Dawn's Destiny

Terror Fills The Mindset ~ Special (Halloween)

Silence, that was all that was there. A small light dimmed in the darkness. Chrom slowly opened his eyes, he looked around. A dark room, then he noticed a strange figure in the distance.

"W-What the?!" Chrom asked in confusion. He looked around the area, then he turned his eyes to the figure. A white dimming figure.

The figure replied, "I am Xio... protector of memories..." Chrom stared in confusion, he didn't know how to reply. But he soon realized that he was tied to a chair. "Apollyon's child, driven mad by the death of his wife..."

Chrom grumbled, "Don't talk about Emelia that way... she was EVERYTHING to me, but the world decided to take her away..."

"Exactly why I said you're driven mad... traumatized by many things in life. The experiments, Emelia's death... your-"

"DON'T!" Chrom shouted while panicking. He was catching his breath. Xio stood there staring at Chrom. Chrom was panicking.

Xio asked, "Why don't you want me to mention it-"

"BECAUSE IT BRINGS HORRIBLE MEMORIES BACK!" Chrom screamed. He looked down at the ground and tears were already flooding his eyes. "I don't ever want to be reminded of that..."

Xio sighed, "Right but you would rather be reminded of how much you were a failure at saving your wife?" Chrom looked upwards and stared in shock.

Chrom muttered, "Failure?"

"You are one, especially since you're extremely good at running away from your problems..." Xio said with a small giggle. Chrom looked around the entire room, it looked like the void and nothing more.

Chrom whispered, "This has to be a bad dream... there's no WAY it isn't! This is a bad dream... this has to be a bad dream..." Chrom took a few deep breaths but nothing changed. He was still in the same room.

Xio asked, "Do you think it's just a bad dream now?" Chrom stood there staring at the ground.

"No... of course not," Chrom whispered. Then he looked up, Xio grabbed him by the cheeks. Chrom was panicking, fear filled his body more and more.

Xio laughed, "YOU ARE NOTHING! JUST A PERSON THAT RUNS AWAY FROM YOUR WORRIES! A TRAUMATIZED MAN! YOU ARE PATHETIC AND WEAK!!"

"What's wrong with you!? All because I was traumatized about the horrible things in my life?! I can't control that!" Chrom shouted. He looked back at Xio.

Xio explained, "You were experimented on, you are a creation of Apollyon, your pathetic wife died, and most importantly you're a foul creature to humanity. Nobody will ever love you again, Emelia pitied you and fell in love. She wanted to get away from you...

Your experiments show that you were weak enough for it to happen against you. You were vulnerable, you deserved it. Your little pesky trauma is nothing more of who you are, a characterization of you...

How do you suspect anyone to fall in love with a demon of humanity?! Apollyon blood runs through your veins you are nothing..."

"Well you're incorrect about one thing, I do have someone I love. Claude, he knows everything about me and yet respect me like a true human being, I have friends surrounding me who treat me like a human being..." Chrom replied while trying to break out.

Xio sighed, "Your friendship speech won't do anything to me..." Chrom then broke out of the chair and attacked Xio. However each time he did a swing Xio somehow dodged all his attacks.

Chrom grunted, "You're a fast one, but your words mean nothing to me. I've heard it all. It doesn't affect me at all." Xio stood there staring at Chrom. Then they transformed into a version of Chrom.

Xio giggled, "You were saying?" This Chrom version had no pupils visible, he had dark blue hair but it looked exactly like Chrom. "This is your Apollyon appearance, aren't you surprised?"

Chrom muttered, "Not in the slightest." Then Chrom kicked Xio away. Xio rolled backward and attacked Chrom. Chrom fell backward and was pinned against the wall.

"How pathetic must you be, I never once was Xio, in fact I'm nothing more than a shell of your future self," Xio giggled.

Chrom asked as he grunted, "Future self?! What do you even imply?"

"You are going to destroy the world if that's the last thing you end up liking you pathetic BRAT!" Apollyon Chrom giggled. Chrom tried to break free from his grip but nothing worked. "You're so sad... no matter how hard you try everything just tumbles down in an instant..."

Chrom grunted, "No... you will not TAKE ME WHOLE!!" Then he kicked Apollyon Chrom away, he slowly got up and tried to find an exit. However Apollyon Chrom stopped him along the way.

"YOU MORON! YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO WIN!!" Apollyon Chrom screamed. Chrom looked over, dread filled his eyes, he didn't know what to do or how to respond. Apollyon Chrom grabbed tight onto him.

Chrom grunted, "Stop... please."

"You'll never forget your inner struggle, why don't you go ahead and quit your crying, pathetic weakling can't even survive without me guiding you along the way," Apollyon Chrom whispered. Then he started to suffocate Chrom.

Chrom grunted, "You... will never take over me..." Then he shoved Apollyon Chrom off him. Chrom slowly got up and noticed his arm was bleeding. Apollyon Chrom just stabbed it.

"See? You can't even run away without me trying to bring you down in the long term..." Apollyon Chrom giggled. Chrom looked at his arm and held tight on the stab mark. That made him vulnerable so Apollyon Chrom dashed in for an attack.

Chrom shouted, "NO!" He moved out of the way just in time and was able to dodge the attack. Apollyon Chrom stabbed his sword onto the ground and looked back.

"I'll let you go, but be wary you'll never escape from your worries, nothing will stop me from tormenting you. But you can live a life..." Apollyon Chrom whispered. Then he disappeared. Chrom stood there staring at the ground.

Chrom muttered, "Perhaps it was... nothing..." He started to heal his bleeding arm when he noticed something behind him.

"I'll... come back for you..." A muttered. Then Chrom was grabbed by the feet. He tried fighting back but nothing worked. He fell onto the ground and saw everything turn dark.

"AGH!" Chrom screamed. He looked around, his room was quiet. It was still dark outside, but the nightmare was over. Chrom could rest and breathe easily again.

Maybe it was a dream, perhaps it was a warning. Whatever it was supposed to be, it wasn't normal. It made Chrom feel queasy. But, he soon fell asleep.