NOVEL WEB Chapter 0: Prologue
It’s … dark.
There wasn’t anything to see. No lights, no fire, just absolute darkness I couldn’t escape from.
Was I sleeping? Was this a dream? It had to be, right?
But, if I was sleeping, then why was my dream so barren? The last thing I remembered, I was pretty sure if I dreamt of something, it would have been more colorful or at least exciting. But … this was beginning to scare me. Not only was there nothing here, but I felt weirdly conscious of everything. Aside from thinking, I had nothing to do here.
I wanted to move, but I couldn’t feel anything, as if my body wasn’t there. Was I paralyzed? Is this sleep paralysis? I couldn’t do anything, not even scream or shout!
“Where am I? Help me! Help me!” kept echoing inside my mind over and over again.
As time went by, trapped inside this place, my sense of touch suddenly reappeared. I began to feel as if I was floating inside a swimming pool on a warm and sunny day at the peak of summer. It was calming, soothing me from the dark depths of whatever this world was. I kept drifting around, but it was strangely soothing to me. I didn’t really feel scared anymore.
To the point I just wanted to continue stay—
Ahhhh … arrrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhh! Gargh!
Scheiße!? Shit! Wha—what was that!?
Pain burst from my side, it felt like I was being ripped apart. The intense pain never disappeared nor lessened, and my wailing once again filled my mind with echoes, disorientating me. It was pure agony. Torture.
Arrrgh! Make it stop! Make it stop! What is going on?!
The warmth I felt faded, replaced by an intense cold as if I was caught in a huge blizzard. Not even my mind could escape this glacial temperature. My sense of self was weakening with every second, as if my soul was being frozen solid.
Stop this, please! Wake up! Wake up!
I wanted to finally wake up. Why was I suffering like this? What did I do to deserve this?
This is all a nightmare! I just need to wake up, so wake up! WAKE UP!
I wanted Papa. I wanted Mama. I wanted them to help me. I pleaded and cried for them, hoping that this would be enough stimuli to wake my body up. My thoughts were becoming jumbled from the fear, pain, and confusion.
Arrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Somebody save me, please! I don’t want to be alone here!
I don’t want to …
“It is done.”
“Hiehie, it seemed like everything worked out on the first try. Congratulations, my scaly friend.”
“Mhmm, fortune shone on you two. Good luck with your plans. Don’t waste this opportunity, shie shie shie!”
“The preparations are set. All we can do now is wait for her to grow.”