Dreamer's Odyssey Vol. 1

Sleep Paralysis(Final)

 I believe we've met. You already know who I am. And if you're listening to this, I am dead. What you're about to hear are my last thoughts before leaving this world. I hope they can give you as much closure as they have given me.

Hugh Hall entered the room. "What is it Isaac?" Isaac pointed to his computer monitor, "We're seeing erratic weather patterns all over the world. It just happened without warning." Hugh replied, "Strange, this doesn't sound good." Meanwhile, Luna was sleeping calmly under a tree, but was awoken by the sound of thunder. When she saw the sky, she immediately knew what it meant. Her blood ran cold. "He....he's coming back." Elsewhere, Sam and his wife Lillith discovered ancient carvings at the center of a tomb. The carvings described a terrible creature, one who harvested their people, A creature that has gone by many names. But prefers to be called Lenny T. Puppet.

Audrey gazed off at the night sky. It was a long dark blue blanket, with yellow dottings, and strokes of purple and green light. Despite the sky's entrancing beauty, her mind was occupied with other things. Her memory of The Phantom disappearing into that vortex wouldn't stop repeating in her head. She was powerless to save him, but now she did have power. The memory of that shadow creature returned. Whatever it was, it had the orb, and Audrey wasn't going to let him keep it. Her focus was abruptly interrupted by a voice, "Uh, Audrey?" Alex asked. "You home?" Audrey snapped out of her haze. "Oh sorry. I've got a lot on my mind." Alex spoke again. "I know, you should. Are you going to tell your mom about this?"

"Well actually. I've been working on a spell recently, an illusion spell. I think it might be able to temporarily make me look normal. That way I'd never have to tell her."

"How are you going to keep this a secret?"

"I don't know. What if I can't go back? What if this is the way things are?"

"But Audrey, you can't just disappear."

"Maybe I should, I've never done anything with my life before. With my powers I can finally make a change!"

"So that's it, you're leaving everything? No more friends, no more family. Don't you have anyone special?"

"I have a mother, but I can't bear to see the look on her face. And honestly, I've never been close to anyone before, I already never existed."

"You can't just throw your life away!"

Audrey clenched her fist. "Why not, it's my life. Now's my chance to finally be someone! Besides, it's more important I find where that shadow creep is, and put a stop to him!" Audrey's fist lit up with indigo flames. Alex shrieked and jumped back. "Oh no! Alex, I'm-" Audrey hesitated. She stared into her flaming fist, it triggered a long forgotten memory. The last time she had seen her father. Alex muttered, "Audrey, how did...." Audrey carefully tossed the fire up, and caught it with her other hand. She smirked and said, "I could get used to this." She noticed something moving in the corner of her eye. She immediately recognised the silhouette. She swiftly whirled around, and threw the flame toward her target. The flame landed on a tree and instantly engulfed it, after a second the flames died down. And the tree had become a pile of ash. Audrey felt startled by her own power. She looked back at Alex, she was shivering. "Jesus christ! A little overkill, huh." A voice called out. "Where are you! Show yourself!" Audrey called out. The shadow slithered off the ground and held his hands up. "You..." She lifted her fist up, taunting him with the possibility of another fireball. "Wait, please don't incinerate me into a pile of ash just yet, I just want to talk." Audrey held her ground. "Yeah sure you do." Alex placed her hand on Audrey's shoulder. "I think we should hear him out." Audrey lowered her hand, "What do you want?" Ratuk reached inside his stomach and pulled out the orb of Oclas. "I can't get this damn thing to work. Your magic might be able to turn it on."