Who Was I?

Hello, everyone.

So here's a little something I've been working on and I hope you enjoy it so far. And yes, it will be short.

By the way, kudos to whoever guesses what it is that the amnesiac Echidna has a bad feeling about. Should have worded that better, but I'm sure you probably get the point.

And more kudos if you can guess who the amnesiac Echidna is! :)

Author: Julia Finitevus

Prologue
The female Echidna felt something hard underneath her, something like a rock. She stirred awake, and sat up slowly and weakly, trying to examine herself. But she couldn't see.

''"Where am I?" ''

That thought opened up a new question.

''"Who am I?" ''

The female was too tired to try and remember that. What she had to do was find help.

"Hello?" She called uncertainly, her voice hoarse. "Can anyone hear me?"

The only sounds that could be heard were the rustling of leaves in the gentle breeze and the rushing of a nearby creek. Birds chirped and whistled their melodies, and insects buzzed about.

"Hello!" The Echidna called again, this time louder. "I can't see! Can anyone hear me?!"

She did not hear a response. The Echidna sighed, and felt around in front of her. Her hand touched something hard and she drew her hand back, startled. It didn't feel like stone. It felt like the bark of a tree.

The Echidna reached out again, this time with more certainty.

''"Okay, so I'm blind. I'm in a forest. I'm not going to let that stop me." ''

Reassured, she supported herself against the tree and stood up- albeit trembling- and stumbled along.

"I'll be okay. I'll find a way out of this, I'm sure."

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The female Echidna had been stumbling around aimlessly for hours, and she suddenly collapsed from exhaustion.

''"I was a fool. To think I could get out of this, being blind and weak. Helpless. Hopeless. There are probably predators out here. Predators who want to sink their teeth into my bones." ''

The thought made her shiver.

"If only I could see."

But she couldn't. She couldn't see, and that was a great disadvantage here. Wherever here was.

"Stop feeling sorry for yourself!"

The thought came unexpectedly.

''"If you want to survive, you have to toughen up, girl." ''

But the other half of her protested.

"I can't see! How do you expect me to get out of this?"

''"By being rational. So what if you can't see? Does that mean you should just give up, and wither away and die? No! So get up, girl, get up and go!" ''

This pushed the female Echidna to try and stand up again. After several attempts, she barely managed to stand. She started to stumble again, and in about ten minutes or so, her feet hit a flat path.

"Yes!"

She was going to live!

"I can make it. I can make it!"

The Echidna moved faster and faster, her energy renewed. Suddenly her hand touched what felt like wood, and she felt it until she found a handle. The wood she touched was a door. She turned the handle, and pushed open the door. She stepped inside and felt around on the ground, until she touched some kind of dirty sack. She lay down on the damp dirt floor, rest her head on the bag, and slipped into a deep sleep.

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''The female Echidna felt the life ebbing away from her body. Her limbs grew heavy and weary, and her heart slowed its beat. Numbness overcame her, her body growing cold. She knew she was dying. And she wasn't the only one. She didn't know how she knew. But she knew that many of her friends, many of her enemies, were suffering just like her.''

''And then came the light. It was bright, treacherous, unwelcoming. In the light lurked a darkness too deep to speak of. It smelled of loss, of hopelessness. Of death.''

''And then everything went black. ''

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The female Echidna sat up, panting heavily. A nightmare! Or was it a nightmare? It no longer mattered. What mattered was that she was still blind.

"Wait a minute..."

She suddenly realised that she was in a bed.

"A bed?" She panicked, and threw off the covers. "I have to get out of here!"

She stood up frantically and tried to step forward, only to fall to her knees. She was still worn out. Suddenly, she heard footsteps approaching. There was the sound of a door opening, and the footsteps halted.

"Already out of bed?" an unfamiliar male voice asked. The voice was thick with accent.

The female Echidna turned her head in the direction the voice came from, and she asked, "Where am I? Who are you?"

"No time for pleasantries," the voice said. "You need to rest." A pair of hands grasped the Echidna's underarms and pulled her upwards into a standing position. The female Echidna felt herself being pushed gently back into the bed, and she was too weary to resist.

"My wife will bring you something to eat later," the voice spoke in a reassuring manner. Then the owner of the voice left, leaving the Echidna to fall back asleep.

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The female Echidna awoke from her dreamless sleep, and she was shocked by a sudden discovery- she could see again! Some of the objects around her- such as the mirror across the room- were quite blurry from a distance, but she could see again.

