She sat up, getting out of the dried mud. Rubbing her eyes with her hooves, she could tell that she was at the edge of a forest. To her right, there was an extensive expanse of trees, ranging from dark green to light green shades. To her left, there was an open field, devoid of trees.
She stood up, scraping dried mud off. It was relatively easy to scrape it off, considering how much there was. Her hooves were stained a dark brown, and there were a few spots of mud still attached to her fur, so she looked around for any sign of water. She noticed a small creek at the bottom of the hill.
She reached a hoof out to step forward, but she fell down. It took a moment to gain her balance again. She stood up again, this time being more careful to step. She took a step forward, but lost her balance again. She fell to the ground, slamming her right side into the grass. She didn’t have time to react, so her head slammed into the ground too.
Ow! W-why can’t I walk? she thought to herself. I, I...
She got up, willing to give walking another chance. This time, she took a step and didn’t fall.
Yes! I... I did it? She found something about the word ”I” that was... strange. It didn’t seem natural. Actually, now that she thought about it, nothing seemed natural. All of a sudden, she just woke up in the middle of nowhere, without any recollection of her destination, if she even had one! What about place of origin? Didn't make sense. Nothing made sense to her right now, not even her life. Did she just appear here, from thin air? Could she have been dead, but just woke up from being dead?
Millions of questions found their way into her head, none of them having an answer.
As she walked, she tried to make sense of the small things.
What colour am I? Blue. Can I walk? Yes. Does everything hurt? Yes. Do I know anything? No...
She stopped, her gaze faltering over her thoughts.
What... What’s wrong with me?
After continuing down the small hill, she made it to the creek. There was a small drop-off where it formed a small waterfall. She decided to grab a drink from it and wash herself off.
She walked under it, feeling the cold water run over her back and down her legs, washing out all of the mud. There was some spots where she had to scrub to get it clean. Once she was done, she stepped out of the water, and onto the rocks. She sat, looking down at the rippling water. Small ripples making their voyages all over the water’s surface. It looked... calm.
Who am... I? What is... me?
Just then, the water’s surface went static. Ceasing movement. Catching her attention.
She looked at the surface, the water showing a clear, vivid face.
Is... is that... me?
She reached a hoof to her side, but quickly pulled away from the sharp, sudden pain. Her whole right side seemed to have been taken over by darkness. A blackened, charred void resided in a jagged shape on her side. Part of it spread across her back, and to the back of her neck.
What is on me? she thought, trying to walk away from it.
She soon gave up. Giving in to the darkness on her.
She looked up. The clouds scattered across the sky in random places, drifting slowly. The orange glow of the sun dipping below the horizon. She sat on the side of the creek, breathing the fresh air, without any clue of what to do in the life she found herself in.
What’s the point? There’s literally nothing... anywhere. Am I the only living... thing alive?
She looked back down at the water, still showing her reflection. Her eyes widened in surprise.
What the... I have wings? I thought that was only for birds! Birds... birds...
She looked up at the trees across the creek from her, and started to cry. She didn’t know why, or how, but she was crying. It hurt every time she breathed in, but she kept crying. She laid down onto her back, still crying, and stared up at the sky. The sun had left a little while ago, leaving everything around her in darkness, except the sky. The sky glowed a dark, radiant blue-purple, with little white and yellow speckles here and there, and just off the horizon, it glowed a bright orange-pink.
Just then, something came to mind. Something that didn’t make sense, none whatsoever.
Twilight. Twi... light.
She ceased her crying, but something about that... word made her want to cry again.
She stood up, and walked along the creek’s edge. She decided to stay near the creek, it gave her a form of comfort to be around it. She kept walking, keeping the creek next to her. She noted every little detail she could from the creek. Some parts, the creek would open up, leaving a pond-like appearance. Other spots, it would be very thin and shallow, making the water run over the smooth surfaces of the rocks. There were small leaves and twigs that would flow past. At one point, she saw a fish! It was a reflective silver that, if seen at the right angle, would reflect a little rainbow. She didn’t get too much time to admire it because it swam away.
She also kept note of how the night passed. The colours of the “twilight sky,” as she called it, had slowly passed away a while ago. It was just her, the creek, and the dark blue sky filled with little blinking lights. Every now and then, a little bird-like thing would fly around in the sky. It had, from what she could tell, pointy little wings, and a small head. It would fly around really fast, leaving her in awe at how it flew so fast.
I wish I could fly that fast. That would be—
She was cut off by a sudden word that popped into her head.
Awesome? That would... be... awesome.
After a long while of walking, her eyelids kept falling over her eyes. She’d keep them up, sometimes splashing water on herself to help keep them open. She was scared to close her eyes, not wanting to lose her current memories. She had made so much progress, and she didn’t want to lose it, not without a fight. What if every time she closed her eyes, she forgot. She wouldn’t let that happen. Not while she’s in control.
She continued to follow the creek, even when it got cold. She could tell that she was going up another hill, this one bigger. The water from the creek flowed the opposite way she was headed, and she noticed how much harder it was to walk. There was a noticeable slant in the hill, and she saw that the creek flowed through a forest. She didn’t care.
As long as she followed the creek, nothing bad would happen. Nothing.