Am... I dead?
she could move her fingers she dug into something with her fingers
dirt.
she couldn't see yet but she could hear the trees rattling from the wind
am i still alive...? nonsense my head flew out! then i must be a ghost trapped in my body
she heard herself breathe, she felt herself breathe
oh, I'm definitely alive. this is crazy! or I'm in Heaven, I mean i haven't really done anything horrific to someone... fine I'm sorry i stole someone else's lunch!
she opened her eyes and her breathing went faster
OW! my eyes it's not that bright but it burns!
she moved a tiny bit and her body felt like it was burning her heart grew louder and she felt it in her head beating like a drum, she could feel her organs and muscles and bones move the slightest Deci it was overwhelming.
everything hurts it's too much this is unbelievable, I've been whipped before my execution but this is different, I need it to stop.
it hurt so much that she couldn't form words, she felt her blood being pumped to every last blood vessel.
she started shaking from the sheer pain.
then someone held her
and the pain stopped, her breathing calmed down
she opened her eyes to see a woman with blonde hair and many purpl-
wait many?
many purple eyes...
spider.
okay that's creepy but I'm relaxed in her arms so she wouldn't be a bad person.
"don't be scared I'm only half spider"
looks like she goes through this a lot if She's already prepared a whole speech for me
she could move again, it felt weird like she hasn't moved in years
"Congrats, you're the first one in a while"
i cut her off
"i died."
she looked at me with her many eyes, with no emotion
"i died, how am i still here?"
i wanted to know what happened
why I'm here, I'm definitely supposed to be dead, no doubt about it.
she looks like she has answers, so i need to ask her
the spider lady with white hair carries me and walks through the forest.
and we reached the edge of the forest where i came from
she grabbed a squirrel and threw it towards the exit.
it melted and burned like dust
she replied after a while
"You are dead"
I was more frightened of the squirrel disintegrating than her words, hopefully she won't throw me too, thinking about it now, should i ask her more? or will she get mad....?
"The woods gave you a stronger body, but with the same soul"
I was still surprised about the squirrel but i asked anyway
"Why would it do that for me?"
"They call it forest of merit, it judges you to see if you deserve to be here, if you aren't you turn into a half plant or animal, however you're different, no animal features not a plant, just human"
got it... got it, so she's a criminal, that's cool, that's so not cool, I'm cooked!
"And what does that mean...?" i asked, with what I think was a good not so scared tone.
"It means you're completely innocent, or that your crime wasn't as bad as murder or stealing, or judgement of the court wasn't correct"
well, it was definitely the last one, I shouldn't be sent to die in the worst punishment after hanging just because i broke a window, but what could i do?
"So, there are others?" i asked while trying to move my body
"Yes, there a whole city actually" she spoke with her tone is very soft and happy, but her face is unchanging
looks like she's not very expressive, that's no problem she helped me out,.....
now that i look at her more she looks like a porcelain doll.... with a lot of eyes, they look cute though.
she walked over and carried her away from the edge of the forest
before it went out of sight, i saw the outside again, clearly this time... there was somebody.