Dark black nothingness. A void, swirling with energy and yet entirely lacking anything material. The world between worlds. I was here, that is if “here” had any meaning in this place. I use “i” as a singular, but im not sure that is of value either. Memories, fragments of past lives of thousands of past souls, merging and mixing together. Momentary glimpses of a life lived and a love lost were held and then forgotten only to be replaced again. Other than this swirling energy, I could perceive nothing at all. I don’t even know if I existed in a meaningful definition of the term. It was a time before I had any conscious thought.
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Then, the void broke. The endless swirling energy gave rise to a crack, a hole to a new world. Through it came her, Sky. I remember her divine power reaching out to the mass of energy, pulling together countless fragments in her grasp. She softly latched onto me among them, pulling me. Like a loving caress radiating around me, breathing life into me, forming us together into something unique. No longer just a part of the mass of souls between worlds, but a new identity. A new being.
The fuzziness of existence rapidly coalesced into a concrete being which I knew to be myself. I felt I now had a substance to call “me”. The swirling echos of lives past faded away, leaving vague feelings and desires. A personality of sorts born of eons of mistakes and triumphs. Divine energy permeated my newly formed self. I felt it search me, prod my collective souls and their lives. I felt…. empowered by it. I could now distinctly describe when i was a great general who conquered much of the world through fearless expansion. I knew of a time where i worked in a merchants shop and built a new magic enabled pulley system for transporting goods at port. And smiled during a soft summer night under the stars as a child surrounded by friends.
Sky began to move me, pulling towards this tear in the world. A tendril of divine light radiated through the whole and grew tighter and tigher, as if a rope was being drawn tought. I couldnt move, i was not more than a bundle of consciousness. If i could resist, i wouldnt know how, not that i would have anyway. I was ready to leave the darkness behind and enter this new light.
Her divine energy surrounded my newborn soul, giving it a form as it brought me to this world. I still could not sense anything outside myself, but i knew the darkness was gone. Replacing it was the warm divine energy of Sky which fully covered myself. Her will began moving me forwards. I then was struck with the the hardness of a smooth and cold material. She pulled harder, pinning me against this object. Then pushing harder, I semed to phase into it in some way. I felt like I was now falling, rapidly coalescing towards a new destination. Towards the center i fell, and fell. All at once, i was there, in the center, fused with it. A bright flash ripped through my world, light and energy radiated outward, taking with it all the remaining divine energy, leaving me, now born, and alone in this crystal.
> Hello little one
Not a voice, but a feeling, a direct communication to my very being. From her. From Sky. From my mother.
> Welcome, my newborn dungeon.
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My own core started to open itself to me, my senses merged with it as we fused together into a single being. After a moment i began to not feel the rough interior of it, but i feet its exterior, then a few inches past that, then more, and more, and my perception radiated outwards. Suddenly i knew where I was. I could “see” everything around me within a dozen feet all at once. Like i was somehow omnipresent over the entire space. I could turn my attention to any detail or any feature and understand it with intense scrutiny, but everything outside my range immediately turned to interception, like there was not anything outside my little bubble of reality.
Inside my range of perception, at the center, there was what I assumed was myself. A rough cut crystal of a pale blue color floating 3 feet off a rough cobbled stone floor. Similar rough cut stone walls contained me on three sides with an ornate stained glass window covering the middle one. The remaining side left empty, leading i know not where as it faded from my existence. Presumably there was some sort of door or exit there, unsure.
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Oh and how can i forget, Sky. I seemed to immediately know her name and understand who she was. My mother, my creator, the Elder dungeon of the Sky. A 6 foot tall humanoid figure stood, dressed in a flowing gown of beautiful weaving. Purple and red mixing to form a detailed tapestry. She herself was a feminine dragonic being which radiated power and control. With my perception of the world around me so complete, i could pick out the fabrics of her clothes individually. Each thread spoke to me its history, each bead its make, but when i began to inspect Sky herself i found my sight immediately stopped. Her very existence was a dead zone where my will was halted.
> What do you think? Its a lot to take in huh? Getting used to domain perception can take quite a bit of time but you seem to be picking it up fast little one
Her mouth did not move, her words were somehow being transmitted directly to me, being perceived by my crystalline consciousness. I tried to form a thought to reply. What do i even say to my creator? How do i even respond? With what i hoped was a confident and strong reply, i attempted to communicate in the way she had and it immediately came naturally to me.
"Hello Sky. Everything is so new, so intense. This world. Where am I?"
Her face flashed with surprise, then a slight smile.
> Hahah and you speak so soon too! My what a strong soul i have been able to coalesce. Where are you? Well my child, you are in the new world. Where specifically? I believe this to be an older human settlement that has since been abandoned, i hope these ruins serve as a good place for your development and somewhere to keep you safe from harm.
The new world? Harm? What even am I? Without asking her more I immediately knew. Something of this very world provided me the information as if it was always part of my knowledge. I was in a Dungeon core. A being of power rank 8. A being with complete control over a domain around it with abilities to shape the very world as it saw fit.
Sky’s cheery face stared off into the middle distance for a moment, her eyes hanging in the air. Then a frown as if something had interrupted her. Her eyes lost her soft warmth and turned more sorrowful.
> Sorry my child, i wish we had more time….. I must go….. I leave you this.
A gem materialized out of the air from i known not where, which looked not unlike my own self. She placed it on the ground in front of me. It shimmered with a faint glow and shook un-naturally after she had let go of it.
> I leave you this edict my child: Learn, Progress, Strengthen. And most importantly of all, do not let them know you are a dungeon.
And with that she took a few steps and disappeared outside of my domain, gone from my world.