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~~HeLLeR- DaY Of ThE DrEaMeRs~~
A cold gust of wind blew against my cheeks. There was a noise, I looked up and there was drips of blood falling onto the hollow floor coming from the echoing ceiling. It was a rough night, the stars hid away behind the dull gray clouds. There was a bright full moon shinning in the clear night sky. My voiceless shadow stumbled after me as I followed the footsteps of an unknown creature lurking in the dark and gloomy woods…I found myself, wandering in the light of the moon, i tried to find someone, someone to help me... i looked up once more, and saw that the night did not grow lighter, but darker "This isn't right" i said to myself... unaware of what was really making the night darker, suddenly i felt a stinging in my eyes, i raised my hand to look, and there was scarlet tears running from my eyes, i was crying blood, it scared me, and i ran to an old stream i found about 5 yards away...
Another gust of cold, skin piercing wind, and i got to the stream, i cupped the water in my hands and rubbed it on my eyes, finding the water was black, i screamed, i dont know why, but it seemed to help.... and something covered the moon, so everything went black, i couldn't see my own hands, it was too dark.... i let the scarlet tears flow from my black eyes, and something splashed in the water, and a low deep growl emerged from in front of me, my instinct kicked in, and i jumped back.... Falling... thats what i was doing... falling... something grabbed the ground from beneath my feet, and i slipped away, falling into darkness... i closed my eyes wishing it was just a bad dream, that i as back in the orphanage, with all my friends... but i knew that the orphanage had burned down, and that i was the only one left, this wasn't just a dream, it was a nightmare, coming into reality, the fortune teller was right, i needed to stop dreaming, cause whatever i dreamed... it came true.... i wish i could have stopped, but it was too late...
Something soft and feathery grabbed me with sharp talons, i knew the demons had taken over the world... i doomed everyone... i could see a faint red glow in the horizon.. it was Illinois ... my home Lakewood.. it was burned to the ground... i scratched at the demons legs, and she screeched and dropped me, and i saw the black lake ready to swallow me....My shadow... it was looming beneath me, and the crows seemed to be laughing at me, the bloody tears ran down my cheeks as i fell through the cold misty night, hands seemed to be reaching out of the darkness ripping at my skin, and hair, i was scared, yet i wouldn't show it, they sensed it. That's whats giving them power, i thought , someone, or a lot more people, were alive, and they were scared... because of me...
The hands grabbing at me disappeared but i could still hear the whispers of mock and insult, when i hit the water a chill ran down my back, and the water was a dark blue, i could see perfectly, even though it was evil, it a happy sensation to it... then i blacked out.. poison, i thought in my head... a special poison created by the demons, and i only had a few hours to live, but if i got out of the lake, i would cheat death... and then i began to come back to consciousness, and i swam to the surface and gasped for air, the sky was darker then black, almost purple, and i jumped out of the lake, the cold stinging to my wet cloths making me even colder, "I need to find the other survivors, if there even is any" i said to myself...
I was running into the city, everything was burned, and shadows danced on the walls, but my lonely shadow slowly wandered the walls, i went into my bag and found a picture of my sister... her last words to me were "Dont go back to sleep big sister... the shadows will hurt me again..." she was five when my dreams killed her... these 'shadows' were the same ones dancing among the walls, pointing and laughing at my lonely soul...
No matter where i went there was a black lake, and it always seemed to beckon me in with happiness, but i resisted, i continued to walk until i passed my favorite park, i sighed, and continued on, then i finally found the mall "I should probably sleep here" surprisingly it hadn't burned down yet, but i could feel the shadows trying to figure out the malls security lock, i busted in one of the doors glass middle, and walked inside, and just to make things more ironic "Even in death" was playing by Evanescence, i smiled, this used to be my favorite song, i walked into the Ikea area, and found a nice looking bed, yet i had to rip the plastic covering off, i found windows ( and even fake ones) and covered them up with curtains, trying to keep the demons out, i shivered at the sudden coldness, and everything went black...
Something laughed, and it sounded like nails against a chalk board i covered my ears, and winced i couldnt find the exit, it was too dark, so i sat down, and eventually fell asleep... and i dreamed....
In my dream, i was in a white room... heavenly white, so white it was blinding, yet every time i blinked a new shadow would appear.. this is the same dream that killed my sister... in my dream i started crying, and one shadow a fairly tall one, walked towards me "Child.. join us, and everything shall get better, we will rise your sister from our prison" i shook my head and glared at the demon, ignoring the beautiful looks that carved in her face, then she got angry and dug her sharp talons in my shoulder "Then prepare for war to start"...
I woke up to being smacked across the head with something colder then dry ice, the demons were mad, and i had to get out of here, to find somewhere safe, and the first thing that came to my head was the abandoned church, that place was really freaky, but it was blessed by holy water, so i didn't think it was gunna be demon filled, i ran out of the mall crying blood, and remembering my sisters face full of hate....

When the orphanage burned down... i was running, i passed my sister's room, and her face was looking at me, her mouth opened in a silent scream and her eyes wide with sadness, i stopped but she was already the gone, the shadows were taking her away....

