Darkness
No matter where I look, the only thing ahead of me is a heavy, dull, and terrifying darkness. Barefoot, I feel something liquid but viscous with each step I take towards the unknown. I hear whispers from beyond the darkness, grunts along with chilling screams to remind me that I am not alone.
I can't say how long I've been walking, but there is no more noise, only silence.
In the middle of the silence, I begin to hear footsteps approaching me, getting closer and closer. I stop and hold my breath until I feel something in front of me, the breath of whatever creature or person it is, hits my face. Then I hear a whisper close to my ear. "Nathaniel, do you still remember? Or are you going to keep running away!"
I don't answer and remain still like a statue until the thing starts to move away. I take a deep breath and start to move forward, until I notice a light in the distance. As I approach, I see a table and a chair; on the table, a candle struggles to ward off the darkness, but almost without effect.
Taking the candle, I try to look around, but only darkness surrounds me. I use the candle to see the ground and see a red, viscous liquid enveloping my feet, blood.
Now with a little light I move forward, thankfully the light doesn't seem to attract anything unwanted. I continue until I see a kneeling body,
dressed in blood-red armor with long black hair. I approach slowly and touch the body lightly, but nothing happens. Now with more confidence I approach the body and lift its head. Pale skin and closed eyes, around 30 years old, a man.
The moment I remove my hands, the body opens its eyes, also blood red, and then grabs me and begins to whisper. "Where the light doesn't reach,the dead do not rest and the faith of Men falters, I wait for you!" says the body as it begins to decompose until nothing remains.
I look at where the body was, now empty as if it had never existed.
I take another deep breath and move forward, without looking back as if that were never an option.
The darkness begins to fade and I see a throne made of bodies, a creature with long ears, morbid white skin and coal-black eyes stares at me without moving. The bodies that make up the throne begin to tremble and heads begin to look at my gaze with blood streaming from their eyes, some familiar, others unknown, begin to scream at me.
"NATHANIEL"
"NATHANIEL"
"WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE US?"
"WHY?"
"NATHANIEL, WHY DID YOU ABANDON YOUR SISTER?"
"NATHANIEL"
"WHY?"
"WHY?"
The screams echo in my mind, with great pain I put my hands to my head and close my eyes, when I open them I am back in my room. Warm light streams in through the bedroom window and hits my skin; in the end, it was all a nightmare.