Darkness…
Darkness everywhere…
In the middle of the void of blackness he stood…
"This place…" he muttered
*sigh* "It's been awhile, since I came here."
He walked deeper into the dark, silently muttering his thought.
"This happened since I put him in the prison and destroy his whole company. What kind miasma did that bastard put on me?"
As he slowly proceed, started to hear things.
A girl voice rang in his head, "Stop…him…Ga-kun…the king…is bad enough…but the general…is worse. If he finds it…he would…overthrow the kingdom…and steal the throne…"
"That voice…Qwila?" As he said the girl's name, he felt an ominous presence behind him.
"What…is this feeling? This never happen before."
His instinct kicks in and he ran away. Deeper into the dark, no one can tell is he getting farther from the danger or not.
He ran for so long, but the feeling just got closer and closer.
He could feel it, it's right behind him. "You manage to overthrow a kingdom, destroy your father, but your work is far from over. Try to escape me, and you will escape this dream. If you don't you won't leave this place" Said a voice behind him.
As the voice finished a light appeared in the distance. Suddenly the voice turned grim and dark, "You can't escape your past Gargel. You killed them.."
A picture of a burning village appeared in his head, "…they died because of you…"
More voices whispered around him, someone being burned alive, people pleaded for mercy, people being killed.
As he ran towards the light the whispers got louder. "Kill them all! Don't let anyone live!" a man commanded. Gargel knows damn well who has the voice like that.
"Diel" he muttered the name. General Axilus Diel, the man who lead the attack to destroy the village Gargel used to lived in. The place he started his life anew as a normal person.
"…she died because of you…"
More picture flashed before him. This time, girl on his age was lying dead, with a sword impaled her to the ground through her chest.
Next to her, was the general, wearing a set of knight armor, with red cape attached on the back of his armor and without his helmet.
Showing his face, smiling wide from ear to ear like he just achieve something that he ever dreamed of.
"Wished you never be here, aren't you Outsider?" Diel turned to him, snickering as he pulled out his sword out of her. Gargel can't see what happened clearly as he lie on the ground, everything was blurred out but he can tell that Diel was walking towards him.
"Now, thanks to your girlfriend here, I know where the 'sword' is located.", then Diel knelt before him "I'm sure that you already know what is the king doing with his own kingdom. But don't worry, once I have that 'sword' in my hand, I will kill that old fat ass that called himself a king, and take over his throne."
As he finished he began to laugh, imagining what him as a king of the kingdom.
"Oh I'm sure you'll love it. And I hope you expect a small change of rule in this kingdom…"
Diel lean closer to Gargel's face and Diel's next sentence is one of many reason to not let him live. "Every Outsider will. Be. Beheaded in public."
Diel began to laugh again as he stood up and walk away, "Burn this whole village to the ground!" he commanded his troops.
Finally the memory faded out and Gargel returned to the darkness. Grunting in pain he clutched his head, trying to forget his long-forgotten dreadful memory.
"I don't need to remember that right now. That dimension already had it's happy ending. Why are you showing me this?!" he screamed.
He expected more nightmarish memory, but suddenly a calm and soothing voice answered him. "To remind you of who you were. Your past took you to this point of your life, never forget your past."
As the voice continue, the light in the distance slowly got closer to him. "That girl Qwila, she grant you your first power, she gave you a second chance to live another life, a life that you ever dreamt of. Do not forget her."
"She did save me…" as he whispered, the light slowly moved towards him. "…but she died protecting me! Diel was right, if only I wasn't there none of those ever happened."
"But if she didn't come for you, you won't even be here. You won't be able travel between dimensions, you won't meet everyone you know right now, you won't have this kind of life.", the voice countered.
The light stopped right before him, and the voice continued "But there is something that can't understand about that girl."
Reacting to that Gargel looked up.
"What do you mean?"
"She is…I don't know. All I could say is, she is more than how she acted around you."
"You mean she is hiding something" he asked.
"There is a possibility. But it's doesn't matter anymore, the secret died with her."
"Well…I can't deny that." He sighed
After a brief moment of silence the light got brighter, "Your time is almost up Gargel. It's time for you to wake up."
As the voice finished the light flew at his face. "What the f-" Gargel covered his face as he tried to shielded his eyes. But failed miserably with the light somehow still blinded him.
As the light still shining the voice returned
"Wielder of the 'sword'
You have pulled 'it' out from 'its' pedestal
You have seen everything
You stood against 'them'
You'll fight, you'll save, you'll kill
Will you shoulder all the burden?
Will you take responsibility of your power?
You will see what 'you' do
Witness the world as you sleep
Roam around the world as you dream
Which route will you take?
Which path will you walk?
'You' will find the answer
But in this reality, which truth do you believe?
Which one is reality?
Is your belief is a lie?
Wielder of the 'sword'
This is your call
Do you accept your fate?"
Gargel's eyes snapped open finally woke up from his sleep. He looked around and found out that he was asleep on his bed in his bedroom.
There was a clock on the wall across his bed slowly ticking as it made a noise in the silent bedroom.
On his left were two sliding door toward his balcony covered with white curtain and sunlight can be seen piercing through it.
On the left corner of the room was his PC, small black office chair, with video recording kit, a camera, tripod, a microphone, etc.
A wardrobe on his right, Youtube Silver and Gold Play Button hanging on the wall next to the wardrobe with a small table beneath them where Diamond Play Button was placed.
And finally on the right corner is the door to his room.
Gargel slowly sat up as his breath got heavier and he was sweating a lot. He tried to calm himself and ran his hand on his slightly spiked unkempt black hair, 'What the hell was that?'
"I need to get a grip. I can't let that kind of dream take toll of me." He whispered.
Then suddenly a high-pitched girl voice came behind his door, "Onii-chan, are you awake?"
He chuckled a bit, "Back to daily life I guess."