All I remember when regained consciousness was a bright light. A light so bright that it was damn near blinding, almost as if it was the only thing there was in this world, the only that I needed to remember. I was in a trance, but this was the kind of a Fantasy that felt like home it felt like a connection that was set up by nature itself from the start.
*Thump*
My heart began to beat in such a way I never imagined.
All this thinking and I almost forgot the better question, who am I? and why am I not aware of the fact of how I got here? This place was dark with only that bright light at the end of the tunnel, I tried to reach it but it felt like the distance was lightyears away.
*Bling*
A flooding of whispers in my consciousness emerged out of nowhere giving me the kind of pain that I couldn't handle, I persevered and kept moving to the light.
"Ferdonis king of all, fight, remember...", at first this voice was soothing, then it went low and dominating ".... REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE"
I looked around and asked, "Who are you?", no answer.
I cried out in pain, but still kept on moving.
Maybe if I left this tunnel the pain and buzzing would stop. There was only one option for me, and it was to keep going
*Bling*
The intensity of the buzzing in my ear went up as the voice quieted down, the light at the end of the tunnel that felt like lightyears away was suddenly coming closer.
The darkness of the tunnel began to compress until the infinity of it all was only able to fit me and the light that was approaching. There was no left or right, no up or down, just foward or backward. I chose to keep moving forward toward the light
"Fear not King"
"Who are you? ANSWER ME!"
The light was coming, my first instinct was to run but the voice in my head had just instructed me on what to do. Fear... no confusion had me paralyzed I could not run away from this.
It was just harmless light, there were no traces of heat or cold from it, it really felt like that light was somehow connected to me and I needed to touch it to feel whole again.
Why do I have a feeling that I'm no regular person?
This question just surfaced in my head as I was trying to calm my beating heart to no avail.
"MOVE!!!", I yelled willing myself to run away, luckily it worked I had just regained control of my feet and was about run the other direction. I had already given my brain the instruction all I had to do was move.
I eventually did but it wasn't what I expected.
Behind me was a wall, there was no going back I had to face this and die courageously. "Ahhhhh", I ran toward the light, and the light moved faster toward me until we collided.
*Boom*
I lost control of my bodily functions; my body began to spaz until the bright light went blank.
I only wished I could hear more and ask who I was before all this happened.
"Greetings King" the voice in my head began to say something that I couldn't hear because of the excruciating pain. Everything died out.
I lost consciousness drowning into the sea of my own mind.
All I can remember is a name Fe... Fer... Fern... not quite what it was but similar, very similar... in a way
A while later the falling stopped, and everything stopped
...
I opened my eyes to reality, this reality; my real name forgotten, and so was my identity who I was just gone down the drain. Was anybody out there looking for me or was I just alone.
This was reality, the crushing defeat and uncertainty of it all. There was no denying the emptiness I felt but I got past it as soon as my eyes registered the lady in front of me.
The face of this goddess was a bright light skin complexion, with curly blonde with brunette streaks, clad in an all-black armor. This resembled a royal design.
Her beauty was that of my highest dreams, even my imagination and brain capacity were having so much trouble registering who this person in front of me.
"Ferdonis!!!", as this name came to me, I said it out loud purely impulsively until i noticed that the attention of the girl was now on me. This was the case of the rest of the other people in the room.
I was totally unaware that there were other in this strange space.
"What did you say, Fern... Fern Lun that is out of place even for you. To call the name of the greatest evil without batting an eye, you really are as useless as they say you are...", the mature lad Infront of me just called me Fern Lun, but that's not my name.
"Fern Lun? is that my name?", I think in all this confusion i may have cut the lad from his speech.
"Fern Lun, very funny but you will be punished for your infidelity", he said before pointing a finger from where he was to my head.
What happened next was so strange... a sharp tendril of darkness shot towards me, I swear I'm seeing things. Isn't this magic? How is it even possible?
Everything slowed down, maybe it was adrenaline or my brain trying to make the insanity of what just happened earlier make sense.
Everybody was still, nothing was moving just my eyes and the dark projectile that was coming my way. I tried desperately to move but to no avail.
