The archive of the forgotten

Dreaming of death

I wipe my sortoff curtain bangs out of my face, they're slowly getting soaked. My tanned skin has formed a lot of freckles on my face since we travelled to the middle east. Altough I have lived in peru for a few years now, I cannot get used to the warm climate in this desert. My best friend, Eddie walks into the tent. His dreadlocks hanging loosely on his shoulders. His dark skin gleaming with sweat. "And have they found it yet?" He shakes his head as he drinks a cup of tea. "It's so hot I am going to pass out Orpheé" "Like the devils arse right" I say while opening a spellbook and typing something on the laptop. "Our gps is glitching" I say while inspecting it. "We don't need it orpheé. And why in the nine circles of hell are you putting on your leather jacket." "I don't want to burn Eddy." "So you'll rather pass out from heat stroke?" "I only need to say something to Master Resilin." I say I step into the desert

The heat almost knocks me off my feet. I run towards the biggest tent. "Sir! I think we have found it!" I say with excitement in my voice. "Very good Orpheé, prepare yourselves." I smile. I feel euphoric as I run back into the tent. "It's here Eddy. Put on something suitable!" I grab my orange sunglassses. "Says the one who is planning to look like some 80's music icon." "Oh I'm not!" I say, feigning offence. "But even when I would put on super simple clothes I would look like one because of my hair dear." He nods. "That's fair"

We're both wearing our excavation outfits when we leave the camp with the rest of the group. We walk thtough the desert into something that resembles a tunnel without a roof. I think there once was a river here. There are old runes in the stone walls as the sun shines on them I ask myself if they might be gold. "The path to enlightenment, sick!" A young follower says. The others all shush him. I feel a tear in my eye, something seems off. All of this seems too dark for what it is supposed to be. Am I beginning to have doubts? I the follower who has helped most in locating? The fastests learner? The legendary archeologist? The one that discovered atlantis? Am I doubting the one who has given me hope?

We arrive at the temple, I hear a gasp escaping my mouth. Angels, greek gods, egyptian ones, demons, hindu gods, so many statuaes point towards the temple. i have never seen such a sign, such beauty. I do not understand who made this and when this was made either. The temple reminds me of the one in Petra. But than even bigger with black, gold and white details aside from the stone colour.

We walk into the beautiful temple. I try to deduct what god this temple was for, I know the runes but everytime I want to read them they seem to change. I look around, the temple is intricate almost like it was built as a palace. It could be a palace. "There's a staircase here!" Eddy screams. We all follow him and look at the twisting staircase that looks stable but leads into a pitch black hole. I look at eddy. "Master Resilin, we do not know whether it is stable." "The gods shall protect us." He says. I frown as I look at eddy. Eddy smiles and mouths that everything will be fine. "But eddy I do not know what structure this is, it might kill half of us. I should be investigating first." He shakes his head as he grabs my hand and follow the others. I know that this cannot be good! This is not what I want. But I know I cannot leave.

We arrive in the the middle of the temple I look up, instead of the sun which I expect to see I see the moon shining in the middle. My eyes widen. I have read about this. I push some of the others away to get to eddy. "We need to get out" I say as I hold look him in his eyes. He looks at me like I've gone mad. "Seriously, it'll be too late!" I say with tears in my eyes. "Don't strike doubt into your brother orpheé." Master resilin says. 

"What a pleasant surprise that you came" a soft but scary voice says, the rotunda voice is coming from the dark void. "Show yourself!" Master resilin says. I beg him not to but I am already far too late. Two people step into the moonlight. One has white hair white and is wearing a blue claok. His wings are as white as bones, or porcelain. The other one has black hair, an ombre cloak which turns from black to blood red and burgundy wing. Both of the creatures have completly gold eyes. 

The one with black hair talks. His grey skin looks dead or as if he is a statue. It doesn't look real. "Nice to meet you. You're all very coregeaous warlocks. Let me introduce myself. I'm known as hypnos or morpheus or sandman, but you can call me dream. This is my twin brother, he has many aliases like thanathos, grim reaper or hel but you can call him death." The white brother smile his teeth beautiful but as soon as they gleam you see that they are sharp. "For your information dear humans, No one will see us the same way. You won't recognize us if someone describes us or even draws us. That is exactly why we have never been drawn in our temple. We take form according to something you believe. Sometimes we even look like loved ones." Death says and Dream snorts as if this is a game he is playing. "We have a challenge for you. Because it is not hard to see you're trying to challenge us. Your trusty master has never been honest with you". Dreams says as death chuckles and continues. "He told you he would lead you to enlightenment. Dear warlocks of the starlight cult. You have all been deceived all this man wants is eternal life. And now because of him all of your lives are in danger. Tommorow we will explain the challenge youngings. Same time same place." 

Dream get some sand from his pocket and blows it over his head and they both disappear.

I fall into my knees. I cannot breathe. "get me out of here." I manage to say to eddy as he begins to help me out of the temple. When I can finally feel the sand again and the scorching sun on my back I feel my anger rising. I feel like I need to vomit. I scream as my whole world turns black and I can see nothing but hatred in the hope I once had. When I open my eyes I see that a black dust has covered the square in front of the temple. Eddy looks at me. "I think you just used the incantation of destruction" he says with disbelief in his eyes. 

Hi everybody so I ally d the beginning of this book but I couldn't find a suitable challenge for these people so I'm super open for any suggestions. This book is about mistrust, cults, the danger of certain belief systems, magic and the danger of power