> Sometimes, Change is inevitable. > by ipodman > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Well this is different > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I felt the hot sun warm my face as I began to return to the land of the living. My senses began to slowly return, and I could smell fresh flowers on the wind. I could hear birds singing and a stream burbling off in the distance. It was all very nice until I tried to remember how I got here. This alarmed me. I didn't remember ever being at a field or why I was still here. Did I get hammered last night? No that doesn't make sense, the last thing I could rememeber was falling asleep in my bed. I then became aware of the splitting pain in my head “Ohhhhh, My head” I groaned bringing my hands up to my head. I took some eep breaths, hoping the pounding in my skull would subside Propping myself up, I looked around, and immediately was blinded by sun. once my eyes adjusted however I could see were I was, and what I saw made absolutely no sense. “what the fuck?” I said to nobody. I was looking at what looked like a dense forest. Except it didn't look right, it looked like I was In some kind of cartoon. “I must be dreaming” I thought quickly looking around, so I decided to slap myself. “okay well that was a stupid idea” I thought rubbing my cheek. Then it hit me. If that hurt then I was conscious. And That meant this was all real. “okay stay calm, you don't know where you are or how you got here, and everything looks like a cartoon.” I told myself. “Just stay calm” But I couldn't stay calm. This was insanity! I Tried as hard as I could To remember what happened, but I couldn't. I started to panic, and I screamed out “HELP ME!” Over and over until my throat hurt. Silence was my only answer. Fear and Panic began to well up within me, and I stood. I tested my limbs for any damage, and when I didn't feel any I tried to formulate a plan. I didn't know what to do so I began to follow the edge of the forest. Where could I possibly be? I thought while I walked. I can feel pain so I'm not dreaming, but Maybe I'm hallucinating and my mind is simulating pain to keep the facade going. I tried to remember how I got here. The last thing I could recall before I woke up here was laying down in my bed listening to some music and reading a book, yesterday I think? I wasn't sure how long I had been out. I had been walking for maybe an hour or so, and had seen no sign of life save for a squirrel. “Great. Fantastic. Not only do I not know where I am or If any of this is real, but to top it off it was getting dark.” I said Getting irritated. I saw a small lake up ahead and decided I would stop there for the time being. I walked up to the bank and sat in the soft sand, and began to think about my situation. The day I fell asleep I was supposed to go to my families, and I wouldn't be there. So they would try and call me and I wouldn't be able to answer. They were going to report me missing, but I knew however they would never find me. i would never see them again, and I would never return to the world I've spent my whole life. I would never see how any of my shows would end. I would never be able to read my favorite books again. Tell my family I loved them one last time. I felt cheated. I had been cheated out of my life. Cheated out of my hopes and dreams. Cheated out of ever having a family, love, children, and my plans to grow old with my future wife. No. This isn't fair. I don't deserve this. I just wanted to have a normal life, but it was taken from me. I slammed my fist down into the soft sand as my fear and panic quickly turned to pure rage. This however did nothing to make me feel better. I was shaking from the anger, and I needed something to rage at. I looked around wildly but all I could see were trees. A tree would have to do. I grabbed a nearby branch and started to mercilessly began to beat the stupid cartoon tree. “ITS ALWAYS GOTTA BE ME DOESN'T IT! I ALWAYS GET FUCKED CAUSE THATS JUST ME RIGHT?!” I screamed at the tree. I only got angrier when it did not respond. After a Few more minutes of beating the tree senseless, and really hurting my throat, I leaned against a nearby boulder and slid down until I was again sitting on the grass. As my anger slowly ebbed it was replaced with utter sadness, and I started to cry. “What in tarnation is it Twilight?” I Thought I heard something whisper from behind me. My head shot up, “The fuck was that?” I thought. Did I just hear something? “Poor thing I think it. crying” Said I very soft voice. Okay I definitely heard something that time. Hope flooded back to me, not caring who or what the voices were coming from. I jumped up, and ran around a tree toward the voices. I stopped instantly when I saw the source. 6 Multi colored tiny horse things. nobody moved or said anything for a few tense moments. The purple one took a step forward, Causing me to take an involuntary step back. It spoke “Hello, My name is Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends.” I couldn't respond. When I didn't answer she said “Can you understand me?” Something in my brain snapped, and I started to laugh. Warranting the horse things to exchange confused looks. My laughter grew louder, but suddenly I sounded really far away. This didn't make sense to me for some reason. As static filled my vision I thought I could feel myself falling, but I never felt myself hit the ground.