"Where am I?" "How did I get here?" Harriet Elshers' last memory was being at her house cooking a storm when she tripped on her kitchen stool, losing her center of gravity and hitting her skull on the tile. Then she finds herself in this strange wilderness, dressed in a medieval gown similar to what all those princesses wore back then.
Harriet claimed, "I only tripped on my kitchen stool one moment, then I found myself here another moment. What's going on with me?" She began to panic, unsure of why she had suddenly found herself in a forest while wearing a medieval princess gown. She attempted to think when she suddenly developed a headache.
Out of pain, she grabbed her head and noticed something sticky on her hair. She then glanced at her hands, which were covered in blood. Harriet was in a full-blown panic at that moment. She began to wonder if someone had broken into her home and tricked her into playing a horror-themed game that all the rich and depressed play to see who would make it out alive.
She pushed herself to calm down and looked around for a way out of the forest. She found a trail between two shrubs and decided to use it. She began walking, but her gown was impeding her progress, so she tore it and removed the extra layer of clothing for swift mobility.
Because the sun was shining on her and her head was still bleeding, she began to feel dizzy, as if she was about to fall into a coma, but as luck would have it, she walked into a clearing and discovered a river and some medical herb (yarrow), a herb that stopped bleeding near the river. Harriet thanked God that she had studied botany; otherwise, she would not have known what that plant was and would have died in that forest.
Using a stone she discovered, she ground the herb into a powder, applied it to the wound, cut another little piece of fabric from her garment, washed it in water, and tied it around her head like a bandage. She wiped her face after drinking some of the river water since she was having trouble seeing because the blood had begun to creep into her eyes.
When Harriet realized that the sun had begun to set, she nearly broke out in a panic because she would have to spend the night in that forest without food, in the cold, and, God knows what else, because there must undoubtedly be some wild animals there. Her presence would be like giving free food to a pack of wild animals.
She got up and resumed her walk, and once more, fortune was on her side. From a distance, she saw what appeared to be a kingdom, and Harriet was so thrilled that she began to run in its direction. However, she abruptly stopped when she realized that the city she had been expecting was nowhere to be seen, and instead she had discovered a kingdom.
She paused, wondering if walking to that kingdom was the right decision and if she would not make the same mistake and fall into a trap again after remembering that she was wearing a medieval gown. She also questioned whether she had escaped and if she was still in those wealthy people's demented game.
She stopped there, unsure what to do because it was almost dark, and if she returned to the forest, she would be confronted by wild creatures, and if she moved forward, she might fall into a trap, so she was in a quandary. But there was no need for her to make a decision for herself because a horse carriage began to approach her, and it was too late for her to hide. The carriage then came to a halt in front of her, and a lady stepped out of the carriage wearing a medieval gown similar to her own, with the only difference being that the lady's own was not as good as the one she wore.
"Luna, Luna, how can you disappear however you like? Do you know how much time I wasted looking for you? You can't just go around doing whatever you want; you have to know that some of us have lives that depend on your safety. Can you at least try to be sensible for once in your life? And why are you looking so tattered and worn out? Just get into the carriage first," the lady that stepped out of the carriage said while putting her hands on her hips and also glaring as if she wants to kill someone with her eyes.
Harriet couldn't believe that someone she had never seen in her life was yelling at her, so she glanced around to see if anyone else was present. Harriet has always been irritable with nasty individuals and insisted on having the final say. "Who are you, and how can you be shouting like some uncultured brat at people? Did no one teach you manners at home?".
The woman appeared astonished, as if she had not anticipated a response from her. She soon recovered and instructed her to board the carriage. Harriet wanted to ignore her, but because it appears that the girl recognizes her, she decides it would be best to follow her and ask her questions as she goes, because God knows she's bewildered, and it also appears like she's missing some memories because she has no idea how she arrived in this area, how she met this rude brat who appears to recognize her, or why they're wearing these gowns; in fact, she has no idea at all. Harriet has always disliked not knowing stuff.