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Somewhere along the line, you began going to a certain place every night when you fell asleep. You’d be falling asleep one moment, then the next…a vast expanse of nothingness.
Each night was uneventful, walking around looking for…something. It didn’t feel like a dream either, you could feel your arm if you poked it, and walking for a while would make your feet and legs sore.
Sometimes it felt like you were there for days, but then you’d wake up eight hours later. Other days it would feel like minutes, but again…you would wake up eight hours later.
Tonight, you laid down as usual and spoke to yourself before completely falling, “Let my dreams be eventful tonight, I’m sick and tired of nothing.” And you succumbed to your slumber.
God…the phrase “be careful what you wish for” had never rang more true.
When you opened your eyes you were back in the same emptiness. But something felt different…you felt like you were being watched. Something was in here with you.
Thinking it was just a dream, you laid down on the floor and yelled out “Come and get me!” You didn’t have fear in that moment, but when the feeling of being watched grew too strong, you heard a voice.
“Run.” It said, but it didn’t sound like one singular voice, it sounded like two. Speaking in unison.
That word made your blood run cold, and you found yourself getting up and sprinting into some direction. These beings…they would hurt you. And everything felt so real in this dream, you didn’t want to know what it felt like to be at the mercy of these beings.
It had to be hours…or maybe minutes. But soon you felt worn out, you couldn’t keep running for much longer. It was terrifying, the thought of being caught by whatever was out there. You looked back many times, but never saw anything. If anything, it felt like you were running on a treadmill, not making any progress. And whatever was out there was sitting and watching in amusement.
You heard a voice, one that sounded far from human, “Should we stop them? This is just pathetic.” They were talking about you.
“I suppose we could. I’m getting bored of this anyways.” A second voice came.
This stopped you in your tracks, and you turned in every direction trying to find where the voices were coming from.
“Come on then! What are you gonna do to me?” You called out, still turning to try and find the source of the voices.
The hair on the back of your neck stood up and you felt a hand wrap around your throat.
It turned you, and you were faced with two men. However…men didn’t really fit. They looked far from humans. One with a large slit on his neck with a green aura around him, the one holding you by the neck. The other has two colors emanating from him, blue and red.
After a moment, the green one lifted you up with a single hand, and you used both of yours to try and remove the hand from around your neck to no avail.
“What exactly do you think you’re doing in our domain?” The voice cracked many times, and sounded both amused and annoyed.
You coughed, and couldn’t get any words out.
The thing threw you to the ground, and the other looked unamused.
“Speak. Now.” The one dressed finely said.
Another cough, “I…I don’t know. Every night for weeks I dream of being in this place.”
A cackle left the green thing’s throat as he spoke, “Dream? Far from it babe. You’re in the void. A plane of demons.”
You felt fear in that moment, even more so than being lifted by the throat. “D-demons? Plane?” You scrambled up, and the green demon stepped closer.
“Tch…don’t play dumb. You’re clearly adept in magic to come to our void every night.” He stepped closer and you took a step back. But for every step backwards you made, he made two steps forward until he was standing over you.
He nearly grabbed you again, but the other stepped forward and put a hand on his shoulder, “Anti…come now. We want answers, and clearly this person doesn’t have any.”
“Shut your mouth Dark! It’s not often we get a human in the void.” He glared back at the other party.
Dark rolled his eyes at Anti’s outburst, before looking back to you, “Perhaps…we could keep this one. For a time. Figure out how they were getting here.”
K-keep? “I…just wanna wake up.”
Anti flicked your forehead hard, and it made you flinch. “We could keep them…in my castle.”
“No, it will be in my castle.” Dark said, locking eyes with you and gave you a smile that would have been endearing were they not talking about “keeping” you.
Anti turned around, agitated, and shoved Dark. Dark did not move, and looked to Anti unamused.
“Very mature Anti.” He looked directly at the other demon, “My cells are far cleaner than yours. We wouldn’t want to cause our…guest…to become ill from the conditions in your own cells.”
You pinched yourself, hard, but didn’t wake up.
The other two beings noticed this and chuckled.
“Fine,” Anti resolved, “Your cell. But I’m coming to interrogate them. Or…just give them the kind of company they secretly crave.” And he looked to you and smirked.
It only made you recoil from the touch even more. But despite not wanting anything to do with these demons, Anti grabbed your arm roughly and you were transported to exactly what they mentioned, a cell.
Stone walls, a toilet, and a firm bed. Though it seemed…clean. Maybe you got lucky not going to Anti’s cells.
Wait…what were you thinking? LUCKY? TO BE IN A PRISON CELL?
You looked around you, and saw both Dark and Anti standing just outside the cell.
Dark spoke up first, “Now…little pet. You’re going to stay here with us until we learn all of your secrets.”
“I told you! I don’t know how I got here!”
Anti scoffed, “We know that much. You seem too frazzled to be a good liar.” He leaned in, making you recoil to the far side of the cell which only made him snicker. “We want to…get to know you better. As it were.”
Dark straightened his tie, “What he means to say is, we don’t often get someone so…appealing, in the void. We’re going to keep you for a long time, until we know everything about you.”
Anti cackled, “And don’t worry about escaping or dying. The things in the void don’t die unless we will them to. So if we have to resort to alternate means to get information from you…we won’t hesitate. So it’s best if you cooperate.”
Tears fell down your face…
Something tells you that you won’t be waking up from this “dream”.