When i eventually got out of the mall, i saw that the sky and patches of Blood Red, a sign for war, the stinging in my shoulder ceased, but it still hurt, i rolled my shoulder around, and stopped to catch my breath, then started again, a black dog ran in front me and wouldn't let me pass, i tried to get around him but somehow he kept getting in front of me, finally i looked at him in the eye, and he whimpered and ran away, i smiled and turned around when i ran right into an even bigger demon he wasn't growling or looking at me as if he wanted to eat me he had a old collar on and i realized he helped me, his eyes were hateful though he slowly bent down and snapped at me i slowly got upon his back, and he started running i had nothing to hold on to so i dug my fingers into his back, i turned my head and i saw them...spirits... staring,following, screaming, in the middle of them was my sister she was waving to me and i slowly nodded and turned my head back to the dog, we were standing in front of a shrub and giant shrub i slid off the dog and walked over to it, it was a labyrinth, it was beautiful it had Victorian statues and fountains the dog nudged me in and ran off as soon as he was out of sight, an over growth grew over the entrance quickly and i was trapped i could have climbed but gargoyles toward over me glaring and screeching...
~~Part Two~~
I started walking despite the creepiness it was amazing golden fountains, paved paths it was like a dream in a nightmare sadly something burst out of a nearby shrub "Who goes there?!" it was a giant human-gargoyle type thing but he was blind "I said who goes there!" i flinched "Um i- im Asura.." the thing laughed "I know who you are, your the dreamer that brought us here!" He grinned showing cracked stone teeth, i slowly backed away "Dont leave i can help you out of this hell you just have to do a favor for me." He grinned again but this time a forked tongue flicked out between the cracks in his teeth "Whats the favor...?" he leaned down and grabbed my hand tightly "You shall know that once im done helping you." His stone wings were just little stubs, finally something i didnt want to say burst out of my mouth "What the hell?! Why are you peop- er things helping me?!" he sighed and let go of my hand "Some of us are trapped here, just as you are, that dog was and is a 'bad guy' as some people would call it, he was sent here to get you and then to bring you here and get you lost in the great maze, but i sensed you and now im here to help you!" I still didnt trust the thing but when he turned and started creeping alone the bushes, i saw shadows sneaking towards me and i ran to catch up with him, when i grabbed his arm i realized he had that fleshy feel to his arm instead of stone "Why are yo-" he held up his hand "i betrayed the Evil One and she turned me into a gargoyle with human insides, including the skin feel." He sighed and looked at me "How old do i look?" He said sadly "You look as if you should be in a 1786 scenery..." i said quietly "Exactly," he screeched "Im supposed to be 22 but i look over 200 years old!" When he screeched gargoyles looked towards and laughed and howled in mockery "Stupid dumb bitc-" he muttered, i yawned slowly and loudly "You need sleep come on lets go find an old dead over growth." He said picking me up and running towards and old bush "Lay here gargoyles can sleep so ill keep guard." My eyes widened "Keep guard for wha-" I screamed when a large feathery hag picked him up by his wing stubs and carried him off, i threw my hands over my head but nothing came to grab me, i picked through my arms and saw a key on the ground, i slowly crawled over to it i picked it up it was a beautiful key the only scary thing was that the handle part was a girl being hung from her neck, i gripped the key tightly "it has to be for something.." i sighed and crawled back under the shrub, closed my eyes, and dreamed...
~~the dream~~
I was in a castle like thing, no one saw me so thats how i knew it was a dream i saw the gargoyle that helped me he was chained to the wall suddenly a cloaked figure came out and grabbed him by the neck "You lucky i dont turn you into a full gargoyle! You betrayed me once and then you go and try to help that little brat!?" He tried to speak but her grip was so strong all that came out was a gurgle "Listen Amsodeus im not afraid to kill you i dont want my Hags to see you with the enemy again!" When she was done speaking the chains coiled around her like snakes and they pulled the cloak off revealing an angel but she had black misty wings and pure black eyes, she was the daughter of Satan... The gargoyle *amsodeus* gasped for air, he raised his gaze from where i was seeing things and mouthed the words 'Wake up she'll notice your here soon leave'. Suddenly the Evil one looked at me and the chains lunged towards me and when they got to me,
~~Part Three~~
i jerked awake and my hair was tangled in the small branches of the shrub i looked around for Amsodeus but he was still gone, i looked at the key grabbed it and slowly rose from my sleeping place i heard music, wonderful music they sounded like reed pipes i turned and saw a little girl sitting on a stone playing the music "hello.." she said when she looked up, i gasped her eyes were gone and blood stains covered her cheeks "What happened to you?!" i screamed, the little girl tilted her head letting her black hair fall over her shoulder "nothing happened to me i was created like this the Evil One said my blindness was a gift." She smiled showing rows of sharp bloody teeth "Why are you here?" she asked standing up "Your not the dreamer are you?" She sounded confused "um i think im the dreamer.." suddenly she jumped at me and started clawing and biting and trying to get the key out of my hands "Leave this place! Or shall thy Evil One banish you to the pits of hell!" I pushed her off me and she growled and vanished in a cloud of black fire, i looked towards the rock and saw the reed i picked it up and shoved it in my pocket and took a vine, put the key on it and tied it around my neck, sighing i started walking, wherever i stepped black roses would bloom but when my shadow fell over them they would wilt and die, i gripped the key and looked up, there were hags all over the place obviously waiting to see if Amsodeus would pop up anywhere, i heard a rattling sound and i turned towards hoping for Amsodeus but an ugly hairless dog ran out of the bushes making a weird snickering sound, i shuddered "God i wish Amsodeus was still here..." i entered in one part of the labyrinth and the overgrowth trapped me in i was stuck in a tiny little square of grass and thorns "Help!" i screamed even though it wouldn't help, suddenly a giant cloaked figure rose out of the ground on a throne made of skulls and tormented souls "Welcome to hell my dear.." the man hissed in a low voice "There is only two ways out of hell, give me the key or find the answer to my riddle.." i sighed "Whats the riddle?" he grinned and took of his hood revealing his ugly cat face his eyes were missing and his fangs were overgrown "If a chicken says, "All Chickens are liars" is the chicken telling the truth?" I opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out, he held out a bony paw/hand thing and gestured toward the key "i know the answer.." i said bravely, and he grinned and sat back in his chair "Do you now? Tell me then." I sucked in air "But what if the chicken said "All chickens tell the truth" is the chicken THEN telling the truth? Or is he simply trying to get attention?" I had no idea what i was saying but it worked "Mm the Evil One was wrong... your a smart one.." he said thinking he got so involved in thinking that the overgrowth started shrinking, i slowly backed away while he wasn't looking but when i stepped out of the room he looked up "Get back in here!" i started running i don't know where i was running too but i was running i turned and saw 3 shadows following me i screamed and ran even faster, and i fell in a hole.
The shadows stared at me from the top of the hole "She wont be able to survive for long, especially when the hags come to feed here.." they said backing away, i leaned my head against the dirt wall and sighed, i started falling asleep but something crawled up my arm i looked at my shoulder and saw a tiny lizard "please ma'am the Hags are gun'a eat me if i don't get out of this ol' place!" I stared in disbelief "How can you things talk!?" I flicked him off my shoulder and all the sudden a long tongue grabbed him "Bless you for trying to save me ma'am!" the lizard squealed before he was eaten, i looked up and saw the hags looking down at me trying to reach my with their talons, they didn't want to just eat me, they wanted to tear me to shreds, i shrank down more hoping they wouldn't reach me i looked down at all the bones and shuddered, and suddenly one of the Hags screeched and i looked up, "Amsodeus!" i shouted i stood up, and reached my hands out after he was done killing the hags, he lifted me up and smiled "i thought you got yourself into more trouble then you already are in." I sighed and began walking "just get me out of here and get everything back to normal." He sucked in air "I cant do that. only the Saggio Uno can do that." He said sadly "What the ******** are you talking about?" i dunno why but suddenly i felt very pissed off "The wise one, the one that knows everything there is to know." He said frowning "Where does the 'wise one' live." I said angrily, "No one knows, many people have looked for it but they have never came back." He said teary eyed "well then i guess were gunna have to risk our lives!" I started walking, not caring if he followed or not, not knowing where exactly i was going i stumbled across a fountain its beautiful besides the fact that the water was made of black blood there was an engraving in nice writing " Those baptized in black blood, with hell reborn
