Dawn's Destiny

Sweet Nightmares Little One ~ Chapter 122

"That's right... keep your breathing steady..." Someone whispered. Chrom kept his eyes closed as the person kept his mind in the zone. He felt exhausted and relaxed at the same time. He was sleeping soundly to the quiet sounds of the river. "There you go, you're doing it!"

Chrom whispered, "Heh, thank you for everything..." He kept on sleeping on the ground as he continued to breathe calmly not a word came out from his mouth. The energy flowing through him was going slowly but steadily and it was helping him a lot. He was calm for once in his life. Nothing was distracting him or worrying him, what he desired the most.

The voice replied, "That's it... you're doing it..." Chrom kept himself calm, keeping himself together with the voice. He kept on breathing slowly as he then heard something in the distance.

"Mwhahaha..."

"H-Huh?"

"Don't you worry about a thing, your breathing is perfect." Chrom kept his eyes closed as he kept his breathing. However he realized the voice wasn't so soothing anymore. "That's right... keep it up." Chrom slowly opened his eyes and saw a creature holding him. He got up immediately and saw the strange figure.

Chrom asked, "W-WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?! A SKINWALKER?!" Chrom looked at the creature as they breathed on him. The hideous smell of their breath tormented Chrom. Soon it was revealed that the creature... was a deformed version of Magnus. Chrom looked up at him in horror as he entire body was shaking.

"What's the matter, sweet one?" The creature stretched out their long hand and put their hand on Chrom's cheek. Chrom pushed them away in an act of fear and stared at them while shaking. "Chrom Lowell... the Exalt of Ylisse... the same man who REFUSES to die at my hand..."

Chrom shouted, "AND HE NEVER WILL! I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME THIS TIME MAGNUS BUT I WILL MAKE SURE YOU WILL DIE!" Chrom was still shaking a lot as the distorted Magnus kept staring down at him. He drooled on Chrom as Chrom moved further away.

"You really think you can take on someone like me? I'm just a figment of your imagination... this isn't remotely close to how I truly look like, you're just simply so afraid of me it's so laughable..." The creature laughed. Chrom looked at them as he shook in fear while pointing his sword.

Chrom whispered, "No matter what ends up coming from you I will not back down... not ever... you don't scare me Magnus even with this... demonic deformed form of yours..." Chrom kept on pointing his sword at the creature as it stood there staring down at him. Then it got down to Chrom's level.

The creature yawned, "You make me so bored... you're just constantly afraid of me. I get it already! Why don't you go find something else to be afraid of! You're just so pathetic it makes me so bored." Chrom looked at him with fear continuing to fill his body.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!!" Then Chrom stabbed the creature in the heart as he continued pressing against them. Blood gushed out and landed on him but that didn't matter. Chrom wanted the thing gone. He pushed his sword on the creature as he felt the blood cover him. He couldn't care anymore, he kept pushing the sword through.

"YOU..."

"YOU CAN MOCK ME ALL YOU WANT! I'M TIRED OF BEING CALLED PATHETIC OVER AND OVER AGAIN BY SOMEONE WHO HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER ME! YOU MAKE ME DISGUSTED TO NO POINT OF RETURN!" Chrom screamed as he continued to stab the creature.

The creature screeched, "HRAHHHH!!!! YOU DEMON FROM HELL!!! WHY ARE YOU OPPOSING ME!!!" Chrom glared at him as he kept pushing his sword when it eventually went through his body. Chrom was covered in his blood but he couldn't care. His only goal was to destroy it to have some peace of mind.

"BECAUSE I ALWAYS HAVE! YOU HAVE TORN ME DOWN TO PIECES AND NOW I WILL PUSH THROUGH UNTIL YOU ARE NOTHING MORE!" Chrom continued pushing against the creature until it vanished from his sight. He took a deep breath and laid on the ground.

Chrom stared at the ceiling and back at his sword. He felt at ease again since the strange deformed Magnus was gone now. Still he was conflicted about what it wanted from him. It was different from most creatures... yet it had frightened him so much he was lost in thought. That's all he thought of.

"What... was that for? Why was Magnus in my dreams like that? I am just afraid of what his power holds?" Chrom asked himself as he looked at the ceiling still. He shook his head and laid on the ground. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his chest. "W-What... is that?" He fell to the ground as he continued feeling the pain.

"AHAHAHAH! AHAHAH!!"

"WHAT IS THAT?!" Chrom immediately shot awake and saw blood gushing out from his chest. He looked around and didn't see anything. He was just bleeding all of a sudden. He looked inside his bag but he noticed that it was gone too... He laid there on the ground as the bleeding got worse and worse.

"YOU LITTLE BEING!! I WILL TAKE YOU WHOLE AND CONSUME YOU!!" Chrom looked around trying to understand the situation. However, there didn't appear to be anything in sight. Still he was bleeding a ton.

"W-Who's there?!"

"I AM!!" Then it was revealed that the voice wasn't Magnus but rather...

Himself...