Prologue
Running throughout the forest showed me what I had at first missed; this forest and all its parts didn't exist beyond a certain point of reality. I slowed, but didn't stop, and that was my first mistake. I hissed as I ran up against a barrier of crackling fire that was unseeable but still burned my fur. Hissing, I jumped and landed in the midst of another dream. Here, I was not only running, but was being chased by twolegs with fire. As they caught up with me, they began to burn me and I was in torment. I then fell into another dream…