The Forest : Demons in the Mist

Prelude

Where am I...?

I gasped out for air, my eyes shooting open, trying to to lift myself up and failing. I pressed my back against the cold forest floor, leaves and twigs crunching and jabbing into my back. I winced and turned my head slowly, my hair falling to the side allowing me to notice bruises and cuts on my arms and legs.
I couldn't remember how I got here.
My memory was blank.
I gasped a bit more for air, my ribs hurting with each breath and my throat feeling tight.
"H-help..." I said hoarsely, barely speaking at a normal volume.
I slowly turned onto my side, roots digging into my side as I faced a tree, the ground covered in leaves and a bit of blood that I could've only assumed to me my own. I was shivering violently, I had no idea where my pants were, and there was no jacket inside.
I didn't feel like I was drugged or sexually assaulted, the only thing I knew was that I was cold and my arms and legs were sore.
I looked at the trunk of the tree blankly and  gently rubbed my arms with my hands that were colder than I was. I immediately stopped as I was just messing with the cuts and having them bleed.
I was only wearing a short sleeve shirt, underwear, a bra and socks which wasn't very smart of me, assuming I had made the dumb decision of walking into the woods in the middle of the night.
I coughed a bit, wincing as my throat burned. Breathing was getting harder and I could feel the cold mist covering me with dew. It was only a matter of time before I welcomed the frost with open arms to my death, as my body heated up before my final breath.
I didn't want to die, no one ever does. I had no idea what I even had to live for, I was freezing in a forest, barely clothed to be outside.
I heard rustling behind me, it was close by, but not close enough to hear it.
I could've played dead, but anyone would've been desperate enough to roll to the other side and look. I could barely make anything out through the mist, just tall trees surrounding me, making it hard to see past them.
Another rustle of the leaves and a crunch of a twig altered me that something was walking towards me.
I assumed a pack of animals had already claimed me and was waiting to finish tearing the rest of me to shreds. I felt a bit dizzy, breathing a bit heavier and rolling onto my back. My eyes were starting to close, I felt tired and numb and only assumed the worst.
My eyes grew heavier as they started to close, slow enough to where I saw a black snake slither onto my arm before everything else went black.