Broken footsteps

-=Chapter 5=-

"Who are you?" It repeated, it's voice strong but distort. My eyes stung from the smoke and the smell of burning was blocking my nose. I had nowhere to go, nowhere to run I was trapped!!!!
The ring of fire scorched the ground, leaving it black and dead. Was this how I was going to die? No water, no food and that intense heat that was seeming to get hotter! I took in a deep breath and replied to the mysterious voice; "I am Da... Daphne," at that I gave a huge sigh of relief, they still had no idea who I was.
"I am Rhydian..." His voice was trembling as he spoke this time, like something about me had begun to scare him. "Y. you have a very heavy burden with you, do you not?" He asked, his voice still troubled.
"What do you mean?" I replied suddenly; maybe in this situation too quickly for his or my liking "I have not a single burden on me well apart from the clothes I wear and the bag upon the ground." Slowly he took another step closer to the wall of fire making his face soon become visible... he had soft brown eyes and dark matted dreadlocks that had clearly not been combed in years! Tall and fair, he stood with an upright posture. All in all he looked very innocent and not like he was about to kill me.
"No," he snapped back at me " the burden you cannot see but fear so," he spoke in old English like he new nothing other. All of a sudden I understood my burden which was not visible and was very heavy it was... IT!!! It hadn't gone it had always been there not strong enough to even talk to me, all because I hadn't been scared!!!!
I had to stay strong not let it feed on my fear, stay strong, strong, come on, trust me...
"Oh Dawn didn't u miss me... The nightwalker or it as you call me, you have been so strong over the past week or so but now I'm back just by the mere mention of me... you get scared!!! You really need to grow up and understand you'll never be rid of me, I'm always there..." it echoed in my head I had to stop stay strong, not let it feed as it was doing. I was letting it have it's way. The pressure of the echoes was building up stop don't let you give it what it wants, stop, think...
"STOP!"
Before I realised what I had done the flames had been extinguished and I saw a pair of tatty, worn, leather boots walking closer towards me. "Are you alright?" it asked me. After that I didn't remember much, all I really remember was the dream, well it wasn't exactly a dream; it's complicated. It began with me drowning in a pool of darkness the walls of black closing in around me, coming closer, closer, I had to stay strong, stop worrying it's just a dream, just a dream and I believed it was too until I began to fall, fall far from the brewing darkness until I hit the ground, the pain was so real I could have believed it to have been as it felt like I had just hit my bare had on rock. Slowly I got up to look around; what a lovely place, the cobble walls were lined with detailed tapestries from dozens of eras, and the floors were lined with soft furry carpets, it was so fascinating. So much history, seeing as each of them had their own story to tell. Although this place was very lovely a horrible hunch made a shiver my down my spine telling me danger was near. My eyes opened wider, fear was glistening inside them, why..? Why was I always so afraid, afraid of the monster, afraid of myself.
"Hello again, it been a while," it was it... but how, how was it talking to me I was dreaming unless it wasn't real either. "It would be nice if you would name me, I know you have a name for me and no it's not it what was it? Oh yes... Thorn." My eyes widened I only ever called him Thorn when I was little, what was this place I was no longer scared but curious, my mind was wondering with ideas. But I had a vague idea that Thorn didn't want me to find out what this place was. All of a sudden a icy cold pain sliced through my stomach, I fell to the floor in agony holding my waist just as another icy pain cut through my shoulder, "STOP!" I yelled at the emptiness.
"As I said, long time no pain. I actually have the power to hurt you!!!"
"Don't forget Thorn that this is only a dream," I got up and grasped the air but I couldn't seem to keep still and my vision was becoming blurry...
THUMP! I fell to the ground breathing softly fast asleep...

-=END OF CHAPTER=-

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