Sweet Nightmares

A little poem from Antasma's point of view about how he became what he is.

Night falls upon the land

Bats fly out for hunting

The whole forest whispers

Under night's dark hand

Everywhere is life

Everywhere is love

Everywhere is friendship

But I just feel sick

I am alone

I feel my injured wing

Torn and covered in blood

The price for killing foes

To show them who's king

The colony thought I was a danger

Because my father was a vampire …

And after mother died

They chased me away

And awakened my deadly anger

So I became a bad one

I was scared and lonely

I became quite evil

Soon the change was done

Hatred took over my heart

It destroyed my good

I just wanted to kill

And I caught them off-guard

I heard their screams of agony

While I had them in my claws

They had gone too far

I granted no mercy

I killed those pathetic fiends

It wasn't too hard

I've never been in love

I've never had friends

My claws and teeth full of blood

I felt them dying in my grasp

And tasted the sweetness of evil

I tossed the corpses in the mud

But they were too many

And I was skinny and weak

Every bat attacked me

I had no chance, not any

In the end I had to flee

Although I was badly injured

I was satisfied with taking some lives

Finally I felt free

Now I live in a Pi'illo's room

Always hiding in the bed sheets

Still injured and grieving

I live in eternal gloom

I hear the Pi'illo sleeping

He isn't dreaming something nice

He keeps whimpering and cries

The noise is exhausting

I climb onto the Pi'illo's chest

He should shut up

He should be quiet

My wing needs rest

All of sudden I catch a scent

It is dark and heavy

Yet sweet and seductive

Like an old friend

As if this was awaited

I see a portal open

Directly above his head

To the dreams his mind created

I cannot fly

I try hard

But my wing hurts too much

And I'm ready to cry

I'm going to die soon

If my life goes on like this

I'm so hungry and thirsty

Only getting the light of the moon

Desperate, I climb on his head

The portal swirls sweetly dark

And it sinks down to me

As if I should be fed

I bite into the darkness

I feel the nightmare in my mouth

It's giving me new power

And I enjoy the sweetness

The more I eat the stronger I feel

I become even huger

My wing heals

Both wings get bigger

My thin fingers turn into claws

My fingers and arms stretch

My feet become a tail connecting to the ground

My body fills with dark magic

My bones stretch upwards as I grow

My teeth become sharper

I shiver from the feeling

Of becoming stronger

Of turning into … something

I turn round, my heart beating

There's a mirror on the wall

I see myself being … a king?

A mighty bat mutation?

Skinny, dangerous, tall …

And suddenly …

I realize …

I became … the king of bats!

I scream in victory

I jump into the sky of night

Feeling the new power in my wings

Feeling dark magic surrounding me

And to the big Pi'illo Island goes my flight

Away from the smaller surrounding islands …

Away from my old, miserable life …

Away from those who underestimated me …

I'm free

And nothing's worrying me

My name is Antasma and I'm the king of nightmares!