Chapter One Lost and Alone

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I could feel the life of the forest around me as all its inhabitance went about their day. I heard everything from the chirping of the birds to the buzzing of the insects. A breeze blew over me, rustling the leafs of the trees and bringing the smell of the Earth up to greet my nose. My eyelids slowly lifted to expose my vision to the hot afternoon sun . I sat up and rubbed my eyes; the rays of light that filtered through the trees produced just enough light for me to observe my surroundings. Obviously, I was in the woods and that certainly was not normal. Normal would be waking up in a bed at home, or at least knowing if you have a home. I could not think of a reason as to why I would be sleeping in the middle of the forest, but then again I could not think of anything that had happened to me before I fell asleep.

I knew my name, Kagome, and for a while this was the only thing I knew for sure. To my knowledge I had no family, friends, or anywhere for me to call home. I was alone and my one thought was to get away from the all the pain and unexplained emotions that came with being alone. My mind was scattered and like anyone my instincts took over my governing mine. Fear, panic, anxiety, and hopelessness are a only a few words to describe what I felt. So I ran as fast as my legs could take me.

I did not know where I was going nor did I care, and as the trees blurred past me some of the tension that I had felt back in the clearing eased and I began to relax. I continued to run like this for what seemed like forever. I loved the way that the wind felt as it blew past my face to dance with my hair behind me; I felt complete, I was one with Earth around me and it made me feel free. While running I took notice of my speed it was evident that my body was use to traveling at high speed because I had yet to break a sweat.

I finally came to a stop when I spotted a small creek flowing through a clearing. I kneeled by the water's edge and dipped my cupped hands into the cool clear liquid. I then cleaned my hands and face, and drank from the small stream. Soon after a brief rest I was completely refreshed. I sat down beside the water and pulled my knees to my chest. I rested my chin on the top of my knees and wrapped my arms around my legs.

I sat there for while looking but not seeing the things that surrounded me. It wasn't until I shifted that I noticed something that I had previously overlooked. There in the water she was looking back at me her eyes near the pupil where the brightest blue, but they faded from the center blue to a dark purple color the brims looking black. As I looked into those eyes a was caught up in story that they told. I saw the strength and wisdom, the love and care, and the pain and longing; I saw that they had seen both good and bad times and it was this that made them dive forward never giving up. All of the sudden I froze where I sat I came to realize I was looking at none other than myself. Those eyes where mine that face was mine I finally had become aware of my appearance. I quickly got on my hands and knees and leaned closer to surface of the water. I raised my hand which I noticed had claw-like nails on them and touched my face. The lady in the water did the same thing. My hair fell over my shoulder and ended up meeting the water's surface. It started at crown of head as a deep black, and (had I been standing at the time) ended in the middle of thigh as a white. The hair in the middle was a mix of black, blue, purple, and white.

After memorizing my features I stood and walked to the meadow near the creek. There I laid down on my back and closed my eyes to block out the sun. I was soon ensnared within my mind over thoughts of who I was, and what my purpose here was. I laid like that for most of the afternoon; my mind clouded in mystery. Then all of the sudden I hear twig snap to my left. I am immediately up on my feet and my instincts take over again at sudden thought of danger. My body naturally moves into a crouched position low to the ground. One of my arms is out facing the direction that the sound came the other hovers behind me parallel to the floor keeping me balanced. Every muscle in body was tense and ready to attack anything that came through the bush. Suddenly the in front of me started moving and my knees bent ready to pounce. I was not sure what would come through the brush and it was that fact that scared me to death.

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AN) Hey Guys, I just want to thank those of you who read/ are reading my story. But I really want to thank ScarredHeart10, and .Strange.Tales for being my first reviews ever. And I also wanted to let you know that I might not be able to write for while because school and stuff so if you will bear with me I will try to get something new up soon.

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