Between Reality

The Start of Lilly's Journey Part 1:

🩵Third-Person Point of View🩵

It was the season of spring. The light wind blew through the air. Some sakura trees were having their little pink flowers fall from the trees here and there. The sun was almost hitting everything because of how early it still was. There were tall buildings almost covering everything, some buildings were taller than others while some were wide or thin.

Some sounds were being made by cars. Cars honking after one of the other, the wheels riding against the street floor. You could hear the tires riding against the ground. And if you listen carefully you can hear some footsteps and sometimes running.

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The 13-year-old was now waking up. She was lying flat on the cold hard floor. Her senses were coming back to her. She heard cars to the far side to her left. She could even hear a dog barking nearby. She slowly sits up, her eyes still closed. She put up a hand to her forehead trying to somewhat calm her headache. Opening her eyes, her vision was a little blurry, slowly clearing up.

Her vision was now clear, she started to look around. Confusion was written all over her face. "...Why the heck I'm in an alleyway?..." She got up from the ground. She kept looking around trying to figure out what happened. One minute she was with her sisters in the living room, and now she woke up in the alleyway. Looking down at her clothes, she noticed some dirt on her clothes. Huffing deeply to herself, trying to calm her, her clean clothes had gotten dirty. Not even realizing that something is different...

Looking back up she looked again and saw the sidewalk near to her left. Choosing to look out there she started to walk but stopped. She heard the dog barking again. She turns around looking towards the barking and looking to the sidewalk. She couldn't decide which way to go. She could just walk to the sidewalk to ask for some help or go towards the barking and can easily ask for some help. But the problem was that she didn't know where she was.

She started to walk to the sidewalk. "But I could see a cute doggy..." She immediately turns around and follows the barking. The dog was more important anyway.

Taking a few turns, the barking was getting louder. Before turning she heard talking and stopped. Looking over the corner she just sees two dogs barking at each other. One was a small one, while the other one was a bigger dog. Looking around she didn't see anyone. "Weren't there people just talking?" Shaking her head she walks out watching the dogs. She looked around again to see if there was anybody or the owner. Not seeing anyone she gives a deep groan starting to get mad. "You got to be kidding me-" She started to mumble to herself soon right after the dogs stopped barking and started to stare at her.

The bigger dog started to walk away while the smaller one kept looking at her. She turns to the dogs still mumbling to herself but stops once she sees the dog staring at her. There was an awkward staring contest.

"Aww aren't you adorable!" She semi-screams while looking at the small dog, completely changing her attitude. She stayed where she was and knees down a bit not touching the floor. The dog starts to wag their tail happy with the attention it's getting. *Woof* She took out her arm, having her hand wide open towards the dog. The dog gladly went towards her happily.

Taking a closer look at the dog, she started to see what kind of dog it was. It had an almost glossy, medium coat with almond-shaped eyes that were dark brownish, and long, wide ears that were fluffy. They even have long legs for a small dog. She can even feel some knots on the dog while petting. Taking a closer look she doesn't see a collar on them. "You don't have an owner huh..." The dog barks at her. "Hmm..."

She looks at the dog wondering about something. She tilts her head to the side just a little before speaking again. "...What if... I took you with me?" The dog starts to jump in front of her. *Woof* "Ok! Ok, that's a yes." She gives a small smile before it starts to come down realizing something. "I'm sorry but I have to check your... thing?" The small dog made a small noise of confusion. "Excuse me..." She picks up the dog holding it up above the ground, looking down. She then puts the dog back down. "So you are a girl. Hmm... I'll name you... Josie?" The dog barks happily, wagging her tail faster and starting to jump again. Lilly stands up."Ok, Josie, let's get going" Josie barks and starts to follow her.