Beneath a solid rock inside the snows, Jason continued to scream, agony was driving him crazy, that worm like creature wish was forced down his throat whilst he was asleep, had roamed free beneath the skin
Writhing on the ground with no eyes of pity to look over him, exhaustion forced him to sleep in tears
Hearing him calm down, Miyo the assistant came back inside, quietly stepping inside she made not to wake Jason up
"Annoying rat" she whispered to herself seating down beside the fire
Pulling out a knife Miyo started to heat it up locking eyes with the poor boy, she spoke saying
"Now let's see what you'll end up like"
Behind his eye lids inhabiting the dark, he roamed blind, heavy steps followed by forced breaths, his forehead was covered in sweat
A dark thick and sticky liquid reached his knees. Each step took its cut out of his strength. Not having another choice, he marched forward towards the unknown
Little wave came towards him, Stumbling forward Jason hadn't the thought of accepting defeat, his head continued to fight them back as the liquid level rose up
The path continued to harden on him, slowly he regained sight, and to his horror the liquid beneath was a sea of blood
The first thought that came to his mind was the headless body of his father, the pool of blood that he seated by the tree, the waves came back larger and stronger
Right when he was about to accept defeat, a female voice echoed from the pitch-black skies, from the sides, and from beneath at the same time saying
"Don't!" it said, but he cared not for that his body moved by itself wish was the most shocking
Deciding to go accordingly with the weird order, he stopped fighting his own locking eyes with his chest refusing to gaze back at the horizon
"Look forward!" the voice echoed once more, but this time he fought not to do so
In the outside world his body started shaking forcing his veins to show visible on the outside
Miyo rushed towards him, placing the knife near his neck, the heat pushed away the ice covering his skin
Miyo was hesitant, to cut his neck,
"Just so I make sure" she said to herself opening his eye, Miyo continued to stare at his pupil, but nothing seemed out of place
"Sigh…" she lent backwards pulling away the knife "It must be such a disgusting nightmare" eyes staring the ceiling
Inside a world of his own Jason stumbled forward as the level of blood continued to rise up covering his chest, waves slapped his face cutting off air one time after the other
His eyes refused to watch over the horizon
"Look forward child" said the voice once more
"I refuse!" Jason finally replied to the voice
"… Are you afraid?" the voice asked after taking sometime to reply
"Yes…" replied Jason continuing to fight back
"Then you need to look forward" said the voice encouragingly
"How could watching the upcoming wave help," said Jason
"At least you'll be able to duck down in time" replied the voice
"And e drenched in blood?" said Jason
"You are experiencing so regardless," replied the voice "At least this way you won't have to experience the shock of the wave as well"
Without replying Jason continued with his own decisions
"Acting like the wolf is no there won't make it disappear" said the voice "Why are you refusing my aid"
"Because it is Worse!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs
The voice did not reply, but Jason did continue speaking
"I… am afraid," he said passing by the trees refusing to stare at any of them
"What are you afraid of?" the voice asked, but it wished not to know it, that question was directed so Jason can answer himself
"I… I don't know," said Jason
The march continued, one wave after another Jason continued with his foolish decision
"Duck down…," said the voice
"No…" replied Jason
"Duck down" the voice spoke once more
"No" replied Jason closing his eyes shut
"DUCK DOWN!—" the voice shouted at him
"No!!!!" Jason shouted in responses shutting her up
It took that echo a moment before it spoke once more, in a deep scary and calm tone it said "Down"
Jason's feet slipped down, he found himself deep inside the sea of red, air continued to flee his lungs as he watched over the little light that was left above
Once he started swimming upwards, an invisible hand pushed his head down and deeper into the dark, no matter what he did, he couldn't grab into that cold soft skin
"Breath" said the voice to him over and over again
Jason continued to suffocate losing his life slowly, shutting his eyes tightly he decided to take a small light breath and with that he found himself atop of some green grass
Whilst gasping for air the voice spoke once more saying "You did not listen to me—"
"You attempted to drown me!" Jason shouted back staring down on both his knees and hands
"I saved you" replied the voice
"By forcing me to swallow blood—" Jason realised he had no blood on him
"What was it again that happened?" Jason asked
