Do you know that feeling? That feeling that you just know something is wrong, but you don't want to do anything about it. Sometimes, I wonder how things could be different. Could I be laughing? Crying? Smiling, but here I am. My blank face, emotionless and deformed as it's always been.

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I feel the water and the sensation of being engulfed by it. Why do I feel so refreshed, yet still feel so tired? I get up and I'm trying to remember who I am or where I am. I don't know, why don't I remember.

"Huh?" He said when he saw a wooden chest, that looked like it was falling apart. He went to open it and found fresh clean clothes in it. There was a black long-sleeved shirt, grey pants, and brown boots. There was nothing else. "Why am I here?" He thought. He decided to examine his surroundings before he asked questions. The place where he woke up from was like a pod, except there was no water in it. It was white and round, but no other distinguishing features were present.

The room itself was lacking in decoration, but there was a brown door. He decided to open it and found himself in another room. This time, the room was still a dull gray, but there were paintings. Although, the pictures looked very grotesque, and the floor was just one straight floor of dust. He stepped on the floor, and he made a complete footprint. "Well, this place is old." He thought.

He saw a huge door, and he rushed towards it and tried opening it. It was locked. "Oh no." He said, now a bit nervous. This was the only door in the room, and there weren't any windows. But, after examining the room a bit more, he saw another treasure chest, this time it looked well-kept. He opened it and saw a ball. He touched it, and saw a paper folded in half. He picked it up, opened it up, and it read: "Put ball right in front of your eyes."

Albeit skeptical, he saw no other option and did just that. All of a sudden the device opened up, and before he knew it, some sort of liquid went in his eyes. Groaning in discomfort, the liquid went into his eyes, and he suddenly saw things from a different perspective. He looked at the door and suddenly saw information appear in a blue square. Surprised, he decided to question it later and get out of there. He looked at the blue square, "Say, your name, or nickname, to leave."

"Uh, oh." He doesn't know his name. All of a sudden, he heard a voice, "Alb." "Huh?" He exclaimed. He looked around but didn't see anybody. Slowly, he went up to the door and said, "Alb." The door started opening, and he went to step out. "Guess my new name is Alb." He thought.

"I wonder where am I." He thought. He stepped outside, and bright sunlight clouded his eyes. He had to close his eyes, wait a few seconds, then he opened them. Finally adjusting to the light, he looked around. All of a sudden, knowledge of the area around him entered his brain. Like, he knew that a village was nearby and they're hosting an annual play. "Why do I know this?" He thought. He assumed it was because of the liquid that went in his eye. Shrugging it off, he decides to head into the village, but before he went ahead, he shut the door he just exited from. He had a feeling it was a good idea to do so.

After walking a good 10 minutes, he reached the village and explored the town. There were no residents in sight, so he decided to explore. Already, he started receiving information about the village. The play was being hosted at the center and was set to start in 10 minutes. He, also, saw that Darkners and humans were going to be there.

His memory was very faint, but the name Darkner seemed familiar. He walked over to the center of the village to find a huge crowd. There were humans and Darkners, but they were divided with one side on the other. "Strange, but I don't know anything yet." After all, maybe it was just tradition. He decided to go stand over to the human side and saw an old darkner struggling to get through the crowd. Feeling pity, he went up to him and asked if he needed help. The Darkner looked surprised but nodded gratefully.

Lifting him up a bit higher for him to find his seat, he saw it. "Oh, thank you! I was worried I was going to be late." He said gratefully. Alb nodded but felt like he was observed and deduced that people noticed his service and thought strange of it. He didn't mind, but the old Darkner asked, "Where are you sitting?" Alb looked sheepish and replied, "I'm standing at the back, I don't think there's an extra seat." The old Darkner looked surprised and told him that if he wanted, he could sit with him. "Are you sure? I wouldn't want to trouble you." Alb asked, worried.

He smiled and said it was fine and invited him over. Thinking it would be rude not to sit with him, he did. The humans looked at him like he was crazy, and the other Darkners looked unsure about a human sitting with him. But, the play was starting and everybody soon directed their focus to the stage.

The play wasn't too interesting, but he liked the singing. He noticed there was a bit of improv in most of the scenes, so that wasn't good. But once the play ended, he thought they would get up and go home. It was sunset after all.

But an MC who directed the event, then proclaimed, "Ok! Let's start the embarrassing voice challenge." He had a smirk on his face. Everybody was smiling nervously, and Alb looked around cluelessly. Then, all of a sudden, the MC looked at him, and Alb looked at the MC. "Why did I do that?" He thought. "You! In the Darkner's crowd! What's your name!" He called out. Everybody turned to look at him, the old Darkner looked at him apologetically. "Urm, Alb." He said, in an unsure tone.

The MC then called out the guards, who directed him to the stage. "Don't worry, you have the voice" A voice reassured. Alb didn't know how to communicate, but he imagined saying the word, "Huh?" in his head. The MC then said, in the most teasing tone, "Audience, our friend here will sing a song in a feminine voice, but we'll be nice and he only needs to sing for 30 seconds." Then the MC rushed off, and the stage was enclosed in a glass cage.

"Ok? What should I sing?" Alb asked. "The Plague, sing the final part." it thought. Alb nodded mentally and looked at the crowd. They had mixed reactions, the darkners looked sorry, some humans looked sorry as well, but most of them were smirking. Alb breathed and sang the part.

You who I called sister
How could you have come to hate me so?
Is this what you wanted?

Everybody was agape.

(I send the swarm, I send the horde)

The MC was surprised by the mysterious chorus.

Then let my heart be hardened
And never mind how high the cost may grow
This will still be so:
I will never let your people go

Making them feel so surprised felt so good, it was nostalgic.

Thus saith the Lord:
I will not...
Let your people go!

He finished, the box enclosing him was gone. Walking to his seat, everybody was still in shock. All of a sudden, everybody was clapping, especially the Darkners. He blushed and went to sit down. "That was amazing." The old Darkner exclaimed, looking at him.

"Thank you!" Alb thanked. The MC walked up to the stage, and said, "Well, that's all, folks." Everybody got up, and now Alb was worried. Where would he go to sleep? The old Darkner noticed his worried expression and asked him what the problem was. "I don't have a home, I actually can't remember much besides my name." The elder saw this, thought for a moment, and said, "Well, you can stay at the spring cottage. Here' s the key." Alb was unsure. "Are you sure? I really don't want to bother you or cause any trouble."

He smiled, "It's fine, I'm staying at the castle. The cottage is over here." After getting directions from the elder, he thanked him and speed-walked out of there. Following his directions, he saw the cottage. It looked quaint, was surrounded by a lot of flowers, a pond was in the backyard, fruits were growing. There was almost no problem with this location. Opening the door, there was a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and living room. It looked like it hadn't been used in a while. He decided to clean it tomorrow and go to sleep.

"I wonder why I was so calm during that performance, I guess I knew the song pretty well."

Sorry. I've finally decided on a base idea. Thanks for reading!

Lyrics are from, "The Plague" in The Prince Of Egypt

Brother was changed to Sister

By, Ralph Fiennes, Amick Byram