There was no doubt about it, it was alex who was shaking me fiercely to wake up, of course after being flung back in time to a previous body my mind needed to readjust to this feeling, I never realized how weak I was at this point in time, "come on! wake up!" Alex yelled again. My body jolted and I got up quickly, taking a deep breath as I opened my eyes only to be blinded by the bright sun across the oceans horizon.
Raising my black furry arm to cover my eyes to see clearly, the air was salty as the wind blew across the beach, "hey, you ok?" Alex asked me as I rose up to my feet starting to tremble a bit, the changes between my body from the current to the past seemed to have a larger impact than I thought, I turned my head and blinked a couple of times trying to readjust to the area, "yeah, I'm fine" I said in a calm yet lax tone, the sudden thought came to me, the fact he's the past version of alex, so I shouldn't be acting like this.
"well thats good, I guess" he said scratching his head, I chuckled lightly as I turned to him.
"My name is joshua", I said holding my hand out, he shook it staring at me confused
"who are you, do you know where we are?" He asked me cautiously, I sighed and thought for a moment putting my hand to my chin thinking, I could act as a guide since I probably know more about this world than they do now, so... I guess I'll be someone else...
"This world is beyond from what you know, even I still have much to learn about this world, acting today, I'll be your guide of this world for you and your friend" I said grinning
"Uhm, there's no one else here but us?" He said tilting his head even more, My eyes widened and thought for a moment, where's emile? what happened? I subsided the thought and went with it.
"nevermind, we need to find shelter before it gets dark" turning my head to the sun, the sun was getting lower, something wasn't right, the sun was at high noon when I arrived, alex had his axe and he already knew emile, something changed. I gazed at the forest, hoping to find the satchel hanging from the tree, it wasn't their... Alex looked at me with a considering look, "did you happen to find a satchel when you arrived to this world?" I asked and he turned to me, "I didn't find a satchel, but I did find a blue backpack with some stuff in it, he handed me a black backpack with sky blue lining on it, inside was a small axe, a crafting book, and a journal. I sighed in relief, at least the light entity gave us something to use to survive... I smirked and thought of something I could do, "they say their is a person who will guide you to survive in this world, oh wait... thats me" I snickered saying this, I will act as a guide, so this time, I will have authority. I would have to show them that I know a lot of this world so that they'll respect me and I might be able to lead us all to the best ending without failure... what if I did fail? I didn't have time to think of it but if I failed to be acting leader, no, I was a guide in his mind, he knows nothing about this world and I was the only one here with him who knew anything.
"uhm, dude, you're kinda weird...but... since you're the only one here, I'll take whatever help I can get..." he sigh, "here, take this axe, now pay close attention, chop down that tree and we'll make a shelter in no time" He sighed and took the axe, "before it gets dark? thats crazy talk but whatever..." he swung the axe into the base of the nearest tree to him and the whole tree blew up into a bunch of blocky pieces and starts flying into the blue backpack, this was surprisingly new, alex and I stared at the back pack in amazement, it seems that when I went back in time, not only my memories were altered but the whole passage of time was altered.
"what was that?!" He said confused as he crossed his arms, I shook my head in disbelief, "I-I really don't know, I haven't seen this happen before... but never mind that, keep cutting down trees, we need more wood to survive." He nodded quickly and proceeded to do so as I took out the blocks of wood and began to build, the blocks were different, smaller, more compact than before so it required a larger amount in order to build a shelter, luckily since the blocks didn't need to be gathered this made the new process a lot simpler.
A couple of hours passed and the sun neared in its final moments in the sky as I added the finishing touches to the house, it was large enough to house 5 people in it, I told alex to come inside and he quickly came inside, he didn't seem tired from all the work he did, and neither did i, I felt still active for some reason.
"How did you build this so quickly? And why exactly do we need a shelter?" alex asked me leaning against the wall, I sat against the wall building a workbench to work on, "To prevent from the darkness to enter" I responded and alex tilted his head as he always did, "what's "the darkness" it's just night?" he asked another question, I sighed as I had to come up with an explanation to all that was happening to him, for some reason I wasn't surprised he was so lax about the whole situation.
"The darkness is the entity that turned you and I into a humanoid fox" I said in a low tone as alex looked at his hand, it was too dark to see himself but he seemed like he could still see, "The darkness is the enemy and will stop at nothing to kill us, the light is our friend in this world, in this world, we must gather 4 light crystals consisting of the colors, blue, green, yellow, and red" I continued as alex seemed quick to understand as he nodded.
"so... what your saying, is the darkness, an entity is out to kill us... but for what purpose?" He sighed and scratched his head.
I got up after crafting a wooden sword for myself, "Because we pose a threat against its plans to take over this world, not only this world, but other worlds too." I started but was interrupted by the sounds of footsteps outside, I quickly ran up to alex and pushed him against the wall, covering his mouth, I whispered quietly into his ear, "they're here, these are the creatures we needed to build a shelter to keep safe, don't make a sound, they're stupid, they're the lower class, so they won't be able to detect us as long as they don't hear or see us..."
He nodded and I let go of his mouth, "we have to rest now, we will continue working on surviving tomorrow, I'll explain more then" I sat down and laid against the wall and alex remained leaning against the wall...
I was tired, but I had alex's trust so far. the rest may not be so easy, but so far I had a plan to survive and we'd make it through... hopefully...
Day 1: -Completed-
Day 2: Into the Depths