your Christ be scorned." odd i thought to myself, i turned to see the demon girl staring at me again "Why are you following me?!" i screamed she smiled, not evilly, but as if she really was a sweet little girl "They want to get baptized you in the blood so that you can become the Evil One's daughter, she has no time for me anymore she wants a new daughter, one that she can torment and love..." before i could say anything, once again she pounced on me and knocked me into the fountain, struggling i kept my head above the water but i could feel the icy cold blood get into my hair, making it harder to lift my head, suddenly i felt very tired.... and i could feel my strength leaving slowly my head sank underwater and the girls clawed hands seem to disappear...
~Part Four~
I woke up in a bed...i had a netted skirt on and bustier and netted sleeves, i looked around and saw a man putting something on the table, he turned and smiled "Your awake, the Evil One was thinking she killed you." He turned back to the table "Your food is here mistress." He turned once more, bowed and left, i got up and walked towards the table "Salad and meat..." i sighed, i was a vegetarian yet the meat looked so good, i looked in the goblet to find water, i chugged it. I felt fully alive and happy i loved it here, only though ive only seen my bedroom, the room seemed to have everything i loved it was a dream inside a nightmare -it was too good to be true-, i looked at the bedside table and saw the key i finally had time to look at the key it was rusted it had a skull at the bottom and demon wings as the handle, there was a small black reddish ruby in the middle of the wings "I wonder what it opens...." i set the key down and spotted a bible, cautiously i walked over to it "A satanic bible?This must have been a satanists place to worship..." i picked up the bible and read aloud the first few words "Black angels and seen this fallen church as a blasphemy"...'that's weird...' i thought to myself i had a satanic bible and it never started like this... i took a red velvet pillow case and shoved the book, key, and reed pipes in it, the door suddenly swung open and the Evil One burst in "We've been calling you for the past 4 minutes child!" her eyes looked toward the case "I seen you have found my satanic bible, yes you may have it but be careful that one is much more powerful then anything in this church." She grabbed my arm and have walked-dragged me to the dining room " its the bleakest hour of mankind, and the stupid hags cant even clean up the dining room!" I looked at the table and realized there was human bones on the plates "Oh my God..." i whispered, the Evil One turned around and smacked me in the face "Do not EVER speak of that thing in this Church of Satan!" I fell to the floor clutching my face, i was breathing hard, her hand knocked the wind out of me "Get off that floor." Slowly i rose backing away "I'm not going to smack you again, but never say you-know-who AGAIN." She started walking down the large hallway "What are you guys...." I finally had the guts to ask it "Anonymny Klamar, or 'The Faceless Liars', were called that because when he invited us to Hell, he made a deal, for our eyes we would make us rich in health, and he would make us the evilest of creatures.We have also names for the people like me 'The lonely fathers' and 'The lonely mothers' we steal special children like you and turn their dreams into reality, and then we take them and turn them into our children and make them Anonymny Klamar, but if they fail we feed them too our lord ASIDE from Satan, Alumni Orcus." After she said that, there was a loud roar that came from what sounded like under the floor, the roar was so loud it shook the church "He wants to eat your sister, but we wanted to let your sister suffer down there with him." She smiled and continued walking, i slowly followed and spotted Amsodeus he gasped and tried to run over to me, but a chain held him back, hags grabbed him and held his head back as another grabbed vinegar and lime juice and poured them down his throat, he tried screaming in pain but all that came out was a gurgle. The Evil One smiled "Thats what would have happened to you if my old daughter hadnt have thrown you in the baptismal fountain,except for you the mixture would have disintegrated your insides." She said that as if it was no big deal "Now here is where you stop and i go to feed upon angels, ill see you soon." She said walking away, i turned and looked at a huge wooden door, slowly i lifted my hand to knock but it swung open and i was greeted by a black angel she grabbed me with taloned hands "Come now, we need to get you bathed and dressed!" They undressed me and threw me in a clawed tub and scrubbed me down with something that felt like sand paper, they bloodied their hands and ran it threw my hair making my hair be the color of black blood, they picked me up and wrapped a towel around me and pulled the most beautiful Victorian Gothic dress out of the closet it was black with a dark red bodice and corset. They quickly dressed me in it and shoved me outside of the door, one of them slowly whispered "may you be damned for all eternity...." and slammed the door, i walked down the hallway and passed by where Amsodeus was "Amsodeus! Are you okay?!" I ran over to him and wrapped my arms around him "Yea im fine just don't- ow!," I quickly pulled my arms back "I'm sorry!" he shook his head "Run, before the hags hear you!" I turned and ran down the hallway and ran into the Evil One, "There you are! Come, you have to meet your brother!" She dragged me outside and i saw a man with yellow eyes, huge bat wings and a long leather jacket "This is your brother Andrew.." I nodded and he nodded back, then went back to looking at the labyrinth. The day went by basically the same, showing me around the church and smacking me, that night my dream wasn't a nightmare but a message....
~The Dream~
"Sister! WAKE UP! shes hypnotizing you! DON'T do ANYTHING she tells you to tomorrow, she'll lead you down to Alumni Orcus!" In my dream my eyes fluttered open and i saw my sister, but she was older she looked like she was 14 instead of 6 "Aleena?" She smiled "yes Asura its me your sister! Remember don't do ANYTHING tomorrow, escape the church and find your way out of the labyrinth!"
There was a growl and i giant goat like thing with giant demon wings came out of the shadows "s**t!" my sister yelled and ran to a corner...
~Part Five~
I woke up, and looked out the window, the sky was still blood red and you could see the demons and hags flying around, i got up and grabbed the key from the pillow sack, and ran around my huge room finding all the locked doors and trinkets, nothing, "Goddammit! There has to be something in this one room that's locked!" Still nothing, i slowly opened the bedroom door and realized it was early 1:34 AM read the clock, i walked into the hallway and turned every doorknob, i found a few that were locked but the key didn't fit, slowly i descended upstairs and found an old wooden door with a dragon head door knocker, the key hole for the door was big, and i stuck the key in it, turned... and it clicked....
~Part Six~
I opened the door, and gasped there was a giant gray dragon sleeping, when the door slipped from my grasp and slammed, he opened his eyes... he was blind "Who's there?" He had a gruff voice "Um.. im Asura.." He smiled... sorta, and got up he had a hunched back and his fur scales and wings were withering and gray " I'm the Wise One otherwise known as Saggio Uno" He limped over to what looked like the earth, except it was moving around a miniature version of the sun "Whats that?" He laid a clawed gray paw on it "It's how I can tell whats going to happen..." He let out a sigh and closed his eyes "Your blind though..." He laughed slightly "Asura, i may be blind but i do have a brain." He turned to face me and i saw a chain tightly wrapped around his neck "How long have you been trapped here?" He sighed again, "This was originally my home, until those demons came and locked me up here, Ive been up here for two thousand years and when I saw you had the power to dream i knew i was going to be safe and probably freed." I sat down on a stone stool and sighed "Well i have a friend and a sister that needs help, and I-" He shook his head "I can do nothing for Amsodeus, for hes damned here forever, your sister on the other hand will be hard to free, Alumni Orcus is much more bigger and stronger than me and it will have to take and entire army of dragons and demons to kill him, sadly the demons are on his side and its very rare to find dragons..." I nodded slowly "So... how do you suppose we get you out of here?" I said quietly, he let out a low laugh "Child we'll have to knock down a few walls, and that could take a few years." He nodded his head towards the left wall, and I could see that he already tried to dig his way out "Do they feed you?" He shook his head "I reach my giant paw out the little window and grab those stupid gargoyles and eat them..." I jumped up "Ill be right back! I'm gunna get you some food." I headed towards the door "Wait, don't leave without a map of the church, this part of the church moves every 45 minutes and this map shows where it moves and where its been and how to get there." He handed me a burned dusty yellow map "Thanks" I smiled and ran out the door "Holy crap, Ive been up there for 3 hours! Its 4:34 the demons will be waking soon, s**t wheres the dining hall?!" I ran down a hallway and saw my 'brother' "Come here Asura, the dining hall is down there, save the dragon and PLEASE save us good demons" He said weakly his wings were torn and bloody, quickly i backed away and found the dining hall, it was lined with meat and human corpses "Ew this is so gross." I said as i grabbed a few hams and human arms, i looked at the map and tried to find "The sacrifice room? Damn this really is a Satanic church." I ran until i found a chapel like thing, and in the corner i saw the wooden door and the dragon head door knocker "Finally!" I ran over to it and unlocked it, Saggio Uno looked at me and