Around her, the peaceful waterfall rushed and the grass rustled. It was as if she was mirror to the area she was physically in… Although, she knew something was altered. Looking up, she met eyes with the sky where it reflected a purple and black mixture. It made her think of night, when looking up at the stars. In this case though, it wasn’t night. It was broad daylight and the sun had turned a negative look. Where was she?
Looking down at herself, Fhei lifted her hand. As she did this, Fhei moved her fingers, confused as to how she could see where her hand was but could also see where her hand wasn’t. Standing up, Fhei stood in front of herself. Deer pranced around her, rabbits continued to eat their fill but Fhei was now able to stare at her body from a third person perspective. The whole world that she seemed to be able to move in was a negative color versus what she knew was the color.
Experimentally, she turned away from her body and walked. Instantly, she looked down to see that her leg was no longer in pain. That, or she wasn’t feeling what pain there was. She wore the clothing that she had on before the fire. How she knew that, she didn’t know. The memories flowed to her like oxygen.
Wandering around, Fhei came to the place she had spawned. Stepping towards it, she watched as a memory replayed. For a moment, there was nothing. In the next, a portal opened and deposited her, with the stranger’s long sleeve, onto the plains. Thinking of what had happened, the scene happened again, but in slow motion. Even after seeing it the first time, Fhei still couldn’t understand what had happened.
Why was she deposited? Who had saved her? She was unconscious so whoever that was didn’t knock her out. Why this place specifically? And how was she able to see this all in third person? Was this what happened when one’s mind was cleared?
The world around her seemed lighter, as if she had no body weight. Jumping up, she fell back down but with no force. Then a thought occurred to her, what if there wasn’t a person who saved her? If she was able to clear her mind and open up to another world mentally, then would physically opening up a portal to another physical world be possible? There was no one around to guild her. Shouting, Fhei called out for any other human that might be able to hear her. Hearing nothing in response after the third call, Fhei returned to her body.
Staring at herself, she reached out and touched her own face. As she did so, a voice emerged. “Odd to learn how fragile a vessel is.” A gentle voice spoke from afar. “However, you’re not advanced enough to know how to fix anything physically yet, young Guardian.”
There it was again. Guardian. Fhei spun around to see the absence of a body to the voice. “What is a Guardian?” She asked, watching for any movement. “And who are you?”
Silence echoed, spinning around, Fhei continued to look for the voice. “My name is Fhei, not Guardian. I’m sure you are mistaking me for someone else.”
Again, silence. “The plains are sacred you know…” The voice commented, “Only those who are chosen can come to this dimension.”
“Dimension?” Fhei questioned, still unable to find a body.
“Do you have a physical form?” Fhei finally asked, baffled by the voice’s occurrence.
“That is a question only you can answer.” The voice replied. “For I am what you believe me to be.”
“Are you the Guardian?” She questioned.
The voice chuckled. “No deary.” It paused. “What would calm you if you were to lay eyes on it?” It asked. “If I took the form of your mother would you be comfortable?”
“No.” Fhei said, quickly assuring herself that this was the correct decision. “I want you to take form of a person I know from my life in Colorado Springs but not a family member.” She said, waiting for a person to appear.
“You have many people that I could be in that case.” The voice replied lightly. “Would a male or female be preferable to your eyes?”
“Do I have any…” Fhei glanced over at the doe chewing away on the pasture. “Pets..?” She questioned, not sure why she asked it in the first place.
“Ah.” The voice spoke. “Would a talking animal bring you fear?” It asked.
“If I did have a pet…” Fhei thought for a moment. “No, I wouldn’t be afraid but I have a feeling that I didn’t.”
“You didn’t.” The voice replied. “But that can change.”
“A friend.” Fhei said as the voice finished. “If I have a friend…” She shrugged. “Be one of them…”
There were no memories for her to base the questions off of, only words that came together as she tried to think of what to say. A friend, she believed was someone that would bring her comfort, not allude her that they were around because of the blood they share, but would simply be there because they wanted to be.
“Fair enough.” Said the voice. In the distance a swirl, similar to a portal conjured, bringing a female dressed in t-shirt and jeans into view. She was young, and Fhei’s memories fuzzed, but she knew that the girl in front of her was important.
“I am impersonating your friend ‘Gale’.” The voice spoke from the body, then changed into the voice of the girl. “Although I am not the Gale you know, does this help you conversate with me?”
Fhei nodded. “She’s pretty.” She said, meeting the hazel eyes of the girl before her. “We’re friends?”
“Best friends, in fact.” Gale said with a smile.
“Gale…” Fhei said, looking back at her body. “You only exist in here then…” She thought aloud. “Where my body is…” She muttered. “You don’t exist there.. Do you?”
The impersonator looked into Fhei’s eyes as if trying to decipher her thoughts. “No, I don’t it said. But, for now, let me enlighten you on what this world is.”
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