where am i?

The agitation in his voice quickened her pace. She tried to stay just a few steps behind him. She was breathing heavily by the time they got to the little stream.

He asked who she was, and she paused. Who was she? She remembered a brother, a mother, a childhood - almost like a memory of someone else. "Noelani." She whispered her name. It sounded weird in the air like it didn't belong. "I didn't mean to come here.." She mumbled.

The water was frigid to her, and with no fat to insulate her body, her teeth began chattering within seconds. She groaned when the water opened up crusted wounds. All of the water nearest her was temporarily stained a brown-red, then it washed away. Her fur lightened a few shades without all the dirt, and for the first time, she felt something where her tail was. The all-over pain caused her to let out little shrieks of pain.