Shadows of our end - KDA x Male Reader (Original)

Act 2 - 005

*** 1093 days later ***

"Nox."

"I am listening."

I then glance around us, "We've been travelling for a while in this direction, how far is this place?"

"Massive. This is an ecological dead zone where only my kind can live and a few other scale folks. The gravity in this place is gone making us able to pick off the flyers above us."

I then ask, "Where are the others?"

"They sense us, hiding. They are scared."

"Why weren't you scared?"

"You are small. Can't smell you, not worth the effort and energy. They are hiding because they sense me, they can't sense the shadow you cast."

I then chuckle, "Can you?"

"I am in your shadow," she answers. "But... are you certain you want to continue going this way," she stops in place. "We are close to the Black Keep, our kind don't ever come near this place. It is haunted by the Nightmares."

"Nightmares?" she doesn't answer. I then shake my head as I ask, "Take me to this Black Keep."

Then in her silence, she slithers forward at a careful pace - we have been crossing this chasm for hundreds of days. I wonder why it is so large... I think I must have travelled longer than the earth's entire length if it was flat.

We hid in burrows where Nox kept me safe and warm from the cold air during the night. Well... I can't tell if it is day or night but down here it gets considerably colder the more tired I get. The Shadows are somehow protecting me from that cold.

I ate from the few things we can find in the wild. I had to drink their blood to survive but the parasite in me is keeping me alive. I wonder if any of my organs have changed... will I even be able to live outside of this world?

Or have I become a part of it?

How long has it been? I stopped counting. I forgot their faces... their smiles. But I can hold onto their names and the way they made me feel. I want to see them. I want to feel them, to hug them... I want to get out of this horrible place already.

At least... Nox has made it all the more bearable being able to speak to me. She has gotten a lot more talkative and can form full sentences. I think she also grew in size the same way I grew stronger over these days.

We reach the edge and I see the fog disappear and in the distance... civilisation. A Black Keep that is massive with an even larger city at its foot.

I then ask, "What lives there?"

"We don't know. We only know of the Nightmares."

"What are the Nightmares?"

"Gods," she answers. "You are smaller, I wouldn't go further."

I then shake my head, "I need to push forward, Nox. I need to find a place back to my world."

"Are you a god?"

I then chuckle, "I don't know - I feel terribly mortal."

"You killed me."

"I did."

"That must mean you are strong, just like the Nightmares."

"I hope so - I hope they would converse with me, to help me get back home." I then feel her slither closer towards the side of the keep rather than the city.

Honestly... I don't think I am going to find anything in there worth talking to. Probably just as hostile as the rest but it is civilisation nonetheless. That is all I can care about.