01 - Wake Me Up Inside

Alistair opened his eyes and found himself in the middle of an empty room, holding a bow, "Hello?" he called out, looking around, "Anyone here?" he heard a sound from above. His eyes widened in fear. It appeared to be a deformed creature, dripping with black ooze.

"Alisssstair...." it spoke in a corrupted voice, "You're time... isss up..."

Al quickly ran out of range as it came crashing to the ground

"There'ssss no esssscape, boy...."

"Stay away from me!" he yelled, quickly turning to shoor an arrow at the creature, only for it to dissolve before hitting. Not knowing what else to do, he kept running. He got to the door and tried to open it, but it was locked, "What...? No, no, no, no, no! Open, please!" once the creature started coming toward him, he rammed the door open and ran through the hallway. It was like a maze, with barely any light and multiple, confusing paths. At some point, he managed to find a place to hide while the creature went by. Once it passed, he sighed in relief. But that moment of calm didn't last long as he heard voices. One was from... Al quickly got out of his hiding place and ran to follow the voice, "... Sis..." something's happening to her... He turned a corner and saw a lit up, open area. That's not all he saw though, "No... STOP!!!" Alistair yelled as he ran down the hall, "PLEASE, STOP IT!!!"

At the end of the dark hallway, Victoria was looming over Nora, who was on the ground, injured. In Victoria's hand was his sister's sword.

Before he reached the light, black ooze came out, grabbing him from behind, "SIS!!! NO!!!"

Victoria turned her head to him, smiling, then turned back to Nora and raised the sword.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" tears were falling uncontrolably from his eyes as he was being pulled back into the darkness, "Please, don't kill her!! PLEASE!!!"

"It's not like you deserve this anyway. You only belong in the darkness."

"... No... NOOOOO!!!!!"

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"alistair..." a voice called out to him, "Alistair. Alistair!"

His eyes immediatly opened. He was back in the Nora's tent, lying in bed... Looking to the side, he saw his worried sister looking down at him.

"Alistair, are you alright...?" she asked, wiping his tears away.

"Sis..." Al sat up and hugged her tightly, still shaking, "I'm sorry.... I'm sorry.... I'm so sorry..."

"Sorry?" she asked, hugging him back, rubbing his back gently, "Sorry for what?" when he started crying, she held him closer, "Okay, okay... It's alright... Don't be scared, Alistair... It was just a bad dream..."