My heartbeat thumped three more times before the tendril went for my head, then everything went black.
Did i just.... Die?
Wait I'm dead, but how?
Is this my after life?
Why is it so black?
Was i an outlaw in my past life or did i break a rule
I tried desperately to move or speak but from the looks of it my physical body was not here, so it made it quite impossible.
"My king, try not to die again", that voice sounded familiar... like I've heard it somewhere, but where?
"Hear this king of all and rise once more"
Suddenly flames filled the infinite darkness burning even me, but i was without a physical body.
How is this even happening?
"All your questions will be answered in due time, my King"
The flames finally swept everything.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh"
The pain was so intense that I blacked out again.
...
When I awoke, I laid my eyes on the most beautiful goddess. She had a bright light skin...
"What the hell!", is this some kind of game.
All eyes were once more on me, I could have sworn i had been in this same room before i previously died...
"Fern Lun, do you have something you have to say? Or maybe you like to showcase a simple projection technique for the rest of us, huh?", from a quick eyes glance I could deduce that this was some sort of instructor the same lad that had previously taken my life.
"Technique? Projection Technique what is that?", the whole class burst into laughter almost like they were mocking me... Wait, they were mocking me, but why?
A tiny burst of insecurity burst through me, but I felt danger, this was not something I could get out of easily.
I wanted to leave, but where would I go?
Who would save me?
Who even knows me?
It was only after I collected my thoughts, I noticed the beautiful lady examining me. From her eyes burst a crippling aura of absolute dominance and her pupils glowed like the rising sun.
It wasn't a compliment; her eyes were literally glowing but nobody else seemed to notice. She was calm, collected, and commanded power, she seemed to be the only one in that room not laughing at me.
It was almost like she knew who I was, but she never let on.
"Since you don't even know why you are here, I suggest you be quiet Fern Lun of the slums", the Lad instructor said again receiving chuckles from the young lads it was enough to make me quiet down for a while.
The lessons were so tiring that I feel asleep after the insulting words of the instructor, secretly vowing to figure out what was actually going on.
...
What was insanity again? Repeating the same actions with the exact same pattern and expecting a different result. Maybe I am truly insane, I mean how the hell do I end up in a situation like this.
Maybe I've been going on about the whole situation wrong, maybe I am not alone. I could find help, but from who?
Find people who actually knew this world and have an understanding of what is going on to me.
The pretty lady...
...
Sometime passed and I drifted further in the sea of my consciousness trying to decipher the locks in my memory to no avail.
I found myself back in the dark infinite tunnel that I once was when I was killed previously. IT was dead silent, even I dared not move or make a sound in fear of anything unsettling happening.
After an hour in silence, I tried my best to force my body awake to no avail.
Who was doing all this to me?
I just want to be left alone in peace....
Well not left alone in this darkness just to be in peace.
I wonder what will happen this time if these strangers find out I have fallen asleep in their lectures. This thought ran shivers up my spine
*Vrrr*
I felt a terrible tremor enveloping the entire space where i found myself, the darkness of the space took the shape of some sort of sentient chaos.
*BOOM*
Multiple sonic booms could be heard from wherever it originated from.
It was really loud and deafening. It brought pain to my very soul.
"Wake up King and reclaim your power, Be the king you were meant to be General Ferdonis...". Again, that name, it seemed to bring me some sort of resonance, almost like the name was calling me. The same voice that had been calling out to me brought ease to me this time not the usual pain.
"Wake up!!!"
The tremor happened again, this time jerking me up from my inner consciousness back to the land of the living.
This time the voice that called to me wasn't one that I had previously heard until now, it was sweet and calming yet powerful in its own way.
I finally reopened my eyes the meet an influx of bright light that took me about five seconds to adjust to it.
In front of me was the beautiful lady I had previously secretly worshipped in my mind.
*Hahaha*
Hopefully if this magic thing is real, hope they can't read minds.
This tiny joke I made to myself just now was the single center point of joy since I was awakened from my slumber initially before the dying and resurrecting, which was kind of unsettling.
"Well Fern Lun everyone else is gone, It is time for us to have a little talk"