As I slowly regain my awareness, I am coming to the conclusion that I am unable to move or see. I can feel what is around me, and I can hear some vague sounds... But it is impossible for me to make sense out of the situation. For starters, I am currently lying on the ground. In addition to this, I am unable to move any of my muscles at all. The ground on which I am lying seems kind of soft, but what everyone would probably regard as much more important... the air around me is incredibly dry and hot, as if a campfire is roasting me, except that the heat is now all around me. The sounds I´m hearing aren´t good news, either... I hear screams, loud thumps and fire crackling. I´m guessing I am currently lying in a forest that is burning down. Not that it matters much, though, as I cannot move. I can barely even stay conscious. I try to open my eyes, but my eyelids are too heavy. But the worst thing about this situation here... is that I do not have a clue how I ended up like this. Did I fight? Was I struck by a hurricane? A meteor? Everything could be a possible explanation. How did I get here?
I hear more screaming as I try to set my thoughts straight, but I get interrupted by a thump, really close by. I could even feel this one. This was something I could recognise... Someone fell on the ground right beside me, and now it won´t move. The intense heat is now gone, and I stop hearing the screams. The ones that are still out there are talking to each other... but they are too far away from me to understand them. As soon as they left, I was left alone with the one next to me (at least that is now my assumption). I tried to move my body so that I could stand up. I can still not open my eyes, but I somehow managed to lift my hand to wipe what feels like ashes off my face. I slowly open my eyes... to see a horrible sight. I somehow stood up to see more of the distressing scenery.
The one that is now lying right in front of me is just about as big as I am. It has a yellow-orange body adorned with a V-shaped forehead, and seems to be barely breathing. As for myself, I am quite surprised by how I look like. Not that I actually remember anything, yet I feel like I used to look different. Now, I´m about as tall as the random bushes scattered throughout the half-burned down forest, I have a grey fur covered with bruises, gashes, scars and burns and I seem to have claws instead of hands. The fact that I find my appearance odd must mean that I used to look different...
I try to walk around, but my entire body feels like lead. I am literally struggling to move... but I should focus my attention to the creature that´s in dire need of help. Maybe I should drag him out of the open to some trees. Somewhat heartening, though, is that I can hear it groaning. It most certainly is alive, but now I know that it´s conscious as well. I try to walk towards him, but I´m suddenly interrupted by something wet on my forehead. It´s about to rain. I don´t know what the creature lying before me is, but I can tell it does not like water (hence the ground underneath is charred). I gathered all of my remaining energy to grab it by the feet and drag it to the nearest non-leafless tree. I felt faint by the time I reached the tree, and slumped to the ground, once again without the energy to move. I feel weak and pathetic, but at least I got the creature out of the rain. I am sitting in the rain myself, It doesn´t feel too bad. There is a storm brewing. My consciousness is slipping again...