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"There's just no telling how far I'll go."
- Moana, (Moana)
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<(Atem POV)>
There are a lot of positives about being a god and when I say a lot, I mean a LOT. But one thing you realize after becoming a divine being and a possible main character of the universe which is a lot like a fanfiction by some newbie author, is that when you have a dream, it's never 'just' a dream. It's always some sort of precognition trying to warn you of a possible future that might or might not come to pass one day if you don't do something to prevent it. Of course, this translates to a very troubling conclusion especially when the dream you are having includes you and everyone you have ever loved and known dying horribly at the tentacles of uncountable Eldrich beings who can rip apart the skin of mortals from their bodies like they are undressing a Barbie doll.
"Fuck, that was scary even for someone like me. I don't think I am going to sleep again for the next few years." I mumbled to myself while wiping away the cold sweat on my face and thanking whoever was responsible for my reincarnation here for the mental defenses I possessed because I am sure that without it, I would have gone mentally senile due to all the horrifying stuff I had to see in that dream of mine.
'Maybe all of that really was just a bad dream without any underlying hidden meaning. After all, those horrendous abominations that I summoned from the... void to teach Odin a lesson were the last things I saw before being... banished away. So, perhaps my dream was nothing but a nightmare that resulted from the bad memory.' I hoped in my mind before exhaling a frustrated sigh, 'Or I should just stop kidding myself and actually start preparing for the worst instead of making the stupid mistake that almost all arrogant idiot protagonists make in their stories by ignoring the warning in their dreams.'
"However, before that, I have to figure out where the hell I am first," I said to no one in particular as I began looking around for clues.
I could still feel my connection to Zoya, but it was very faint. I was sure that she would find me since my connection with her was still there, but she would probably need a few days to trace my exact location using that alone.
Anyway, quite fortunately for me, I wasn't floating in some unknown part of deep space as one would expect. Instead, I was lying on a... violet field with an aqua-blue sky visible above me. I could also see a huge forest a few miles behind me as well but quite surprisingly, none of the trees or plants there were green. Rather, they looked like alien plants I had never seen before, covered with exotic colors that almost made them look like they were drawn up by a five-year-old kid with crayons and a hyperactive imagination.
I could also sense some unique animals there in the forest as well which coincidentally looked like they were taken straight out of the two Avatar verses, both the alien and the magical one. I could even see some rat-faced rhinoceros-like beasts with butterfly wings flying in the sky while pooping like they didn't care about anything else except relieving themselves.
WOOOOOOOMMM Suddenly, a loud horn blared in the distance interrupting my thoughts as numerous small dots slowly began to appear from the sky.
Flap-flap-flap, whoosh, whirr, flutter, thrum-thrum-thrum, swish, whup-whup-whup, rush, swoosh, thwap-thwap-thwap, rustle, whirr, flap-snap, flutter-whoosh... The constant sound of hundreds of wings flapping in the air echoed in the distance as the dark dots in the sky steadily began to become bigger and clearer, making me realize that they were not just some types of locusts or birds as I had first instinctively expected but humanoid beings with huge pairs of wings attached to their back and armed to the teeth with various medieval time weapons like swords, spears, and bows.
