Dark Sketches

Chapter 5

I've just learned I'm in a coma back home... Oh lord, how did this happen?! This is like those Japanese animes where two girls get stuck in a school and it ends up that they're never going to leave... Never. This is really taking a toll on me, I can't understand why this is happening to me. What have I done? Can I change this? I'm starting to hope this is all my imagination, I don't know what I'll do when I come to the obvious realization this is real. Yeah this isn't real, this is probably some book I'm trying to write and I just fell asleep while writing it and I'll probably wake up soon. Hehehehe, yeah that's right. Or.. I'm slowly going insane and I'm never going to make it out of here, that is also an explanation and one more likely. I don't like this, I don't like this one bit. I mean I know I'm with Nikolai and I'm probably safe with him but will we both make it out of here alive? More importantly will he make it out alive? The snake did say Colcrin or whatever his name is is after me, I've done something to him... but what?

I heard Nikolai groan as he pushed himself up, I smiled and greeted his new found consciousness with a hug. 'Silver... What's wrong?' I looked into his eyes and found myself tearing up. This isn't going to work, I'm too weak. I didn't say anything, and he pulled me into a hug. I'm grateful I'm not alone, thank god he's here. 'Silver...?' I wiped my tears, 'Oh it's nothing I was just worried you wouldn't wake up and leave me alone like a selfish man.' He acted hurt, 'Me? Selfish? Man?' I laughed and sat next to him, I figured that if we were going to be here alone we might as well be honest with each other so I told him what happened with the snake. 'A... Talking... SNAKE?!' I smiled, 'And you were too busy drooling in your sleep to see the phenomena.' He nudged me, 'Next time wake me up child, even if it's the devil.' I nodded, he's amazing for someone who gets scared a whole lot. I guess we can be weak together.

'Shall we move on, Sir Prince Nikolai?'

'Sir Prince? That's Lord Sir Prince Nikolai the Third to you girly.'

I smiled and helped him up. 'How's your leg?' He pulled the make way bandage I put there and it looked fine.

'Seems like the swelling and the pain is gone.'

'Good, let us go.'

'Okay Silver, there's one problem... Where's the door?'

I looked around and shrugged, the painting looked odd. The edges of the painting were chipping  off. Nikolai followed my eyes and made his way to the painting. There was a loud clank as he pulled the painting from the wall and the floor underneath us shifted and we fell through to the bottom. I splashed into a deep pool of water , I couldn't swim , I couldn't breathe, I couldn't see, I was dying. I kicked to find ground but there was none and as I slowly sank water filled my nose and my mouth. I couldn't cough the water from my lungs and as I attempted more water filled my lungs. There is no hope for me, I blacked out and died.

I opened my eyes to a gold light.

'Silver, do you want to live?'

'Of course.'

'Do you want to get out of the World of Ingrasia?'

'Of course.'

'Then you must find the...'

Cough Cough

'Silver?! SILVER? Wake up! C'mon!'

I attempted to hack out all the water from my lungs. I felt someone slap my face gently, I grabbed their hand and attempted to snap it off their stupid hand. 'OWW, Jesus, Silver you're mean to the person who just saved your life!' I opened my eyes to see a dripping Nikolai over my head looking me square in the eye. I looked at him for a breif second, he looked beautiful but I got over it and pushed him off me. We were on sanded floor that hurt me when I moved.

'What happened?'

'You couldn't swim and I found you and pulled you up and saved you?'

'How?'

'CPR.'

My face lit up. 'T-t-thanks.... I suppose...'

It was pretty dark  and I could barely see him. I stood up, 'Well.. we better get moving.' I took a step and plundged back into the water, here we go again.