DISCLAIMER: I do not own any part of Angelic Layer, it is owned entirely by its creator CLAMP. As a result of this, I do not wish to be held responsible for any copyright infringements that may take place in this fanfic, as I will be using some original characters. Also, this fanfic was slightly based in the fantasy world of #AngelicLayer , a fan made Angelic Layer RPG placed upon the sorcery.net IRC server. The website of the RPG class=MsoNormal 'text-indent:.5in'>Chapter 5: The True Nightmare
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!" Misaki screamed as she fell through an eternal pit of blackness, no walls, no top, no bottom, nothing. Nothing except blackness. "Somebody heeellllp meeeeeee!!" She roared out while falling through that eternal hole.
"Ha-ha-ha! Now you are mine, Suzuhara Misaki." That same wraith-like voice that was heard the day previous was heard again and this made Misaki shriek. "Ha-ha-ha! The Light's most powerful General, all mine now! You shall be the greatest of my leaders, Misaki…"
Misaki just kept screaming and falling; occasionally breaking the scream for a quick breath…Eventually she felt too tired to scream and just stared down at the darkness.
"Even now, you're carrying out my will, Misaki."
"Get…get out! Get out of my head!" Misaki roared, and suddenly her body was encased in a bright white light. "I'm not going to allow you to control me! Get out!" She screamed again, before her clothes burst off of her, leaving the twelve-year old girl nude. A pair of angel's wings expanded from her and the wings started to carry her back up.
"You…Ha-ha-ha. You think you can escape my grip, Suzuhara?" The voice chuckled.
"I'm not afraid of you!" Upon that line, the voice grunted and growled.
"Fine, I'll deal with you later." Suddenly, Misaki shivered and the wings burst away from her in black light. She screamed in pain as a pair of black bat-like wings burst from her back. This caused her to stop her flight and fall once more.
"Mother, Mother!" Hikaru soon joined her and Misaki gasped. She didn't know what she was seeing; Hikaru was as large as her, possibly even taller!
"Hikaru! I'm here!" The girl shouted after the Angel. Misaki growled and concentrated her energies, before the black wings shattered and were replaced by the angel's wings again.
"Oh, Mother, thank Dream you are safe!" Hikaru sighed and went to hug her. Hikaru also has her own pair of wings and the two started to fly up and up, trying to escape this Nightmare!
"Yes…How are we going to get out of here?" Misaki sighed, she sounded dreary.
"Well…we can either wait for someone to defeat us, that's a true friend of yours, or we can try to free ourselves…We have the power, Mother!"
"Well, then let's use it!" Hikaru and Misaki then let out a yell as suddenly, piercing the darkness, a bright golden light pierced through the darkness. What emanated this light? Why, Misaki and Hikaru, of course!
Both girls continued to concentrate and the light became brighter and brighter, before the darkness around them shattered. Misaki suddenly gasped, she was brought back to the real-world again.
They were in mister Setoh's shop, strangely enough playing Angelic Layer. In the Layer, dropping to her knees then falling to her side, was a Hikaru, yes, except she was dressed as Dark Hikaru was…black sleeves, grayish pink torso… Hikaru would look just like her, if it weren't for those large black cat's ears, and that long, black tail. When she hit the ground, she turned back to normal, the new appendages bursting in sparkles of white and gold light, and she groaned, before standing up.
"Ugh…what…happened?"
"Hikaru…err…" Misaki slowly sat back up, before, right in front of her face… She gasped as she suddenly took in a massive, sticky black blob of shadow.
"I'll get you yet, Suzuhara, mark my words!" That hissing voice pressed from the cloud, before it dissipated. Misaki then sighed and rested back against the chair. Hatoko walked up to her.
"Misaki, Misaki! Are you alright?" Hatoko shook her and Misaki looked to her.
"Oh…I'll…I'll be alright…" Misaki then shut her eyes. The girl has been through a lot and she needed rest. Well, rest she'll get as she drifted off. When she awoke, she saw Hatoko sitting on the end of her bed.
"Mmm…oh…what happened?"
"You fell into the Darkness, I don't know how She could have seized someone as great as you, Suzuhara." Suzuka spoke and Hikaru looked up at her.
"Hey! That's my mother you're talking about, Suzuka!"
"…" Suzuka didn't respond.
"Hikaru! Settle down!" Still dressed in her uniform, she got out of the bed and stood up with a slight yawn. Hikaru grumbles softly and sits back in her Angel Egg.
"…This is scary…" Misaki sighs.
"You have to remain unafraid, Misaki, the entire world depends on you!" Hatoko looked at her with a look of determination.
"But…why…why me, Hatoko?"
Hatoko sighs and shakes her head. "Long ago, when the world was still young…a man was born. He was no ordinary man of his time, no. Because he had the power…to dream. And so, the Dreamworld was born from this man's thoughts while he was asleep. And, in it, souls were forming. Characters in the man's dreams. He dreamt of a huge kingdom, with Angels living in harmony underneath their one ruler. This ruler was called Dream. Little did he know that his dreams were really making this world! This world still exists, as long as the minds of the humans remain. Now…in this Dreamworld, as it is known between the Angels, is one sole ruler, going by the name of Dream. He has led the Angels since that day the Dreamworld was born, and he will forever remain the ruler…unless his sister gets involved. Her name is Wish, she was his most loyal servant inside the Kingdom of Dreams…but eventually she grew tired of being under her brother's foot. Eventually, SHE wanted to rule…and this want turned to longing…before finally it became too great. So she took a dagger and stabbed Dream, but failed to kill him. From then on, she was known as Nightmare. After being stabbed, Dream let off all of his energy to banish Nightmare to the prison continent within the Dreamworld. From there, with all her hate and malice and despise, she started to pull the banished Angels to her cause, growing in power, until she finally made the Darkness, which is an ominous black cloud that consumes everything in its path, turning all those that touch it to her side… Dream eventually called an army and brought forth a crusade to vanquish these murderers and rapists that had followed under the biggest criminal of them all. The two armies clashed and still to this day, the souls still fight… Nightmare's wish and longing for the throne got so great, that she started to seep outside the Dreamworld, through the Angels here, through the Human Worlds, and infect the Human's souls! If she spreads throughout the world, infecting every human…than she will undoubtedly control the Dreamworld, we must stop her and be rid of her once and for all!"
Misaki listened to Hatoko's story intently. "But…where do I fall in all of this?"
"You, Misaki, are the greatest General in Dream's army. You alone have power that not even Nightmare can comprehend. I too, am a General of the Light, but I am no where near as powerful as you, Misaki." Hatoko smiled.
Misaki sighs. "It's all…too much... Why me? Why…" She sighs again.
"Mother, you have to! United, the Generals are nigh unstoppable! Two are already before me right now, all we need is the third!" Hikaru smiles up to her, but that smile would quickly fade. Misaki didn't look very happy…
"But…what if I don't want to?! Why?! I don't want to be drug into this war, I don't want to save the world!! I just want to be a normal little girl!" She screamed, tears streaming from her eyes. Hatoko sighs.
"You…sound just like me when Suzuka told me of my fate…" Hatoko put a small hand on Misaki's shoulder, while Misaki sat there crying into her hands. She was scared, she didn't want to save the world or anything like that. It's already bad enough she's the best Deus in the world…does it have to continue?