smiled "Food!" He lunged over to me and grabbed the meat and scarfed it down "Your welcome.." After he was done his muzzle was covered in blood "So has the Evil One turned you into a vampire?" I was surprised "Um no...." He nodded "She has to your sister..." I dropped the key in surprise "What?!" He flinched me yelling was too loud for his old ears "The Evil One thought she was good enough to become a demon, but it failed so she turned her into a vampire and threw her with Alumni Orcus, but she said it was too fun watching her try to hide from him so she made sure Alumni wouldn't eat her." I nodded slowly "If you can get me out of here i can find other dragons and good black angels to help me save your sister." He limped over to a closet and pulled out huge armor "Ive had this ever since i was free, it's for emergency. If we go into war with the demons i can wear this..." When he put it on, it was almost too big for him " I think it's too big for you Saggio." He nodded "I just have to soak it in vinegar and it'll grow." He smiled, shook off the thick metal armor, and put it back in the closet "That Amsodeus fellow, is fond of you." He said smiling "Sadly you've only seen him as a gargoyle, im sure if we do start a war and we beat the demons, he'll be freed from this hell along with everyone else and he'll be turned into human again." I smiled slowly, 'Amsodeus does seem pretty cool...' I thought to myself "You know dear i can read minds." Saggio said winking, I blushed obviously embarrassed "No worries though, i wont tell him, oh and step away from the window please." Curiously i walked away from the window, and Amsodeus burst through it "I told you i can see whats going to happen." The dragon said smiling, Amsodeus grinned "So i see you've found Saggio Uno?" I nodded slowly "Nice to meet you wise one, i had no idea you were a dragon." Saggio laughed his skinny stomach jiggling, "Amsodeus are you ok?" Whoops. That wasnt supposed to come out "Yea Asura im fine." He said hugging me tightly, I blushed super bright, i quickly looked at Saggio and he winked again. When he let go of me he looked at the ground, Saggio barged in "Amsodeus, were trying to save Asura's sister, shes stuck in Alumni Orcus's cage and shes being tortured by him.." Amsodeus's eyes widened "Well that's not good." I sighed, well that didn't help, "Plus shes a vampire so if she dies she'll have death paranorma, or she'll be stuck down there after she dies in the after life." Amsodeus nodded, I sighed and sat down, Amsodeus looked at me "Do you not want to save her?" He asked curiously "No, no i do, it's just i had a dream, and she basically told me not to save her...she just told me to get out of the church and find the exit to the labyrinth.."
Amsodeus shrugged "Well then we should what she wants her sister to do." Saggio looked at Amsodeus as if he was bat-s**t crazy "Are you mad?! She said that only to save her sister, but i can tell she wants us to save her too! Shes been down there for 3 years, that's why shes biologically older then Asura now." Amsodeus slumped his shoulders "Oh..." I sat there quietly listening to them argue, when the Evil One and a bunch of Dark Angels burst through the door "There! Here are the traitors!" Saggio tried to lunge at them, but they threw a heavy chain net over him, causing his frail old body to be pinned to ground, two male dark angels grabbed Amsodeus and dragged him down stone steps, while two female dark angels grabbed me and chained me to the wall, Saggio let out a low mournful cry and slowly shut his eyes, breathing heavily, I tried to pull away from the chains but it didn't work, suddenly i did something i barely ever did... i cried.. before i was an orphan i remember my dad hitting me every time i would cry "Crying makes you look weak!" He would yell, when he came home drunk "So whenever i see you cry, I'll smack you around till you HAVE something to cry about!" I hung my head, and watched as the Evil One and the angels left, i could hear Amsodeus struggling but could tell it was no use, i looked at Saggio and sighed "are you okay?" Nothing.. not even a sigh or a flutter of his large white eye. I looked at the chains, they were rusted and bloody but still strong as hell, somehow i was going to get out of here and somehow i was going to save Amsodeus, Saggio and my sister even if it meant starting war. Slowly i fell asleep and yet again, it was message that came to me...
~The Dream~
I saw Aleena hiding in a corner, she looked skinny weak and frail "Sister, please there's nothing to feed upon here and if i get close to Alumni Orcus he'll roar and swat me away, while hes feeding..." I slowly walked over to her, and hugged her tightly " I'll save you 'kay? We'll get out of here and everything will be back to normal..." She nodded slowly, her face was skinny and pale and her eyes seemed sunken into her face "I'm sorry....".....
~Part Seven~
I felt ice cold hands on me, i opened my eyes and saw that Saggio was free from under the metal net, but he was still hurt, one of the weights hit his shoulder and completely broke it, causing part of the upper bones to puncture his ribs, at least that's what it looked like, I looked at where the coldness was coming from and saw Andrew " Wh- what the hell are you doing?" He looked at me and shushed me "Do you wanna get freed and save your sister or not?" He continued breaking the cuffs, without an answer, when they broke i fell to the floor, and he helped me up "Your going to have to be careful, i don't know if everyone is asleep yet, so be very quiet, me and Saggio Uno are going to break the east wall and find our way towards the Alumni Orcus cage entrance." I nodded and headed for the door "Wait.. im going to need the key.." Slowly i handed him the beautiful key "Thanks" I nodded and walked out the door, slowly i descended down the stairs and walked along a long corridor, it was pitch black, i dug into my pocket and found a lighter from when i used to smoke i lit it and realized i was in a different place "dammit, i forgot that the place moved." I walked down more stairs and walked past a few doors inside, were big dogs and big ugly rat things, bigger than any dog Ive ever seen, "This must be where they keep their animal things." A loud roar, louder than before, echoed through the hallway, the dogs and rats began to whimper and howl "Alumni Orcus is probably down here then..." I followed the echo and had to dodge a few skeletons and holes that would make me fall to death-by-spikes, i came to a metal door with ram horns on it, the horns were huge almost more bigger then the door, i pushed against the door but it wouldn't budge, i looked around for something that could knock it down, i used a hammer, sledgehammer, saw,chainsaw, and even a sword, nothing finally i decided to rest and i laid my hands on the horns, they felt smooth and soft, when i took my hands off, the door creaked open, and the roar was so loud it blew the door off the hinges, carefully and quietly i walked in, avoiding bones and skulls, and a few others things i cant name for i don't know what the hell it is. Once i got over to a pond full of blood, the blood brightened up the cave a tiny bit and everything looked familiar from my dreams, i walked inside the pond and shivered, the blood was like ice against my skin, it went waist deep and deeper, soon i was swimming in it, once i got across i saw a few live humans huddled in a corner, something huge was picking them off one by one and eating them alive, there was even small babies in the hoard of people, i gasped when i saw my sister, she was in front of the hoard and was trying to get them to cross the pond "The beast cannot get past the blood, you'll be safer over there!" Her voice was almost completely gone from yelling so much "Aleena!" I cried out, and the beast turned to me, it had a rams head except it was huge and red, it had a mans torso and goat legs, it's demon wings were so large they scraped the top of the cave, its hands were completely metal with razor sharp claws it was about 800 feet tall and very pissed off, it roared and the babies screamed and cried "Did I really cause all of...this...?" Suddenly, the beast ran towards me and it took it about 2 large steps before it got to me, it bent down so that it's face was in front of mine, it snorted and its hot breath blew my hair back, he opened his gaping mouth and roared, causing me to go temporarily deaf, people were screaming at me, but i couldn't read lips, the thing smacked me over to the hoard of people and they backed away obviously afraid i was a demon since i still had the dress on, and old woman came forward and pulled me ears until the hearing came back "Your the dreamer! Your the b***h who caused all this!" The mothers and fathers started spitting and pulling at me, my sister stepped in and pushed all of them away, "She's also the one who's going to save us!" the beast picked up one of the mothers and sadly she had a child in her arms, crying she tightly hugged the child, the poor child looked at us and slowly waved goodbye and with that, they were gone, the thing looked up in surprise and suddenly Saggio, Andrew and Amsodeus fell in through the ceiling, Saggio was about as tall as Alumni but not quite, they clawed and bit at each other, while Andrew and Amsodeus tried to get the people to cross the pond, i grabbed my sister's hand and ran, i knew i saved my sister and i proud, finally something good happened out of all this, we got across the blood water, and hugged each other tightly "When the orphanage burned down, i saw you pass my room." She said quietly "I knew you wouldn't have had time to save me, but i was still angry..." before she could finish, Saggio got thrown across the pond, his tail slowly coiled around us, trying to shield us from the beast, "Oh my ******** God..." Aleena muttered softly "The thing has gotten stronger..." She said that as soon as the thing jumped over the pond and grabbed Saggio by the neck, the poor dragon couldn't catch his breath but his tail and feet helped a lot, while they were fighting once again, Andrew was bringing people up to the grass and telling them to run towards town, Aleena ran towards the little children and brought them to a small opening big enough to fit all the little ones, Amsodeus was laying on the ground, "Amosdeus!" I screamed, he lifted his head to look over to me, i ran over to him and tried to get him up, but he was still a gargoyle and super heavy "Asura, just run get your sister, and if you can save the little kids, just get out of here!" I shook my head "I'm not leaving this damned place until everyone i care about it free!" Amsodeus growled "The Necropolis is about to be opened, get you, your sister and children OUT of here!" He pushed me towards my sister, and forced me to go, Aleena was trying to get the kids' quiet , "Come on Alumni Orcus is distracted we can get out of here!" I grabbed my sister's hand and some of the childrens' hands and ran , we made to the metal door and burst through it, demons and angels, just stood there and stared at us as we ran through, "Why are they just standing there?" One of the kids asked "I don't know, but its odd..." I muttered loudly....
