I woke up. I was tired, confused, and thirsty.
“Are you ok?”
I raised my head off the cold smooth ground. “I think.”
“You shouldn't be.” It was Mortis.
I was terrified. “No.” I backed away. “No!” I found myself on the edge of a cliff.
“See you soon.” He blew me off the edge. I fell. I could see a white palace. Thats where I fell from. I was in death’s castle.
Now I am falling to. Wait. Where am I falling too?
*Fomp*
The ground. Thats where I was falling too, and I just found it. It was dry, grey, and sandy. I brushed a bit of sand aside and found more sand.
“Are you ok?”
I jumped up and backed myself against the nearest thing I could. “Stay back!”
“You must be new.” I looked up and saw a man. A dead man. “What killed you?”
“Killed?” I was lost.
“Oh I see, Youre still in denial of your death.” The man was a skeleton. No skin, guts, or cloths. Just a skeleton. “Ok, I'll explain this once. If you're here that means youre dead. Yes you are, I know you're mad, you cant made any deals to fix it, don't be sad, ok good you accepted it.”
“The five stages of grief.” I realised. “But I didn't die.”
“Ah. Quit being stubborn. Youre dead.” He complained.
“No. I came here. I’m still alive.” I looked around and found a pointed dead stick. I jabbed my arm and a small drop of blood fell to the sand. “See?”
“You. Youre alive!” The man jumped to me and grabbed the collar of my jacket.
“Don't eat my flesh!” I yelled.
“What?” He looked at me like it was a stupid thing to say. “What the hell would I do that for? I'm all bones. If I did it would just fall in a pile below me. Then we would both be dead.”
“So why did you grab me?” I asked.
“Oh yah. I was going to ask.” He shook me violently. “What the hell did you come to the land of the dead for!”
“Ok! Ok!” I shoved him off me. “I came to save my girl friend, and to kill Mortis.”
“The king of Purgatory? The grim reeper? Death himself?” He looked at me. “That Mortis?”
“Yah.”
“So when you fell, you fell from deaths castle?” He asked.
“I think so.”
“You didn't fall far enuff.” Mortis was back. “ Go back to the beginning.”
“My king, please, just send him home.” My new skeleton friend begged.
“Shut up.” With a touch to the head, Mortis turned the man to dust. Then without even tucking me, I was throw down.
Purgatory is a mountain. Death’s castle is the top, and I was now on my way to the bottom.
*Pshhh*
I hit the sand. This time the sand was a dark black.
“Are you ok?”
“Who the hell wants to know?” I kept my head in the sand. “Is it death or another dead guy.”
“Try the people you killed.” It was Sharleen’s voice.
