The first thing that greeted me was an endless void. With billions of little points of light each different but still connected making up a vast network against a black canvas. The ground was warm and welcoming while the slow breeze nipped at any exposed skin it could find. It was darker than I remembered, pulling my gaze away from the heavens I sat up. a small stream of lightly glowing blue liquid greeted me as it reflected the world like a liquid mirror. Each ripple caught the beauty of the stars that passed above making the water twinkle in response. Lush untamed plant life surrounded me blocking my entire view of the world beyond.
Taking a closer look at the stream I saw my own emerald eyes and dark purple hair, the soft blue glow cascading around my face emphasizing my features. This entire place seems to be better than reality, suddenly the world was bathed in a deep red hue, looking up made my heart freeze. A massive gas cluster was now visible in the night sky, like the ones NASA took photos of. 30 minutes later it was gone.
Is this even a planet?
The world shook and I was on my feet before I had a chance to continue that thought
a defining rumble and blinding light shot across the mountain range behind me leaving nothing but dead blackened land in its path.
After I finally realized what just happened I started to panic and run, I broke through the forest as fast as my legs would take me, narrowly avoiding branches and almost losing my balance on several occasions. Every few minutes a massive bang could be heard, it was further away this time but I wasn’t sticking around to find out where it was from.
After hours of running I finally collapsed in a small clearing at the edge of the forest. Darkness almost consumed me until I was jolted back by another bright flash
What the fuck
The fantasy type city was finally visible. And it was engulfed in flames
How far have I run?
The air shimmered as a crimson wave of energy slammed into nothing just before the city.
Painfully limping further forward to get a better view of where that energy came from I see the city of tech protected by a brightly crackling wall of energy.
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A fucking war
This isn’t some stupid transported to another world stories, I’m no hero…
Time froze, my thoughts stopped mid-sentence
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All movement stopped for a brief moment within that dark space. I rubbed my eyes and leaned back removing my headset.
This is taking quite a strange twist… maybe I should have planned ahead events or something?
Looking down at my empty coffee cup I sighed.
Scrolled down to the bottom where I had written the ending paragraph…
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please
Dont do this to me!
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Not again
i I cant lose you again
All life was drained from this reality, with a single patch of green existing between both girls.
Like a single rose within a desert
her breaths stabbed pain through her entire being, much more than the scars she had already received, please, I would give my life for you just to see your smile again
...Even just for a second
Her words wouldnt form through the stabbing pain in her chest, no scream would come. She was a corpse struggling to hold the only part of this universe she still cared about.
Feeling satisfied I started Searching for another song
‘Already over’
Happy with my selection I returned my hands to my glowing keyboard and wrote the first thing that came to mind
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That strange feeling of being frozen was gone as fast as it came. But I couldn’t help but shiver to the sensation of being watched
Days had passed, and I was a mess. The hopelessness of my reality was finally starting to sink in, I’m going to die in the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen… all alone. I’ve never thought I would miss what is left of my family, but here I am sitting on the edge of a cliff starting out into open space.
This colossal land mass all jumbled together is simply soaring through the heavens, I witness a planet system pass below close enough to actually make out details,
If I was to just lean forward would I fall into oblivion?
Countless thoughts and emotions I didn’t know how to handle raced through my head
This place of wonder and freedom had quickly crumbled into a pit of death and despair
A single tear escaped as I lightly pushed forwards solid ground was no longer beneath me and a wave of terror shot through me
My body gained momentum and speed as I fell towards the stars
ERROR
?
I was standing on thin ear with strange red text glowing beneath my feet
Above me the land mass continued to rotate and space still moved around me
“Please make this all stop!”
Unknown “Who are you?”
That voice boomed with the power and essence of control over reality it’s self
“I…”
Wait? What is my name, I honestly can’t remember!
Unknown “how did you get here”
I answered obediently as to not offend powers greater than myself
“Within a book this world existed, and while reading it…”
A figure appeared before me, a man with golden eyes and ink black hair that reached his back, a perfectly created outfit and crown was also present
He locked eyes with me and I couldn’t help but gasp at how they saw straight into my soul
Unknown “this will be difficult since they are still watching”
In confusion I glanced around
Unknown “you are currently in a place between worlds, not quite within the real world but not entirely within your story either.”
His words took a while to sink in… my story?
Unknown “indeed most characters reside within their own world as you can see by that massive chunk of flying land mass, it is the collective data of all worlds except only parts are used by each story.”
“Who are you?..” I’m not really sure if I wanted to hear the answer after that info dump
Unknown “some refer to me as R. Roadl, I am admin within this domain. But I assume the author would know more about that than you would.”
“Is my life all but a lie, am I just some worthless thought within someone’s head?”
1. Roadl “we might all be just a figment of someone’s imagination in the grand scheme of things but one thing is certain. You were indeed alive at one stage same as all other characters here, this website was created to contain their memories.”
“But how am I alive if I’m part of some novel?”
1. Roadl “I said you were alive once, it’s actually extremely ironic really. So many story’s about recantation and yet not a single person has realized that those stories are just an author’s flashbacks to their previous life, and this so called writers block is what happens when an author can’t remember their previous death. So many stories are cut short because the author’s time in that world actually ended.”
“Why tell me all this?”
1. Roadl “I’m not telling you, I’m telling your recantation. The one currently recalling past memories and writing them down for others to read.”
Hello author
And we can’t forget the audience either
It’s been a pleasure but I’m afraid this story is coming to an end
I’d be careful if I were you, after all how do you know your own story hasn’t already ended?