~Part Eight~
When we reached the main floor, the Evil One was standing there "Ah i see you managed to get away from Alumni? Well you still have to get through the labyrinth, and i put a few new things in it." She said smiling, and then she waved towards the door "There you go." Slowly we walked towards it, not taking our eyes off her, when we got out the door, it blew open, kind of intimidating and a little threatening but we slowly walked outside, the shrubs covering the walls of the great maze were withering and dying "This is a sign shes losing power..." One of the kids mumbled, I looked at him and smiled sadly, he stared back at me, I looked up and saw a giant hag "Either you answer my riddle, or I take one of the kids." She said grinning, showing decaying brown teeth "Whats the riddle?" I said staring at her in the eye, the hag smiled "A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?" Damn this one was harder then the other one, i looked around and saw the children thinking, but Aleena already had it "He said, "You'll sentence me to six years in prison." If it was true, then the judge would have to make it false by sentencing him to four years. If it was false, then he would have to give him six years, which would make it true. Rather than contradict his own word, the judge set the man free." She said smiling proudly, the hags sharp beak dropped, and she stepped aside "Y-you may go..." She said in shock, Aleena continued smiling, and i looked at her curiously "How the hell did you now that?!" She smiled "When your locked up in a solitude, constantly running away from a giant demon goat, you begin to think about things." She said looking down at me. It bugged me how she was older then me now, we walked into a few dead ends and had to turn back, we would run into a few gargoyles but all you had to do was walk past them, soon we got to the end of the maze, everyone was smiling and cheering, but something was wrong... shadows were watching us, staring, wishing, Suddenly a big flash happened, and we were all blinded for about a minute or two, when we our vision back, we saw an angel "Oh thank God." I muttered, but Aleena grabbed my shoulder "Don't trust her, remember Light doesn't always mean good, and Darkness doesn't always mean bad.." The angel smiled "I see you made to the end of The Evil One's maze, well congratulations, i can get you to your destination quickly, just walk into my aura of light." She said smiling and spreading her arms out, Aleena shook her head "Just let us pass, we can find our own way back to the city." She said not looking in the angel's eyes "My child, send one of your little ones and see what happens.." She whispered evilly, one of the youngest children, about 3, walked over, and she stepped into aura, and suddenly she began screaming, and she burst into flames. Aleena and I pulled the kids back away from the angel. Soon the girl was completely gone, and im sure every kid was traumatized, Aleena walked over to the angel "Let us pass and the Evil One will reward you with food." The angel's eyes brightened "She'll feed me?! Finally?!" Aleena nodded, and the angel passed. When we made it outside of the shrubs, we breathed in fresh air, it didn't smell like dead bodies and dread, some of the kids ran around and chased each other, the ground began to shake and the first thing i thought was 'Earthquake!' but i realized it was just the giant dog that brought me here, he lowered hes rump and everyone gathered on his back, some of the children stayed behind to find and rescue their parents, and they waved and nodded in thanks. Aleena, 3 kids and I, were gripping the dogs fur, soon the kids fell asleep. When we got to old orphanage Aleena gently shook the kids awake, the dog howled and ran off when we got off of him, we walked into the building and it looked perfect on the inside, on the outside it looked burned down and old, slowly me and Aleena put the kids in some beds, and Aleena picked the room across from mine, just like when she was little. When i fell asleep, something weird happened...
~The Awakening~
I jolted awake, and saw some of the other orphans getting dressed in black "Whats going on?!" They all sighed and exchanged glances "Were all going to your sister's funeral remember?" I shook my head "No, no shes in the room across the hall!" I jumped out of my bed, and opened the door and saw only the children Aleena and I rescued "Wh...what?" I said sadly, one of my friend's came over and patted my shoulder "You were probably dreaming, she was still alive.." She said sadly. I shook my head and ran back into my room and looked around for the pillow case, when i found it i dug into it and found, the Satanic bible, the reed pipes, and a picture of Aleena. I sighed and gripped the key still around my neck, I sighed and began crying. When i was done dressing in a hand-me-down black dress, we gathered in the orphanage van ' Victoria's orphanage' was printed on the side in fancy script writing, I sighed and piled into the car along with my friends. We got to the graveyard just in time, I noticed someone in the distance, with a giant white dog, it actually looked like a giant wolf. "How weird...." I muttered, they started playing a song, as they lowered her pitch black casket into the ground, people were throwing roses into the ground and cried, I stood there confused ' I rescued her... Amsodeus and Saggio gave their lives for us.. and she wound up dead...' I thought sadly "How is that possible..." I said it louder then i thought, and everyone looked at me, I looked away embarrassed and walked over to the guy with the wolf, he was looking at a headstone, and sighed "Um nice wolf you got there..." I muttered quietly, he jumped a little and looked at me... he looked familiar, when he saw me he smiled "I'm Amsodeus.. and this is Saggio... do i know you from somewhere?" He asked curious "Um.. no I- I don't think so.." I looked at Amsodeus, he wasn't stone he was goth and friendly looking, and Saggio had the same markings as Saggio Uno. I was still staring at him when he looked at me "Is there a problem?" He asked curiously "No, I keep thinking i know you but... no... i don't know.." His dog/wolf came over and nudged me grinning up at me he looked old and was blind. Amsodeus kept staring at me "Here call me tonight and we can bug each other about us knowing each other." He said smiling and handing me his number, then him and the dog/wolf walked off. I stood there in silence and jumped when someone laid there hand on my shoulder , "What?!" I said a little too loud, my friend backed off "Um... were going back to the orphanage" I nodded and walked passed my sisters grave, when i got in front of it i sighed " I knew i saved you... and im sure you'll come back.." As i said that, a warm gust of wind blew by and i smiled, when i looked up i realized that her grave was right under a lilac tree. I breathed in the sweet scent and sadly walked over to the van. With everyone piling inside i had to sit in the very back, i took the Satanic Bible from my pocket and began reading. It was much more interesting then a Christian bible, more blood, gore, and dying.
When we got back to the orphanage, I immediately grabbed the nearest phone and dialed his number... but it sounded like ringing was coming from the garden behind the building. Slowly I walked into the back, pushed open the rusted gate, and saw Amsodeus and the wolf. Their backs turned to me, the wolf was standing on his hind legs, they were talking. I stepped on a twig and it snapped, and suddenly the wolf turned around and snarled, but quieted when saw it was me, " Asura im sorry about your sister.. something happened when you two got out of the barrier, it wouldn't let her pass into reality." He said turning around. I nodded sadly. Saggio trotted up to me " We're terribly sorry about your sister. Amsodeus offered to go get her back somehow, but Alumni Orcus didn't die completely we only weakened him for a short period of time.." I scratched Saggio's ear and sighed, I went over to sit next to Amsodeus, but before I could sit down, he hugged me tightly "we have a choice was can go back to the fantasy world, there we can start a family, you'll be the Snow White Queen..." He said nudging my neck, I didn't say anything, I just stood there in silence, Saggio smiled weakly he knew something Amsodeus didn't. I pushed Amsodeus off me and walked over to Saggio "Whats wrong..." I whispered keeping my eyes locked on his "It's not over yet...the war is still going on and its progressing into reality..." I covered my mouth with my hands to keep from screaming, he put a white paw on my shoulder reassuringly " Amsodeus will be devastated..." I whispered quietly, Saggio rested his head against mine, his silky fur felt good against my cold skin "Don't worry, it'll be fine."

