A cool wintry breeze rushes by Haley's side. She shivers and moves the covers that are on top of her, closer to her body. She curls up trying to warm herself up. Wait a minute, why is she covered in a blanket? She drowned in the water, didn't she?
She opens her eyes. Haley checks her breathing and her body. She's definitely alive. She looks around I tries getting off of the bed, but a surge of pain goes through her wrist. She lifts up her wrist to see a bandage wrapped around it. There are more bandages around her right leg and on her head.
"That was some ride you must've had." An elderly woman's voice speaks.
Haley turns to see an old woman. She has long white hair put in two braided pigtails and is covered in animal skins and furs.
Haley backs up a little. The concussion that she more than likely has, makes her feel a little intimidated by the woman.
"It's alright sweetheart, I'm not going to hurt you." She comes closer, "What's your name?"
"Haley, Haley Foster." Haley replies softly.
"Well, Haley, you're lucky you were found. You had many sprains, cuts, bruises, and a broken wrist. And by the look of that bump you might have a concussion." She tells Haley.
"Where am I?" Haley looks around and sees that she's inside of a tent.
"You're in my village. Come, I'll show you around. You'll stay here until you can move around again." She helps Haley up, and gives her two wooden crutches.
She knows how to use crutches because she had broken the same leg in the fourth grade after a bicycle accident.
She walks out of the tent with her crutches. There are men, women, and children running around. The adults are either doing chores for the village or playing with the children.
"I'll take you to one of the most important people here. His name is Denahi. After I retire and join the spirits in a couple of years, he'll take my place. Right now, he's a sha-man in training." The old woman tells Haley, "Oh goodness, where are my manners? I am Tanana. I'm the sha-man at the moment."
She helped her inside of another tent. A young man, maybe in his early twenties, is talking to himself.
"Denahi, here's our guest. She's finally woken up." Tanana tells the young man. The young man turns around and Haley backs up a little. Haley can't believe how frightened she is.
"It's alright, I'm not going to hurt you." From the comforting smile on his face, she knows she can trust him.
"What happened last night?" Haley asks, "All I remember is falling off that bridge and hitting my head off of something."
She then then remembers Ash and the whole accident, but doesn't understand how she had gotten here. Is it possible she had floated all the way to the north?
"Where's Ash?" Haley starts to get worried.
"There was no one with you sweetheart. You were all alone." Tanana replies.
"Ash is gone?" Haley asks herself.
"You were found on a river bank in the woods. You were soaked, freezing, and were covered in wounds. My brother Kenai and his adopted little brother found you and brought you back here to be treated." Denahi says.
"Where are they? I'd like to thank them." Haley says with a smile.
"They should be on their fishing trip right now, but they said they'd be back to see how you were doing." Denahi says with a smile going right back to her.
"Oh, ok." Haley says frowning that her two savors aren't here. Tanana walks Haley out of the hut.
"Why don't we go meet the rest of the village?" Tanana offers. Haley nods shyly.
"Why does all of this seem so familiar? The people, the scenery, and everything here reminds me of something, but what?" Haley asks herself.
Ash wakes up in a dorm room. He's dizzy, but he is able to sit up. He looks around the room and tries getting out of bed when he suddenly looks at his leg. It's covered in fur! Both of his legs are covered in red-orange fur with black stripes! He looks at his arms. His arms are covered in fur, too! He doesn't even have hands anymore! He has giant red-orange furred paws with long claws! He screams loudly and falls backwards off of the bed. He moans in pain and finally notices the bandages on his right leg. He must've gotten hurt during the accident. He takes a pair of crutches that lay next to his bed. He stands up and walks over to a large mirror and looks at his reflection. In the mirror he doesn't see his face, but a large fox face with red-orange fur and black stripes! He has razor sharp teeth and still has his amber eyes. He turns his head and looks at the back of his body. With the fur the same solid shade as the rest of his body, he has a tail with black stripes and a white tip. He blinks a million times before sitting back onto the bed. He sighs and tries figuring out what happened to him.
"Look who finally woke up." A deep voice speaks.
Ash looks up to see a furry blue monster with purple spots on his body. He has small horns on his head, has furry long tail with the same pattern as the rest of his body, and is wearing the type of jacket that jocks usually wear. His calm blue eyes assure Ash that he's a good guy.
"What's your name?" the monster asks.
"Ash Corvis." Ash says nervously.
"Well, Ash, that was some accident you had. I'm not sure what happened, but looking at those wounds it must've been pretty bad." The monster says as he passes Ash the plate. It has eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, and syrup.
"The last thing I remember was driving off of that bridge and getting separated from-" Ash doesn't finish.
"Where's Haley?" Ash asks. His voice is tense and he can feel his temperature rising. He believes that the creature took his friend.
"Ash, there was no one else with you. You were found on the river bay all alone." The monster says calmly
Ash calms down and sighs, "Ok, I'm sorry."
"It's ok. My name's James P. Sullivan by the way, but my friends just call me Sulley. My dorky roommate Mike should be here any minute now." Sully says.
"I'm here…" A nasally, yet kind of low voice says grumpily, "Now who's this dorky roommate you were talking about, Sullivan?"
I small, green Cyclops looking monster walks into the room. He has a large, emerald green, eye that seems to take up most of his body. He has two tiny horns on his head and wearing an expander, or something of the sort, on his front teeth.
"There ya are, Mike! Here's that new guy we found by the river." Sulley says quickly, not wanting to start a fight with Mike right now.
"Hiya, kid. As you can see, I'm Mike. I'm the smart one of the room!" Mike says wanting Sulley to hear him. Sulley glares and cracks his knuckles with a growl.
"Ew, what's that smell? Is that your breath?" Mike asks with a smirk.
"Watch your mouth pipsqueak!" Sulley glares.
"Guys! Guys! Calm down!" Ash says. He grabs the crutches once more and walks over to the monsters, "Do you really need to fight? I mean, you are dorm mates. You should learn to get along."
Sulley and Mike look at one another and Sulley then speaks up, "Yeah, ok, we'll get along. Just as long as Mike doesn't give me a case of his nerdiness!"
"Only as long as I don't get a case of your halitosis!" Mike sneers. The boys get all up in each other's faces. Ash face-palms and sighs.
"This is going to be some adventure…." Ash thinks to himself