A Different Island

Chapter 2: A New World

I didn't know what happened at first, it was like I had fallen out of reality.

But what had actually happened was that I had just fallen through a portal to Kipoiwa.

And this is when everything really happens.

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When I woke up, I felt little critters jumping and crawling all over my chest.

I immediately began waving my arms and managed to scare the animals away. But when I looked at them, I was utterly confused.

They looked exactly like squirrels, but they all had multiple tails as well as the fact that their fur was in a variety of colors from the rainbow.

There were also a whole lot of them as I managed to count about 8 or 9 as they either ran across the forest grounds or scurried up trees into the bushes.

But when I came back to my senses, I realized that the strange looking rodents was the least of my concern.

I was nowhere near the cabin and instead in a forest where there was nothing but concrete sidewalks and wooden houses in the area.

I began panicking as I was completely alone and by myself, and the fact that one minute I was walking out of my cabin about to go hiking and the next I was here was freaking me out.

I slowly tried calming myself down and I thought back to a week before the trip.

My two younger siblings, named Mason and Madison, were convinced that something bad would happen and wanted to teach me about the advice of the U.S forest service just in case of emergency.

One of the things that I remembered about what they taught me which was "you do not move at all until you have a specific reason to take a step." This was for when you get lost in the woods or a cave where you sit down and don't panic and you asses the situation along with the tools you have at your disposal and stay where you are.

Ultimately, in my opinion, I already had a good few options to move since I already had a feeling I was nowhere near help because I figured that there was something supernatural to how I got here and I needed to focus on one thing.

Survival.

Thankfully, I already had my backpack on me which already put me at a clear advantage over the situation. Inside, I found a bottle of water along with an extra I packed just in case, a few small bags of snacks, and an extendable hiking stick and I was surprised that the camp even had one of these.

I knew I needed to ration the food and water I had, so I decided to leave off having any until at a better time.

I began trekking my path through the forest, and I wasn't sure how much of it there was. At some point during this walk, I thought the forest would be endless.

Along the way, I interacted with some of the small wildlife that came up in my path like a little bird that had four eyes that I felt slightly disturbed by. I also came across some of those squirrel creatures that for some reason were very interested in my hair.

While I tried shaking them off of me, I stumbled over a branch into a large puddle of mud leaving me very dirty as the rodents scurried away, leaving me looking like an absolute fool.

After miserably walking through the forest for what felt like an hour or two, I realized I had walked into a large rock and came into view of an entirely different area.

In the position of my new view, I could see a large body of water that was as blue as the sky. Some large shapes beneath the surface causing my attention and I thought they were large rocks of sorts, but they turned out to be a pod of large fish.

This freaked me out at first, but this was my opportunity to take a bath. I was a little nervous about going in the water, but when I jumped into the water, there were only small plants beneath the surface.

I also was a bit more relieved to find out that the water was warm and I decided to let my guard down for a bit.

I then began to clean my body and clothing of all the dirt and filth. For some reason, I also decided to drink some of the water to save some of the water I already had.

After taking a big mouthful of water, it turned out that the water was not only warm, but drinkable. I ended up drinking more water and eventually I grabbed my backpack and continued my journey shortly after my clothes dried off.

I began walking along the land near the lake and observing the life around it. And while I was walking around, it happened.

All of a sudden, I heard some growling from behind and looked across the lake to see a certainly strange creature staring at me from across the lake.

It looked to be a pig that was about 6 times larger than a normal pig of some kind with tusks protruding from the mouth. It had four eyes that made contact with mine and looked to be filled with fire.

It let out an unsettling roar and began chasing me. I was scared for my life and rushed into the forest.

I could hear the beast following me through the forest as it smashed into trees and I tried making tight turns in an effort to disappear quicker. The only problem was that this plan of mine wasn't working since this large pig locked onto my trail like a heat seeking missile.

I ran and ran until I was nearly out of breath and I found a clearing of the forest which I thought would lead me into a field, but as I dove out of the forest, I realized I had made a big mistake.

I was already moving too fast to stop myself, and I had tripped over the cliff edge plummeting to the ground below.

All I felt in those next few seconds, was numbing pain, and then I felt myself blacking out.