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Falling. Air, all around him, battering him.
Was he dreaming..? Did he get knocked out when he fell?
…did he drown?
Phantom opened him eyes, finding himself in the sky, falling from at least forty feet up.
Well, if he wasn’t already dead, he would be in a moment.
He closed his eyes again, ready to accept his demise, when he landed.
Instead of the shock of the ground and his neck snapping, he rammed into something warm, tumbling what he could only assume was a hill.
He ended up on his back, something heavy and warm laying on his chest. He opened his eyes and immediately wished he was dead
Above him, arms on either side of his chest so he was pinned down, was an another boy.
He looked about his age- 16-, but otherwise they were almost complete opposites.
The other boy had cool grey eyes, with silky hair that spilled over his broad shoulders like waterfalls of ink.
His skin was a warm tan, that looked his spent a lot of time outside.
He blinked, then spoke.
“Uh… you ok..?”
Phantom cleared his throat, face heating up.
“Yeah! Yeah, I’m fine. Totally- can I just-“
The boy sat back, letting the blond sit up.
He looked Phantom up and down, then up at the sky. Back at Phantom. Back up again.
“Are… are you an angel??”
Phantom was stunned for a moment at the comparison- he certainly wasn’t an angel. He laughed awkwardly, looking away as he rubbed the back of his neck.
“Uh… definitely not an angel.”
He looked back at the boy, taking him in.
His outfit was cool- a navy blue crop top over an iridescent fishnet long sleeve, black baggy jeans with a patch in the vincian colors, and scuffed up doc martens.
The other boy hummed, still siting on the ground.
“Hm. Then why did you fall out of the sky?”
“I honestly have no idea. One moment I was in the basement of an old stone ruin when I fell into a puddle and now… I’m here… where *is* here, anyway?? This isn’t Connecticut..”
Phantom looked around curiously, taking int the bright blue sky, the tall green trees, the sweet smelling air…
The other boy cocked his head, looking at him confused.
“Connect… icut?? I’ve never heard of that place. This is Solaelum. A couple miles out of Oakmist.”
Phantom blinked once. Twice.
He’d never heard of ‘Solaelum’, much less ‘Oakmist’.
…had he…
Fallen into another dimension?