I seemed like I'm floating for a long time.
I don't know where I am.
Who am I?
So many voices talking to me at the same time. I covered my ears and screamed at them without a sound.
Where are you?
What are you?
Who are you?
I hear a crackling sound. It's too dark in here. It's too cold.
I screamed at the darkness, telling it to leave me alone.
I sobbed.
I can't feel my body.
You are stupid.
You are useless.
You are insane.
I laughed with no reason. I no longer understood what I feel. I feel lighter. I feel like flying in the darkness.
Thousands of voices talked to me at the same time that I no longer can understand what they are talking about.
I can see darkness.
There's no one here. But I'm here. It doesn't make sense for no one here if I'm being here.
I giggled for no reason.
I hear voices again, this time even though they aren't talking at the same time, I no longer understand what they are talking about.
Who am I?
What am I?
I'm so tired.
What should I do?
I hummed in the darkness with a random tune when suddenly I saw my arm. My arm with lots of red color around it. I wonder what is that red color?
I'm so tired.
I want to rest.
I want to rest for a long time.
....
I suddenly felt intense pain. Extreme pain in the darkness. I screamed and screamed yet I can't seem to move. Even my mouth won't move. How did I scream when my mouth won't move?
It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!
Help me somebody! Help me! Help me! Help me!
Why won't anybody help me?
Am I really useless?
Am I just deluding myself?
I cried for a long time.
....
I heard some voices talking. One voice is yelling fiercely at something. I can't seem to move my body but somehow, my eyes began to feel lighter. I don't know why but tears suddenly fell down my cheeks.
Cheeks?
I slowly opened my eyes and saw myself floating on the air with my wrists bounded by something heavy and shiny and my arms stretched and pulled in different directions. My feet felt like being pulled by the glowing magic circle on the ground. I can see blood dripping on the floor from one of my arms. Thankfully, I was wearing something decent, like a long t-shirt, though it didn't quite cover my butt. And yes, I didn't have any underwear on.
I slowly began to recover bits of my memory and I closed my eyes again, feeling an intense pain like my head is being split in half.
I cried out in pain and instinctly moved my body in which an electrical bolt suddenly appeared and hit my entire body.
I nearly fainted from the pain.
There is no one here. Only strange looking creatures that looked at me with no emotion.
I can't seem to move my mouth from the pain.
Lion.
I suddenly remembered him.
Lion help me.
Lion where are you?
Lion please don't abandon me.
Another wave of lightning bolt hit me and I fainted again.
....
I woke up lying in a dirty dungeon cell floor. I can't move. My wrists are tied up tightly with a rope that rubbed my skin raw. I no longer have any energy to move. I no longer feel any pain. I just felt tired.
I'm getting sleepy. I no longer recognize my surroundings as they are getting blurred.
I'm dying, I know that now.
Breathing seems too heavy.
Another tear fell from my eye.
Good bye Lion.
I closed my eyes and tried my best to breathe when suddenly I heard a commotion and so many voices yelling and shouting. I can hear things breaking, objects falling and so many other things that I didn't quite recognize.
Soon I heard so many footsteps running towards my cell and someone yelling something in anguish. Something exploded and I can feel someone gently carrying me in their arms while yelling and crying about something. Crying?
I can feel teardrops on my face.
I am too tired. I just want to sleep.
I felt like I was being brought somewhere. The one who carried me gently, spoke words that even though I didn't understand it, I still felt like I'm being comforted. I felt like something caressed my face, wiping away the tears that somehow began to fall again.
The one who carried me must have been flying since I feel a sudden rush of wind. I was being held close to the chest as I can hear the heartbeat of the one who carried me.
I can't seem to move my body so I let myself get carried. I no longer fear anything, nor feel any pain. But somehow, I feel that whoever is carrying me will never harm me.
We must have arrived since I can feel the person carrying me stop moving. Then I heard more footsteps and all sorts of voices. The person carrying me is saying something in a low voice that feels heartbreaking for me to hear. The grip on me slightly tightened and I winced at the pain. I suddenly felt gentle nuzzles on my face and soft kisses on my forehead.
I can hear the voices getting softer and suddenly everything went dark.
....
I opened my eyes in a strange room. Even though the lights are a bit dim, it still hurts looking at it. I blinked and saw myself lying down on the bed by myself, my arms covered with bandages.
My body felt battered and my mind tired. I tried moving it and suddenly, I felt intense pain that nearly broke my sanity.
I cried out in pain.
Suddenly Lion appeared by my side and sat down next to me with a sorrowful look, stroking my hair and saying all sorts of things I did not understand.
I just stared at him, tears suddenly began to fell down my cheeks and I began to cry again.
Lion quickly lay down beside me and embraced me with his arms as I kept on crying. I can feel him crying too.
After a while, I calmed down and just snuggled next to him. He caressed my cheeks and hair while his tail curved around my waist.
I want to touch him.
I tried to move my arm and felt intense pain so I stopped.
Lion must have noticed since he took one of my hands and squeezed it.
After awhile, Puma suddenly appeared along with Sly, Ghost and Orm. They looked like they are in pain seeing me. I tried my best to smile at them to no avail. It's just too painful. Puma said something that I didn't understand so I just stared at her. They suddenly looked horrified while Lion just buried his face on my hair.
Sly is trying to say something which Ghost yelled at Orm while Puma is asking Lion about something that made him sat up. He suddenly looked determined and said something to Orm who nodded and they both together performed something magical at the same time, making a large magic circle on the ground in which it suddenly glowed with such intensity that soon, the whole room is shrouded with brightness.
After awhile, the brightness died down. Everyone kept silent as Lion leaned near my ear and whispered, I'm sorry, I was late.