"What the fuck-knockers?" I mumbled as I lifted my hand to my pounding head only to reward myself with a face-full of sand that showered down from my uplifted arm. I spat violently and blinked my eyes rapidly as I flipped around so I was no longer laying on my back. It took me a few minutes to rub the rest of the sand from my eyes as I sat there on my hands and knees. "Some party…" I muttered as I sat back on my feet and swiped at my arms to rid them of sand as well. I looked up from the ground then expecting to see… What? Bottles and blankets from the previous night's activities? I remember drinking… A lot. With… who was I with again?

I scrunched up my face against the harsh sun rays that were beating down on me while I tried to remember anything. My eyes widened in fear when I couldn't recollect anything about my past except for basic things like speech, and miscellaneous tidbits of information. I didn't know where I was, where I came from or even what my name was. I sat there in silence for a while just trying to remember pretty much anything about myself. I didn't even know what I looked like!

I grabbed at my head and lifted a strand of my long hair. "Black," I murmured to myself but as I grabbed more I saw a strand of pink mixed in. I shook my head and let the hair fall back around my shoulders as I lifted my hands to examine them. They were almost the same color as the sand in which I was kneeling except maybe a little paler. My eyes narrowed curiously as I saw a stone-like thing embedded in my forearm. I rubbed at it cautiously to see it it hurt but it just moved slightly with my skin like it belonged there. It didn't look right to me but I'd worry about that later.

I took a deep breath. "Ok… what exactly do you remember… Girl?" I finished my question awkwardly, not knowing what to call myself. By the extra weight I felt on my chest, I figured 'girl' was a pretty safe term. "A party? I remember bottles of booze and music… I don't remember any faces though…" I said to myself anxiously. "I need to find someone. Anyone that can help me get to a hospital or a police station or something to help me remember." I rubbed my knees free of the sand as I stood up.

That was when I finally realized I was completely and utterly naked. I instinctively covered myself and looked around as if expecting someone to be standing there gawking at me. But that's not what I saw. Instead of another human, I was looking into the face of a dinosaur. It peered back at me with a curious expression and I screamed.

The creature balked and stumbled backwards as it began to turn and run from me, clearly scared of my shrill voice. It called out as it ran and two others that I hadn't noticed behind it raised their heads in alarm and began to run beside it, their tails waving back and forth as they padded away on their hind legs.

They reminded me of Ducky from The Land Before Time movies. "Now… Why the hell can I remember those stupid movies and not my own name?" I whispered anxiously with a slight hint of panic in my voice as I watched the ''Duckies' disappear from view.

Suddenly my eyes widened. "If they're here… Oh God, please let the meat eaters still be extinct!" I pleaded to whatever higher power would listen. I didn't know what I'd do if faced with a carnivore. Suddenly the raptors from Jurassic Park crossed my mind's eye and a violent shiver ran down my body. My instincts were telling me to stick close to the coast and that's exactly what I planned on doing.

I looked down the beach in the direction the "Ducky" dinosaurs had run. Immediately I decided to head in the opposite direction from the should-be extinct reptilian things.

Scenes from dinosaur related movies kept playing in my head as my eyes darted around while I walked along the beach, the ocean to my left. I knew better than to yell out for help. That would only bring more dinosaurs. And not the good kind. Though, I was still hoping they were all still dead as doornails. "This is all just a weird, fucked up dream. Yea, any minute now I'll wake up. I'll definitely have to share this story with…" I couldn't finish my sentence. I wracked my brain for any names that could go with a face in my memory. But nothing came to mind. There was just a huge void where my memory should have been.

I glanced down at the gem in my arm again and narrowed my eyes. I had a sneaky suspicion that the red gleaming stone had something to do with this all. The wind blew past me, sending a slight shiver through me as I watched the larger than life plants sway in the breeze. There were ferns that were bigger than me and leaves that were the size of a full blanket. "Time travel! I'm dreaming about time travel! Yea, that's it." I said in a faux perky tone, trying to convince myself that all of this was just in my head. I kept walking, the wind carrying the scent of the sea as its calm waves lapped up on the sand, just out of reach of my bare feet.

I was just looking into the sky when I heard a quiet little chirping noise. I looked around and saw one of those little dinosaurs, I searched my memory for their name and blurted out, "A compy." as the answer came to me. Scenes that involved the cute little scavengers flooded my mind and I shook my head furiously as I began to back away from it. A second one came running out of the bushes in answer to the first one's chirping. I spun away from them and darted down the beach in the direction I had been heading. I didn't bother to cover my unruly breasts as they flopped around uncomfortably from the jarring of my footsteps. I came across a large boulder and clambered up onto it roughly, scraping my knee on the way up its rough surface.

Once safely atop my tall little refuge I crouched down practically flattening myself against the rock as I tried to catch my breath. If the compies had been in pursuit I must have lost them because there was nothing trailing me. I silently willed it to stay that way. As it was, I remained on top of the boulder for a while longer wishing this nightmare would just end. My body was slick from sweat and I wiped my brow as the sand that was sticking to me rubbed against my skin uncomfortably between my weight and the stone beneath me whenever I shifted positions. The sun was significantly lower in the sky than it had been when I had first awoke in this Hellacious place. The oceanic breeze teased my hair and cooled my body which was still damp from my marathon run.

