{1} Where am I.. (prologue?)

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Where am I....

Bright sunlight stings your eyes, even when they are closed. You squeeze them even tighter. A fresh, cold breeze sweeps over your face. The light is so bright that it feels like you're surrounded by a heavenly glow. Heavenly... You don't know if you were expecting gold and silvery light or flames...

Am I dead?

You open and squint your eyes, adjusting to your surroundings. It's all white... You blink once, starting to see shapes forming. Blinking again, you see that you are laying in a grassy clearing, the sun about 1/4 of its way through the clear blue sky.

You're clearly not dead, so where are you? You struggle to think for a second, before you realize how hot you are. Sitting up, you gingerly put your hand on your forehead. It's not the worst it could be, but you still probably need to cool down somehow.

Getting to your tired feet, you wade into a clear spring and scoop some of the fresh water out, washing your face and cooling yourself down. You only barely realize that you're starving until you hear your stomach growling.

Hungry?  you think in your head. You see the fish in the river and start to go back to shore, your mind set on making a makeshift fishing rod until-

"Heeelllpppp!!!" A high, upbeat voice screeched out of the water with fear. "Pleeeassee-" it coughed, "heeelllppp!" You barely notice how annoying it sounds before turning around, trying to find the source. Oh well, here goes..

You grab a stick on a nearby rock, pull out a loose thread from your dress, expertly tie it to the stick, and take a paperclip left behind from someone's lunchly littering to make your fishing rod you were just thinking about.
"Don't worry, I've got you!"



my comment: 290 words, I'm impressed with myself AND also disappointed at the same time... maybe I can do the next one too to make up for it- sorry!!!

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