A World Beyond

What Happened?

You opened your eyes. The first thing you do is check your wound. It's unharmed... You look around to see you're in a camp with dead bodies scattered around. You also noticed some people whimpering on the side. Not knowing what happened, you asked them. But they just shake their heads and begs you not to kill them.

You raise your eyebrow in confusion. "Relax, I won't kill you... but, who did this?" You asked. They just slowly look at you, "Y- y- you.. s- sir.." one answered shakily. This leaves you even more confused. You don't remember doing any of this, but when you wanted to ask again they ran away. "HEY! WAIT!! I-..." sigh...

You looked around and looked at a map of some sort. It had locations with name. You recognize the name 'Eldoria", but there are other names you don't recognize. But one stood out the most. It had the drawing of a crown with the name 'Nil'dara'. You think for a while before pulling out another map. The map in question was a map of all of Aetheria you ripped of from Lunarie's father's book.

You compared it to the map on the table. It fits, so this map is the map of the barren parts of Aetheria? Okay. You looked around trying to find more clues. Not finding anything.

You were about to leave when you felt the need to turn around. You turned around and saw the same shadowy figure. You were about to attack it when suddenly it pointed under one of the bodies. You stopped yourself. Your eyes flick to the body and back but the figure disappeared. You hesitantly roll the body away to see a piece of paper with the picture of Lunarie. Now your brain's never been good at solving these kinds of stuff, but for some reason, this time it gave you the idea that wherever Lunarie might be, one of the places has to be Nil'dara.

You didn't move yet, you wanted to first figure out what this shadow figure actually is. You thought of so many things on how to call it. Your eyes trail to the knife in your hand. You narrow your eyes. This is a bad idea.. this is a bad idea..

You almost stabbed yourself when the shadow figure appeared again. "There you are" you said. The shadow figure looked at the knife in your hand. "Next time, don't try whatever it is you were thinking. You'd just get yourself killed" It said.

You scoff, a little irritated at it for appearing and disappearing. "I do what I want. Why are you even following me, huh? What, you trying to kill me when it's the right time?" you asked in an irritated tone. It walked closer. "If I wanted to kill you, that wound on your neck would never have healed" It answered. So, it doesn't want to kill you, so what does it want?

"Well why are you following me?" You asked, your guard lowering slowly. It stayed quiet for a long while, before looking up at you again and answering, "I'm not. I never was. I'm the voice in your head, the one that constructs your hallucinations. I am the blood that runs in your veins, the blood that runs into your brain"

You pause for a moment and sigh. You finally understood what this thing actually is. "You're the demon blood I drank aren't you?"

It nods. You stare into it's white empty glowing eyes. You sigh again. "So I'm not human anymore?" You asked it. It shakes it's head. "No, you're part demon now" It replied. ...Your heart drops a little. So you're no longer human, you're part demon now. Has its perks, right..?