I woke up not knowing what was happening. I frantically grabbed my left leg thinking it was still on fire but it wasn't, it was just laying there shiny, red, and swelling. My leg looked smooth and reflective. After I knew I wasn't burning I realized I was in a hospital. I looked around and examined my room, there was a tan glass lamp with a dark wooden bottom and a small little window to my left. The bed was white and surrounded by many IVs. The flooring was white with speckles and the lamp was on a bedside table. I proceeded to turn my head to look out the window and saw a little bird chirping. I did a double-take around my room and thought about how I got here. That's when I started to remember what happened. I had wandered off into the woods and found a shimmering stone that caught on fire and exploded near my mom. That's when I started getting even more vivid flashbacks: my leg on fire, the smell of the burning flesh on my leg, and the trees all burning down. I remember my mother's face her surprise and relief in finding me than pain when it exploded. Tears started welling up in my eyes then I just let them fall off my face down my shirt and into my lap. For the next couple of hours, I just sat there not knowing or caring what was going to happen next. A nurse dashed in and started yelling for more doctors to come in. She tried to talk to me but I was afraid if I talked back then I would hear news about my mother because if she hadn't visited me yet she was probably dead.. So I sat there thinking about how I got here when the nurse told me something that I wish I didn't know. " Please listen to me, Your mother didn't survive and for the past 10 years you have been in a coma.". That was the final straw. I burst out in tears and then said "So you're saying my MOM IS DEAD AND THAT I HAVE MISSED 10 YEARS of my life?!". The nurse just looked at me sadly and didn't say anything but I knew the answer. I knew the awful truth. So I decided then and there that I would sit here forever not caring….. Not feeling.... Just sitting here alone with only my thoughts. I refused to eat or drink because I wasn't hungry, I wasn't thirsty. The nurse finally felt I was healthy enough to give me medicine for sleep and would put an IV in me. The nurse was worried so she finally said " I have good news you'll be starting kindergarten in a month, even though you're 15 you still missed 10 years of education and if you learn too fast we'll just put you a grade up" The nurse said cheerfully. I was honestly kinda excited but then the nurse had to say. " But of course, you will be living here for now". Then I started crying again, I Was just so sick of being here it just reminded me of death. The nurse calmed me down and then I realized I didn't even know the nurse's name. So I managed to warble out "W...…. *hiccup*.... W-hat….. *hiccup*... is..... Y-our..... name? *hiccup*" She laughed a little at my messed up speech but then said sweetly, "My name's May Lewis" Nurse Lewis when do I start school *hiccup*," I said with a little bit of excitement in my voice."Well you start next month and by the way, you can just call me May". So May left me to sleep and slowly I drifted off hoping the next day would be better….