Just From the Books

Birds Sing, 2

The feeling of soft grass and a warm environment tickled her skin. She squirmed till sitting up, her heart racing intensely. The girl looked around but didn’t recognize where she was. There were trees surrounding her and flowers she had never seen before. She felt her head but almost screamed when her arms looked like they were stuck on the sides of her head and in all honesty they didn’t look like arms at all, more like bendable black twigs. Her hands were also changed into black orbs. She looked down in panic, her legs were almost the same as her arms but her feet were more oval-shaped. Rustling was heard and she quickly got up, almost stumbling in the process but managing. She faced the sound but saw nothing but more forest that looked as if it’d go on forever. An unknown vibration tingled her left leg causing her to look down once more.

There stood an orange cat purring against her. She felt joyous seeing the little fella and bent down to pet it which he gladly accepted by rubbing his head against her palm, or orb thing.. Whatever the fuck you want to call it. The cat meowed before turning and going in a random direction. He looked back as if telling her to follow him so she took the invitation. Grass and leaves crunched as the two made their way to who knows where. A soft breeze went past them making her shiver ever so slightly, how long is this forest? Though using this time she focused on herself, mostly on what she was. Last time she checked she was a human. “Ack-!” She ran into a tree. She rubbed her aching head and once finished she took a look at the cat who tilted his head curiously before hopping on her shoulder. She stared at it confused until her mouth dropped seeing the sight in front of her. A huge village that was decorated beautiful with wildlife. Wait.. Is that a walking bomb and nail?

She stared dumbfounded at what she was seeing… That’s not even possible! Though she realized something, they had the same arms and legs she did. “Someone give me a mirror..” She whispered to herself quietly then hearing the cat on her shoulder meow in response. “Imma just call you Biscuit.” ‘Biscuit’ started purring and rubbing his head against her cheek causing her to giggle a little. Back to the mirror problem she started walking into the village in search of one. If she were still human she bet that every creature here would be staring, lucky her. Every creature was talking, doing their own job or task, or just walking freely. So basically they are humans but built differently, built into walking, flying, talking objects. The place itself was astonishing with its shops, one and second floor houses, she even noticed a place called Pin’s Bakery that she thought was pretty cute. A delicious smell sprung out to her from it. While staring she did eventually pass a mirror making her stop in her tracks. She slowly backed up and saw something that wasn’t her. Honestly that part should be obvious by now.

Her body was green and curvy if that's the right word. She looked like a lemon leaf, strange. In the beginning she did feel a bit lighter than usual but the thought went away once she noticed her arms and legs back there. “Are you interested in buying it?” An Australian-like accent spoke. She looked to her right and saw a tree, literally. “Oh, uh… no.” The object let out a heavy sigh before descending back into the shop but was stopped by her. “W--wait!” She yelled. He turned around and stared at her with a raised brow. “I'm not really from here, can you tell me where I am?”

His expression softened and turned to her fully. “Look kid, I’m not the best man to ask, tho, if you’re really unknown here, you should ask a friend of mine. He would gladly show you around!” During that statement he helped a customer, a blue bracelet, inside the store. “Where is he?” She asked politely. “Most likely at his home, keep going forward and make a turn right near that flower shop. Keep walking till you see a one story house with the initials ‘BH’  printed on a sign, that's his home.” “Alright, thank you!” During the time of following the path he instructed she heard him yell something from a distance. Something along the lines of, not getting close to someone? Besides that she turned the corner, the flower shop smelled pretty nice from outside. During her short journey she had time to look at some houses and even more of the creatures till she was standing on the property of BH. The house was neatly built with brick and had a nice frontside with clean grass. She made it to the front door and gave it a knock, Biscuit got off of her shoulder and went to the window, taking a look inside. He meowed for her and she went up to him, looking through the window he looked through.