Chapter 3 - I'm a fox?

I woke up to a blinding light shining into my eyes. I try raising my hand to rub my eyes, just to feel something soft rub against my face.

Didn't I die? I remember falling but I don't remember anything arfter that. Whilst I was gathering my thoughts, my vision slowly returned to me.

I was in a forest. The trees towered above me, taller than I had ever seen. The leaves blocking nearly all the light, only letting a few crepuscular rays break threw. Even the bushes looked to be at least three time bigger than me.

Remebering the soft feeling I felt when I rubbed my eyes, I looked down at my hands.

What the heck! I don't have hands! I try to stand up just to fall back down.

What's happening? I'm meant to be dead! I just close my eyes and try to calm down. Taking deep breaths I try to make sense of what was going on.

I definitely died. I remember Blake pushing me. I remember the disgusted look on Sophie's face just befor I fell. There's no way I survived, so maybe this was the afterlife. Perhaps I had gone to heaven? Maybe you don't need a body when you go the heaven and everything is just soft a fluffy? Either way I can't just lay here, I need to get up and make sense of the situation.

I reopen my eyes and look at where my hands should be again.

Huh...these look like paws...I can see soft fluffy black fur, with some slightly purple paw pads.

These are definitely paws. I try looking round at the rest of my body just to see more of the same soft black fur, there's ever a black bushy tail with a purple tip.

What am I? Am I some kind of dog? I've never seen a dog with purple in its fur so I doubt I'm a dog. I really don't know what I am but I seem to be reborn as some kind of animal.

Ha, at least my last wish was granted. I shouldn't have to deal with any of the disgusting people anymore.

I try to get up again, this time placing my paws wich I previously thought were my hands on the ground. I manage to stand. I try taking a few steps forward and find it surprisingly easy. Now I've realised there paws, using them all most feels natural.

I try turning my body to get a better look at my self now I'm standing.

Yep, I'm definitely some kind of animal. Maybe either a cat or a dog but I don't really know. I look around and realise why the trees and bushes seem so big to me at first.

I'm tiny. I mean I'm barely a foot tall.

Looking around I want to see if I can find some water, at least then I would be able to see my face. I would like to know whether I'm a canine or feline. I suppose it doesn't really matter as long as I'm not human but it would be nice to know.

Thinking about it, maybe I'm in the Amazon rain forest. I remember reading something before about there being many undiscovered species there. That would explain why I don't recognise what I am.

Well let's just forget that for now. I know I'm an animal and all animals need food and water to survive so I guess my first objective should be to find some water.

With no idea what direction I should be going,I start walking in a random direction. Navigating my way round the various bushes and trees,I finally here what sounds like running water.

There must be either a river or stream, finally my fist objective is nearly complete. I speed up to jog to try to get there a little bit faster, I say jog but I could have walked quicker in my past life, even whist I was unfit and over weight I definitely walked quicker than this.

It's not surprising, my legs are tiny arfter all and can barely cover any ground. Not to mention I have to watch out for tree roots and rocks aswell.

After what feels like forever, but was only proberly ten minutes of so I finally see I small stream. I dashed over to finally have a look at what my face looked like only to be disappointed.

This could hardly be called a stream, it was more like a long thin puddle. I'm tiny and even I could stand it it without getting my underbelly wet, I couldn't even see my reflection because it was too dark and the water was far to shallow. Now I'm an animal my hearing must have gotten a lot better because it definitely sounded like a lot of water to me.

Disappointed I decide just to have a drink. Pondering for a bit I decide to follow this so called stream down hill. It should lead me to a river or maybe a pond, at least then I should be able to see my reflection.

Oh if it's a pond I might be able to make some kind of home there, maybe by digging out a bush or something. I'm not too sure yet so I'll just have to see what I find and figure it out when I get there.

Trotting down stream the water starts to get louder, I wasn't even travelling for that long so it must have been relatively close by. It appears to be a small pond. I can see the beams of sunlight that have broken through the trees reflecting off the water.

Excited I dash forward, glad to finally be able to see my face. I peer into the water,to see a fluffy face looking back at me. I have two small fluffy black ears, a cute little purple nose and purple eyes that almost seem like they are glowing. There's a strange purple mark on my forehead, almost shaped like the letter 'v'.

Looking at my self I can't help but think that I'm rather 'cute' looking. Im definitely not a feline, I think I'm some kind of fox, but I've never seen or even heard of a fox that looks like me. I must be some kind of new species, it's the only explanation I can think off.

As I'm admiring my reflection a wave of dizziness comes over me and I line of text appears within my vision.

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