How can you be trying to figure out your life in one moment and the next you are becoming the single person to save a country from an unknown evil terrorizing the land? What's this calling I feel in my chest compelling me to protect these people I only just met? What will I do? How will I get back home?
Everything happened so fast.
To start I was already running behind on my day. Things have been a little rough moving away from home for the first time. First, my roommates are not the best. As much as I try and engage to make things less awkward. However, I felt my efforts were futile as when I went back to my room to play video games, I heard them continuing their conversation. So I diverted my energy to focus on myself but like usual I ran into some issues...big ones.
Within a span of a few hours, The 2 things I had going for me, blew up in my face both figuratively and physically.
I was planning on attending a community college nearby and thought I had my financials submitted months ago, to find out that they had no record and I had to fix my issues before even continuing with my registration. That frustrated me as on that day, I went to the school to see where I would be attending only to get lost with the construction going around the school.
I ditched my efforts and began to head back to my apartment and made a quick stop at gas station next door for a drink, I didn't get to enjoy it long though as the street was busy and just as I thought was in the clear to cross
BAM!
I got hit by an impatient driver trying to get passed the traffic and illegally crossing into the median speeding up to not see me and hitting my car. I remember the smell of the airbag smoke as it busted out of my steering wheel.
I have resorted to taking the public buses to get to work every day. It is the cheapest thing I can use to get me around town and that's where I am headed now. Usually, there are these electric scooters I catch to ride to the bus stop, but today it seems the scooters were further away and caused me to almost be late for my bus.
I finally spotted my bus but it was about to take off! I bolted with my bags and waved for the bus to hopefully notice me and not take off. That was the last thing I remember before falling and hitting my head on the concrete as I blacked out.
When I awoke, I expected to see maybe some people around me or even just the dark of the concrete, but instead, I had a mouth full of grass.
I quickly sat up and spat out the green plant. I then took notice of the scenery around me. I was in the middle of a toadstool circle. I've heard of this phenomenon happening. Various mushrooms form a circle in random areas of various sizes. Many people called them portals to the fae or bad omens if you break the circle. I was more perplexed about how I got there and how I got into different clothes too!
I was wearing a long creme colored dress with long sleeves that cuffed ar my wrists giving me a Renaissance fair feel to the dress. and I had no shoes on either. It was starting to freak me out when I felt the wind gently blow past me, I looked up from examining myself to see a lush green forest bursting with life. I took a deep breath and could feel with air was clean and pure. It felt great. Light poured through the branches of trees and gave me a sense of being back home in the creek.
I used to play out there for hours just listening to birds sing, rivers run, and light play in the trees. Whatever this place was gave me a sense of peace I haven't had since moving away.
I snapped out of my thoughts hearing branched breaking, and the gurgle of something unknown.