(REMAKE IS UP!) Restitution (CLOSED)

Chapter 28: A Darker Side

EDIT1: Seriously, I should just have someone slap me every time I forget a song....... XC

My dream... it was so weirdly real... that I almost thought I was sleepwalking, but too many things didn't make sense, stuff wasn't obeying all the rules it should have... like gravity... or physics, that it couldn't have been real. Things were mixed up, like people, or even objects were trying to mold into other objects or people, then trying to change into something else at the same time. Eventually, the longer I stared at them, the more they seemed to either shrivel away into darkness or expand to the point of blowing up! More and more darkness seemed to surround me until I couldn't see anything else except a void. Then, strangely, I felt like something was creeping up my back. When I turned around, I was shocked to see another guy! He wasn't trying to merge into something different. He just stayed the same. What made my body freeze was that the guy standing in front of me... was me! I couldn't make out his expression, some of the darkness covering his face, blocking anything from the top of his lips up. Everything else seemed to be the exact same though.

He... I... I don't know, I'm just gonna say he. He exhaled through his nose, turning his head to where I was looking at him sideways. Scenery started to materialize, objects and people from my home town started coming from nowhere, but their expressions showed something that I would never expect. Fear. People from my home town weren't the only one's there. Others were there, others that I didn't even know who. I caught something out of the corner of my eye, something familiar. A black arm coming from behind him. Just as it was about to grab him, his arm quickly went upwards, grabbing the claw. I heard a growl, and it was hard to tell if it was coming from him, or from the claw.

"I think you've become a nuisance for far too long now. So get lost before I make you regret spying on me." The other me clenched his hand tightly, making it twitch as it tried snatching him, but not being able to grab him. Then the hand seemed to evaporate into a smog of darkness, filling the air with a loud and nightmarish scream. The smog quickly streamed over both me and the other me, then spread to the others, making them scream as well. Everything went silent quickly as I no longer saw anything. However, I still had that feeling something was creeping up my back, only this time it seemed to be right on top of me. The weight was almost overpowering, heavy, and made me feel like I was suffocating. This time, I saw him appear right in front of me. His expression except for his mouth was still hidden, but I could still feel the intensity coming off him.

"Born from the day I came into this wretched world, born from the day others cowered and feared everything, I give them a reason to fear me. The times when people are torn, broken, shattered, and burned to nothing, then when they are put back together as something imperfect, monstrous, even hellish, that is what people fear the most." For the first time, I got a glimpse at his eyes as they started to illuminate red in the darkness. They were staring right at me, making the pressure even more unbearable.

"Chained to stand back and watch as everything seems to unfold in front of me.... But now.... Now I break free from this prison...." He started to walk towards me. Instinctively, I took a step back every step he took forward. "Soon.... Very Soon... everyone will know me, and the darkness shall creep back into everyone's hearts." Instantaneously, he disappeared then reappeared in front of me, grabbing me by my shirt.

"Starting with you." His eyes seemed to be filled with nothing but anger. "Those who cross paths with me, I will not forgive so easily. Those who dare to challenge me will find their corpse laying on the ground, all the blood drained from their body and staining the ground, making it crimson." I wanted to get out of this dream.... I put my arms over my head, shutting my eyes as tightly as I could to try and block out this other me! When I opened my eyes, he was gone. The weight was going away, but I still felt his gaze.