Sarah Bakker

You fall face-first out of the portal. Recovering slightly from the sudden fall, you rise slightly and begin coughing.

• Damn... Cough-cough... What even happened?..

Looking around, you realized you were in a clearing in a fairly large forest. Everything looked very realistic, but you still couldn't believe what had happened.

• It's just a dream, right?.. It's not every day that I fall out of portals..

There were ordinary trees all around, but what confused you was the fact that there were also cherry blossoms among them; a couple of cherry blossoms were in this forest with ordinary trees. Looking around, you saw a path in the distance leading to something, but you couldn't see or figure out where exactly.

Everything seemed peaceful. Just the gentle rustling of leaves, a fresh breeze, and warm rays of light. But suddenly, you hear a soft rustling in the bushes nearby. You tense up, stand up abruptly, and look in the direction of the sound, fearing the worst.

A silhouette was visible behind the bushes. Was it a person? Several things about the body didn't look human. From the shadows, all you could see was the creature's darkened body and the glint of its left white pupil, staring straight at you.

"What the-..." She didn't have time to say it. "Girl?" It was clearly the voice of the shadow near the bush. She stood there for a moment, as if pondering something and quickly formulating her next steps. She took a step toward the newcomer and almost immediately stopped in her tracks, as if afraid to scare him away.

"Hello? My name is Sarah, and what's yours? How did you even get here?" The girl's voice was slightly worried, but also kind.

She took another step closer to you and crouched slightly, as she was quite tall. Compared to her, you looked several times shorter. She looked about 185 cm tall, but she might have been taller.

• Don't be afraid, no harm will come to you here, I promise!!

She, too, didn't understand what was going on or how you ended up in this world. Sarah looked a little nervous, but she tried to maintain a calm demeanor.