Serene’s POV
Suri was circling all around Kilamin who in return watched him with keen interest.
"You t Suri, seems like he is already fond of you." I chuckled, Suri spotted and stopping his rounds, galloped towards .
I patted him on the head and made my way to Kilamin. Zeph had his assignnts to finish so he left in Kilamin’s care. We began our duel while Suri sat down to watch us.
"How are you now? Any headaches?" I inquired while dodging his sword.
"I feel perfectly fine, don’t worry." We practiced for an hour while Suri watched us lazily. Then we called it a day before Kilamin dropped in my room.
The next few weeks went by in a blur. I resud my training with Kilamin and the new Slayer who was sent to control my new power, in case it resurfaced. His na was Fadiam and he was a Warlock, he was almost the age of Kilamin.
His power was to restrict soone’s power within one one-ter radius. He stayed close to every ti Kilamin and I practiced. Kilamin asked to try using it again but I was so afraid of hurting him or soone else that it didn’t manifest.
I was so afraid of it that I hoped and wished that it won’t. Kilamin felt like I was holding back so he began to push my boundaries but no matter what he tried, that power seed to have gone dormant.
Suri was mostly with when we trained on the ground. He was particularly fond of Kilamin but not really of Zeph. Especially whenever Zeph would wrap his arms around or kiss , Suri would openly growl at him, as if announcing he was jealous. Both of them threw dirty looks at each which always made laugh.
The winter season was in full swing now and with heavy snows it was becoming a challenge to train outside. But, Kilamin was adamant and wanted to learn to train in every situation and weather.
My nightmares were becoming more intense as well and at tis it was hard to sleep for days.
One cold moonless night, Ayrden and I were taking a walk on the grounds. I was feeling extrely uneasy that day, so Ayrden and I decided to go out for a bit. We were wrapped in woolen coats.
Suri was sitting under a tree, napping. When I felt sothing crawl up my neck and nudge at my brain. It was just a feeling, but it began to spread.
I tried to fight it, having a clue what was going on. I fought the invasion by bringing up my shield. My heart had elevated and my palms were becoming sweaty even in cold weather.
"Ayrden," I squealed but I saw her eyes had turned black and she gave a nacing look.
Before I could realize what was happening a gigantic bird swooped down from the sky and grabbed by my shoulders. I scread when the bird’s claws pierced my skin. My body instantly went numb, its talons had so kind of
paralyzing agent. It began to fly up, taking with it.
Suri ca running and began to howl nacingly at the bird jumping up and down trying to reach my foot. Ayrden just stood there staring at with black eyes and I realized that she was not herself anymore.
I began to lose consciousness as the bird flew away with . When I ca to my senses again, we were still flying, it was dark and the cold wind rushed past . My brain wasn’t functioning properly as if part of it had been invaded and scread to head over to the Dark Realm.
I could see the pulsating boundary of the Dark Realm in the distance. Struggling with all my remaining senses I tried to get myself free but my energy had been fully drained and my struggles had no effect on the bird. I was losing my mind fast as we approached the boundary.
The bird stopped inches away from the boundary and flung inside the black and violet thick jelly of the Dark Realm. I scread and prepared myself to get burnt but nothing happened and I smoothly crossed the threshold and fell on the ground with a ’thud’. Cold inside chilled to the bone.
My leg got scraped as I fell and a scream escaped my throat. Darkness filled my brain and my limbs wouldn’t even move. Everything was pitch black there, I could hear the scuttling of legs all around as if sothing was trying to crawl all around.
Sothing with hundreds of legs began to crawl on my legs and belly, I scread as fear gripped , and my whole body shook. I was being bitten on my hands and legs. My cries of anguish filled the air.
A wolf-like creature with piercing yellow eyes and horns on its head ca prancing towards . It was the size of a large horse. It stared at for a while with its intelligent eyes and then it opened its mouth to reveal its sharp fangs at .
I tried to cower away from it but it dug its fangs deep into my left shoulder. They broke my skin and I could feel the blood rushing out and forming a pool on the ground. A shrill scream escaped my throat as I tried to claw its face.
It was of no use, it dragged away on the cold rough ground. I could feel my clothes tearing from being dragged and blood seeping out from several wounds. The coldness of the place made my blood freeze over as pings of pain after pain rippled through my entire body.
I could feel several creatures around , and as my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I could see grotesque creatures watching with their heinous eyes. They could sense my fear for they made noises that seed like slogans of victory as if announcing they finally got .
I was aware that it was Kilamin’s intense training that had made it possible for to not lose all of my consciousness and fall under her spell, completely.
The creature dragged to a clearing, there were no vines that mostly covered the terrain of the Dark Realm. The rotten sll of this Realm burnt my nose as I tried to keep so part of my mind under my control.
I observed that the plants and trees of the Dark Realm were mostly black and dark green and were laden with fresh snow. Trees were humongous as this part of the Dark Realm seed to be so kind of a giant haunted forest. The sll was unbearable though.
The creature threw in the middle of the clearing while hundreds of different kinds of creatures crawled out of the forest and gathered all around . Standing and watching intently as if waiting for soone’s arrival or command.
Another creature stepped forward, it had an extrely elongated head and a body that resembled a 10 feet tall praying mantis. Its front arms were shaped like sharp spears and its beady eyes were a mixture of orange and red.
It towered over as if ready to devour, I scampered back trying to escape its grasp as its spear-like arms descended on my legs. They pierced my skin and impaled to the ground, immobilizing .
A painful shriek left my lips as the pain rippled from my legs and traveled throughout my body. Tears spilled from my eyes. I tried to move but there was no escape, nowhere to run and hide.
What was about to happen? Why was I here? It seed like all my nightmares were taking a reality check. "Let go," I scread at the creature keeping hostage. That only seed to enrage it more as it took out its claws from my legs and stabbed with it again, this ti on my thighs.
The pain was unbearable and I writhed and scread until my voice beca hoarse. The creatures growled and shrieked too as if enjoying my pain. I wasn’t sure why I was brought here and why the creatures were torturing . But one thing was for sure, they didn’t want to kill , yet.
My whole body was trembling from the pain and cold. I was losing blood fast and my body had been drained of every ounce of energy. I didn’t have my bow with so I couldn’t even attack them. I felt utterly helpless at that mont. Was this how I was going to die? How aningless my life had beco? I thought of Zeph and my heart ached. He must be worried sick by now.
Then I heard soone approaching, and a wave of excitent shot through the creatures standing all around . They howled, growled, and pounced in excitent, seeing whoever made their way toward . I tried to raise my head and see who it was and instantly regretted doing that.
I shrieked at the sight which t my eyes.
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