[OUTDATED] Petal Wonderland - The story of change

Chapter 22. The Light Under The Tunnel

[04/10/2017 8:09 PM]

The dark and royale room was lit by cinnamon-scented candles. Outside, it was raining. It has gotten really dark due to it. But, Drakar didn't mind. The rain always calmed him down.

He was currently in his room, looking out the window, thinking of how the battle will go. He was so into his thoughts, he didn't notice his reflection. Well not really his, but somebody else's reflection behind him. It was a woman, shorter than him. She had platinum blonde hair and a gorgeous white dress on, which unfortunately had a massive splash of some velvet red liquid on it.

The moment he saw the reflection he turned around in panic, only to not see anybody behind him. From the way the woman look, he growled and grabbed onto his hourglass necklace. He looked at how little, to no time he had left by how little Time Sand remained in the hourglass, thinking he would die in the battle.
-No. I won't let that happen. Not today, tomorrow, or any other day.-
He muttered to himself and turned back to the window. 

The reflection was gone.

However, something took its place. Drakar's reflection looked different. His eyes were black and white, almost like 2 dots. He was all in black and looked like a void. His teeth were sharp and in general, he looked terrifying. He backed up from the window and quickly reached for a mirror to see a better reflection of himself. When he saw what he looked like, he dropped the mirror, shattering it into pieces.

-No...no NO NO NO NO GOD DAMNIT!!-
He let out a very loud roar and covered his face on the ground. Meanwhile, his crown fell to the ground as well.
 -...I can't look like this, they can't see me like this. I have to hide.-
He muttered over and over to himself.

He looked down into the shattered mirror again and frowned. The reflection of the blonde-haired woman was behind him again. He slammed his fist onto the mirror over and over again.
-GET THE HELL OUT OF MY SIGHT!!-
He yelled and took in deep breaths to try and calm down.

When he calmed down a bit he took in a big deep breath and looked at his hands.
-I can't go out like this. I can't let them see this part of me. I look disgusting. I'm...a freak. Just like you said Bellice...-
He said as he looked at the shattered mirror, where the reflection of the woman was now gone. He got up from the ground and gathered the mirror shards into his palm. He then noticed His crown was on the ground. He picked it up and put it back on. The moment he did he looked back down into the mirror and saw that half of his normal self was back. 

He did a relieved sigh. -Guess I'll have to bandage the rest of me up...- He thought and then put the mirror shards in his drawer for now. In the same drawer, he got out some bandages and covered his skin with them. He put on his gloves and sighed. -Good enough...I'll look like a complete buffoon.- He looked at the window's reflection again, but the womans reflection wasn't there anymore. He then slowly walked out of his bedroom to go get his soldiers ready for the battle.

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[04/10/2017 8:43 PM]

Gizmo and Echidna have been walking around for some time, they have already managed to gather a big amount of people, but recently they have been cut off from the rest of the group and were pretty lost. Both of them were equally frustrated. -Great. Right before we go to battle, we have to get lost. JUST GREAT!- Echidna grumpily muttered. -Calm down. We can find a way out if you stop complaining.- Gizmo said that with a pretty irritated-sounding voice. Echidna didn't speak up after that.