Spectacular World

The Island

It was all dark, but she could hear splashing all around her, followed by heavy waves slamming down.

"H-"

She almost groaned. How many times has she blacked out and then woke up in some new location? This was starting to get ridiculous.

"H-"

She bet someone like the Victorian didn't have to worry about things like this happening. Neither would someone like Battery. Mr. Larison was way too cool to be constantly blacking out like she was.

"Hope!"

The voice of Kevin rumbled in Hope's ears. She mentally sighed as she felt her body start to wake back up and function again. Even without opening her eyes, she knew her body was still stuck in its tiny new form. She felt a little extra weight on her back, though, which confused her. She also felt sand and water splashing on her and a pair of lips on hers-

Her eyes snapped wide open, and she prayed with all her heart that Kevin wasn't giving her CPR. Thankfully for her, it wasn't Kevin above her. Unfortunately, it also wasn't anyone she knew personally. She didn't make a good first impression either, as moments later, she began to vomit up an entire bucket's worth of seawater.

The person giving her the CPR, whoever it was, thankfully removed their lips just in time. She coughed and gasped, her body shaking. "There, there. Let it all out." It was a young woman. One who was currently patting her on the back as her lungs became free of water. "You'll feel better once your lungs are clear."

She tried to nod her head but was unable to as more water and sand flowed out of her mouth. She was gasping by the end of it and couldn't help the shudders that went through her. Tears were streaming down her face, and she felt really embarrassed about the crying in front of another person, but she also couldn't really bring herself to care.

The woman who had seemingly saved her life kept rubbing her back, soothing her nerves. "T- Thank you." She managed to gasp out. "I almost drowned! Did you save me-" She stopped suddenly when she finally took notice of the person who saved her, and she instantly felt her face go red.

The woman was in her early twenties at the most and had tanned skin, showing a life spent out in the sun. She also had long, flowing black hair. Whoever the woman was, she didn't wear normal clothes, instead being dressed in what appeared to be leaves and grass woven together into a makeshift dress. It was similar in design to the ones from the memories Avalon had forced her to watch. The kind of outfit people in villages would wear.

On top of all of that, though, the woman was extremely beautiful. She had been given CPR from a very attractive lady.

Her face felt hot, and her world spun a bit as she tried to clear her thoughts. That was technically cheating on Sky, was it? Were she and Sky even dating? Did it matter? Who knows. She wasn't really able to think straight at the moment anyway.

The woman noticed her flushed face and cocked their head to the side. "Are you okay, little girl?" The woman questioned. Just like that, her embarrassment was replaced with a flash of annoyance at being called a kid.

Hope blinked a bit and tried to answer. She resisted the urge to explain the age thing and instead accepted the fact that this lady likely thought she was thirteen. It might mean the woman was more willing to help her out. "Yeah? I'm fine, I think?" She rubbed part of her head and coughed up the last of the water, feeling a bit dizzy but mostly fine other than that. "Where am I, exactly?"

She took a moment to judge her surroundings, and it only made her worry grow. She wasn't in any of the ten cities that existed. She was back on Earth, however. She could tell thanks to the blue sky above and the passing clouds. Just like Hell Land, though, she had surfaced up in some sort of beach-looking area. Or, more specifically, some sort of tropical island. The kind that had coconut trees and crabs walking around.