Unsettling... by Drachen | World Anvil

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Sat 22nd Feb 2020 08:17

Unsettling...

by Judge Drachen Palazzo

Been traveling with this new group... We have been working together for 3 Months, 1 Week and 5 Days. That means it's been 3 Years, 3 Months, 1 Week and 5... Days. Too long... Too long and the nights are becoming harder.
 
The dreams... the dreams are the worst part. I see you in them... my nightmares. Sometimes Flynn is there... cheery and positive, I think you two would have gotten along. I can't get this latest dream out of my head... I had found you... You were trapped so, along with the group, we had to fight our way through the dark to reach you. Flynn was in this one... he was always strong... stronger than me. He could fight back, I on the other hand...
 
Dies, Flynn, Yumo, Jaeger, Zora, Gregor, Amiri, Linzi, Akiros and myself, we pushed and pushed making little to no headway. Flynn was ahead along with Dies... beacons of hope... something I can never be. I was lagging behind struggling against the dark. We battled against it... everyone fighting... never ending. All the while the dark pulling me, raking at my back... nipping at my heels.
 
The fighting was deafening but in the heat of combat I heard a voice, my voice... or something similar. Oppressive and strong. Commanding me to let go. The strength to save you will be mine, if I just let go... As we moved forward I was getting overwhelmed so... out of desperation I agreed and it soon started. I began feeling pain. Pain of all the conflict I have ever faced... the feeling of all my old wounds opening again and blood drenching me. The pain was immeasurable but... but the feeling was dimming. The pain subsided and soon I felt nothing... That didn't last long either.
 
As the emptiness overtook me, my anger grew. It fueled me further and I began rushing forward faster and faster. My mind numbing to all reason but the rush of power wouldn't let up. All I knew was I had to move forward... and nothing would get in my way.
 
I rushed to your side... not remembering why... I, I didn't know what I was doing... The power pouring into me... fueling me. My body was not my own... I... I couldn't stop it. I couldn't stop myself. I didn't mean to... I would never...
 
You fell... lifeless... As you did I regained my senses. I turned to look at everyone and they were... they had all been cut down but there was nothing in the dark... No creatures. No unseen enemy... I realized that I had suffered no wounds... just scars. The blood had not been mine...
 
The voice spoke again... calm but still dominant over me. The next thing I knew I was conscious... the Sun was out and the others unharmed. I can't remember what it said... was it warning me... or was it taunting me?