Enderwalk

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Ranboo was surrounded by darkness. His ears were full of whispers in a language he couldn't understand.
Screams split the darkness, dying throes and monstrous shrieks. He stumbled out of the darkness, into a dark forest.

A blood-red sky shone behind the trees, turning the snow scarlet, no....it wasn't the red light turning the snow red. It was an unnatural tangle of crimson vines, soaking through the ground.

The tendrils curled around Ranboo's leg, and a writhing mass of tentacles pulled itself towards him. Toothy, gaping mouths  strained towards him.
Ranboo clawed at the ground, consumed with the primal instinct to RUN RUN ESCAPE GET AWAY.

A roar filled the air, and swarm of crows descended onto the vine holding Ranboo, severing it.
Ranboo ran, half sprinting half swimming through thick foliage. Giant ferns smacked him in the face and roots tried to trip him up.

The vines were right behind him. Those gaping mouths shrieked and howled, devouring everything in its path. Trees, small animals, the crows, everything vanished down it's gullet, and as it are, it grew. Larger and larger it grew, until it was a mountain looming over Ranboo.

"Ranboo!"

"PHIL!" Ranboo screamed. "Phil! HELP ME!"

He saw the winged man swoop towards him. Phil grabbed his arm and pulled him up, to the safety of the sky....

And a tendril of blood stabbed through his wing. Phil screamed and let go of Ranboo, who collapsed to the ground.

Phil's wing was torn away from his body, painting everything nearby with red. The creature tore Phil apart, devouring him, and descended on Ranboo.

T̵͔̠͖̀̈́̒h̴͍́͊e̴̬̖͒̇͜͠r̵͇͓̻̓e̶̢͓͛͑ ̷̼̩̎ẙ̴̙͋ò̵̪̈͘ú̶͓̻̗̕ ̸̗̻̈́ḁ̶̭̈́̄r̴̡̛͈̓e̴̡̲͑̓

Ranboo was yanked away from the horrors as a voice echoed through his head. He was left in nothing but a void, empty, with distant stars.

Ÿ̴͓̱͝ö̶̞̚u̸͘͜'̵͍͍͉̈́̄r̴̳̆͗͋ȅ̴̳͓̪̔̎ ̸͚̪̇͜à̶̝̻ ̶͙͑̋̚m̵̧̼͈̊͘ę̷̞͇͐s̸̤̓͒͋͜s̶͙̻̿

"What? W-who are you?"

I̶̜͖̎ ̷̲̿̐̽h̶͚͖͓͑̿a̷̢̠̘̓̏ṿ̴̌̍̋͜͜ë̵͖͔́͜ ̶̹̞̔̍̾m̵̻͕̻̉̆̃ă̷̢̢̈́͠ǹ̸̺̱y̵͕͠ ̶̠͇̳̆̒n̶͓̿̾ả̸̲͒m̶̬̄͋ḛ̸͉͊̊͂s̶̩̀̇͝.̴̝̞̓̉͝.̸̻̗̒͒.̵̦̉͒͜ͅ ̴͈̘̋̉Ÿ̷̥̂o̴̲̮̩̾̅̚u̷̹̝͖͌̃ ̵̧̥̠́̈c̷̬̳̱͆̏̑a̵̢̝̬̋̈́n̴̳̆͋̔ ̸̨̰͂͗͐c̷͙̈́͝ͅá̴͉̆̒l̸̛̦͙͆ͅl̸̤̔̐ ̷̮̹̐̇͑m̷͚̈́ẹ̸̢͉͋̓ ̶̘̊̚͜͜D̸̡̿͒͊r̷͙̝͇͆́ę̵̋̀͗á̷̧̨̖̽̕m̶̧̘̭̐̓.̶̠͕̔͂͜͝

"Dream?" Ranboo whispered. "I-I've heard that before...I don't remember-"

I̶̛̘̍̎ ̷̳̭͊ǩ̴͓̍n̵̟̋̉͜͝o̷̞̽̊w̶̙͒,̵̝̈́͝ ̷̻̑l̶̰͔͖͝ï̶̧̻̫̎̓t̸̛̺̾t̶̹̳͜͠l̸͙͑̈́e̵̟̟̽̌ ̵̭̹͕̂̈́p̷̮͍̈́̊r̵̖̼͗͘ĭ̷̫͘͝n̶̻̣͊́̍ĉ̷̳͊̃e̴̢͖͔͂͋̅

"Why- why are you talking like that.'

Ḣ̴̗̬̿͝ḿ̵̼̙̖̌̑?̷͙̣̔̾͗ͅ ̸͇̾Ò̸͔̖̜͘ĥ̷͕,̷̮͛̕ ̸̧̦͘y̴̧͆e̵͙̳͙̿̃̕s̷̯̖͊̍̽.̴̹̫̇̍͜ ̴̡̫͙̑M̷̪̖̈́y̴͉̖̕ ̷̺̱̜̚à̸͕̳̈̿p̸͈͒́͊õ̷̗̬͆̈́l̷̪̋o̵͈͊̈́ǵ̶͇̑̾i̶͔̽̎͆e̶͖̔̈́s̶̤͋̑̕

He seemed to clear his throat. 'Is this better?'

"Uh, a little. Wh-where am I?"

'A dream, of course. I brought you out of the nightmare.'

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