"… … … Nothing…" the voice replied
The little boy stood up and walked forward searching desperately
"What are you messing?" the voice asked
"I am searching for my chains" replied Jason pushing his hands inside the greens grabbing onto rocks and bones alike, inspecting each of them before throwing it away
"Chains?" asked the voice
"Yes, I need to wear them before going back home" replied Jason
"Why do you need to wear them?" asked the voice in confusion
"So, father won't be punished" replied Jason, not a drop of sadness in his eyes, from his tone it seemed like such a normal thing to him
"Poor thing…" said the voice as Jason wore them standing up, he locked eyes with the forest deciding to walk forth
"Little boy" the voice said
"What?" asked Jason
"What do you preferer, flowers or mushrooms," said the voice
"What kind of weird question is that" replied Jason dumbfounded "Of course flowers are prettier, they have a better smell, soft and nice and—"
"That was not my question, I am not seeking the majorities opinion nor what they think of both" said the voice cutting him off mid-sentence
"As a concept, what do you think hold more meaning, knowledge, what is harder to describe," said the voice
"If you place it like that…" Jason gave it deep thought "I think mushrooms are more interesting, they come much various shapes and colours then flowers. But most of all, they are edible, and tasty"
Taking a moment to reply the voice said "I am, satisfied with that answer, but I do have another"
"Hmm?" Jason was getting comfortably with the voice and so he accepted with curiosity
"How do you know so much about mushrooms," asked the voice
"Well, back at the forest My father used to bring us some secretly, trying to vary in our daily meals," said Jason
"Us?" asked the voice
"Yeh, me and my sister" replied Jason continuing to walk forward without anything new in sight
"But you said Back at the forest, you spoke of it in a sense of something that happened in the past" said the voice "Why?"
Jason stopped walking and said to himself "I… I don't know"
"Do you remember the forest, Jason?" asked the voice, sweat poured down the little boy
"The plan in the dark of night, the running, the lights that float guiding you and your family," said the voice
Jason started to get nervous. His eyes got wide as glimpses of that memory started to unravel
"Do you remember the arrows, Jason… the running, the scared broken breaths," said the voice
The forest around him started to fade away
"Do you remember how you held a hand whilst leaving your father behind, Jason…"
That line brought back the memory of how he fled alongside a mysterious figure towards the dark leaving his father behind
"Do you remember how you tripped, Jason"
The boy took a sudden step back, fear crawled its way through his skin, his hands started to shake uncontrollably
"The mud, do you remember it, Jason?" With that line his backed leg sank deep inside the earth
The voice pushed even further getting colder and deeper with each word, as the earth started to swallow the boy whom wished not to fight back
"The bush you took as a safe place… The fire, the desperate eyes of your sister, the laughing, the screams, the cries, the look on her face, the tears, the smell of flesh, do you remember it, Jason?"
His world went dark as a black figure appeared before him, big and fat, it got closer as the voice spoke further and further
"Do you remember the walk back Jason?" the figure had a grey colour, 3 teeth on its head, a worm double his size had its sharp jaws wide open with the thought to swallow him whole
"It was your father by the tree wasn't it, Jason?" said the voice as the monstrous moth covered the boy's father
Before the mouth could shut itself cutting the boy in half, the worm was gripped tightly by an invisible force, a hand pulled it away crushing it under the pressure
It got tighter and tighter, until Pop!
The worm died as its inside covered the traumatized kid
"Jason… Jason… Jason!!" the women's voice came back screaming at him
"Huh? What?!" said Jason finding himself in a vast green land
"Do you remember anything? The sea? The chains?" said the voice
"What do you mean? Where are you?" replied Jason, it was as if all memories were lost about this past experience
"Good… Meet me at the great forest, and bring your necklace alongside you," said the voice
"Hmm?" Jason attempted to speak but he found out that his lips melted atop one another
"Hmm!! Hmmm!!!!" His nose was closed as his lost breath slowly
"Good bye, and don't forget to find out your true fears," said the voice
Gasp!!!
Waking up from the horrifying dream he found Miyo staring him with worry, a mask of hers she wore once he woke up
"You seemed to a having a nightmare, what wrong? Are you okay?" she asked with the knife hidden behind her back
"Nightmare, I think so" and thus he forgot all what he went through, with his shaking body as the only clue