Ch. 2: Awakening
Ookami awoke on what seemed to be a giant, stain-glass window. It was a light-green, picture of a beautiful woman dressed in blue and yellow. Around her were 7 men and a lot of little forest creatures. At the bottom, near the woman's feet, was an old, ugly woman. She had a creepy smile so he decided to look way.
Then Ookami decided to look around to find a way down, but there wasn't, the window was actually a tall pillar that lead into black nothingness. In fact, everywhere around him besides the pillar was black nothingness.
"Just great!" he shouted. He then sighed. "It's okay Ookami," he told himself, "just do what you always do, take control of the dream. Imagine something like a pathway or…." He was interrupted by the pillar, which began to shake. Three weapons appeared on separate columns, a sword, a shield, and a staff, which Ookami believed to be a magic staff.
Don't be afraid. The door is still shut. But we don't have too much time. Step forward, embrace your true strength! Said a voice in his head. Pick a weapon! Hurry! Dawn approaches, and with it, so does the shadow.
Despite the fact that the voice said to not be afraid, he slightly was. He had never had a dream like this, and this strange voice. Who was it? Ookami couldn't tell whether it was male or female. It was just, there. But he had the feeling that he could trust the voice, he could feel it in his gut. And by the way this voice was talking to him; not listening to it could lead to something bad.
So he studied the three weapons and thought about advantages of them. The sword would be for straight on, hash and slash attacks and probably mean strength. The shield could've been use to bash people (or things) on the head. The staff would probably give him magic attacks, but if not, he could use it like a club. So not knowing what he was up against, he picked the sword.
He had to jump on top of the small pillar to grab the sword, but that wasn't hard to do. It was about 3 feet high. The only reason he had to climb up there was because the sword was floating above the pillar with the blade pointed down. Making the hilt slightly out of Ookami's reach. He climbed up, grabbed the sword and hopped down.
Now, pick a weapon to get rid of. But hurry! Dawn draws near!
This made Ookami think for a moment. He guessed that by picking another weapon, he would get no help from that weapon. In his mind he theorized that the first weapon pick would be a strength, the weapon he didn't pick would be just a normal power, and the second weapon he picked, would be a weakness.
He thought for a few more moments and decided to get of the shield. So he climbed up to the shield and grabbed it. As soon as he grabbed it disappeared, and so did the magic staff. Then the whole pillar began to shake. The small pillar Ookami was standing on sank into main pillar, so he hoped off it. Then the whole pillar shattered from the outside in, and Ookami fell into the darkness below.
After a few seconds Ookami wasn't really falling, it was more like gliding. So ceasing the moment, Ookami began doing flips and spins. But all that can to an end soon. He saw another stain-glassed pillar coming up. So he quickly turned his body so he could land safely on his feet.
Before landing, he quickly studied the picture on this pillar. It was another woman, but this time it was a brown haired woman in a light blue and white dress. The pictures around her head showed 3 parts of a castle, a horse, and a carriage. Around the outside of the circular pillar depicted two people dancing and 2 pictures showed beautiful blue heels with a white heart on them. The background of the pillar was shaded violet
He soon landed. After a few seconds the sword reappeared in his hand.
There will be times where you will have to fight. Just as the mysterious voice said that, four shadows appeared and started moving around the pillar. Then from these shadows came four blackish frog-like creatures. They had beady yellow eyes and were constantly moving. Then they went back into the shadows they came from and moved to encircle Ookami.
Soon Ookami was surrounded by these creatures, so he readied himself for an attack. After a moment, the creature to his right jumped at him, he swung his sword and hit the creature across his face and sent it flying back a few feet. Then he swung around and slashed at the creature behind him. He jumped backwards to dodge the things that were to his left and right, that's when he started picking them off one by one.
First creature he went after turned into a shadow and dodged Ookami's slash. She he followed the shadow with his eyes. When he saw that it went to the opposite side of the pillar he quickly changed his attention to another creature. This one wasn't as smart as the last one so Ookami hit it a few times and then slashed straight down at its head, finishing it off. As it died it faded into nothing and he noticed something fly from the creature's body, but Ookami couldn't tell what it was. Then he saw a shadow shoot under his feet and he turned around and slashed the creature just as it rose from the shadow it came from. Soon he dispatched this creature.
He then run at the next creature and diagonally slashed the creature across his body then followed it up by a slash across its face, killing it. Then there was one left. It quickly turned in a shadow and shot forward at Ookami. He jumped back, but it followed. It was then under Ookami's feet. The shadow then got bigger and started to swallow Ookami up.
Slowly the darkness devoured Ookami. He reached to grab the pillar, but just as his hand was about to grab it, the hole to the darkness widened. And soon he was completely in the darkness. He felt like he was falling, and he couldn't see a thing. He struggles to turn around. But he just kept falling.
He felt around and felt a solid surface. He looked over and saw that he was on a new pillar. This pillar was shaded pink. He looked around and saw that there were three hearts and in those three hearts there silhouettes of three women. Then he looked around the pillar and saw a small chest. He walked up to it and tried to open it, but it wouldn't open.
Summon your sword and tap the chest, said the mysterious voice.
So he focused for a moment and the sword reappeared in his hand. He tapped the chest and it opened. He guesses that it was some kind of potion that he could drink to make him stronger.
With the power you have, you can open or seal any lock. Use this power wisely, said the disembodied voice. Just then a big white door appeared in front of him. He walked up to it and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge. He then remembered what the voice said to him, and he tapped the lock and he heard a clicking sound. Then the door opened by itself and Ookami walked into its bright light.
