Falling through the darkness, I could feel myself fading away. Everything that I thought I knew- the memories, the emotions... All of those leaked out from my heart and my mind, bidding me adieu as they forever slipped away into the dark abyss that I had, somehow, managed to enter.
I wanted so badly to call out, but my voice was mere whispers in this land of pure darkness. I felt as if the abyss around me had gripped its hand around my throat, restraining me from talking and preventing me from reaching out to anywhere through a simple cry for help. I was going to die… that word… death… it scared me beyond all belief. If I died, I would just become nothing. The world could become emptier and if there was anything for me to see out there, that would become all for nothing.
"You idiot. You're just gonna let yourself break like this? No fight whatsoever? Aren't you pathetic."
I wanted so badly to reach out to the voice, to beg for its help, but all I could manage was to reach out my thin, numb fingers. I could feel the voice growing closer by the second. As it spoke it felt like footsteps, one after another… they were heavy. I could feel each vibration, each slow step like it was being dragged against the floor that this abyss seemingly had.
"You can't speak can you… fine. I guess I'll make you talk!" With a sharp sound, the darkness slowly started to dissolve away, revealing a simple cylinder-like pedestal at the bottom. It's image was hard to make out, but it seemed familiar. Like I knew what it truly was. Once the darkness disappeared entirely, I started to fall. This time, however, was way slower. I slowly drifted down upon the platform and was rested there, for now. I could feel parts of the pedestal cracking off, falling into the pit that still remained. Although the darkness had dispersed, there was no telling what the pit could hold within it.
"Can you speak now?"
I tried my best. I started to lift myself. As I rose up, i felt a sharp pain flow through my right arm, punishing me by slamming me back against the ground. I could feel a little pain coming from the top of my head ,but nothing too serious. It was more like a little bump than a serious head wound. That I could assure myself.
"Y-yes." The words started to slowly form themselves together. Thankfully, I could remember words, phrases, full sentences. The part of me, which mattered most, still managed to keep pieced together.
"Good to know that you haven't died yet. Your heart is fading and it's fading fast. We're gonna have to do something about it…"
He was right. I could see the chunks of it breaking, the glass that was upon the surface slowly started to crack and make its way across the pillar. If it was to keep going, I could see it snapping the pillar in two. It would force me to continue to fall, enter the pit and cease to exist. The thoughts of death slowly seeped chaos through me. "P-please… help me."
"I can only help you if you accept me into your heart. I just need a bit of safety for now... "
Worry flooded its way into my mind. I had enough to deal with the concept of death, but I had to think fast. The risk of having this voice, this strange person within my heart… it terrified me. I could imagine all the bad that could come out of this, but something inside of me told me to trust him. It seemed like a familiar feeling, yet it felt so disconnected. It was a wire detached from the main source.
"F-fine… Just… p-please help me."
With that, I felt a pulse of energy hit my chest. It melded with my heart, forming into what felt like a mixture of light and darkness. Within my heart, I felt an ongoing, neverending battle of tug-of-war. The darkness pulled to one side, causing all the desire for power to grow exponentially. It grew in size, however, the light on the other side started to bring out the best in me. I could feel the desire to save, to create a better world for all of those around me. It was joyous and devastating, respectfully coming from both sides, but it would have to do.
With that, I shifted myself onto my left arm, lifting myself up from the surface and examining the pillar that I was standing on. In an instant, I watched as the pillar was enveloped in a bright white light, one that forced me to cover my eyes. As It shifted, it repaired itself until becoming a pillar with a boy hanging on the edge of the art style.
The boy that was hanging there had dark black hair that covered over his own eyes. It was very hard to see them, but I knew they were there. His hand was out-stretched, reaching over to something or someone. His clothes were nice and long. Something about them being long made me happier, but I didn't know any better so I disregarded it.
"Don't bother me while I'm here. I'm only with you because you were the closest around, got that?"
I felt somewhat betrayed, especially by a simple voice. He was just using me, but I decided to myself that it was better than to fade away and die. I then looked at the other person who had just been formed by the white light, reaching out back to the person whose clothing looked oddly like mine.
