Hour 8: The Vacant Dream
"No… no this dream again…" "It can't be this dream again…" As Ferb opened his eyes, his worst fears were confirmed. He was back in that manor, he was currently in a large grand parlor but most of it were in ruins, he had been dreaming about it for two days, he didn't want to go into the manor, but Danielle was calling out to him, from deep within the manor, he just had to see her again, he had to say to her….
As he walked through the parlor, he entered a long hallway with it's beams tied with ropes, long ropes were dangling from the ceiling, some were stained with blood. Ferb shuddered when he saw those as if it stirred a bad memory, he quickly walked through the hall, trying to get away as fast as possible. Suddendly at the middle of the hallway, there was a glowing light floating just a few feet above the ground, transfixed by it, Ferb went closer and closer until suddenly, the glowing light absorbed through his skin and his vision became white.
"Mother… I need to find you…" those words echoed through his brain. An image appeared in front of him, it was him, but at a much younger age, he was walking slowly through the same hallway filled with ropes, his face tense and scared. Suddenly, one of the ropes coiled around his leg and yanked hard, he fell onto the ground and the more ropes start to coil around him, he was being suffocated, , the ropes coiled tighter and tighter, he couldn't scream, he couldn't breathe. Suddenly, there was another flash of light and Ferb found himself lying on the ground, he was panting heavily. No… not that memory, I…I don't want to remember." He scrabbled to his feet and started running, he had to get away from this place, he had to… He arrived at the end of the hallway that was adorned with a large mirror and his eyes were locked on the object he swore never to touch again, The Camera Obscura. He gently picked up the camera and a shudder ran through him, so many bad memories, he didn't want recall the horrors he had been through. As he looked up to face the mirror, he noticed someone behind him, the blood drained from his face. It was the lady in the bloody white gown.
Ferb stifled a scream and spun around, but she wasn't there anymore. Feeling a sense of urgency to get out of the place. Ferb turned right and exited through the door. He arrived at another door, this time the door was painted red. Beyond the door. Ferb could hear a soft voice singing a verse repeatedly followed by a clanging sound.
"Sleep, Priestess, Lie in peace.
Sleep, Priestess, Lie in peace.
If the Priestess wakes from her dream,
Perform the rite of daggers.
Her limbs pinned tight,
Lest the doors open wide,
And suffering unleashed on all."
Opening the door, Ferb was taken aback by the number of red dolls that were pinned or rather impaled onto the walls of the room. In the corner of the room was an altar with a glass case and as Ferb peered closer, it appeared to be an intricately carved dagger resting within the case. Suddenly, Ferb noticed the camera seemed to react strongly near the dagger display case, raising the camera, the lens shone a fiery blue and a click indicated the photo was taken. After a slight whirr, an undeveloped picture popped out of what appears to be a dagger in photograph. "The ritual must be completed, the priestess must be sacrificed…" said a voice behind him. Ferb spun around and saw a girl standing there, dressed in a red and white gown holding a hammer and a stake. "You are interfering with our ritual, so you must DIE!" she suddenly snarled, lunging at Ferb trying to impale him through the heart.
Ferb rolled out of the way, instinctively raising his camera. A sudden bright light flashed and the girl screamed in pain. Another flash erupted from the camera and the girl was howling in pain, recoiling into a corner "Go to hell.." Ferb whispered and as the lens burst into a red flare, he took a shot and a shriek was heard as the girl was sucked into the camera itself. A whirr and another undeveloped photo popped out, this time is it of a girl, seemingly hammering away at something. Where the girl was standing, a diary was left behind
Blue Diary (1)
Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill? Why kill?
The entire diary seemed to be repeating the exact same words, each page more frantic then the next. After scanning the room, he found a door and found that it lead to a large room that was empty other than a stone slab. As Ferb walked through the large room he suddenly noticed a woman standing there, she gave Ferb a gentle smile, she looked British and wore and beige shirt and pants, even from a far distance, he instantly recognized who it was. He rushed towards her, tears in his eyes but before he could reach her, she passed through the door. Ferb slumped to the ground, sobbing quietly, "I just want to see you again, but if the cost is to lose myself from the world I know…" Suddenly , he was aware of presence behind him, he turned around slowly and saw the woman in the bloody gown. "You will now know the pain of memories…" All he could do was scream.
When Ferb came to, he was suddenly chained to the stone slab, he was wearing a white colored robe. All of a sudden, he noticed four girls beside him, all with sharp pointed stakes and hammers. As the girls positioned themselves, a sudden tattoo started spreading over his skin, Ferb struggled to get free but it was all in vain, one of the girls raised an intricate dagger, it was aimed straight at Ferb's heart. The tattoo was now spread over Ferb's entire body, Ferb screamed but no sound came out, "May your soul cast off our memories into the planes of the other world." whispered the girl before plunging the blade into Ferb's heart.
