Darkness
Fear.
A bone-chilling terror.
It was the first emotion that gripped her heart when she opened her eyes.
It was the first emotion that gripped the sum totality of her existence when she opened her eyes.
It was the first emotion that flooded her entire being when she opened her eyes.
A blood-curdling fear.
Her heartbeat grew erratic.
Her breathing grew labored.
Her hand flew to her heart as she found herself drowned.
Drowned in an ocean.
An ocean of darkness.
One that consumed the entire world.
A pitch black void extended in all directions.
An infinite void.
One that she found herself in.
The faintest of whispers escaped her.
"…Where am I?"
She didn't know.
"Is this… the afterlife?" she murmured with uncertainty.
With melancholy.
With regret.
She knew she was dead.
She knew she had to be.