Mountains And Plains [OLD VERSION]

Chapter Five

I felt something soft underneath me and hot above me. My whole body hurt as if I was beaten for good hour or so.

With my senses all awake but eyes closed I listened to my suroudings. I could hear waves that crashed into my bare feet and trees?

I slowly opened my eyes and sun hit whitout mercy making me close them again. Groaning I turned and laid on my chest. Opening my eyes again I saw a beach going into horizon and tall trees growing next to it making a green wall.

I gathered all my strength that was left in me and slowly pushed myself from warm sand. My eyes went wide when I saw full view before me. I saw a thick and lush forest covered in darkness before me with different birds in trees that I never saw before. It wasn't a jungle but just a forest untouched by human's hand.

Untouched..... Oh no.....

I started looking around panic setting in. Clean. Everything was clean and natural without a single trash laying. Panic rose up. I looked into a sea and saw small waves happily dancing. The water was cristal clean, so clean that it made my eyes hurt.

Impossible.....

I looked around one more time but saw the same scenery before me. Looking more closely I saw massive mountains far into a land. This whole new place with new animals and clean atmosphere made my head spin. I sat back and just stared at the beauty before me.

What am I supposed to do now?....

I was in land that no one could enter. I was the first human to ever see what The Blank land looked like.

But then Emma poped up in my head. I turned to my right and stood up. Just like in a movies I decided to walk by beach. I just hope someone survived as well because I don't think I am capable of surviving in the wilderness on my own.

<><><>

I have been walking around for who knows how long and saw nothing that would look like civilization. I was growing hungry and my throat was dry screaming for water but the only place that probably had it was that dark forest that I'm not stepping in.

I was dragging my feet by this point when I saw a figure in the distance. My body woke up and started walking faster. With every step I took my excitment rose up and then I saw black hair. I felt tears comming out.

'Emma!!' I cried out and the figure sharply turned to me. It was indeed Emma. We both ran into each other's embrace and both started to cry.

'I thought you were dead' she sobbed and a smile appeared on my face.

'I thought so too. I'm so happy to see you alive' I said and we parted.

She looked around brushing her tears away and frowned.

'Where are we?' She asked and I felt my stomach clench. After a pause I opened my mouth.

'I think we.... ended up in the Blank land' I said and saw her eyes go wide. She looked around again and sharply breathed in.

'That would explain how natural this place is' she said.

'Do you think we will be able to... leave?' I asked and we both looked at each other worried. But then Emma pulled her serious face.

'Deffinitely not in this state. We should build ourselves a shelter and find clean water' she said and looked at the forest. I too turned to it and felt shivers go down my spine. Like in the spot where I awoke the forest covered the beach like a wall but I noticed that the landscape became more rigid and had more cliffs and hills. The massive mountains that I saw earlier were a lot closer.

'You are not saying that we need to go there?' I asked my voice quiet in fear.

'If we stick together and don't wonder too deep we should be fine' she said and looked at me with a small smile ' c'mon the sun will be gone soon' she said and grabbed my hand. We both started walking towards the forest.

When we passed first row of trees the temperature dropped. Goosebumps appeared on my arms and legs. You could hear thousands of noises around us. Birds were chirping and smaller creatures running around us while hiding in the bushes. It was as if the nature was breathing.

'This is breath taking' Emma said looking around. There were plants that we knew and saw for the first time. Trees were taller than four store houses and grew just centimeters away from each other.

'I feel like in a stone age' I said and suddenly stopped 'Do you hear that?' I asked and we both froze. It was the sound of running water.

'Water' Emma said with her eyes sparkling and we both almost ran towards the sound. Trees cleared and a small river appeared before us. It had a small clearing around it as well.

'Sweet baby Jesus' Emma said and ran to the river. She fell on her knees and started hungrily drink the water in front of her. I walked to her chuckling.

'You know it has a lot of germs' I said and she shot me annoyed look.

'I don't care about that in this situation' she said and drank even more. I shruged and fell to my knees as well. I was deffinitely not complaining about this much water but the germs still lingered in my head.

After we were done I looked around the small clearing and frowned.

'Are those potatoes growing over there?' I asked and pointed to the far corner of the field.

'Looks like it' Emma said and we both jogged to those plants. I grabbed one and pulled with my small amout of strength. The shrub didn't want to give in but with a help from Emma we pulled it out.

'Oh my God we even have food for comming days' I said looking at 6 wild potatoes now laying on the ground next to like 10 more shrubs.

'How about you pull one more while I'll start gathering grass. I think that tree with a hole between the roots should work' she said and showed me to a humongous tree.

'Sure' I said and looked around for a rock to help me dig those sweet ass potatoes. But my work was interupted when I heard a rustle between the bushes right in front of me. I slowly stood up and took a step back. The rustling became louder and I took few more steps back my eyes stuck to the place where the sound was comming from.

Suddenly a man appeared. He was covered in dirt and had leaves in his hair. His clothes just like mine were torned and when our eyes met I saw exhaustion in them. But he looked really familiar.

And then it clicked.

'Mark!!' I shouted and ran right into him giving my bear hug. I couldn't believe he was alive too.