I'm a Phoenix

CHAPTER 3 : THE BEGINNING | Takahashi Kiara

The Winter Season, the season of preparation and endurance. For a normal human being, they usually prepare their food before Winter comes and when it does come they'll endure and fight against Mother Nature's Cold Wrath.
However, I am doing the opposite. I'm currently walking, with my bare feet enduring and fighting Mother Nature's Cold Wrath.

"I-It's... so... c-cold... ", I said while rubbing my own skin to try and create warmth, but it's not working at all.

My vision is vague because of the blizzard that's blocking my sight, and I mostly can't hear anything around me because of the blizzard's noise. In a common situation like this, the most logical thing to do is to find a cave and take shelter. But it's been 10 minutes and I still haven't found a cave yet, not even a mountain or a tree.

After another 3 minutes of waking, I saw a shadow of which looked like a mountain. So I rushed forward to the direction of the mountain, whilst expecting the mountain to have a cave. But, as I was getting closer and closer, the shadowy figure started to get clearer and clearer and when I finally reached it. It was just a boulder that's covered in snow.

"Damn it...", I said.

After getting disappointed, I started to walk back to my track again.
And every step I take, my body gets colder and colder. I feel like I'm really going to become an Ice Sculpture if I don't see a cave.

"That's r-right... The c-c-cave.. Is useless... Without the... F-Fire....", I said that as I realized that getting inside the cave will only worsen my condition if I don't find a wood in order to make a fire.

I kept on moving forward slowly but surely without a hint of giving up and becoming an Ice Sculpture entirely.

Few minutes have passed and I'm still walking and now my mind is starting to accept that everything I do now, is useless. Even though I just woke up an hour ago in this blizzard, without any hint of my memories.
I do have a piece of paper which states my 'name'. I'm not sure if it's my true name, but I'll accept it for now.

I took the piece of paper out of my pocket to read the words again in order to double check and it says..

'Your name is Takanashi Kiara, and don't forget that.', is what it says on the paper that I'm currently holding.

Why is my name Takanashi Kiara?, and is Takanashi another language?, looks like I'll never know.

"Ahhh... geezz...", I said

"How did... I... Even.. End up here?..."

I kept on walking as I was trying to remember my past events, and without realizing and looking at the direction of where I'm walking. I lost my footing and realized that I was about to fall.

"Ah. Aaaah... aaaahhhhh!!!!!!!", I shouted that as I was falling and trying to use my hands as a cover to almost every part of my body that my hands could protect.

"Oouuffghh!", I made that sound after I luckily landed on my back on a pile of snow.

Luckily, I sustained minimum damage on my body. Especially on my back.

"Th-That hurts... o-ow...", I muttered while feeling the pain on my back.

While still in shock of what just happened,
I tried to lay my back on the pile of snow slowly but surely, so that I won't feel any pain.
I was looking up to where I fell from, and I really fell from a tall cliff. I couldn't see where I was looking when I was still at the top because of the blizzard.

"I'm... glad...,I would've died.. Without these..", I said that In relief while tapping the pile of snow using both of my hands.

"I'm... tired.. I.. Should sleep...", I said.

Somehow the temperature on where I am now is warm unlike at the top. And I could easily fall asleep at this temperature. And I did.

"Hey! Someone is here!", I heard someone shouting in a distance not so far away from me.

I heard footsteps that are coming to my location, Am I saved? Or Am I screwed?

I felt a hand touching my face, perhaps this person is checking my body temperature.

"She's too cold, quick get her to the shelter.", someone said.

"Okay.", said another person that agreed to the command.

I tried to open my eyes in order to see their faces, but I couldn't since I was too weak. And after trying, I immediately fell asleep.