you call the leafy ones. Deciduamorus or something. This forest is all wrong though.
ITS TINY!
The trees, the rocks, the bushes, the dirt. Its all small! Its like I'm sitting in the middle of some toy playset! Most of these trees barely look as tall as my knees and the tallest would only reach my waist! Trees are supposed to be super tall, like really tall! Then I see movement out of the corner of my eye. Its some kind of small animal the size of a... like a small fuzzy animal barely the size of my thumb. Its standing over there among the trees, looking right at me. It has four legs, a long neck, and horns I think coming out of its head. I know this animal... a deer? A tiny deer?
I open my mouth and a low glutteral sound comes out. ″Uuuuuuugghhh.″
The deer instantly jumps away, its four legs letting it bound off into the forest with remarkable speed. In the blink of my eyes its gone and I'm left alone again. This has to be some kind of dream because I'm not a child and I'm not some gigantic giant little girl either. I better try to go find someone to explain to me what this all is. Or at least a way to wake me up.
I reach down and push my hands onto the ground, pulling my left leg underneath me and planting my foot on the ground with a thump. Suddenly the sound of dozens of birds fills the air. I look around in surprise as a flock of birds takes to the air from the trees squawking in a panic. Is this because I put my foot on the ground? Well I guess I am super huge or whatever now, at least to them if we're going for this being ″real.″
With one foot on the ground I give my body a big push with a grunt, lifting myself so my other foot can thump on the ground and allow me to stand. I carefully stand up, using my arms to push me enough so my legs can straighten out and push me the rest of the way. Feels weird standing up again and I wobble. Woah now! You don't want to fall again!
Speaking of you... I'm you right? Me? Shouldn't I have a name? I put my hands to my head and close my eyes, really trying to focus and remember. I can't remember my own name! Ugh what kind of sick dream is this? I open my eyes again and lower my hands back down to my sides. Woah woah! Losing my balance here! I have to take a few steps around the forest as I regain my balance. More birds in the distance take to the sky squawking, I better remember to walk gently. My feet must be making small earthquakes for the poor animals.
″Please answer me. Please I'm begging for help.″
That woman's voice! Its so much clearer now! Its also coming from a direction. I turn my head to the direction the voice is coming from and look out over the forest. Oh its beautiful. I have to pause for a moment and take it all in.
The trees stand tall above the forest floor, trees of all kinds with leaves and needles. Though the tallest only come up to my hips I can still see how their branches wave in the light wind. Below them are the bushes and the grass. Lots of rocks of many sizes hidden in the dirt and plants. Then above the trees I can see off into the distance. I can see really far into the distance because of how tall I am. The forest seems to go on for miles towards a mountain range, the green fading into white as what must be that cold stuff covers the rocks. Snow right? I think so.
Then above the mountains is the sky, vast and blue, such a pretty deep blue! I take a deep breath and turn around, looking out over the rest of the landscape. Ooh in the far distance its all hazy! But I can make out valleys and blue strips, rivers those are! The horizon is so far away, but between it and me I can see other strange structures. Cities! Or at least towns. Other people! That will have to wait though, I need to find that woman first!
I turn back to the direction the woman's voice could be heard from and lift my left foot into the air. Its time to take my first step in this world, this new body. I move my foot through the air and try to set it down gently on the forest floor ahead of me. It thumps down and I wince. I hope that's gentle enough. I wonder if I'll be ok going bare foot too. Not like there's anything I can do about it right now. I then lift my right foot and place it between some trees. This is walking! Look at me go!
Oop! I start losing my balance again and I wave my arms around wildly, just flailing around really. I manage to regain my balance and resume walking. Slowly... step by step... It looks like that woman is over that hill, and I think I see the glint of the sun reflecting off something. Must be some water over there!
Here I go!