She stood up, still feeling a bit weak, and walked over to the mirror. And she saw her reflection. She could see her pink fur and her violet eyes. Her medium-length pink hair came down in tangles, and there were scars all over her body- and on her face. There were some scabs on the palms of her hands, as well as on her wrists. Her shirt and pants were somewhat tattered and she had no shoes or gloves.

''"What the deuce happened to me?" ''she thought. "A better question: who the deuce am I?"

The female Echidna shook her head. No time to worry about that right now. She looked around the room curiously, taking in the scene. Next to her bed was an old wooden table, with curved legs and chipped off paint. The walls were an ugly pale green, and some old pastels were hung on said walls. The floor was made of bamboo- or at least appeared to be. It was faded with age, and creaked under her bare feet.

Despite the quietness of the room, the female Echidna had a feeling that there was something going on outside that wasn't so peaceful.

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The female Echidna walked towards the wood door at the other end of the room. She grabbed and turned the handle, and pushed open the door. It squeaked slightly, but not too loudly. Before her was a set of stairs leading down to another floor below.

She started walking down the staircase, grasping the cold wooden railing as she went down. The female Echidna reached the bottom and walked silently down a carpeted hall.

Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder- and she let out a sharp yelp. The female Echidna turned to see a male black-furred wolf standing right behind her.

New Faces, New Life, Strange Dreams
"Who are you?!" the terrified Echidna shouted, jerking her shoulder away from the wolf.

"My name is James Korronan," the wolf replied in a thick accent. He pulled out some kind of ID and looked at it. "And your ID says your name is... Jyn?"

"Jyn?" The female Echidna thought. "No, that can't be right. That's not my real name. I thought my name was... was..." She came close to remembering who she really was, but it quickly slipped away."I guess I'm Jyn for now."

"I guess that's my name," Jyn finally replied, albeit uncertainly.

"You mean you don't remember?" Mr. Korronan asked, a puzzled expression coming over his face.

Jyn shook her head. "No. I don't remember anything."

"Nothing at all?"

"I did have a dream some time ago... a nightmare, actually. But it was so strange... I doubt it was a memory." Jyn responded, frowning as the nightmare returned to her mind.

"Do you remember how you ended up in my tool shack?" Korronan asked.

"I was blind. I couldn't see a thing. I remember trying to find help... but other than that, nothing else."

"Nothing?"

"Nothing."

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Jyn's new life just outside Station Square was strange. Every time she went into the city, she couldn't help but feel that everything was wrong. Nothing felt right to her- and there was one strange incident that proved how she felt.

Jyn had gone into Station Square with Mr. Korronan's wife, Sarah, to go shopping at some mall. When they arrived at the mall, Jyn felt that there was something wrong with it. Like, it wasn't supposed to be where it was now.

"I thought that mall was somewhere else," Jyn had commented, her confusion growing.

"What do you mean?" Sarah had asked, puzzled by what Jyn said.

"I... don't know. I just thought... it wasn't supposed to be here. I don't know why." Sarah just stared and finally Jyn said, "Never mind. Let's just go inside and see what they're selling." She thought to herself, "And hopefully I don't have to wear a dress."

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''Jyn stood straight, her legs placed a distance apart, a proton pistol in her hand, at the ready. A young female bee floated in the air beside her, and behind them sat a large green gem, poised on some kind of stone platform.''

The green grass rustled in the breeze, and ruffled both Jyn's hair and that of the bee's. Unrest seemed to fill the air around them.

''"Do you think it'll be alright?" the female bee asked Jyn. Her voice was as clear as a flute. "He trusted us with it."''

''"What?" Jyn asked, confused. "Who are you? What are you talking about?" Suddenly the scene changed from a peaceful, sunny day to a dark and violent lightningstorm.''

''"What?!" Jyn looked at her hands to see that her proton pistol had vanished into thin air. "Where am I?!" She looked around to see enormous chunks of rock floating in the sky.''

''Suddenly a male brown-furred Echidna was at her side. "It's finally happening."''

''Jyn looked at the Echidna like he was crazy. Maybe he was. Or maybe she was the crazy one, mad one?''

''"What are you talking about?" Jyn asked, backing away. "Who the heck are you?!"''

''The Echidna did not reply. Instead, he vanished from her sight.''

And then everything else disappeared.

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