May 26, 2011

Forecast... Cloudy

Thursday

"Any specific reason you wanted to talk?" I asked Yu to come up to the roof after school, there was something that I wanted to talk to him about. I would have asked Chie, but I was worried that she would think that I was nuts. Well, I think that anyone would have, especially with what I wanted to talk about.

"Yeah, j-just don't laugh..." I leaned against the fence and sighed deeply. I remembered something else about Nyarlathotep, only... I guess it wasn't really Nyarlathotep, but it was more about that Igor guy. "Have you heard about a place called... called the Velvet Room."

The way Yu reacted was completely different then what I thought it was gonna be... He did a triple take so fast that I could hear his neck pop. "N-nope, ne-never heard of it..."

"Okay then... it's just that last night..."I turned looked to the ground as a tear fell from my eye. My voice started to crack... "I finally re-remembered ev-everything..."

Yu snapped back into attention. This was big, he knew that. "I hope you're listening; cause I'm only gonna say this once..."

October 24, 2009

The Dark Hour

"Wh-what's going on?" I stood there a stared right at the person's face. I was emotionless to him. "What did you do to everyone!?"

I didn't answer him, I was already getting use to this, I didn't like though. Nyarlathotep enjoyed it. I was starting to see just how much of a monster he really was. The man started to slowly back away from me. But Nyarlathotep came out of the shadows behind him. "Welcome to my domain."

The man looked scared, so I looked away... I didn't want to see or hear him scream. But I knew what was going to happen. He would stand there as Nyarlathotep reach out to his head and fed upon his mind. I hide next to the wall as I heard him scream. "What a pitiful meal that was. Kreed, do bring me a more fitting meal next time."

"I don't want to do this!" I started to cry. The Dark Hour was almost over, but it couldn't end fast enough. It didn't help that he heard what I said.

"You don't have a choice in the matter!" I couldn't see it under his mask. But I'm pretty sure, he was smiling, the bastard only pretended to care, then turned me into an unofficial proxy! Only ever using me as a means to an end. "It must feel good... knowing you're the reason that these people are dead."

"Wh-what?" I looked back at him. I was truly scared now, I actually believed every word coming out of his mouth. I wanted to die I was so scared of myself. Yet that want eventually that want would backfire. Subjective hypnotism was a powerful thing.

Yu looked at me dumbfounded; must have been thinking the same thing I was. At least that's what I thought... until Narukami opened his mouth again. "Why would you be scared to tell Chie this? It wasn't your fault that any of that stuff happened."

I shook my head, Yu was wrong. "I let it happen, I didn't try and save anyone of those people... Nyarlathotep let me choose the victims, Yu... All of it happened because I was too scared of his power!"

"That still doesn't mean it was your fault. I bet everyone would understand what happened." I shook my head again, that was just wishful thinking. Then again, every good thing that had happened to me was originally wishful thinking.

"I still remember more if you want me to continue."

Yu just nodded.

December 31, 2009

Dark Hour

I hadn't seen Nyarlathotep in a few months, which was good, but I took his words to heart. I was the reason all those people... I-I was a monster, I made people believe what I said only so that they could be killed. I hated that feeling, I still wanted to die, I even hated talking to my family because of that feeling. I was running out of time, and I was the one pressing fast-forward. My mom was going to help me get out of the states soon, but first I had to learn to speak a different language. I would try, but if life got to be too much... I wouldn't hesitate to end mine. I sat there staring at the moon.

I hated this moon, it wasn't the moon I grew up looking at. This moon was dark and evil, it represented everything that had happened because Nyarlathotep. I started to cry slightly as I thought about all the people that I had helped him kill. The only thing that was left of them were empty shells... shadows of their former selves.

I was about to lose all hope at that moment. Yet, I noticed something, something so small and insignificant... that I-I thought about hope and everything that could happen when I left. Yet the reality about what happened was more than I could have hoped for. Still, that small thing that gave me hope... was a small butterfly that seemed to glow a bright blue. The little guy flew over to me and landed on my nose. I laughed, for once... I was happy. It had been along time since I could say that and truthfully mean it.

I smiled as the little guy fluttered a bit. My smile was large as the butterfly finally decided to fly away. I was kinda sad to watch the little guy go off on his own. Yet I had hope again, I know that I kinda sound like a broken record, but that kinda thing tends to happen to me. Yet, it seemed like for that hope to stay was little more than just wishful thinking again. I was always gonna have nothing more than that in my life. Just a little bit of wishful thinking... I guess that's all I would ever amount to.

January 1, 2010

The Fall

I was getting ready to pack up for another school once again when the Dark Hour fell. I sighed, it was just another hour that I wouldn't get any sleep because, but there was a feeling that I couldn't shake about this night. Something didn't feel right about it, the air was thicker and I felt like something was watching... not just me, but the whole room. So, I did something that I hadn't done in such a long time. I took a walk during the Midnight Hour, it snowed a few days ago, but temperature never really seemed to bother me during the Dark Hour. Yet, I still grabbed a coat. It took some time, but I finally got going, it seemed like everyone was outside for New Years this time.

