A New Old World

An unexpected permanent guest

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes were some kind of white cracks which seemed like a virus in the land, creating enough light for me to see in the veil of darkness that was covering this place and as the cracks appeared and disappeared as if it was breathing, I realized that I was hanging upside down in the sky, chained to a chair and the white cracks were in sync with my breathing and as soon as I realized this I felt the world twist and I fell into a pillow of grass, which expanded into a vast grassland as far as my eyes could see and a bright sun was shinning and keeping me warm. I looked at myself and I couldn't find the chair or chains on where I was trapped just seconds ago and as I looked around a shrine stood up where there was only grass before and on top of the shrine there was a chair with broken shackles and chains hanging from it and below it, as if someone had broken free but the chains, the chair, the shackles and the shrine were perfectly new. As if time itself had stopped around it as there was no grass around the shrine, the earth around it was still new and nothing had grown on it and then I heard steps and I looked around and found nothing but footsteps on the grass from the shrine and from this footsteps a black mist spread, causing the grass to start dying and that was my signal to exit.  The grassland had turned yellow then black and the sky was now clouded and I could hear thunder far away. I turned around to run the opposite way from the shrine and the footsteps when I saw him, I saw me. I was now sitting on the chair on the shrine and could only see the back of my head as I feel myself being pulled away from my body as my body turns and looks at me. My eyes had the same bright red light that the first Bulkar I ran into, a smile was drawn into my face and the clouds in the sky turned into a twister and I felt how the ground below me disappeared and I felt a couple of arms and hands wrap around me as the smile on that other me in front of me disappeared as he swiftly stood up and tried to catch me but I then was no longer able to see him, or the grassland, or the clouds or anything I had seen before as I felt an intense fain as I had just fell on what felt like dirt. I looked around as there was a small light coming from above illuminating the place barely enough to see and in front of me there was a person, long and dark yellow hair, white yet slightly tanned skin and a small mole on her neck but no matter how hard I tried to see her face the light wasn't enough to reveal it but enough for me to burst out feelings which I felt I had been holding back for years 
"I don't want to say I protected you...You were never weak ! You were stronger than I have ever been and when you were gone I was truly all alone. I have changed the day since the day I yelled about how you went on by yourself....I have been kicking and biting and it was impossible to breath as I kept going down and down toward the depths of my troubled head but when I saw this light and I kept toward it knowing I needed it and now you are here and.... I'm sorry... you resemble someone and I don't know why I have said all of this... You helped out there, right? Thank you, I owe you one" I said standing up as I felt like I had just walked out of hell and walk into heaven and I was really tired of walking so I felt relieve of everything ending and that an Angel had finally came to pick me up "Is this the end? Are you here to take me ahead and finally rest?" I asked looking down with sadness as she slapped me 

"What are you talking about? You are not to leave nor to give up! I helped you out just like you once did. Don't go giving up just yet, you are an amazing person and be honest with yourself...you still want to be of use for someone else" she said laughing  "I am Ren, I know it is short for something but I can't recall of what, or how I ended up here but I knew that he and you shouldn't be next to each other" 

"Well thanks for that Ren, I'm Mario and thanks for that. I needed a reality check" I said laughing as it took me a while to say anything else "You speak like someone I used to know but I can't remember anyone like you I wasn't really close to anyone back then and it feels like you'd have been someone I'd have tried to stick to no matter what" I said laughing 

"Maybe there is someone like that back there. You wish to return, don't you? I can feel it in your words, you miss your old life even when it wasn't perfect. I might not be that person you think I am but I will stay with you and help you out with what I can" Ren replied sticking out her hand for me to stand up and I did so

"Let's then find a way out, I can see a small path over there and whoever that other me was I am pretty sure I don't want to be close to him" I said as I followed the only path that I could find and we started walking "Do you know who that other me is?" I asked her , breaking the silence that followed when we started walking through the path

She shook her head and looked down "I'm sorry but I can't answer that, my...memories aren't clear but you are right with not getting close to him. He is evil...more than you can imagine and he needs you as a host. More than that I can't tell" said Ren as we got into a brighter room and I noticed that she had wrapped herself into some kind of white clothing which I then realized were wings 

"My guardian angel?" I thought when I saw the wings but then laughed and shook my head as the room had a metal staircase "This seems to go up, are you ready to go?" I asked her as Ren seemed tired but she nodded almost instantly and as we went up the staircase some images flashed into my head, a fight with Jhin, Doram and Pierre; and me falling down and getting mad 

"He is coming..." I said when we got back into the grassland and a chill went down my spine "REN STAND BEHIND ME HE'S HERE!" I exclaimed as I rushed ahead and then there was a second me standing, glaring at me and then at Ren 

"I see you tagged alone?"