Cataclysmic Infernal

CHAPTER 30: SHADOW REALM

Silence.

I cant hear anything apart from the pure silence surrounding me. I am laying on the ground flat on my chest, my face is resting sideways on the ground and my eyes are close. I groan and squint my eyes open, I am met with the black in front of me in a hazy vision, I blink my eyes several times to get the sharpness in them back.

I slowly move my body and push myself up to stand, I stumble a bit because of the lack of concentration and balance but manage to remain standing. After a few minutes of adjusting I take a look around and find myself in the similar situation where I am all alone in the dark with no sense of direction.

I release a sigh from my lips and tilt my head down and see my necklace is still with me, attach to my neck. It is laying still at the moment, not shining for floating or burning my skin.

I hear the sound of loud thunder booming in the surrounding making me turn to the noise and gasp in reaction. I see a little opening at the front of me but it is pretty far away from where I am standing.

I walk towards the opening and there is no light coming from it, I continue walking towards the opening when I hear another booming thunder and see the blue light reflecting in the opening.

I reach the opening and see the thunderous grey sky awaiting for me, Im a bit hesitant to go out there because I dont know whats waiting for me out there and frankly speaking, Im scared. Im all alone here and I have nothing with me to protect myself with. I take a deep breath and step out the opening as it is the only way to go, because, I cant stay back there all alone in the dark.

The loud thunders are still clamouring in the dark grey sky along with the wind whooshing past me, which is oddly cold rising goosebumps on my body. In instinct I wrap my arms around me and rub my hands and shoulders to provide some warmth, but its no use; its pretty chilly out here.

I turn back and look at from where I came out of the opening but to my surprise instead of meeting the dark opening I am met with nothing but the same dark sky with thunders illuminating the sky with a shade of purple and violet zigzag lines and the clear ground.

I take a cautious step forwards occasionally jumping at the sound of loud rumbling in the sky, I think at some point the lightening struck on the ground too because as Im moving ahead I see smokes coming out the ground at some places.

I dont know for how long Im walking because there is nothing I see different, its a plan ground with smokes coming out of it from some places and the occasional rumbling, and of course the deathly cold wind. At this point Im sure my lips must have been turn light purple and my body must be looking pale.

I dont for how long I can walk in this cold with no warmth surrounding me and I can feel myself loosing consciousness because of the amount of coldness around me.

My footsteps are faltering and my eyes are drooping, Im a shaking mess at the point. Just a few more steps and I stumble down to the ground and my eyes are shut and I loose my consciousness.

I wake up to the sound of crackling and the feeling of warmth engulfing me. I feel the rough surface beneath me which is cold but is contradicting by the warmth coming from in front of me. Well I guess this is a nice change from the constant waking up alone in cold darkness.

I open my eyes slowly and see the orange flames in front of me that is the reason for the warmth Im getting right now.

Where am I?

How did I get here in the first place?

I lost my consciousness outside in the cold ground, not that Im complaining though.