I rubbed my arms to ward off the sudden chill, worrying about just how cold it was going to get when the sun set. The thought of being in a land chock-full of dinosaurs after it was dark out sent a different kind of shiver down my spine. I felt like breaking down and crying, but I refused to do so. My optimism about this all being a dream had been short lived. Though I still couldn't remember or even fathom a way in which I could be somewhere that was inhabited by creatures that were supposed to be nothing more than calcium deposits in rocks. I entertained the idea of staying on the stone all night long but quickly dismissed it. I'd be way too exposed.

Sure, I was safe from tiny threats but anything larger… I swallowed hard and steeled my resolve as I glanced around one last time for any unwanted attention before I slid down off my little refuge. I was scared and humiliated. My breathing came in short, ragged puffs as I tried to fight back my panic. I felt completely alone and abandoned. Up shit creek without a paddle, if you will. The longer I walked, the more jumpy I got as shadows began to cast illusions of peering eyes or movements in the darkness of the tree line. I stayed as close to the water's edge as possible.

I came across an area where the sea met a tiny straight. I looked across the small expanse of water to the land beyond it. There was a larger rock pillar and a single tree a little ways away from it. I was examining the pillar for chances of being able to climb it when I saw a pterodactyl fly from the top and circle around in the sky above. I decided to move on.

I walked just a short distance before I came to an impasse. There was a wide river sprawled out before me. I could easily cross it, maybe not as safely as the shallower section I had passed by earlier that led to that tree. But did I really want to go back? I looked up the river and bit my lip. Who knew what kind of dinosaurs would be up there where the fresh water was?

I still didn't know what kind of dangers lurked in the water and it was dark enough now that I wasn't really in the mood to find out. I sighed quietly and turned around, heading for the shallow section of the straight I had passed up before. The pterodactyl thing had yet to pose any threat to me. I hoped it didn't fancy human a la mode or anything.

I waded through the cool water and just as I was halfway through, my foot hit a slippery patch and I fell. I expected the salt of the ocean to sting my cut open knee, but it didn't. I raised an eyebrow and licked my wet lips experimentally. Nothing. It just tasted like normal water. No salty tang at all. "Huh." I muttered as I dipped my face to the surface of the water and sucked up a tiny bit of the liquid. I shook my head, completely baffled but stood up and trudged on.

I climbed up the bank on the other side but stopped in my tracks when the weird noises made it to my ears. I didn't know how to describe it. Like a mix between chirping and peeping… with a little clucking? Curiosity made me want to check it out, but warily I stood where I was, listening intently.

Suddenly, over a little incline, a fat little bird thing waddled into my sight. The noises were coming from it as it meandered through the grass. It saw me and fell silent for a moment but then started right back up again, completely ignoring me. I studied it more closely as it approached me, pecking at plants every now and then. It reminded me of a fat chicken with a wider beak and stubbier wings.

I walked closer to it, testing to see what it would do and again it just ignored me. "Hmm," I pondered the little creature. "I'm gonna call you killer." I said decidedly with a small smile. It was such a simple creature. "Oh! You're a dodo bird!" I exclaimed as the revelation hit me. The creature, now ingeniously dubbed Killer, looked up at my slightly raised voice. Just then I heard the distant roll of thunder and I frowned. If it rained, I was going to freeze tonight. Already I was feeling a little nip in the breeze. I wandered over to the tree and stopped dead in my tracks. Beneath it was a huge mound… and it was moving. I noticed the distinct horns protruding from its skull that labelled it a triceratops. I involuntarily took a few steps back as it lifted its head towards me.

It stared at me for a few moments then went back to rustling around to get comfortable, completely unfazed by the naked two-legged creature that was me. My stomach churned painfully from all the stress of the day and due to the lack of food within it. Thunder sounded again, this time a little closer and I eyed the tree with the triceratops beneath it wantonly. I was afraid what the thing would do if I invaded its personal space though, so I glanced longingly at the shelter of the tree but turned to walk around it, giving the triceratops a wide berth.

I approached the tall rock pillar and placed my hand on its cool surface as I slowly circled it, both watching for danger and for a small indent to curl up in for the night. On the side closest to the triceratops was a tiny overhang that would hopefully provide me with some kind of protection from the rain if it did decide to come.

I bent down and crawled right up against the surface of the pillar and turned around so my back was flush against it and I looked out towards the horned creature, keeping my eyes on it in case it decided to try anything. To try and lighten my spirits, I pointed to my eyes and then swiveled my hand to point accusingly at the dinosaur. "I got my eyes on you." I warned as I pulled my knees up to my chest and folded my arms across them, leaning my chin on top of them. It didn't take long for the temperatures to drop enough to the point that my body was shivering to help produce its own heat. I didn't move or change positions as I listened to the cries of creatures in the distance. Strange calls bellowed out into the night but they were drowned out mostly by the rain that began pouring down on me. I closed my eyes, trying to ignore my body which was shaking pretty violently now as I tried to think of what I was going to do.