My village was attacked by wolves of a strange kind. My children were murdered, and I would have joined them if I was actually dead when my husband buried me, but I clawed my way out from the dirt. It took so much energy that when I had finally reached the surface, my heart stopped and I felt like I floated away in the sea. I had finally died, until I was ripped from the sea like a shark attack.
When I awoke, my body was sticky- wrapped in some sort of cocoon- the smell was one I would never forget. It seemed as though I could smell everything. I could even hear deer in the woods grazing at what seemed a mile away. Then all of a sudden, I hear a heartbeat and I realize it's not of my own, bringing to thought of how I don't have one, yet I am breathing. Before I could open my mouth, a man spoke to me, "just sleep," he said. "You will know soon enough," and for some reason, I felt no need to protest what he said, I just felt his calmness wash over me and I slipped into a deep, calming sleep, as if I had never slept before.
I felt cold cover my body as I opened my eyes from what seemed like years of sleep. I was underwater, and with fear of drowning, I flew up. There before me in a chair, smoking something fierce, sat a very strange man. His scent was the most peculiar. He leaned forward and nodded, then gave me a towel and got up and said, "it's time to eat," and left the room. I sat there for a second, wiped the water from my face and got out. I started to dry off, when I got distracted by a floor length mirror. I dropped the towel and there I stood before myself (5'11", long blonde hair, piercing baby blue eyes, full lips and curves like any good women would have) not a single mark on my body- as if nothing had ever happened. Instead, my skin glowed from its silkiness like there was a new life in my body, even though my heart wasn't beating. I felt strong and powerful. As these feelings came through me, I heard, "come eat, unless you prefer it cold." I put on the white gown he had left on the chair and walked out...
