User blog:The Weary TimeLord/Memoir of a Dimension Hopping Madman: Love in the face of pain. Chapter 7.

Chapter 7: Noble Words i.e. Where am I and What the Hell is this Place?

I awoke slowly, my body would not respond at first and in some ways I wish I’d stayed unconscious awhile longer. I was greeted with immense pain everywhere along my body. As such I did the only logical thing, I screamed like hell. As I opened my eyes and sight returned I could see how badly the energy from the portal had mangled me. My right leg was broken and twisted behind me, the first three fingers of my left hand were bent clean back, and I could see a rib poking out of my side while feeling several more snap, crackle, and pop. I have a high tolerance for pain, always have, but this was just exquisite. “Fuck!” Using my right hand I pull my right leg around and snap it together with a crunch. I then move to fix the fingers on my left hand pulling them straight. Using my newly fixed left hand I smash my fist against the rib breaking it more but pushing it back inside the open wound “GAHHH FUCK!” then my magic side starts taking over as golden-yellow light emanates from the wounds healing them. “Well what’s a few more scars anyway” I mutter.

I do my best to stand and after catching my breath I look around. I appear to be in a grove of trees next to a shimmering lake, farther on I can see a stone path leading off into a forest. Groaning from pain I move to inspect the trees, I notice the grove contains a variety of different trees and many of them are similar to ones found in Japan on Earth. Just from where I am standing I can see trees which bear close resemblance to East Asian Cherry trees, Japanese Maples, and Plum Blossoms, “beautiful” I murmur. While this place is lovely I can’t help but think out loud “Where am I? And what the hell is this place?” Deciding that I should probably try to find a town or settlement to figure out where I am and how to get home I take one last look around making sure my Sonic Screwdriver and sword are with me. As I set out I move parallel to the path making sure to stay in the brush and out of the sightline of anyone who may come down the path. Looking up for the first time I notice the sky is a bright blue and the sun is past its noon orbit. “That will make my journey easier” I muss to myself.