Chapter 9: Surprising Awakening
Dan had felt the warmth of the darkness he had come accustom to start to fade away and then his mind seemed to plunge itself into a deep dream, an odd one at that which he would never recall once waking as what seemed like more of an eternity was suddenly vanished and his consciousness was brought forth. He was waking up and he could now understand his sense. He was laying on his stomach and his head was turned off to his left. He wasn't sprawled out like he normally was as he recalled and instead was neatly laid on a super comfy surface. He slowly shifted his right leg and as he found an edge he figured it must be a bed larger than his old one back at his parents house. Which brought him to wonder if he was home and everything had been a terrible nightmare or if he was instead sleeping at Marucho's and he was needing to get up so he could wake them and tell them of this new dream he had and have them help decipher it. Wait! Hadn't he already done that? Memories of old flashed back into his mind almost distracting him from another prescence in the room, that is until he accidentally shifted his left leg into it.
Dan opened his eyes for the first time in a long time and after a minute of focusing he found what his left leg had bumped into. It was a man, laying on his side and looking him over like a cheetah watching a gazelle before it strikes. It took Dan a moment to remember this man as he searched for the words the lad spoke.
"Well, you've awaken earlier than any of us expected." The man said in sultry manner as he propped his head on his hand and leaned into it.
Dan finally found his words and spat them out practically, "You, you're Ramere…I must be on Roa already?"
Ramere cocked an eyebrow giving Dan a look of slight surprise, "You know of Roa and of me?"
Dan sat up forgetting for a moment that there was another guy in his bed, "Yeah, I've been haunted by dreams and visions of it for some time now and…oh…the others and home….I've got to get back, but why am I here and how did I get here?"
Ramere chuckled as he replied, "Well you certainly are an extraordinary Serlin Ayemien. It matters not now on how you got here, just know you are here now and embrace it. As for the why, maybe together we can figure that out."
Before Dan could say much more, he suddenly had Ramere kissing him, but he was quick to push away the Roan before it got any worse and he even went to the extent of leaping out of the bed. Ramere pouted for a second and then smirked as he cast his gaze away from Dan's face to lower regions earning a blush from the brunette when he realized that he was nude. He quickly grabbed up a sheet to cover himself.
"What was that and my name's not Ayemien…it's Dan. Numbskull." Dan spat angrily as he wrapped himself up in the sheet to cover up his nakedness, "Pervert."
Ramere laughed at Dan remark before get out from under the covers, revealing that he was only adorned in a black pair of trousers. His lion tail wagged a little and as he stretched his golden wings that matched his hair. After stretching he moved silently towards Dan who kept backing away until he was well cornered. Ramere smirked like a predator at Dan who held a defiant look, but still kept to holding up the sheet as protection.
"If anyone's a pervert it's you for spying on me in your dreams or visions." Ramere said confidently before cupping Dan's chin and looking deep into his eyes.
Dan here noted how small he was compared to this Ramere guy even though he felt a little bit taller than he last checked.
Ramere continued speaking as he had his audience captivated, "Now listen here Dan~, which isn't your name anymore, you are Ayemien Haven, a Roan of the Serlins and a Reabun. A fascinating one at that who in a moment will belong to me."
"Wait?! What?!" Dan managed to say before it happened.
Ramere wrapped an arm around Dan to help him keep his chest pinned to Dan's preoccupied hands holding the sheet still and pin them against Dan's own, while the other forced Dan's head to tilt to the left before he began to kissing the side of his neck. Soon the kissing turning to nibbling and then full on hickey mode, but it hurt worse. Despite Dan's outcries of pain and displeasure, Ramere continued his onslaught until a door opening distracted the blonde long enough for the brunette to free a hand and sling a punch at him, except during mid punch, Dan's hand opened instinctually and instead of a big bruise, Ramere was left with four distinct claw marks on his right cheek that bleed a little. Surprise at what the result of his punch had done, Dan looked to his hand and found it wasn't as he thought it was. His hand had now longer nails almost exactly like claws.
"What the hell Ramere?" a female voice said in a scolding tone from behind Ramere who then stepped aside to reveal another familiar face.
"Gevia?" Dan mumbled in slight shock.
Her eyes went wide with surprise, "You know my name already?"
Dan sort of nodded as he began to itch his neck as gently as he could.
Ramere chuckled once more, "Fascinating and feisty. Just my style."
