This is a first draft
Creeping Madness and Magical Solutions
Unknown Time;
Unknown location;
“You might be wondering where I’ve been all this time. Well, I’ve been looking for you. Guided by a feeling that I would see you again”, a young boy, sitting in the dark, was talking to himself. “What happened to me, you ask? Well, I lost everyone. Literally, I woke up in a different world, I think. I call it ‘The Dark Realm’, because it’s always dark here”, the boy looked around the darkness and sighed. “There are no people, not even a single sign of life. I’ve been here for, I don’t know how long, but it seems like forever. Somehow I never get hungry, or cold, or sleepy. I just am. I .. just don’t get it”, he sighed again. “One day though, just as I was about to lose my mind completely, I started to get visions. Visions of you! They told me where you were, what you were doing. I saw that you were also lost in a different world. It looked prettier than where I am .. more colorful as well”, the boy made a wry smile. “You looked happy too. For a minute there it made me angry, because I thought you’d forgotten about me and moved on with your life, while I’ve been trying to find a way back ever since I got to this dreary place”, he held his head in both his hands. “But as soon as I felt the anger, I felt an even greater feeling of guilt. I struggled with it .. hard. But .. that doesn’t matter, I’ve finally found you, and I’ve finally come for you. I’m just sorry that it took me this long, Brail..”, the young boy talking to himself was Kiya, “No, that’s no good. That’s way too long.”, he told himself. We need to change it, maybe .. make it more happy?”, the teen shrugged.
“What? No, it’s not”, Reason answered. “It’s perfect just the way it is, it’s who we are”.
“How is that who we are?”, Anger asked.
“..if you think you can do better, go ahead, do it, come on”, Reason responded, “Well? What’re you waiting for?”.
Peace sighed, “Guys, can’t we all just get along, even if it’s just for a minute?”.
“You know, I’ve been meaning to say this for quite a long time”, Kiya said confidently. “But this shit is getting pretty aggravating and seriously insane, to be honest”, Kiya said. “It’s bad enough already that we’re stuck in this .. Dark Realm, I don’t need to lose my shit too. Talking to my own emotions, what the actual fuck.”.
“Weirdo”, Pleasure jested.
“Now”, he continued as he ignored his own insults directed at himself, “How do we get out of this place? It’s definitely been years because I’m growing hair on my face and balls now..”, Kiya thought for a moment, “Hmm, maybe that’s why I’m going crazy”, he shrugged.
“No. It’s not”, an unfamiliar voice answered.
“Who said that?”, Kiya asked, startled.
“I did”, the voice replied back, rather simply, as if they were shrugging.
“Who are you?”, Kiya asked.
“In a way, I am you”, the voice replied.
“Great, another voice in my head? And what emotion do you represent then?”, Kiya asked, annoyed.
“I am not a mere voice in your head, young Kiya”, the voice said, amused. “I am what came before you, I am what comes after you, and at the same time, I am always you, anywhere, any time, any place, any persona”.
“What? What does that even mean?”, Kiya asked, irritatingly confused. “Again, who are you? Wait, did you.. did you bring me here?”.
“I did”, the voice answered amused.
“Okay, before I wrap my head around that, what the actual fuck? Why would you do something like that, and why'd you let me sit here by myself for so long?”.
“I .. forgot. I do apologize”, the voice replied.
“You forgot?”, Kiya said angrily. “Are you fucking kidding me right now? How long have I even been in here?”.
“Time does not flow in here”, the voice said. “This is the Dream Realm”.
“That .. that doesn’t answer my question”, Kiya answered, fearing he may have been here so long, everyone he knew may have died already. “It only raises more questions”, the boy said.
“In a way, you could say that you have been here several lifetimes already”, the voice said, calmly.
“Several .. several lifetimes!?”, Kiya asked. Shouted it, almost; and then he began feeling drowsy.
“But in your world, at most a few years”, the voice chuckled. “If I had to make a guess, I would say it has been about two years, maybe a little more, maybe a little less. But, give or take, around two years”.
“Then fucking lead with that next time”, Kiya said, his face turning red.
The voice did not reply to this. “Why did you bring me here?”, Kiya asked, after a few seconds of silence. “Are you still there? Hello?”.
“I am here still”, the voice said, calmly. “You have been brought here to fulfill your purpose, your destiny. To train for what is to come”.
“I’m sorry, what?”, Kiya asked, his voice an octave lower.
“You have a great destiny, young Kiya”, the voice said. “You, and two others, are part of a great prophecy. You will bring a change to this universe, one unseen by all”.
“Ok, slow down there, buddy. What!?”, with every word said to him, Kiya only felt more and more confused. “Am I being pranked? Wait, is this a dream? Did I die, is that it? I’m dead, aren’t I?”.
“You are me, and I am you. We are one, and we always have been. You have merely forgotten, and I am here to remind you of who you truly are. I have brought you back to our Kingdom, so that you may take the throne once again”, the voice replied.
“Okay, what the actual fuck?”, Kiya shouted out.