The cold wind seemed to stop and I could feel Saggio tense up. "Their here." As soon as he said that the ground shook and split open in places, screaming I ran over to Amsodeus and wrapped me tightly in his arms. Saggio was trying to stop the cracks from getting bigger but I could already see the shadows raising from Hell, screams of pure torture and agony were echoing throughout the garden walls . The roses and plants began to wilt and die, their color leaking out and seeping into the blood stained grass. The low rumble of Alumni Orcus could be heard be heard, the same painful noise that tortured my sister for years. Saggio howled in pain; a Hag got a hold of him and was trying to tear him apart. I pulled away from Amsodeus and attempted to get the Hag off of him, with my help it was easier for Saggio to fight back. Once we got her to scamper away, I sat down and cried " If they wanted a stupid war why couldn't they just do it in the dream!?" I cried burying my head in my hands, "They wouldn't have done that. because they can't kill you in a dream, only in reality.." Saggio said sadly, I looked up at Amsodeus who was looking around glaring at the shadows "Amsodeus don't waste your time with the mortals come with us..." They whispered seductively, but he just turned away with a pained expression, they were tempting him and he almost took it.

Amsodeus darted his gaze " Follow me, we have to get out of here." He grabbed me and Saggio and began running. Shadows were tugging and pulling at us trying to kill us, we soon made it out the garden and into the orphanage, nurses and teacher and children were either dead or in the process of being killed, blood splattered the walls, shadows danced over their trophy laughing at "how funny humans looked when their dead". We got inside a room and Amsodeus quickly locked it "I don't know why but this room has a very good vibe to it." He looked out the windows and shook his head in disgust, Saggio was digging through someone's stuff "Nothing in here except a book..." He mumbled sadly, they were probably starving, from what the book on Time and Space stated "Traveling from dreams to reality takes many many years, but for the people already in reality, it seems like 2 minutes."

