I was in a daze. I could feel air rushing past me, taking all of my grasp on reality with it.
I couldnt recall why I was falling or even where I was. I was helpless.
Then I remembered: I had fallen through a portal...And was going to get killed if I didnt do something soon.
The ground was getting closer every second. I gathered enough air into my lungs to rasp a small "Help." But it wasnt enough.
I tried again. "HElpp-" I fell into a coughing frenzy. The ground could only be a few feet below me.
"HELP!!"
Just at the last second, I was snatched out of the air by a giant tyridactle. I screamed and hung on as we soared, cutting through the evening sky.
I calmed down a little. At least im not dead! I thought with some sense of realife.
Then the tyradactle made a sharp turn and my heart started to pound again. Where are you taking me? I asked the tyridactle, like it could read my thoughts.
Of course the pyridactle didnt answer and I was left with only fantasies to answer my question.
As I was trying to come up with theorys, the pyradatcle was slowing down.
As we desended I could catch a glimpse of an old, crumbling building that didnt look like it was in its best days.
"Is this where you are you taking me?!" I shouted to the dinosaur. The pyridactle blinked and I took that as a yes.
We touched the ground and came to a stop in front of the crumbling building-whatever it was. It seemed familiar...
I stumbled in surprise as the pyridactle released me and started to dig in the ruins.
I think its looking for something. I took a step away from it and froze, waiting for the dinosaurs teeth to eat me whole. When I was sure I wasn't eaten, I started to creep away.
There is NO WAY I am stayong around! I thought. Suprisingly, I didn't like being eaten.
The tradactle stopped digging and turned around.
Uh oh.
It released a screach and raced to me. I screamed and ducked. Just in time though, I could feel the woosh of air as the tyradactles claws just bearly missed my face.
The taridactle was coming again for another shot and I had to think quickly. I looked around for someplace the taridactle couldnt get me. The woods!
I sprinted like my life depended on it- and it did! I sighed with relef as I watched the taridactle try to make it through the trees.
The woods however, were not as happy. Its branches clawed at my face and it seemed as if every branch was trying to trip me.
I spotted a log and crumbled down onto it, exhausted. I thought for a minute and consitered what I was doing. I need to set my priorities, I thought. I conducted an mental list of things I needed to find or get:
WaterFoodShealterEnergyThe last one I wasnt sure I could get, I was so tired from my excursion in the woods that every part of me was screaming.
I concluded that shealter and energy would come with each other. If I could manage to get one of them...Unfourtantly, I wasnt the best at survival courses and whatnot.
If I couldnt build my shealter than that left me only one option: find one.
When I was falling I remembered seeing a small town in the distance. And my flight with the dinosaur had brought me ven closer to it. Although I wasnt sure what direction I was going in.
Does the sun set in the east or weast?
If only I had paid more attention to my neighbors endless rattling about the solar system and all that siency stuff.
Well I didnt need the sun anyway! I was pretty sure that the town was in the direction that I was going.
As I treaded on, I kept a lookout for any streams or rivers that I could drink from. As time wore on, every time I swallowed it felt as if someone was rubbing an burlap sack down my throught. And my feet were living agony.
The sun was begining to set and I didnt know if I was any closer to the town. Everything was telling me to give up but I was so stuborn and didnt want to brave the night in the forest. So I kept on going.
It was dark now and I was freaking out. What will happen to me if I stay in these woods? I had already met an tyradactle, who knows what else was out there!
I had probrally been going in the wrong direction the whole time. I sat down in defeat. Hopefully someone will find my body after it's been half-eaten by a bear.
Then something moved. A quick, hard-to- notice kind of thing, that you would miss if you didnt have an artist's eye.
The movement was a blurry, little, smudge of light, but it was enough to bost the spirits back into me.
"Hello, is anyone there!?" I called to the darkness.
I stayed still for a moment, listening for anything that might give a hint of a presence. There it was again: a flash of light.
"Please, I just need some help!"
The darkness didnt answer. I started to make my way to the place were I had seen the light and calling out for help.
I fought through the brush and trees to find a clearing, were an suspisus figure with a lantern was digging in the ground.
"Um hello?" I called out. The figure wipped around in supruse and I stepped back, unsure. Is this really a good idea?
Then the cloaked figure pulled back its hood. I gasped in suprise. I knew that face.
It was Pacifica.
Pacifica's face was half cloaked in darkness, but the small part of her face that was light up, was enough for me to tell who she was.
I stood there whithmy mouth open, gaping. What is Pacifica doing here!
Pacifica looked at me with tears in her eyes and spoke one word,
"Elise?"
I was going to ask 'who is that' but I was cut off at the 'who'.
"Im so sorry! Im so sorry! I never forgot...Im so sorry!" Pacifica was sobbing, clutching me.
"Im sorry but I dont know what your talkng about." I said honestly.
Pacifica let go of me and looked down. "Oh course...I...I should have known." She mumbled.
I was very confused. Who is Elise? Why is Pacifica crying? That was the part that really mixed me up. Pacifica was the meanest, snottiest, person ever! She didnt cry!
"P-Pacifica," the name sounded weird when I was talking to the real person. "Dont cry."
She wipped at her tears and looked up at me. "You-you dont remeber what happened do you?"
I shook my head.
Pacifica started to mumble again."Of-of course...you were so young..."
I was starting to think she had gone crazy.
Pacifica stopped mumbling and stood up taller.
"I will tell you everything."