Chapter 1: A new beginning

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I woke up in the middle of a forest, as my eyes opened only to be blinded by the light. "Where am I?" I mumbled to myself as I sat up and took a look at my surroundings.

There were trees and at the bottom of the trunk had mushrooms with a mixture of flowers in them. The sounds of birds could be heard communicating with each other high up in the trees.

I went ahead and stood up from the wet grass I had been laying upon when I had woken up. As I looked around a bit more, I could see that the forest extended about and looked like it could continue on forever. It felt as if the forest was an endless maze that you could never find the exit to.

I looked at my hands to see if I had gotten any injuries, only to see something different about my hands. On my hands were gloves instead of my bare hands. As well as a sleeve on my arm that seemed to be a sweater. And then I started to wonder, 'Whose body is this?' as I started to look more around my body, only to see myself in different clothes then the ones I was wearing before I had seen the bright light in front of me.

Something must've happened after I saw that light in front of me. Cause I knew for sure that this wasn't my body that I was moving in. It was someone else's for sure, but who's? I had Decided to keep this in mind as I chose to go ahead and walk in the forest to see if there were any clues while also being out on the lookout for anything suspicious.
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After walking around for some time. I started to hear the sounds of rustling in the leaves of the trees. I tried to make sure to have a good hearing of the sound and figure out where it was coming from. I then hear the sound again coming from my left.

I immediately got ready to attack whatever was there in the leaves that would jump at me any second. When I heard the sound come close to me I immediately wrap my arms around the figure and push them down to the ground. As the light had started to shine upon the dark figure, I could start to see who that dark figure was. She had hair that was draped down her neck as a little part of her hair was put into a little ponytail. She had mechanical types of goggles that were shaped into hearts. She also had a dagger in her hand which I had swiftly taken from her right hand.

"Who are you!" I said as I put my weight onto her. Keeping her down to the ground. The next few minutes we're in complete silence until she had finally decided to talk. "Are you gonna get off of me now?" She had said calmly as she looked me dead in the eyes. "Not unless you tell me who you are!" I shouted at her. Then it went silent again, until she decided to speak again. "You're not gonna let me go unless I tell you my name aren't you?" She said as she looked at me again. "Yup, unless you're willing to stay here all day." I replied back. "Fine, my name is Asteria." She said, "Now are you gonna let me go or what?" Asteria says.

I then started to slowly get off of Asteria just to make sure she didn't have any other tactics up her sleeves. "So, what was that attack you were about to do to me?" I said as I gave her a small glare. "Sorry, okay! I just thought you were an intruder that came to cause havoc in the forest okay!" Asteria said in a panicked tone. I just looked at Asteria, and then went ahead and continued walking through the forest. Which caused Asteria to follow up behind me. "Wait! You never told me your name!" Asteria said as she came running up towards me.
(That's right, I never did tell Asteria my name. But I can't just say my real name. This isn't even my own body for all I know. I could just make up a name and tell her that's my real name! Yeah, that sounds okay for now!)
As I finished thinking, I looked at Asteria and then said, "My name is Aria."

Asteria looked surprised when I had said my name and then said, "Is that really your name? Because if so, your name is really pretty!" I then replied back with, "Yeah, Also thanks for the compliment." I said. "Oh okay! Also, you're welcome!" Asteria says as we start to walk through the forest.

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