Next thing he knew, Ookami was on a new pillar. This pillar was red and in the middle was another woman. She had blonde hair and was wearing a purple dress and was holding a rose. Around her head were 3 silhouettes that had something on their backs. Wings? Ookami thought to himself. Around the outside of the pillar were roses.
There are many kinds of enemies that you will face. You must learn how to deal with anything that comes your way, said the voice. Just then a white creature appeared. Unlike the shadowy, frog like beings he fought earlier, the creature looked more like a person. It was about as tall as Ookami, but it could stay still. It had a big mouth, and some kind of symbol on top of its head.
Ookami quickly went into his battle stance ready for this creature to attack. After a few seconds, it lunged forward, but Ookami reversed it. Ookami noticed that the white creature was temporally stunned after his reversal. So when the creature lunged again, he reversed it again and followed it up with a three hit combo. The creature then tried slashing Ookami with its claws; soon he jumped back, then ran at it and delivered the final blow.
Ookami then took a short breather. He then looked around to make sure there were no more creatures to fight. Ookami was happy to see that there was no more creatures fight. After a few moments, a pathway of stain glass steps appeared. Ookami knew he had to follow them, he could feel it in his gut.
So then he started his climb. After he had been climbing up the slowly spiraling stairs foe a few minutes, he decided to look back. To his surprise, each step was gone. So to make sure he wasn't seeing things, he went up one more step while keeping his eyes on the last one. As soon as both feet were safely on the next step, the last step faded away. Wow, he thought to himself, I guess I'm not going back. He then turned around and continued moving forward.
Ookami continued his seemingly, never-ending walk up the stairs. He wanted to conserve his energy. Wait a minute! I'm in a dream! Ookami remembered, I can run this whole thing and not be a bit tired! With that said, he ran. He ran faster than he did in his other dreams, but he wasn't complaining. Soon, he could see what he guessed was the side of the pillar, so he began to slow down. He didn't want to run straight into a group of enemies, even though he thought he could've taken a group of ten or twenty, he didn't want to take that risk.
Soon he was at the top. On the other side he could see another door, but this one was wide open, with an extremely bright light emitting. So he began thinking that this was the end to this weird dream. But as he drew closer, the voice spoke again, the closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes. Just as the voice said that, Ookami got the urge to turn around.
Ookami found out that the voice was right; the shadow he cast was huge. But that wasn't the problem. Slowly, the shadow moved by itself and rose up out of the ground it was laying on. It just kept growing. Soon, this huge shadow was bigger than the bell tower that stood in the middle of his school's courtyard. It was as black as the shadow creatures he fought earlier and also had the same yellow eyes as them. But unlike those creatures, this thing looked like a man. In the middle of his stomach was a heart shaped hole.
Ookami tried to run to the door, but it disappeared. So Ookami knew what he had to do, he had to fight this creature. He didn't know how he was going to do it, but he was going to no matter what it took. So he summoned his sword and prepared for battle.
The creature made the first move. It began charging some kind orb from its heart-shaped hole. So Ookami charged at the creature. The creature then shot the orb at Ookami, but he dodge-rolled to his right. To Ookami's surprise, it followed him and hit him on the arm.
Ouch! That actually hurt! That's not good! Ookami thought to himself as he clenched his arm in pain. Wait, the potion! Ookami then reached in his pocket and grabbed the veil of blue liquid. He looked over at the towering creature while opening the veil; the creature had slammed its fists into the ground summoning a vortex of darkness, from it came the frog-like creatures from earlier. Just great! Ookami thought just as he opened the veil. He then downed the mysterious liquid and felt the effects instantly. He then shot back up and charged the creature again.
He drew near the massive being of darkness, but got stopped by the frog-like creatures. Quickly he was surrounded. But Ookami quickly found a way out; he spun around in a circle, just as all the creatures tried jumping on him, and surprisingly killed them all. He then turned his attention to the massive being, which began charging another orb attack. Ookami noticed that the giant's hands became close to the ground, so Ookami went for his right hand.
He was able to get four hits in before the creature launched its orb. But the orb didn't hit him this time. It just went straight, didn't even curve slightly. A blind spot! Of course! Ookami thought. Ookami changed his focus back to the creature's right hand, but it was high in the air. So trying to use his height to an advantage, Ookami started swinging the sword wildly above his head, but the creature's had was just a little too high. So then Ookami tried jumping up and slashing and it worked. This made Ookami happy, so he continued jumping and slashing.
Just as Ookami hit the top of one of his jumps, the massive creature raised both its arms. Ookami knew what was coming, so as he landed, he ran back a few feet to dodge the attack that was about to happen. Once again the creature slammed its fists into the ground creating the vortexes that would summon the frog creatures. So Ookami quickly ran up to its hand and hit it about nine times before it raise its arms back up. Ookami turned around and killed two frog creatures with two hits each. Then out of nowhere orbs of darkness came down from the sky. Ookami had a feeling that the creature caused it. He ran around killing the frog creatures while dodging the orbs.
After the orbs stopped, Ookami went right back to its hand. He once again began jumping and slashing, in hopes of at least injuring the thing. Just as Ookami hit it for the fifth time, the creature began charging its orb of darkness. As soon as its hand was at ground level, Ookami grasped his sword with two hands and went full force the creature's hand. He could feel his muscles flex as he kept hashing and slashing away. Then, after ten hits, the creature launched its orb into the nothingness that surrounded the pillar.
As the massive creature returned its hands back its sides, Ookami crouched down, and launched himself up, then came down full force on the creature's right hand. It let out a roar and disappeared. It's about time, Ookami thought, but he spoke too soon. The pillar vanished beneath his feet and he fell into the never ending darkness.