The owner of the voice

Audrey observed her surroundings, trying to figure out where on Earth she was. As she was looking around and practically surveying the entire horizon as far as her eyes could reach, a feeling of unease was starting to weigh on her chest. It was not that long yet since she woke up from this unfamiliar land but somehow she could not help but feel like something about the whole arrangement just did not sit right. Everything to her just seemed too outlandish at some point. 

First off, one thing she noticed right away was how the place did not look anywhere near her neighborhood so she wondered how did she even get there in the first place. Truth be told, the place did not look promising at all. If anything, it resembled a creepy forest which was usually portrayed in the horror movies she used to watch; that particular one where some masked man holding an axe or chainsaw would suddenly show itself out from the wilderness and would then start hacking its weapon against whatever unfortunate creature that ended up in his line of sight. Audrey tried to recall the movie name but her brain refused to cooperate so she just pushed the thought at the back of her mind. Likewise, with overgrown trees covering most parts of the place, it was no surprise that it looked so desolate, if not menacing.

"What is this place?! Where am I???"

Audrey asked out loud as she looked around her.

"I certainly died. Yeah, that must be it. Besides, there is no way I will survive that fall."

She muttered under her breath as though she was talking to herself.

 You didn't die... I saved you.

Audrey jumped to her feet when she heard a disembodied voice out of nowhere. She looked around her with wary eyes but there was no one other than her inside the moving wagon. Besides, the wagon was way too small to accommodate two persons at once so she was quite certain that there was no way that the available space that she left on the corner would allow for another person to fit. But if that was the case, she wondered where did the voice could possibly be coming from?

"Who are you? Show yourself!"

She asked trying her best to stop her voice from shaking.

"I am right here!"

The voice answered but Audrey simply could not see anyone other than the animal pulling the wagon----

WAIT! WHO IS DRIVING THIS FREAKING WAGON IN THE FIRST PLACE?!!!

Audrey's heart almost skipped a bit when she saw that no one was attending on the reigns.

"Err.... me??? Obviously."

The voice answered again and it was only at this point that Audrey realized that all this time, she had been hearing the voice speaking to her directly inside her head!

"Son of a dinosaur! What was happening to me? Did that fall turn my brain into nuts?!!!"

Audrey clawed her hair when she tried to make sense of the situation. Meanwhile, the wagon also came to an abrupt halt and the animal that had been pulling the girl's ride started approaching her. To her utter shock, the huge cat started talking to her!

"Don't be silly. It is my voice that you are hearing."

The cat said as softly as his voice could manage as if speaking any louder than how he was already doing would scare Audrey away. However, the appearance of a talking animal, albeit calmly did not help Audrey in any way, at all. If anything it only made her more convinced than ever that she lost her mind for good.

"Wait... wait... wait... JUST WAIT! H- ho- how could you do that?!"

Audrey almost felt like crying when she realized that she was talking to a cat and even asking it a question. First, she miraculously survived a tragic fall that should not be possible to happen to anyone, in the first place; not only that, but she also acquired a foreign memory of some random ancient girl. Then now, a talking cat?! What was next? It only goes without saying that none of it was making sense to her!

The girl shot the massive cat an incredulous gaze all the while trying to pinch her leg as well. But as soon as she did that, tears started to moisten her eyes because the pain that assaulted her was for real.

'No, Drey... This can't be happening.'

Vigorously shaking her head in complete denial, Audrey tried to convince herself that everything was nothing but a figment of her imagination.

"Right! I must be hallucinating or something, right? Yes! That must be it. Come on, there is no way this could be real. Don't be silly self. Maybe even the fall???? Yeah, maybe I don't really die. This must be a dream. Albeit a weird one... it feels so real...hehe"

Audrey talked out loud like a retard. She closed her eyes tight and willed herself to wake up from the 'dream' as soon as possible but all her efforts had only gone to naught.

 'That won't work, silly girl.'

Audrey tried her best to ignore the voice and instead closed her eyes desperately.

"You are just hearing things. Okay? This is just a dream. Yes, this must be a dream"

She said to herself repeatedly as though she was reciting a mantra. Meanwhile, the voice still persisted, and continued talking to her despite her obvious attempt to get rid of it.

 'It was true that you almost died back there when you accidentally fell----'

The cat deliberately trailed off and stop itself when he realized his mistake.

'Oh wait, it was actually not an accident so let me correct myself.'

It hinted before clearing its throat and with a condescending tone of voice it said,

'If not for me saving you in the nick of time, that girl who pushed you off the building would have killed you already and you would definitely be dead meat by now.'

Audrey, on the other hand, heard all of that but refused to say something. Instead, she focused on praying against the odds that everything was but a weird dream of hers. The cat could see through this and he was aware of the other party's attempt to avoid his presence. He knew she was determined to pretend like he was not there and when the girl made it clear for all eyes to see that she wanted to be cold towards her savior and was even giving him a silent treatment on top of it, the talking tom cat added,

'You were lucky I saved you. I advise, rather than making a fool out of yourself why don't you use your energy to thank me instead? I promise that a word of gratitude will be appreciated.'

It insinuated but to no avail. Meanwhile, after a couple of futile attempts to wake herself up, Audrey slumped on her seat. She looked at the black cat starting back at her and she started bawling her eyes out.