Cold.
It was what I first felt when I started to wake up. It was the slightly unpleasant kind of feeling in which you feel slightly numb, a feeling "I slept in the camp and I just came out of the sleeping bag on a spring night", kind of cold.
The second feeling of sand on my fingers.
That in itself should have raised all the warning signs in my head, but somehow it felt strange 'right'.
But that feeling dissipated as my mind woke up so I started to panic a little bit here.
Earth? I am absolutely sure that I went to sleep in my bed and as far as I can remember I had no plans to camp.
I automatically dismissed the idea that my family was doing a play, for two reasons, one and that I have a night of very light sleep and the other and that my country was recognized for its vast floras.
And the place I was in was a desert. not like the Sahara, but like the deserts of old cowboy movies I saw with my grandfather.
It only led me to one possibility.
Kidnapping.
Panic arose in my mind and thoughts of being kidnapped and drugged came to mind.
Calm down, Sara! panicking won't help at all.
It took me a few seconds to calm down, but when I did I realized something.
There was nobody.
If so, why was I left in the middle of this desert?
I was literally lying in the middle of the desert. Around me were rocks and sand but nothing to indicate civilization.
Maybe it was a dream?
As a guarantee, I pinch my thigh.
"There!" shout.
It is not a dream I think while rubbing the sore place.
So there is only one choice to be made.
I started to get up slowly from the floor in the hope that I might have some idea where I was.
Slowly, but surprisingly softly, I knelt down and then stood up, positioning myself so I could see past the rocks.
Leaning on the rocks, I caught a glimpse of something on the horizon.
It was a light that was in a considerable distance, forcing but the eyes could distinguish some buildings.
A city.
If I move on, I might be able to find a road.
Moving in a frighteningly graceful way, I head for the city, looking at his for some indication of direction by the sun. When I stumbled.
The cause of this was because there was a starry sky instead of a clear sky with fluffy clouds. I should have connected the dots before, I mean, the city light was clearly indicative, the lamps only shine at night, right?
So, why could I see everything around me as if it were daytime?
But now I saw an alternative to going ahead and prioritizing my survival for the moment, so despite the warnings going off in my head, I decided to simply ignore the situation and save it for later use.
With that in mind, I return to my walk to the source of the light.
Now that she was more alert, she realized that she felt much healthier than ever, her mother was more alert and that she did not feel any remnant of sleep even though she was awake a few minutes ago.
The stones and gravels offer little or no resistance to my feet as I walked I realized that the city was closer than expected, and this one further raises the alarms in my head even more and whether or not I knew something seemed wrong with me.
She sensed that she hadn't scratched the surface.
!?
Suddenly her feet suddenly stop, raising a cloud of dust, after a few seconds she dissipates and reveals a road. This was the third one that surprised her because of the position she was in, she could see an image she had known for a long time.
It is the green sign that was a few meters away confirmed something she feared.
It was written on it...
Jasper City limit
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore