Lis sat in a tree as far away from town as she could be while still watching the funeral pyre be lit. She watched the smoke from Mar's body curl up into the sky. Mar hadn't lasted long, not without Lisa. It had barely been a year. Lis had tried to protect her, to save her, but Mar had been growing up. She was 8 and foolish. She thought she knew everything and was immortal. Lis leaned about the trunk, wishing she could fade away into it. It was her fault. If she had been watching Mar more closely, Mar wouldn't have gone to play on the lake. If she weren't the towns doctor, she could have watched Mar.
"Sorry Lisa... I let you down..." Lis stared at the stars. Good thing winter was here and the trees were bare. She liked sitting as high as she could in the tree branches, looking at the stars. A crash below brought all her thoughts back to the present. She looked down at the forest floor, just in time to see a giant monster lumbering through the woods, knocking over trees. Knocking into the tree she was in. She heard her tree give a mighty snap and felt the wood falling away from her. With a scream, Lis and the tree plummeted to the ground. Lis hit the ground, feeling a couple ribs shatter and her leg snap. Grinding her teeth together, she looked for the monster, but it was gone. She looked at her left leg and nearly vomited. The bones had stabbed clear through her skin. No way in hell was she going to walk and get help. Her right leg was useless, having not had maintenance for a couple years and the force of the impact had destroyed it. I could always crawl back to town... Lis thought bitterly. A sudden wave of light-headedness washed over her. She looked over at her right arm to see the damage there, realizing she couldn't feel it. A long gash ran along her vein from wrist to elbow. Blood was pouring out, soaking the ground around her. Lis cringed, and feeling the broken ribs move, cringed again. She felt no pain, not yet. Her head throbbed painfully and her vision began to swim, blackness creeping in. Lis knew if she blacked out, she'd die, but she couldn't fight it, it was coming too fast.
"DAMN...!" Lis blacked out.
"Lis! Lis! LIS!" Someone grabbed Lis roughly by the shoulders, shaking her gently. "LIS, WAKE UP! LIS!" Lis faintly heard the voice. Oh, come on... Let me sleep... Lis tried to squirm away but a shooting pain coming from everywhere stopped her. "Lis? Come on, Lis, wake up." Now she recognized the voice. It was Nate. Lis opened her eyes slightly, only to be blinded by a lantern. She groaned. There was a sigh of relief. "Lis... This is going to hurt..." Nate picked her up, causing pain to flare up from her arm, leg, and chest. Her head pounded. Lis barely held in a scream, biting down on her lip so hard she tasted blood. Nate started walking, careful to avoid jarring her, back to town, talking quietly the whole time. Lis could barely make out what he was saying over the pounding in her head. Right as the got back to town, Lis blacked out again.