Survival mode

Liss woke up surrounded by thick vegetation and thought that in her twenty years, nothing prepared her for something like this. Not certain if the new place was still Earth or the world from the tales so she stood up to investigate.

By looking around she found a river and tilted her body to look at her reflection, confirming that she was still herself.

"That's a relief, I still have all my limbs attached" 

Liss knew the Dark forest hypothesis and as an alien herself, she made as little noise as possible to not attract wild animals.

All Liss had was the clothes on her body making her vulnerable.

'If I face danger all I can do is run. 

What a despairing situation.'

Liss knew that civilization started near streams of water in the past, so if she is in a tribal world walking near the river was the best plan of action. 

After walking for a long time Liss sat on a rock to regain her breath and realized faint voices were coming from somewhere near, immediately standing up feeling her heart beat fast.

Liss never lost her composure. The moment she saw a group of tigers roaring to each other, drinking water leisurely, and, most crazy of all, carrying women on their backs like horses that trait of her, that was unshakable, stayed in the past. Trembling she fell to her knees.

"Look, a female! I think she is lost."

Hearing that it was a lost female, Semion had no choice but to be curious, females were precious and if one was lost the right thing to do was to help but he wasn't the only male there.

When Semion turned to look and saw what she looked like he unconsciously transformed into his male form. Knowing that there were more males around, and that it could result in a fight he covered his genitals and walked towards her.

Once trembling, Liss calmed down because she could understand what they were talking about. This gave immense relief to her pounding heart. She knew about this place her whole life but never paid attention to the details.

'Yeah right, delusions of an elderly. You go me.'

"Hello little female, are you lost?"

Liss nodded her head in agreement looking into the men in front of her.

He had almond eyes and shoulder-length ginger hair, complimenting his tan body and young-looking face. 

"Can I go with you? I don't know where I am"

Liss had a calm voice even in that situation, making eye contact, the men looked stunned, and in a daze, he gave support to her behind and back rising her from the ground into his embrace startling Liss who had never experienced being lifted after growing up. 

"I can walk"

"But you are so tiny, you will take two days to arrive if you walk with your tiny legs"

As a modern woman, this situation was absurd, but with survival in mind, she chose to adapt no matter the situation. Nodding her head she rested her arms around his shoulders for support and turned to look at the rest of the group.

They watched the whole interaction with awe, like oogling prey, their greed to take the place of the orc in front of them was dripping from their eyes. 

"Hurry, I'm hungry! How come such weak males were sent to trade with our tribe" 

That shows the reasons why, the female who grumbled was the polar opposite, rough hair, an ugly face, and a bad attitude. Nonetheless, she was a female so the group hastily prepared to leave.

"Can we stay like this? I'm afraid of falling off your back if I do the same" 

Liss said in almost a whisper earning a nod as the answer. 

The speed at which they were going scared Liss making her nestle her face on the man's neck.

Seeing the act Semion's body reacted and heated up.

Before meeting her Semion was on his way back from the leopard tribe after trading salt for females and as always that made his mood sour. Females always are difficult to handle and with the distance from the places, they get tired and progressively more grumpy. Semion knows that fetching the females is a great honor but that doesn't make it enjoyable. 

But after finding this little female he forgot all his past sorrows.