Part one: Lost
'When you start out lost, it's hard to get loster.'
- Bean, Ender's Shadow, Orson Scott Card
Chapter one: Leaves?
The first thing I can remember about this world is sunlight, bright and warm on my face, the sound of a stream, the chirping of birds, and finally a rock pushing into my back just between my shoulders.
The sensation in my limbs and head felt like a hangover. The heaviness, the confusion, and the pulsing in my temples; I opened my heavy eyelids and saw …
"Leaves?" My concentration was broken by a startled gasp somewhere in the vicinity of my right elbow.
Propping myself up, I gazed upon the face of my best friend, Jaclyn. She sat up quickly, but seemed to regret it, and lay back down just as fast.
I rolled onto my stomach and pushed myself up, after having a look about I decided that, yes we were in a forest, and no, I didn't know exactly where we were. I had to stay calm, panicking wasn't going to help our situation any.
Jaclyn however, didn't seem too interested in staying calm. "I distinctly remember falling asleep in my bedroom. You know, with blankets, pillows, walls!" She was standing now, standing and pacing in fact. As she walked about she wrung her hands, muttering about blankets and feeding the cat.
"Look Jackie, don't freak out okay? I'm going to get us out of this." She wasn't listening; her hands were in her hair, she was crying. I was in this alone; I had to get us home alone. Yeah, alone wasn't going to work for me.
I marched up to her; she turned her red teary eyes to me, "Kate, Scruffy, who is going to take care of Scruffy?" God I hated that cat, stupid fluffy bastard.
I could think of only one thing to say or do. I smacked her; the sound was loud and the force of the blow sent her reeling.
She turned to me, shocked "What the…? Ow, Kate! What thehell?"
I shrugged. "Well you were freaking out. What else was I supposed to do?"
"I don't know, you could have warned me first!"
I sighed "Well that wouldn't have worked; I needed the element of surprise." Rolling her eyes she said "Whatever" and glanced around "well have you figured out where we are yet?"
I made a show of looking around, "I think I've figured out where we are!" Jackie grinned and whooped, "That's great!" she cleared her throat "So uh, where are we, exactly?"
Rubbing my chin contemplatively "If I'm correct, it would seem we are in a forest."
She threw up her hands, "Well obviously; I knew that! I thought you knew where we were, like Wisconsin or something."
I raised my eyebrow "How would I know if we were in Wisconsin or not?"
She shrugged.
"Okay who cares, let's get going. We need to find a way out of here." I looked around once more, hands on my hips "which way should we go?"
Jackie walked over and stood next to me, mimicking my stance "North?"
I nodded "Okay, north, I can do that. Which way is north?"
She thought for a moment "Well doesn't moss grow on the north side of trees?"
"Oh you're brilliant! Okay let's find some moss!"
AN: Ok ladies and germs, please review and let me know if I should keep going. Constructive criticism is always welcome, however be kind. This is my first posting and I'm nervous as hell. ^_^