After reading that paragraph, you decide to leave the library for good. After all; even if somebody finds you, they cant do anything to reverse the change and plus nobody knows that you were once a human. You walk towards the door and from there you run towards the forests as fast as you could so that you wouldn't get noticed by anyone. At first, your new environment seems weird and alien mainly because you have only been here for a few minutes and at the very least only an hour as a hippo so you still have a lot to discover about both yourself and the forest around you. The most logical thing to do right now is to explore your surroundings. The forest is full of trees and leaves to the point when the only color visible is green. There aren't a lot of animals in the woods not even insects for that matter. The next thing is to find a suitable place to live and this place must be:
-Deep in the woods so that you won't be spotted by anyone
-Have a nearby water source so that you don't have to travel far distances to find it
There are a lot of other requirements such as size but for now those two are the main ones. It is difficult to find a good place mainly because this isn't a hippo's natural environment because hippos mainly live in African savannas. After a while of exploring, you finnaly found a good place. There is a lot of grass that you could eat. There's also a big lake nearby so it's easy to find water. It is big enough so that you don't feel crammed. Finally, it is deep in the woods so you won't get spotted by anyone. "It's perfect" you thought. You thought of living the rest of your life here (which is a very long time considering that you live longer than a normal hippo). You start diving into the lake(considering that hippos usually spend their time submerged under a big body of water like this lake) to chill out after a long time searching the area. The water is very relaxing, it is at room temperature which isn't too hot or to cold so it is very comfortable to drink it as well. After about an hour in the lake, you start to fell very...