Curiously I looked at Amsodeus " I thought you were blind?" He looked at me sadly "I am, but I can still sense movement and I can tell where the demons are, they give off a bad vibe." I nodded. Saggio fell asleep, he looked so peaceful, I remember when I found him he was an old withered dragon, now hes an old withered wolf with a big heart. I figured we weren't going to leave any time soon, so I tried to relax, remembering all that has happened; The orphanage fire, the labyrinth, me becoming the Evil One's new daughter, meeting Saggio, freeing Saggio.... it seemed like such a dream, sadly things just weren't that easy anymore. I started drifting off to sleep when Amsodeus shook me awake "Get up! We have to leave, NOW!" Saggio was already awake, and I slowly got up "Why whats wrong?!" He pointed out the window "THATS whats wrong!" I looked over Amsodeus shoulder and saw Alumni Orcus "Oh shi-" He grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the room, the orphanage was quiet now, all the bodies were gone but the blood was still on the walls, and some other unpleasant things.

Once I pointed out the back exit, he basically flew out of the orphanage he was running so fast. I looked around and saw all the bodies were either impaled on a giant wooden stick, or hanging from trees. When I saw my best friend's body I almost started sobbing, it was the worst thing to see...I knew I could stop all the pain if I just willed it all away, but it wouldn't work like that. Saggio looked at me while we were running "Remember, never sleep, never die." He looked ahead of us, and Amsodeus ran right over to a tree and rested his hand on it "OK, Saggio can you dig a hole to underneath the tree?" Saggio nodded and began digging. "Wait, wouldn't that just open another portal for the demons to get out?" Amsodeus shook his head "No, this is the tree of Fallen Angels, they'll do anything to save Dreamers.." I was so confused "But what about those-" Saggio sighed "Those were Dark Angels, those are the ones that serve for Satan and the Evil One." It started raining and the shadows hid for protection, we were safe for a little bit. Once we made it under the tree, there were lights, food, beds, books, water, everything. I smiled and laid on one of the beds, it was comfortable, perfect. The rain was still going, it sounded like music beating against the ground, the thunder sounded beautiful too, it was almost in a rhythmic tune. I smiled... and soon drifted off to sleep to the sound of Saggio screaming "Asura! No!"

