The next day the two woke up. Getting dressed they headed to the cafeteria for breakfast. Unfortunately, Ki Song was not there.
After quickly finishing their breakfast they headed to the entrance ceremony. Arriving they saw only a couple dozen people in the auditorium. Most of which were sitting alone or in small groups of two or three. Taking a seat in the middle of the auditorium the two waited and talk about some minor things. After about twenty minutes a man walk onto stage.
He had a refined beard that seemed to almost meld with his skin. He wore a black and blue outfit. His eyes were a dull shade of grey, as if he had seen countless battles. At the moment he spoke. He raw voice echoed through the room.
"Welcome to the Awakened Academy. I am Awakened Bolder. I am the head instructor of the academy. It is my goal to see as many of you survive your venture into the Dream Realm as possible.
I am not going to be nice with y'all. Just like how the Dream Realm is. The chances any of you survive is low. No matter the talent or lineage. It does not mean you will survive. So you all will need to get as prepared as possible. One other thing, try to know everyone. The chance as slim, but it is more likely you meet someone you know in the academy than someone who has already awakened. Anyone can be your ally.
You have all selected your classes you want to start with. I hope you have chosen wisely as the Dream Realm is unpredictable at best and unimaginable at worse.
After this meeting you will all be sent to a interview with one of the awakened here. The information on your nightmare and what you can do can help mundane people understand the nightmares and help us give you better guidance.
If you have any questions fine any Awakened. They will be happy to help answer your question or guide you someone who knows the answer. I will be hopping into random classes, to give any extra guidance. With that I leave you." Bolder walked from the stage. Soon after three Awakened walked in.
The one in the lead announced, "Please form three lines and follow us to the interviewing rooms." With that they turned and walk. Soon the Sleepers followed. As they walked they sorted into three lines as if controlled.
Anderson and Zena ended up at the back of one line. The Awakened walked done the hallways and finally stopped at one of the smaller hallways. In the hallway there were six rooms, three on each side. From there the three lines split and each went to a different room. In the rooms there were hundreds of desks. As if expecting many more sleepers than there were.
At that moment the Awakened who was leading them instructed, "I will bring each of you to the interview room across the hall. After they are finished I will come get another one of you." Finishing his instruction he took one of the Sleepers to the other room. The wait felt like an eternity for every single person in the room. Slowly, the Sleepers started to fade one by one. Until it was only Anderson and Zena.
"Alright, which of you would like to go first?" The Awakened questioned.
"We have a unique case and think it would be better if we both came with you." Anderson spoke calmly.
"Ok, bit unorthodox, but I am ready to get this over with so ok."
Walking across the hallway, Anderson and Zena noticed that the other two Awakened were talking, done with there thirds of the Sleepers. Then they noticed the Awakened bringing in the two at the same time"
"Hey James, why are you taking the two at the same time?" One of the two men responded.
"Well they wished to do it together so who am I to deny them." The now named James responded.
Ended the quick conversation they entered the room. With an extra chair James brought, they sat down. "May I ask why the two of you wanted to do the interview together?"
As planned Anderson would do the majority of the speaking so Zena's impulsiveness wouldn't cause any trouble. "Well we had a quite unique nightmare. We were in a shared nightmare."
With that simple response James was shocked. "What do you mean by shared. Were you both in the same nightmare or did the two of you have the exact same nightmare."
"We were both in the same nightmare, we were able to interact with each other. Also, to make sure it was the same nightmare. At times without the other we would have died."
"Do the two of you have any idea to why it was like this? I have never heard of anything like this. The First Nightmare was supposed to be a solo nightmare. It wouldn't change all of a sudden." James wanted to know rubbing his hand on this forehead.
"If I had to make an educated guess, it would be one of two things. The fact we are twins or the link between our aspects. Actually, it might be a combination of both."
"Great" James quickly pulled out his communicator and called someone. "Hey Melisa, can you check if there are any registered Awakened who were twins."
"Sure, just give me one second." Then the call went silent for a second before coming back. "To answer your question, there is only one set of Awakened that are twins. They are the newly registered Sleepers Anderson and Zena. Do you need anything else."
"No, you can go back to doing what you were." Ending the call he looked back to the twins. "Well it seems like a very possible theory. But would you like to explain the aspect part."
"Well without going into to much detail my aspect has to do with reality and my sisters has to do with delusions. On top of that we share a attribute that connects us." Anderson tried hard to leave out any part of what their aspects did and what the attribute truly did.
Sighing James continued, "Well based on what you said that is the best guess. However, we can theorize later. That is not my specialty. So onto the rest of the interview. What was your nightmare like?"
This time Zena responded with the version of the story that Anderson had told her before.
Blinking James continued, "Well it seems like the two of you had it rough. Congratulations on beating it. That is probably one of the worse nightmares I have heard so far. Is there anything you to would like to add about your aspects?"
"We both got True Names in our Nightmare, mine is Remorseful Hunter." Zena added excitedly.
"And mine is Chaos Conductor." Anderson added calmly.