A/N: OH!!!!!!!!!!!! I suck. I know. I'm sorry, but you have no idea how hard this was to write!! Seriously, I have like 20 'Optional Chapter Starts' saved on my computer. I was going crazy! But I somehow put this together. Totally a filler chapter, but maybe I can get things moving again.
Again. I suck, I'm sorry. Please forgive me!
DISCLAIMER: all that time I went without writing I was trying to get the rights to the book. But that just didn't bloody well work out. Damn. Nope, you heard it folks, I still don't own it….
I fell. Down towards the Abyss.
I can't go to the Abyss, I can't even feel the Abyss. But somehow, I fell towards it.
Then I kept falling, past the wispy-smoke filled place. Deeper, further. Faster.
I didn't think I would stop in time. Not before I fell through to the edge of nothing. But somehow I did.
I saw ground, and cringed as I was sure I would smash into hit. But I stopped just in time, hovering in the air a moment, before tumbling lightly to the ground.
Ow. I thought the word, sending out into the air before I even realized what had happened.
Ow. Ow. Ow. ..
My hands flew to my head, holding my ears as the words reverberated around the air, and I silently prayed for the sounds to end.
*It won't stop, you know* I heard the voice, and turned to find the source. *The words. You created them, sent them out to be heard, and now they will be. Forever.*
I started to speak, but hesitated, not wanting my thoughts to reverberate over and over.
*If you don't want to be heard, but you wish me to hear, you merely have to focus.*
Oh… Because that made sense.
I hesitated again. Who…. Who are you? WHERE are you?
*I am all around you. I am the air, the earth, the sky. As to who I am… I don't believe I have ever been given a name. No one has ever come to see me.*
No one has ever been here before?
*No. That is not what I said. No one has ever come to see me, but beings have come. Never a Being of Light… but I always hoped to meet one of you. Now, you are the only one. Rather unfortunate… But, everything happens for a reason, you know.*
Why am I here? I didn't mean to come… I didn't even know I could. I don't even know where I am!
*You are at the beginning. And the end. This is where everything began. And where everything will return when it is over. You could not have come here unless you meant to. Though, perhaps you were sent. That seems to happen from time to time. Universe setting itself up for success. Very stubborn and self-centered, this universe. Not like the last one. I much prefer that one. Always willing to talk, and very rarely did it meddle. Much more well-behaved.*
I shook my head. Confused didn't even describe what I was. If I was sent here, how do I get back?
*Oh. I don't know. No one has ever gone back before. Most of them come, dawdle around, then disappear. Back to oblivion, I suppose. I don't really dwell on it… Much more interesting things to think about here.*
Why am I here?
*Hmm? Oh, to learn. I suppose. I mean, you're a being of light. You've seen the wraiths, haven't you?*
How…
*Pah! Only reason I can think of you being here! You saw them, and now you have to understand them. And understand how to not become one of them. Only thing that makes sense. Why else would you be here?*
I shrug. So tell me then.
*What? Oh. No. I can't. But I can show you. Expect it'll be rather annoying, like a buzzing sound in your head. But one that won't go away for a while. Quite a bit of information I have to show you, so we might as well get started!*
I heard a humming noise, and listened as it grew louder and louder. Just as it became unbearable, I fainted into nothing.
Oh!!! What's gonna happen? I dunno. No seriously, no idea. I'm just as oblivious as you. But that's what makes it fun!!!! Until next time….