Snippet #2430644

Vi gasped, her body already unbalanced as she was hit. There was no warning except for the splashing of water which had driven her closer to the river in the first place and now this. Her hand clutched her head, as she let her body slump back against the roots of the old tree. It hurt. Her head swam and her butt was sore from its sudden smack against the ground, not to mention the bounce against the roots of the tree as her tail crimped between her legs.

“Oww,” she moaned softly, the sudden urge to vomit passing through her thoughts as she took a couple of deep breaths, head touching the ground softly as she forced her body to kneel. Breathe. In and out. There we go, nice and steady. The bile that had worked its way to her throat she forced back down, looking upwards and around to see exactly what had hit her.
It wasn’t like her much. It had a body like hers only different; no tail, no ears. She cocked her head, blinking a couple of times to copperhead that it was looking at her too, soaked through with the sweet smell of water and wild. Something about it triggered a memory, though it was more of a feeling, and she shuddered and cringed away from the tree, the scar on her shoulder twining with the memory

“Who-What are you?”