Explorers of the Life Force, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

My Darkness

I wandered around aimlessly in a dark forest looking for something. What was I seeking...? I didn't even know myself. Everything was still, silent, and grey. Even the falling leaves were suspended in the air. It was as if everything had a time spell, stuck forever in this one moment. I felt small, insignificant, something that just didn't belong.

I saw a small movement in the distance and focused on it. Though it was hard, I made out the source. It was a dark figure that remained quiet and still. I took a step back as this feeling of dread it emitted grew in intensity. My heart dropped when it's head snapped up revealing a smile of insanity. Even from this distance that much was clear. It's pupils were as small as I've ever seen anyone else have. The smile seemed to show the level of sanity it had lost. The most horrific thing was the fact it was me.

I wanted to cry out, I wanted to run, I just wanted to escape this nightmare. In a blink it moved closer beginning to laugh maniacally. Over my racing heart I heard these words, "You'll never escape me!"

I screamed out, throwing a huge chunk of my straw bed off. I tumbled out of the bed moving against the closest wall as I gripped my arms tightly. I still heard his maniacal laughter fill my head with those horrid words repeatedly going through my thoughts. 'You'll never escape me!' The worst of it though, was that look of utter nothingness in his eyes... He was gonna get me, he was gonna-

"Chase!" I looked up showing pure terror through my eyes as Ellie looked at me. Instead of stepping back though, she moved forward. I panicked and tried moving away.

"N-no!"

She stopped for the moment trying to calm me, "Chase, Aria's gonna wake up, you need to breath." I did my best trying to regain my normal level of calm and clarity. After a minute she moved beside me siting down hesitantly.

After some agonizing moments she said, "What just happened to you?" I looked away feeling ashamed for my actions.

"I... I just had a bad dream."

She scoffed, "You threw a chunk of your bed, ran to the wall, and were scared of me approaching you. I think it was more than just a bad dream." I sighed feeling small again.

"I... I was... looking for something in a place absent from... movement I guess... This shadowy figure was there though, and I... I... couldn't do it." I covered my head in utter misery.

"Chase, what couldn't you do?" Ellie tried to press. I took a second trying to form the words.

"I... c-couldn't face myself." There was a long pause before I continued. "The smile... the eyes... there was nothing. No emotion, no worries, no cares, no heart, just... void." That's when a few tears started to leak. Trying to stop myself from doing so only made the tears flow faster. I wish I didn't have that dream, I wish I didn't cry, and I wish I didn't do it in front of Ellie. I was so lost in my thoughts that Ellie's touch was almost like an electric shock to me.

I found myself in Ellie's embrace of a hug. That small action ceased all those tears to a halt, replacing it with shock. I gulped feeling my paws shake. Ellie cut through my train of thought. "Chase, you're not a bad Pokémon." I felt the tears slip again as I shut my eyes tight.

"You don't know that, I don't know that, I just... thank you, but I need some time alone." I pulled away going up through the stairs leading outside.

Once out, I sighed to myself walking off through the town. As I was walking, it helped to calm my thoughts as I made to accept small truths that still lingered in my mind.

I don't know who I am. I don't know what I like, dislike, or desire. Was I a bad guy? Before I could even begin trying to answer, I was interrupted.