“Ladies and Gentlemen, fasten your seat belts and remain seated, please. We are experiencing some heavy turbulence.” the captain said over the intercom. The plane shook violently as the storm outside raged. In the distance, she could see lightning flash now and then.

Sarah, her parents, and most of her extended family were on a flight heading to the Bahamas. One of her cousins had the bright idea that their family reunion should be in a tropical place this year, and grandma was more than happy to help pay for the trip.

The plane shook once again as the rain outside her window became more intense. The flashing of lightning was starting to increase in frequency. Down the aisle, she could hear her little niece screaming her lungs out. Looking around, quite a few people had located the little bags in the seatback pocket and were currently holding on to them for dear life. It would only take one person throwing up to start a chain reaction of others doing the same caused by the smell.

Outside her window, a bright light nearly blinded her, and there was the sound of an explosion. The plane shook even more violently, and the oxygen masks fell from overhead. Hurrying to put her oxygen mask on, she fumbled with the straps because her hands were shaking so badly. Next to her, her dad helped her secure her oxygen mask. He was calm when she looked at him. It looked like he was trying to make a face at her to make her feel better. She caught him rolling his eyes at her mother’s antics beside him. She was almost turned around backward in her seat, using sign language to speak to the rest of the family.

“If we don't make it, know that I will be happy that I was with my two most favorite ladies in the world until the end. I love you,” he said. Her mother, on the other side of him, was looking rather green when she had finally turned back around. She was not doing well with all of this turbulence.

“I love you both,” She said to her parents right as the engine blew up and a side of their plane was destroyed, making further communication impossible. The aircraft then leaned alarmingly forward and to one side. She could see out her window that the ocean was getting closer.

They splashed into the water, and the world went black. For a long time, it felt like Sarah was floating in the void. She wished for one of her senses to work. At this point, any one of her senses would do.

Thinking of strong smells, she remembered how her mother always smelled like hand sanitizer. She was constantly rubbing it on her hands between each patient she saw at work. By the time she got home at night, it had smelled like she had taken a bath in the stuff. Her mother was a doctor who specialized in infectious diseases.

As time went by, her surroundings started to lighten, and she began to feel things again, like warmth. From time to time, she could hear sounds that sounded like someone was talking, but the words were muffled and not a language she had ever learned.

She knew quite a few languages. At an early age, she learned sign language, as was all the rave while she was growing up. Sarah found she had a knack for picking up any language she tried to learn quickly and efficiently as she got older. When she got to college, she decided to major in Archaeology and minor in Linguistics, focusing on ancient languages. Her goal was to eventually be on a research team trying to decipher dead languages found worldwide.

She kept losing consciousness floating in the endless void. Eventually, her surroundings began to contract around her. She felt like something was trying to squeeze her out of her warm pool of comfort. The squeezing happened more frequently as time went by, and she felt pushed down a narrow path.

It felt like an eternity had passed when finally she pushed through the narrow path. The air was suddenly available to her, but something was blocking her airways. She started coughing as something wiped her face clean, and she was finally able to take in a huge breath. She screamed with all she had in her.

Someone was talking around her, but she could not understand what they were saying. She felt herself being wiped clean with a soft cloth and then wrapped up in a blanket. It looked like a giant was holding her. They were huge! She tried to move, but her muscles were not responding. She couldn't even lift her head. Did she somehow survive the crash, and now she was so broken and weak that she couldn't move? She didn't feel any pain. It was all so confusing for her.

A loud commotion broke her out of her confused thoughts, and she was handed to a new person. The blanket wrapped around her was removed, and she was placed naked on a cold table. The shock of the icy surface on her back caused her to start crying again. Looking at her tiny hands, she realized that she was once again a baby.

She felt like a rag doll as cold hands searched her body, turning her this way and that, looking at every inch of her body. She didn’t know what they were looking for, but she felt violated. They either found or didn’t find whatever they were looking for because she was being wrapped up in a warm blanket once again. Wait, was she still a girl? Oh goodness, she hoped she was. She had no interest in becoming male.

Once again, she felt her body lift, and this time she was handed off to a tired-looking woman on a bed. Was this her new mother? The woman started talking to her, but the words made no sense. It felt nice to be held by this woman, and she began to doze off.

A loud sound played, and she awakened to a blue-screened notice taking up the majority of her vision.

[System Initialization Complete]

Level

1

Health

20/20

Strength

1

Constitution

2

Dexterity

1

Intelligence

32

Wisdom

21

[Traits] [Skills] [Magic]

What in the world?