The other person was wearing a black and red suit, one that looked to be like part of him. Upon his head, he was wearing a mask that covered over the whole of his face. It was hard to pinpoint exactly what he was thinking, but I tried to disregard that for now. All that was left, was to try and exit this strange abyss like world.
As I was thinking of a way out, a door appeared behind me, signaling for my quick exit. I moved slowly over to the door, using my left hand to grip the handle and yank open the door, revealing a bright and blinding light that enveloped the whole area around me, pulling me in and refusing to let me out.
For a quick moment, I felt a blinding light appear before me. It's strange glow was somewhat relaxing. Looking around the room, I noticed the pictures upon the wall, the sounds of nature outside as the birds chirped and I could hear the sound of ocean waves as they came in then receded… something strange, though, met my gaze. A boy stood over me, with spiky hair and bright sky-blue eyes that rang out with interest. Looking at him in detail, I could see his red jumper with a coat that seemed to be mixtures of grey, white, and blue with small streaks of yellow.
"Hey, you're awake! That's great." he turned around and ran off, heading in another direction. While he was off and about, I sat up and tried to recognize what had been going on. I tried to move my right arm, but pain shocked through my arm and it felt like it was going to snap like a mere twig. I slammed back into the couch, looking to my right arm. It seemed limp and swollen, laying there flimsily. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. A little bit of rumbling could be heard as the boy rushed back down to me, looking at me and smiling.
"What's your name?"
"I-I…" I gripped my head with my left hand, trying not to move my right arm or hand in fear that the pain would slowly work its way up my body.
"Are you hurt?"
I looked to him, nodded and winced a bit as the pain started to spike then gradually lower itself down. He sat there for a moment, thinking in deep concentration. I could see the light bulb go off in his head, making him rush off again.
He was definitely a strange character, one who seemed to have a heart of pure gold and a soul that was meant to be nothing less than exotic. While he went off, I tried hard to remember everything about myself. I tried to think of my name, the one thing people could call me by but to no avail. The only word that I could manage to get out was a simple letter. Just one… "s". It wasn't much to work off of, but it was better than nothing. While I was going deeper into my mind, trying to find out who I was, I started to slowly drift back into sleep. It was like something was calling me back, beckoning me from afar as I traveled in between this world and the next.
Laying against the floor, I looked upon the sky and realized that I had returned where I had started… but something felt off about it. It didn't have the heartwarming feeling of completion when the voice took sanctuary within my heart. I wasn't there… I was sitting, upon a strange place,that held the look of a princess and in the shape of a circle. It was definitely strange.
"So much to do, so little time... Take your time. Don't be afraid. The door is still shut. Now, step forward. Can you do it?"
The voice was a lot more strange than I remembered it… it seemed questionable-it was nothing like the other one. If I remembered correctly, it managed to call me idiotic and dumb without even knowing me… or having me know myself. With all these thoughts in my head, I moved forward, slowly.
As I approached the middle of the pedestal, i felt shifting below. Two small, grey boxes appeared before me. One that held light, in the form of a shield. The shield was a shade of black that had red outlining, as well as three circles that looked like a mouse. It was definitely strong.
"Power sleeps within you…"
Turning my view, I saw darkness sit upon the box, forming into something beyond comprehension. I couldn't make it out, but my heart feared the look of the darkness.
"A strange Force sleeps within you…"
I didn't want to think of it too much. Between my two options, I decided to go towards the shield. Approaching it, I looked at the sleek design of the shield, watching the red majesty as the black colors called out to me to pick it up. I moved my hands slightly, grabbing at it and holding it in my hand. It felt… perfect. Like the shield was specifically designed for me.
"The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends. A shield to repel all… is this the power you choose?"
I could feel its energy resonating, calling me to fight with it. At this point, seeing where I was ,I had no other option. "Yes…" As I spoke the words it wished to hear, the blade dissolved into light… fading away into the sky. I was somewhat confused, seeing as I thought I would be able to use it, but I wasn't able to think for long. As I selected it, the stone box-like structures cracked, entering into the ground as the circular pedestal that I stood on started to fade and break from underneath me. As it broke, I fell through the darkness, falling deeper and deeper within this strange place.
