Title:           Lost in the Woods
Author:          CosmicLightning
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First Edit:      Thursday 19th of April 2012 10:18:33 PM CDT
Last Edit:       Thursday 19th of April 2012 10:18:33 PM CDT

>Wake up in the middle of a dark forest.
>Massive headache.
>Whatever, at least it’s dark.
>The last thing you knew you were at work being attacked by a tornado.
>As you look around you hear a low, evil laugh growing further away.
>Not good.
>You slowly get up spin around.
“Who’s there?”
>Silence.
“Show yourself coward!”
>Again, the only response is silence.
>You have no idea where you are.
>That thing must know where it’s going; you decide to follow the direction the sound came from.
>You walk for what seems like 2 hours before light finally makes its way into the dense foliage.
>The eerie glow of the forest sends a shiver down your spine.
>Damn twilight hour.
>The sound of running water can be heard as you move forward.
“At least I can get a drink.”
>You kneel next to a wide river and splash water on your face.
>you do this a few times hoping to bring down your headache before taking a drink.
 
 
>Great, your thirst is quenched.
>your eyes scan the river bank looking for a way to possibly cross.
>As the sun rises over the top of the trees you can see a large tree trunk lying across the river further down river.
>It looks like the river picks up just before the would-be bridge.
>you approach the tree and find that it only makes it about 3 quarters of the way across.
>You’re not the best swimmer but it’s only a river how fast could it possibly be moving?
>1 foot in front of the other, you begin to walk across the tree with your arms outstretched to keep your balance.
>Reaching the end of the tree, you take note that you can’t see the bottom of the river.
“Shit…”
>You reach behind you and rip off part of a branch.
>You throw it straight down, it doesn’t resurface.
>Break off another branch and push it into the water.
>The current rips it out of your hands.
>You just stare at it as it swiftly floats away.
>Whatever, it’s just a stick right?
>You’re a full grown man; it couldn’t possible sweep you away.
>You jump in and couldn’t be more wrong.
>The water not only pulls you downstream, it pulls you back to the center of the river.
>NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE!
>Desperately you try to swim your way back to shore but the current picks up and tires you out quickly.
“HELP!”
>Who’s going to fucking hear you?
 
 
“HELP!”
>All hope seems lost.
>Just then you notice a rope land on top of you.
>In one swift motion you wrap the rope around your arm and grab on.
>You may not be able to do a pull up but damnit you can pull your ass out of a river.
>The water rushes against your face preventing you from seeing who your savior is.
>Fuck it, you can thank them when you get out.
>As you reach the shore line, you drop the rope and crawl onto dry land.
>Flopping onto your back you close your eyes and just breathe for a minute.
>As you catch your breath you speak out loud.
“Thank… you… so… much…”
>You turn to see the other end of the rope is tied to another tree.
>Thank you tree, you saved my life.
>Wait…
>Trees can’t throw ropes.
>You look into the woods just beyond the shore and see a figure peeking out behind some bushes.
“Hey!”
>It literally takes off flying through the woods.
>Through the rays of sun you can a rainbow of colors trailing behind this thing.
>At least it’s not a shadow.
“WAIT!”
>It doesn’t stop.
>You run after it.
 
 
“HEY SLOW DOWN!”
>It’s moving away from you too fast for you to catch up.
>You stop running.
“I JUST WANTED TO SAY…”
>They’re gone.
“…thank you…”
>You walk for a short time before coming up to a clearing.
>This looks like a good spot.
>You take off your wet clothes and lay them flat on the grass.
“This could take a while.”
>You find a comfy spot on the ground and sprawl out in the sun.
>It’s a tiny clearing; no one should walk up and see you lying here.
>You shut your eyes and just lay there until you’re dry.
>Better check on my clothes.
>Still damp, but you decide you’ve wasted enough time and put your clothes back on.
>When you move out of the clearing you hear something rocket away using the bushes as cover.
>Okay.
>You continue your walk.
>This side of the river is much more pleasant than the other.
>It doesn’t seem so dark and oppressive.
>After a while you stumble across a path.
“Finally some direction.”
>You follow the path for an hour before you see what looks like houses in the distance.
>Yes!
>Now you can get the hell home!