Return Of The Visitors

Chapter 4

I opened my eyes slowly, my head killing me. As I pushed my two hands forward off the ground, I looked around. I didn't see Circus or NiGHTS anywhere. The walls were dark, pitch black. There were no windows, but you could hear thunder and lightning booming off of the walls. As I stood up, I tried to remember how I got here. All I remember is that I got dizzy and I couldn't see well. Then, I woke up here.

As I walked out of the room, I peeked my head through the doorway to survey the hallway. It looked fine, just really dark. As I walked slowly down the hallway, the exit seemed to get further and further away, my body slowly starting to speed walk. As the exit kept getting farther, I started to run, my legs picking up speed, my hand lurching forward, as If I could somehow grab the exit.

As I ran, I eventually slowed down, bending over and breathing hard. As I did, I got the strangest feeling someone was watching me. As I regained my breath, the hallway around me began to swirl, leaving me in a dark room. I put my hands over my head, trying to protect myself from something I don't even know. As I stood up, hands falling back to my sides. As I did this, I suddenly heard a small crack.

Spinning around, I started to back away slowly into the wall. This is all a dream, right? So, why haven't I woken up?! I've never really been this lucid before, I don't even know how to wake up. As I fully backed away into the wall, I could feel my breathing getting much faster. I felt like I was on the verge of having a heart attack. As I leaned against the wall, I put my hands in my hair, tugging at the locks. Why couldn't I wake up?! As I threw my head back against the wall, I sighed closing my eyes.

"Why, It looks like your finally awake."

I felt two hands on my hair. Spinning around, I yanked their wrists, pulling them forward and sending them flying. As I stared at the figure, I sighed a sigh of relive.

"Oh, Circus?! I'm so sorry! I can't really see in this dark.." I said, helping him up, as he turned around to face me, I realized.

"Your... Not Circus..."

The dark figure looked almost like NiGHTS, but had a much more sinister look to himself. I backed up slowly, hands in front of me, ready to strike.

"My, my! You have a pair of strong Ideya!" He said, standing up.

"Wh-Who are you?!" I yelled. He chuckled a deep laugh, his mouth turning into a grin.

"Let's just say... I'm the new Wizeman." He said, checking his nails and paying no attention to me whatsoever. I gasped. NiGHTS told me that Wizeman died! How could he be the new one? From the description that Nights gave me, he looked nothing like him. Taking the opportunity, I saw a flash against a wall.

A window.

Taking the opportunity since this guy was distracted, I run past him and jumped towards the window, only to be jerked back as I felt the back of my shirt being held. Due to my short height, my feet couldn't even touch the ground. Swinging and twisting around, I tried desperately to escape, but to no avail.

"My, My! A little fighter, I see!" He said. I struggled even harder at the words, before finally giving up. He threw me to the ground.

"Whatever you want, this Ideya or whatever! Listen, I have no idea what your talking about!" He sneered, before clutching a hand on the front of my shirt collar and lifting me off the ground, as he levitated off the ground.

"Listen here, little visitor. I'm not here to play around. Now, be a good girl and hand over your Ideya. The sooner you do so, the sooner you'll wake up."

I blinked a couple times, his eyes never leaving mine. I had no idea what he was talking about and I certainly didn't know how to give it to him.

I looked around, eyeing the window. As the thunder and lightning crackled, I saw a grey blur, almost a shadow, in the distance of the window, growing bigger and bigger. But, how could something be flying around in this weather? It was then I realized that the blur wasn't growing.

It was coming straight at us.
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Hey everyone! I'm sorry for disappearing for so long. I recently started Highschool and a lot of personal life has gotten in the way.

I've been having a lot of self-doubt and it's been getting to me.

The good news is that I have a new original story in the works! I'm not gonna reveal much, but if you like fantasy involving the elements, angels, gods and anything else you can think of, I think you'll like it!

Thanks for reading this far. The next chapter will be out soon.

Dream out!