Stellar Lucifer

Chapter 9: One A.M

~Lucas~

Darkness. I glanced around, eyes darting to and fro. I'm here again, but something's different.

The stars glimmered even brighter, but they went unnoticed for my attention was taken by the smoke arising from the west. A temple was located there, and as I struggled to walk, the echoes of screaming people reverberated throughout my ears. Burning houses caught my attention, and I realized that this wasn't the original podium from my repetitive dreams anymore. This wasn't the world I've learned to live in, but something different—more sinister.

Instinctively—and as if on cue, my feet began running towards the direction of the temple. It was as if someone—or something—gained control of my body.

Streaks of iridescent red wafted around and clogged my airways, flitting their way through the blackness. The temple had a dull greyish glow, and the runic incantations seemed to come off the aged walls, calling out to me.

And mysteriously so... I understood.

'Here lies the room of prophecies, where the twelve signs slumber'

A clear puddle lay on the ground, and my heart suddenly went to a standstill when I saw a pair of vermilion-red irises staring back at me.

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"Hey, time to get up."

I forced my eyelids open after hearing Daiz's hushed voice, and glanced groggily at the wall clock.