Redhawk Caldera Hippos Can't Ice-Fish

I've actually knocked myself out once before on accident, and oddly, I remember being in sort of a daze before I opened my eyes. Like, seeing pitch black and a yellow shape (no idea where that came from?) and recognizing that I needed to get up, which was probably my mom speaking to me instead of my thought process. Gonna base Somnia's reaction stuff off of that... Except for the yellow shape. And the added deliriousness. :P

Edit: Kim can post faster than me. Was already in the process of taking forever to post when you posted. I shouldn't need to change anything though. Post order has changed though. :)

It was pitch black. Not black as in dark nighttime shadows, but as in nothing. Absolutely nothing.... Except for the weird feeling of her stomach seemingly making some sort of movement, as well as the faint voice telling her to come back to the world of reality. She had heard it, but it couldn't be hers... Could it? Even though it was only seconds ago she couldn't tell whether it was the voice in her head or not. Opening her eyes couldn't hurt either way.

A gray eyelid lifted, the black void gone. In it's place was her territory. Where? She wasn't quite sure yet, but she knew that it was hers. A golden shape that she recognized as Ashton was touching her. Was he also hers? It felt like he should've been, but she wasn't entirely sure. Before she could come to any other conclusions, her stomach clenched as she emptied its contents, which was quite watery.

Her stomach done emptying itself, it stopped trying to turn inside out. Now, how had she got here? A fleeting feeling came back to her. The cold, the panic, the wetness.... She had fallen through the lake. But how? Then, she recognized another shape, a grey one this time. He.... He was linked to her falling into the lake.... Her poor memory struggled to retrieve how he was involved. Finally how popped into her head, as if she had known it forever. He, Elwood her mind named him, had pushed her into the lake in an attempt to overthrow her... Yeah... He had been her servant and when she gave him the task of breaking the ice, he admitted to her accusations of him pushing her in.... Yup, that was it. Ashton must've showed up to save her... But, why did the traitor still linger around? Shouldn't he run for his life after trying to murder the queen?

What... What if he tried to murder both of them?! Her fragile mind went into a panic. She instinctively tried to recoil away from him, towards Ashton, but found she couldn't move. She couldn't even feel anything. Small shudders and a miniscule guttural sound was the most she could manage.