Which made me feel even more uneasy with all of the coffins just lining the streets like they were waiting for someone to open them... to reveal the truth of the world to them. I didn't think anything about what was going to happen that night, but that was of course when it happened. About halfway through the Dark Hour... I felt a huge surge of energy hit me. The wave was powerful enough to send me straight to the ground! I blacked out for a moment, and when I came too... Everyone was outside of the coffins... but it was still the Dark Hour, that shouldn't have happened! I was the only one who could do that recently... I made sure of it! Yet for everyone to just wake up during the Dark Hour was unheard of! I could hear the concern in people's voices about the outside world and it's surroundings.

"Wh-what's going on!?"

"What's with the moon!?" Those were the only questions that came out of everybody's mouths. I wanted to know the answer to the former question as well! I was about to voice my concern, yet a new sound reached my ears... that of liquid and sludge smashing against the ground and screams! I quickly sat up and turned to the source of the sound... and what I saw was one of the most horrific things that anyone will ever see. I saw people around the town starting to slowly melt into a black sludge! I couldn't watch it for long, or else I would have thrown up! That's when I looked back to the moon and noticed the change in it. The moon was sliver and looked like it had a red iris of an eyeball with a pure black pupil in it.

That was more terrifying than the people turning into black sludge. I was shaking with fear as everyone around me slowly screamed in pain and fear. I couldn't control my body anymore; I was trying not to scream in distress! Suddenly... pain shot up my arm; I slowly looked down at my arm... and I started to cry. I wasn't scared of what I say, I was sad because all of that hope that I had built up was for nothing... My arm was slowly turning into the black sludge, but it was at a much slower pace than everyone else. I was crying so much that I didn't see Em run up to me. "Bro! Get off your ass! We gotta fucking move!"

"I-it doesn't matter..." Now my side started to hurt as it too started to melt. "I'm dead..."

Em grabbed me by my sides and started to drag me away, until her hand gripped the sludge that was once my side. "Br-brother...?" Em gaped at me, she knew what was happening. and it scared her to death. "N-no... Come on, Kris, you n-need to fight this!"

Em was crying now. We sat there for a moment, until Em started to gasp in pain! I turned and fell as more of me turned into the sludge... and my eyes widened in fear as I saw my sister also starting to melt! "N-no, don't take Em, she did nothing! Why!?" The sludge from both of us started to mix together as the world went dark around me. That is where Nyarlathotep started to chase me. Then the Velvet Room...

"Welcome... to the Velvet Room." Igor smiled at me. At least I think it was a smile, he looked like he was always smiling. "Pleased to make your acquaintance. I am Igor, and this is my assistant, Elizabeth."

"Good Evening." I looked behind Igor to see the girl that he was mentioning. She had silver hair and yellow eyes. She wore a dark blue elevator attendant's uniform. Igor tilted his head slightly.

"My Master seems to have taken a certain interest in you." Igor stared at me, it seemed to me like he was judging me. "Don't worry, you are asleep in your world. This room exists in between dreams and reality, mind and matter."

"W-why was I brought here?" My voice was shaking, Igor chuckled slightly.

"That is up for you to decide." Igor was kinda scaring me, but I did feel safer in the room with him. "Yet, it seems like you have an interesting destiny... but you, yourself, are not destined to be the hero. You are a vessel of power... you have been tricked by Nyarlathotep and are now like the number zero... empty, but infinite. Yet, you are not a Wild Card it would seem. Though, I believe that I have a theory to this."

"What?" I was confused by half the things that he was saying, but I understood the next thing that he said.

"The bonds that you make with people will help to shape you and your true resolve... just know that the you are now the key for seal that has saved you all..." Igor looked to the ground now. "Ah, it would seem that our time here is up. Though it may never happen, I look forward to your next visit... and do not fear, your sister is safe."

"I woke up in my bed the next, I couldn't remember anything that had happened..." I looked to the ground, I was ashamed of myself, how would I face any of my friends again... h-how would I face Chie again? I looked straight to the sky. "Go ahead... I'm ready for the insults to fly..."

Yu chuckled a bit, and that's when I felt a smaller form than Yu wrap its arms around me. "Idiot... I could never hate you for something like this." I didn't need to look down now... the tears started to flow down my cheeks.

"Thanks Yu..." I heard Yu leave the roof. I had never been happier to be sad in my life, as I was, just holding Chie in my arms at that moment. I could still hear multiple footsteps... Now the whole team knew, and I was happy about it. Finally after ten minutes, I whispered three words to the point Chie couldn't hear. "I am alive."

And fin! No the story is not over... This chapter finally is! It took FOREVER and a day to get this puppy done! So sorry it took so long, hope you enjoyed and feedback please!