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Dark…
Everything…
Everything was... dark. No matter where one would look, everything was surrounded by darkness.
But suddenly and out of nowhere, a figure appeared withing the massive dark void could... falling slowly from the dark sky.
The figure in question appeared to be a boy, a boy with spiky brown hair, who was wearing a red jumpsuit with puffy shorts and a small black hood over his jumpsuit. His hands were covered by white gloves, accompanied with blue, black and yellow straps. His shoes were big and mainly yellow and he wore a crown pendant around his neck.
As the boy continued to fall, he began to stir awake, slowly opening his eyes... Once he gained full consciousness, the young lad felt he was falling through a dark sea, eneveloped in a sweet and relaxing feeling... Suddenly his fall came to a stop, as he felt he had landed on solid ground, despite not being able to see it at all.
However, without warning the floor erupted into hundreds of doves, all of which began to fly away, revealing in the ground a giant glass... The glass displayed the landscape of a beach in a sunset, with a star–shaped fruit and other elements of a beach encircled separately on the top. The boy looked amazed and slightly confused, and before he could give any more thought to anything, something else gained his attention
– So much to do, and so little time… – Said a silent voice – But take your time, and don’t be afraid. –
– W–what’s happening? – The boy asked, confused by his current situation – Who are you? –
– An old friend of course!. – Answered the voice with familiarity, which only confused the kid further. – Step forward and you will find the way. – It instructed – Can you do it? –
Still confused and somewhat frightened at what was happening, the young lad nonetheless did as the voice instructed, eventually finding himself at the center of the glass – There’s power sleeping within you… If you give it form, it will give you strength. – Suddenly three small pillars appeared around the boy, each one presenting a different weapon.
A sword, a shield, and finally a staff.
– Before you lay the power of the warrior, the power of the guardian, and the power of the mystic. Choose well. –
Taking a moment to think, the boy contemplated carefully about the options in front of him. Looking at each weapon for a few seconds, he eventually approaches the pillar with the sword – The power of the warrior, invincible courage, and a sword of terrible destruction. – Explained the voice – Is this the power you seek? –
The boy nodded, and in a flash, the other two pillars disappeared – Then your path has been set. – Without warning, the glass began to shatter, until broke completely and the boy was falling into darkness once again.
But before his eyes, another glass appeared before him, in which he landed softly. This new glass, to the boy's surprise, depicted him sleeping; while in the top were the image of his friends, but he also saw other two he didn’t recognize. Finally he saw that in the glass, the boy was holding a strange tool… One that looked like a key…
– There will be times you will have to fight. – Warned the voice as in front of the boy, dark figures with vaguely humanoid forms rose from the glass, they had round, spherical heads with circular, glowing yellow eyes, with two long, twisted antennae sprouting out of the top of their heads. Both hands had three clawed fingers, and their feet were large and lacked any discernible digits. – So keep your light burning strong, and you will always find a way. –
The strange creatures proceeded to attack the boy with their claws, thought he was able to avoid the attack, and manage to hit one of those creatures with his sword, making the creature disappear in a small cloud of darkness. The other creatures continued their assault, but once again he was able to dodge their attacks. Much to his surprise, he actually managed to vanquish the remaining two creatures relatively fast.
However, one of them sneaked behind the boy and prepared to attack him – ¡Behind you! – In a swift move, the boy swung the blade , managing to slice the creature in half. Before the boy could figure out what had happened, a door appeared out of nowhere right in front of him.
Without warning, the door began to open, releasing a radiant light from within and engulfed the boy in it.
Once the light had gone out, the boy could see that he was in a large tree house, and leaning on one of the railings was someone wearing a black coat that hid their face. The hooded youth stood up from the railing and walked towards the boy – Don’t be impatient. – They chided in the same silent voice from before – The time to open the door isn’t now –
– Who are you? What’s happening? – He questioned them in a frustrated and agitated tone.
The mysterious individual remained silent, and the boy felt they were ignoring his questions – What is the one thing that you care about the most in this world? – They asked, their gaze fixated on the yellow sun on the horizon.
Suddenlyy taken aback by the question, the boy remained silet for a moment but once he composed himself he answered – My friends! – He exclaimed proudly.
At that, the hooded teen let out an amused laugh. The boy thought for a second the teen was mocking him, but he soon realized their laugh was a genuine one. – And which is your greatest dream? –They asked, their voice devoid of humor this time.
The boy also got a serious expression, and turned to look at the morning sun – See everything that lies beyond the horizon. –
Letting out another laugh the teen proceeded to rub the young boy’s hair – Then you are in the right path. – They assured him. – The day you will open the door is both far off and very near. – They simple said, but before the boy could question them, his vision was clouded by a sudden white flash
Once he was able to see again, he found himself on the dark space once more, but the glass in which he was standing now was bright cyan, with a giant, crowned heart at its center...
– The closer you get to light, the greater your shadow becomes. – The silent voice whispered. From behind the boy, his shadow began moving on its own, growing more and more becoming more monstrous by the second. – But don’t be afraid. – Dspite the assurance, the young lad tried to run away from the mysterious monster
His attempts were to no avail, as he found himself cornered – And don’t forget... That you have the greatest weapon of all –
Realizing he had no other choice but to fight, he faced the dark creature head on with his sword in hand...
The giant monster began concentrating on his fist what it appeared a surge of dark energy, and once it had enough tried to hit the boy with it. And thought the boy evaded the fist, the shockwave it created manage to hit him. Before the kid could recover, a pool of darkness surrounded the monster’s fist, and from that pool, the smaller creatures from before began appearing. – Don’t you think I’m going to give up! – Exclaimed the kid, quickly regaining his footing and fending off the smaller creatures, he jumped at the side of the monster and managed to hit him with his weapon.
But the monster did not falter, and from the heart–shaped hole in his abdomen, fired blasts of darkness towards the young boy. At first he miraculously managed to doge a few, but in the end some of those attack succeeded in reaching their target.
As he lay hurt in the floor, the dark monster prepared to finish him off as he charged another dark fist. And as the dark fist prepared to land on him the boy, in a quick move jumped into the giant’s hand and ran in his arm towards the head, slicing it with his sword.
The attack prooved to be a fatal blow, because as soon as the kid landed on the ground the dark giant began dissipating, signaling it's defeat. But before he could celebrate, a pool of darkness appeared below his feet, quickly engulfing him...
“But don’t be afraid.”
“You hold the mightiest weapon of all”
So don’t forget…”
….
“You are the one who will open the door.”