The door flung open with immense power. I hit the ground hard. I looked up and saw a familiar sight. It was Dejah Vu. The dream I've been having for days, weeks, months, years; happening right now. The only difference is that it was much stronger than it was in my dreams. I slid past the door frame, attempting to grab on to something. Past the island, scrambling for the edge. There was no hope. My grip failed and I slid into this thing, this vortex. I looked left and right. Everything was bending around me. Time was distorting. There was no sense of reality. Then, darkness.
I don't know how long I was falling. I don't know how long I was out. I don't even know what happened. I do know that when I opened my eyes, I wasn't in my house anymore. Trying to get my bearings, I attempted to stand up on to get knocked back down form a sharp pain in my leg. "Arg...," I screamed out as i sat up. I looked around. All I could see was thicket under this moonlight. Feeling a little panicked, I managed to crawl over to a tree and sit against it. As i examined my leg, I noticed blood. I knew what had happened. I landed on my knife. "Piece of shit pocket knife...," I said out of anger. I attempted to make a turnakit out of my tattered shirt only to get a half decent one. "This will half to do," I said to myself as I tightened it up around my leg only to get a shock of pain.
Using the tree to stand up i managed to get to my feet. Looking in all directions, I saw nothing but trees and brush. I attempted to hobble to a stick i was earlier while making the turnakit, but i fell over on my way. Crying out in pain, i managed to get to my feet again and hobble enough to reach it. Using the stick for balance, I looked up into the sky to see if i could see any stars systems i might know from school. Everything looked different. There was no North Star. No Orion's Belt. There wasn't even a little dipper! Feeling hopeless, I hobbled over to the tree I was at and took a seat. "Where am I?", was the thought that kept running through my mind. Feeling drowsy, i tried to stay awake in fear of bleeding out, but fatigue got the best of me and soon I faded off.
I was quickly awoken by a rustling in the bushes. Looking towards the sound, i grabbed the stick I had and prepared to defend myself. From the bushes, came a weird looking creature. It had a scorpion tail, wings, yet it looked like a lion. It was small. The size of modern day lion or tiger. Not knowing what to do, I threw the stick at it hoping to scare it off. It gave me a puzzled look then growled at me. "Thinking to myself, this is the end, I remembered the knife in my leg. Without thinking of the consequences, I yanked the knife out and held it up towards the creature. The creature approached, moving at a steady pace swiping at me with every step. "Go away!" I kept yelling at the creature in hope to deter it. It was no use. It kept getting closer and closer. I lined up the knife, knowing that this might be my last chance. The creature jumped.
It landed right on top of me, pinning me to the tree. I took the knife and jabbed it into the creature's throat. A yelping sound could be heard as i repeatedly stabbed the creature. It backed away and took a few steps towards the direction it came from but went limp shortly after. Smiling in victory, i attempted to sit up to check for total victory when i noticed it. My arm had been deeply wounded. There were multiple claw marks in it. I was loosing blood fast. I didn't have anything to stop the bleeding, nor could i do it with one hand. Feeling weak, I begged and cried out for help. The world around be began to fade from all the blood loss. I started to have flashbacks. Thinking why I did this in the first place. Why did i have to go into the kitchen? Why didn't i fight for my job? Why didn't I try harder to keep myself from letting this happen? Slowly, the world started to halt. Everything around me became reality. There was no going back. It was now or never. Then just like in the vortex. Just like earlier. Everything went black.
"He needs help. Come on", said a voice. I opened my eyes to see the figure of an animal. It had 4 legs and a yellow coat.. My vision was too blurry to make out what it was.I felt my self being picked up. But it wasn't by hands or physical contact. It was a warmth. A peaceful feeling. One that can't be explained. I turned my head to see where it was coming from but all I saw was a purple light. I couldn't really make out what they were saying but I do remember hearing one of them saying the words can't tell and Celestial. The sound of water and a horse galloping was the only sounds I remember hearing before I completely blacked out.