The girl awakes with a bruised and stiff body, the taste of snow and iron rests on her mouth. Opening her eyes and squinting at the bright light blinking of the snow and takes note of her surroundings. She seems to be in an abandoned clearing in the middle of a dead forest. The strangest thing though, is the small creatures that surround the clearing rabbits, foxes, badgers and even a couple small birds look at her look at her worriedly. Their outlines seem to waver and light seems to shine from inside them, some brighter than others. As she sits up the animals startle and run. But instead of disappearing into the distance they seem to vanish into thin air.
As she wonders what this could mean a voice seems to sound from inside her head. Those were spirits. Instead of feeling startled or surprised the voice was calming and even seemed familiar. "What happened to me? I-I can't remember anything... Wh-What's my name? What's your name?" A million more questions raced through her mind but she stopped as a headache grew in her temple. The voice was quiet but seemed to be contemplating. You really remember nothing? The headache grew in her temples. The voice seemed to pick up on her distress. Is something wrong? It said fear barely brushing its voice.
"It's nothing, just my head started really hurting, I'm sure it will pass in a minu-" Her voice cut off as visions flooded her head. Terror raced through every part of her being, she was running from someone or maybe something. She could feel fire on her back and the screams that rang in her ears. She tripped over some unseen object in her way, she put her hands in front of her to stop her fall and felt her hands touch something wet and sticky unlike normal snow. There was a lump of something by her. Feeling a pit in her stomach she began to turn her face.
She was pulled from her vision as quickly as it had started. For a moment she thought she felt warm arms around her but just like the vision it was gone in an instant and she couldn't tell if it had ever really been there.
Your name is Sala. You can call me Lakshmi. You need to start moving walk through those trees to your left. Listening to the voice Sala turned in the direction she had pointed out to her. "It's nice to meet you Lakshmi." She said with a smile and began pushing through the deep untouched snow.
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Lakshmi trotted carefully behind the girl who hummed a tune and showed no sign that she had anything wrong in any way. She watched the petit girl in thick animal skins giggle as she fell down a hill in the snow. Her unruly, blonde hair fell to her shoulders. Sala looked like any other girl if not for her eyes. They were an intense mix of dark and light blues that almost seemed to swirl. When you looked at them they seemed to draw you in like she could see into your very soul, and maybe one day with practice she could.