~The Dream~
It was snowing, and a piano was playing some where, I was back in the garden, the roses and flowers were back and it was sparkling with ice. I saw people dressed in white carrying a casket, a crystal casket. The crystal was etched so I couldn't see who was inside, I looked down and saw Saggio standing nest to me, bowing his head in respect to whom ever was in the casket.

~The Awakening~
When I woke up, I could still hear the rain. It was morning and Amsodeus was cooking and Saggio was reading. Every time thunder sounded the small room shook violently. When Amsodeus noticed I was awake he smiled "You must of been dreaming about someone dying..." I didn't answer I was still confused about the dream. I gripped the key around my neck and looked at it, this time it was a heart with a bullet hole in it "Weird..." Saggio smiled "I see you've found the key, it changes with the atmosphere." I sighed, first it was a girl hanging, then it was a rusted skull with wings, and now its a heart that got shot. I shook my head and let it fall back into my shirt, Amsodeus was cooking what looked like eggs and bacon, but who knew, now that reality is messed up it could something completely different.Slowly I rolled off the bed and went to see what Saggio was reading "Prepare for war?" I said trying not to sound immature, he looked at me his beautiful yellow eyes staring at me "Yes. The world could end if we don't win this war, you want that to happen?" I shook my head, and he looked back at his book. Suddenly a loud roar erupted and Amsodeus stopped cooking "Its stopped raining, and Alumni Orcus knows were here...." Slowly, I crawled up the hole and peeked my head over the edge, in front of me was a giant goat leg, I looked up, Alumni had his back turned to me, I slid back down and started hyperventilating, Amsodeus and Saggio both ran up to me "Is everything ok?!" They asked in unison, I nodded "Yea except for the fact that he is RIGHT there!" I yelled quietly, they looked up, the ground was already starting to cave in because of the beast's weight, quickly we jumped out of the hole, and began running. Alumni Orcus turned around and breathed through his nostrils, and began running after us, he was a little slow on his feet but he was still catching up.

We ran through a forest and had to dodge trees falling, and rocks flying, Alumni Orcus was angry and was proud to show it. Unfortunately Amsodeus tripped, and wasn't getting up...despite the danger I ran over to him "Amsodeus get up please! Hes catching up, please!" He just looked at me, and I noticed he was bleeding. I looked down at his stomach, a blade went through his stomach, one of the demons must have dropped it... Saggio saw what was happening, and ran the other direction, keeping Alumni Orcus away from us. Rain falling from trees dropped down on us, he smiled at me, his eyes filling with tears "Don't leave me please!" I said laying my head on his chest and sobbing, he was dying right there in my arms, the one person that helped me through all this, the one person that cared about me.. he wanted to say something, but he couldn't. He was crying too, I rested my forehead against his, and he mumbled the words "I love you..." and looked at me one more time...before closing his eyes forever....
When I realized he was gone, I laid my head against his chest and cried, and cried. It seemed like no one else was there in the world except for me and him, a song ran through my head and began humming it to him... I wanted him to know that I cared for him, that he was the reason I hadn't let the Evil One kill me. I felt broken, I didn't even fee the weight in my chest that was supposed to represent my heart. I noticed the key had fallen out of my shirt and I looked at it, expecting it to be different, it was. It was a beautiful golden color with a sapphire in the middle, the handle was a very decorative heart. I squeezed it in my hands, ripped it off the chain and laid it on Amsodeus's chest, looking at him one more time, I got up and began walking away.

I didn't care about anything right now, I didn't care about Saggio, I didn't care about Alumni Orcus, I didn't care about the stupid war. I stopped by a tree a slid down it, I rested my head on the trunk and looked up at the leaves. Night came fast that night, I was still sitting at the tree, I looked at Saggio, at some point he came over and laid next to me, he understood what happened and knew I didn't want to talk. I looked at the star filled sky and saw a sapphire star, a blue one. In the middle of the sky I smiled one more time. Closed my eyes... and wept.

~ The Dream ~
I was in a White Forest, it was beautiful.. the white mixed in with the red of the roses perfectly. I saw a an Gallows tree and I walked over to it, wondering how many bodies have been hung from it, laughing I ran around the tree my black skirt trailing behind me, Saggio was there too. His tongue hanging out of his wolf mouth, jumping and running around too. Finally we ran out of breath and we both fell to the ground laughing, but soon.. something went wrong.. a cold gust of wind blew from the north and Saggio started losing his breath. In a panic I looked up to see the bodies hanging from the tree came back alive and were trying to get to us.
Quickly, I darted my gaze back to Saggio, but he was all skeletal... no skin at all just black bones with golden carving. He looked at me hungrily, blood seeping from the cracks in his skull, I tried crawling away but the shadows surrounded forming a small barrier. I turned back to Saggio, and he threw back his head in a loud evil laugh, when he spoke it sounded disorientated " Only a few days left, and Earth will become our new kingdom!" The shadows laughed in agreement, nodding their heads slowly , then he twisted his gaze to me "Only the one baptized in black blood , will be able to stop us! With hell reborn
Your Christ be scorned,In our unholy fathers disgusting house of shame
We revel in endless hatred burning so absolute! He will return!"

~ The Awakening ~

I jerked awake, reaching my hand over to see if Saggio was still there, and he was, thank god... We were still laying down next to the tree trunk. Saggio slowly opened his eyes and looked at me "Are you okay?" I nodded tiredly, looking around. Saggio got up and stretched his long thing white legs "We better get going. Find some shelter and food, maybe some weapons.." I shook my head " We can't fight them, well, we can, but we'll just die. Only the one baptized in black blood will stop them." I quoted sadly, he looked at me confused "You know this how exactly?" I glared at him "Your supposed to be the wise one, you tell me!" He flinched "I am, but not when it comes to war, I haven't seen a war in over 3000 years..."
I nodded, then quickly grabbed him and ducked under a bush. He was trying to argue but tensed when he heard a loud rumble echoing through the trees " Alumni Orcus is back...." I whispered, we ducked down more, our heads touching. I lifted a branch to see where he was, and he was right across the path tearing up bushes looking for us. I was about to duck back under the bush when something grabbed me. I tried to scream but the thing covered my mouth, I heard Saggio whine and barely through the shadow I could see they resversed a spiked collar, so the spikes were in his scruff and neck. I felt a sharp pain in my back and everything went black...

~ The Awakening Part 2 ~

When I woke up, I realized I was crying, at least I thought I was. I raised my head to see where I was, and I got slapped in the face, the blow was so hard it pushed me over "Dry your eyes brat!" I could feel the blood from the hit, I tasted it too, it was right above my eye, and it was dripping into my eyes... I looked up and saw a shadow looming over me " Your lucky we're helping you!" Through the moonlight, I could see it was Andrew, I was so happy to see him, I barely knew him, but he helped me get out of the castle and I loved him for that, even if he wasn't my real brother "Andrew....?" I looked passed him and saw other demons, all looked either angry, or starving...whatever the Dark One was doing to them obviously wasn't good. "Look Asura, we saved you once and were about to save you and your stupid mutt again." One shadow stepped forward, Saggio was breathing heavily from being pulled around on that chain leash. The shadow dropped the chain, and Saggio ran towards me huddling in my arms, hiding his face from theirs.
" We don't really....need help though..." I muttered quietly, burying my face in Saggio's thick fur so I wouldn't get hit again.