She hadn't actually felt it when the carriage crashed. Oh, she'd heard the noise. The wood splintering around her, the cry of the driver, the crunch as it rolled into the lamppost, the terrified neighs of the horses… People screaming and crying out, that's what she heard.
Then the noises changed. They were loud, shrill, annoying. Just great. Was this purgatory, hell perhaps? Loud and shrill and strange. She didn't dare to open her eyes. Her heart pounded. Pounding. She was still alive, but barely, for the poison was starting to become overwhelming. Blood trickled down her face and neck.
People were still calling out. She could see lights flashing faintly from behind her eyelids. She dared to open her eyes.
What strange sights greeted her. Strangely shaped things rushing towards the area. Blue and red lights. Even the people seemed to look different. She moved her hand weakly to try and push some of the wreckage away from her. Oddly enough, she was still in the carriage destruction.
Some cries reached her ears.
"There's somebody in there!"
"Get an ambulance!"
"How did that even get there?"
She closed her eyes again. Her heart pounded. Unbeknownst to her, the adrenaline was keeping the deadly poison at bay.
Pure dumb luck.