The perception of emotion, the identification of one's self.
The restriants of world order, the iniquity of defiance.
We're all followers.
It's what gives us a sense of purpose; a reason to stay.
If not, then we're a waste.
Is it that just what we've learnt to view the acts considered "immoral" are actually not? To view the world strictly in black-and-white? Are we just fooling ourselves, being controlled by a leader who shifts us to his or her's liking?
No, it's more than just that.
It's up to you to lead us to the light.
I feel nothing. No sensation, no emotion, nothing in my eyes. It's just darkness, obstructing my vision.
"Ngh," I groaned as I struggled to break free of this paralysis.
I gave up after a bit, panting over the sheer strength of these chains.
Are they?
I raised my head and noticed something in the far distance.
A ray of light conjured in the dusk, slowly creeping into the shadows, reflecting off its warm and hopeful shine into the dark abyss I find myself in.
The light increased by every ticking second, discharged and spun around in a large area, enveloping the space around me to form some sort of dome.
I still see nothing.
As far as I could see, little geometrical fragments of yellow gathered up in the centre of my view, joining together piece-by-piece to form a triangle.
Its shape rapidly flared with ignitions summoned all over it, a lunatic laugh could be heard when it simultaneously grew... an eye?
It finally took form, limbs popping out of nowhere as it became fully sentient. It materialized a tophat within a fraction of a second and threw it up in the air, landing flawlessy on his (its?) tip as if it's a smartass magician trying to get attention.
"Wow, a normal human being on Earth? It's been forever! A break from all that space-timet nonsense, I suppose," the structure mumbled to itself, shifting its one-eyed gaze to me.
Its razor-sharp piercing stare instilled a sense of dread, my body shivering like a jolt of electricity rushing through my veins.
Okay, now I'm terrified. Is this some sort of dream? Or have I stumbled in some kind of illusion? Hallucination?
"The name's Bill Cipher. And I take it you're some kind of ventriloquist dummy?" he said, orbiting around me as if I'm some kind of prize.
"I'm just kidding, I know who you are Ashlyn!"
"W-what is this..?"
"Oh, this is not real. You're just imagining." he focused on that final word as his eye expanded.
"Yeah right," I scoffed.
"Well get used to it, cuz you'll be here often you know," the triangular demon-thing shook his head.
"I wanna ask-"
Bill cut me off rudely. "Welp, got some things to settle first. Later, sucker!"
He gave a condescending smirk as he faded away into the darkness.
"Hey, come back here and free me!" I exclaimed at the top of my lungs.
All I could hear is the reverberation of my scream.
Cold sweat ran down my forehead, my breathing got more tense by the minute.
Am I gonna be stuck here forever?
A wave of fatigue suddenly hit me.
I was speedily losing my energy, my consciousness started to fade.
No. Wake up.
"Ngh!"
It was no use. I was going to be stuck here.
Wake up.
What am I going to do? What even happened?
No, wake up. Wake up.
Or is it because I caused "it" to happen?
No, just wake up for crying out loud!
I felt like time stood still for a split second as I was jerked back into reality. I bat my eyes open like I've just been possessed by a ghost.
Okay, calm down. Calm down.
I looked at my surroundings.
Oh, that's right. It's summer vacation. Sigh...
My father was driving the vehicle, while mother was busy reading her novel, making nods and "mmm" while flipping the pages. Loud music echoed in my eardrums as I fished the iPod from my pocket and turned off the obnoxious tunes.
Brushing my hair to the side, I glanced at the window and its crystalline surface mirrored a small town in the middle of nowhere, with a sign that says, "Welcome to Gravity Falls."
So... was that a dream? Was it some kinda vision like in the movies? If it was a dream, it was quite surreal, no doubt about it.
Sigh, I was not enthusiastic in the slightest.
It's not even questionable why I despise summer vacation.
Well, here we go.
Hello, everyone who's reading this. This is the PROLOGUE of the With You Reboot. Chapter 1 will be up in a few days, I'll try to meet that deadline. I'm REALLY surprised I multiplied the original story's first portion of the first chapter's word by about 7! Well, hope you guys enjoy the story. (well, the prologue thing, I guess) Rate and review!