"Oh knock it off, you've done enough already, no need to patronize him more." Gevia scolded, "He's only just waken and…couldn't you have waited a bit longer."
"Nope." Ramere stated proudly as Dan stared at the two, completely oblivious to what exactly the conversation entailed, "It was fair play and not my fault the competition sucks."
Gevia scoffed as she proceeded to Dan and began to examine his neck before scoffing once more and then turning to Ramere.
"I just can't believe you, now go clean up and put some more clothes on, don't you think you've traumatized him enough." Gevia said to Ramere before turning back to Dan and handing him a dark green robe, "Put this on and stop scratching it."
"Glad someone sees sense at least." Dan remarked and then began to mumble, "Freakin' weird ass dreams land me in some dimension with some gay asshole that gives me a hickey the first chance he gets."
Ramere paused at the mumbling and called back to Dan, "Oh~ Ayemien, by the way that isn't just some simple hickey-"
"RAMERE!" Gevia yelled at him, "Stop dwaddling and hurry up, we have to wait on you now."
"Right, I'll be back in a jiffy Ayemien, my love." Ramere said with a twisted smile before blowing a kiss and disappearing out the door.
"What the…what's going on? What's he mean that it isn't a normal hickey?" Dan inquired as he continued scratching his neck as he still held up the sheet and had the robe tucked under an armpit, "Why does everyone call me Ayemien? My name is Dan."
Gevia giggled a bit and then went to the door, "Don't worry, all will be explained, now hurry up and put on that robe. I'll be out here waiting for you."
Dan sighed in disappointment before he was left alone to change into the robe. Before he got into the robe he took a bit of time to examine his surroundings. His bed indeed was bigger than his bed back at his parents house, this one was king sized and the windows in his room were as tall as giraffes practically and besides the bed there was a walk in closet and then a bathroom with a large vanity and mirror as well as a tub and separate shower with a towel closet. It was like he was in one of Marucho's bedrooms. The only thing about this place that bothered him was that the room was a dark dull green and blue coloration, except for the bathroom which was more pastel shades of blue. He started to put on the robe until pain shot up his spine at several attempts so he went to a mirror to see what was going on and hoped the pervert hadn't done anything to him while he was passed out.
His jaw dropped at the sight he beheld. He had wings and a tail, just like the other Roans, which explained the hands, but the scariest thing was the person in the mirror hardly looked like the old Dan what with the Dark red bat like wings with a black spike where a bat's thumb would've been and jet black spaded demonic looking tail to match.
A knock on the door interrupted his amazement at the room.
"C'mon, Ramere's back already." Gevia called from behind the door.
"Maybe he needs help." Ramere said from behind the door menacingly.
"NO! I'm fine, I can do it myself." Dan growled as he quickly put on the robe and made sure not an inch of skin he didn't want Ramere to see, was showing.
"Fine you are." Ramere commented as Dan exited the room.
He scowled at the blonde as Gevia giggled.
"Alright let's go." Gevia said as she took lead taking them down the corridor.
Ramere tried to manhandle Dan again, but he didn't give the blonde a chance as he dodged the attempts easily. Gevia paused at one point as both boys had fallen significantly behind.
"Ramere, stop that." Gevia scolded as Dan shot over to stand next to here, "We can't keep the Chief of Serlins waiting any longer."
"Sorry, just can't help myself." Ramere admitted.
"Damn right ya pervert." Dan said sticking his tongue out as he hid behind Gevia.
"Alright Dan, you walk on this side of me and Ramere, you stay on the other and behave." Gevia suggested with irritation much evident.
"Fine, fine, I'll stop screwing around." Ramere said in defeat and took his place on Gevia's right while Dan took her left.
"Good, now let's go." Gevia said with a sigh and the group headed off once more.
I'm sorry everyone for the long cliffhanger and wait for an update. Life happens and on top of that more life happens so I've concluded that I will mostly focus on finishing this adopted story first before I do much more with Forbidden Escape or anything else and then also I've been thinking that it might be time for me step away from fanfiction writing. I know I started FE first, but I owe it to NewSatan to finish it and to their readers. FE will be finished eventually, but update will be slow and may be months before it's next update. Anyway I know I skimped some information in this chapter, sorry about that NewSatan, don't worry it'll pop up. Anyway thanks everyone for not flooding my inbox. I greatly appreciate it and hopefully I'll get another chapter up before the start of my next semester.