No Nua?
a dream i had..
Somehow i appeared in a dimly lit underground area. The walls made it seem almost like a maze.
I heard heavy breathing from somewhere nearby. Whatever that is, it sounded like something huge and so i started walking quickly in the opposite direction. The sound of my heart beating in my chest mingled with the thudding footsteps of the one pursuing me. I met a dead end and turned around. A werewolf came sauntering in front of me, irritable, with saliva dripping from his lower jaw. He took a step towards me. And another. And then he was inexplicably pulled backwards, by an unseen force and hit the opposing wall.
A boy of maybe 17 came rushing to me, grabbed my wrist and started leading me away saying, "hurry before he wakes up".
And so we ran. Just as i was getting a stitch in my side, we reached a concrete staircase leading upwards. We climbed wordlessly untill we emerged out into the bright sunlight, on a breezy meadow. A girl of about my age was waiting nearby and seemed relieved at the sight of us.
"Thank god you're alright." She said to the boy that just saved my life. And then she introduced herself and the boy, smilingly. "What's happening here? Where am i?" I asked.
"Well its like this," the boy explained, "This world is ruled by beasts. We have 5 clans. Bear, Wolf, Ox, Rhino and Cat. I know the last sounds puny but i mean its the lions, leopards cougars and stuff. And well, we humans have forged ties with the clans... we belong to them. And although we dont have the brute strength that they do, we have magic. That's what i did earlier. I can teach you if you want."
Then the girl spoke, "the rest of the animals are wild, and not all clan animals are sentient. The wolf you met earlier was probably an outcast.. although, the Wolf and Cat clans have been known to be unecessarily hostile at times."
"We should keep moving... the wolf was just knocked out, not dead. Might try to follow our scent." said the boy, looking over two somewhat humanoid rhinos garbed in what looked like war armor.
The three of us walked up the gently sloping hill and arrived at this rather tall white building. The boy cocked his head as though he heard something, and moved forward purposefully. I followed and we walked around the building parameter to this little corner where another girl was waiting. As we sat down, the boy extracted from his suede pouch, a little glass vial and a small shallow bowl. He poured out the contents of the vial and looked into the blue swirling liquid in the bowl. The 1st girl brought another guy along with her and they too sat down.
"He's coming... the wolf I mean. Okay, this liquid is what us humans use for magic. It enhances our powers, but for you 3 newbies, it awakens your... potential."
The other guy was talking a lot, about how he has already survived for sometime without magic in a self-assured way. The 1st girl took a vial from her pocket and poured red liquid into the same bowl. I looked at her questioningly. "Me and him, even though best friends, are from different clans. Our potions are made up of different elements, so some that may be lacking from one, can be filled in by the other."
"He's here. You, put two fingers into the bowl." the boy said to me. And so i did.
Then i woke up.
Somehow i appeared in a dimly lit underground area. The walls made it seem almost like a maze.
I heard heavy breathing from somewhere nearby. Whatever that is, it sounded like something huge and so i started walking quickly in the opposite direction. The sound of my heart beating in my chest mingled with the thudding footsteps of the one pursuing me. I met a dead end and turned around. A werewolf came sauntering in front of me, irritable, with saliva dripping from his lower jaw. He took a step towards me. And another. And then he was inexplicably pulled backwards, by an unseen force and hit the opposing wall.
A boy of maybe 17 came rushing to me, grabbed my wrist and started leading me away saying, "hurry before he wakes up".
And so we ran. Just as i was getting a stitch in my side, we reached a concrete staircase leading upwards. We climbed wordlessly untill we emerged out into the bright sunlight, on a breezy meadow. A girl of about my age was waiting nearby and seemed relieved at the sight of us.
"Thank god you're alright." She said to the boy that just saved my life. And then she introduced herself and the boy, smilingly. "What's happening here? Where am i?" I asked.
"Well its like this," the boy explained, "This world is ruled by beasts. We have 5 clans. Bear, Wolf, Ox, Rhino and Cat. I know the last sounds puny but i mean its the lions, leopards cougars and stuff. And well, we humans have forged ties with the clans... we belong to them. And although we dont have the brute strength that they do, we have magic. That's what i did earlier. I can teach you if you want."
Then the girl spoke, "the rest of the animals are wild, and not all clan animals are sentient. The wolf you met earlier was probably an outcast.. although, the Wolf and Cat clans have been known to be unecessarily hostile at times."
"We should keep moving... the wolf was just knocked out, not dead. Might try to follow our scent." said the boy, looking over two somewhat humanoid rhinos garbed in what looked like war armor.
The three of us walked up the gently sloping hill and arrived at this rather tall white building. The boy cocked his head as though he heard something, and moved forward purposefully. I followed and we walked around the building parameter to this little corner where another girl was waiting. As we sat down, the boy extracted from his suede pouch, a little glass vial and a small shallow bowl. He poured out the contents of the vial and looked into the blue swirling liquid in the bowl. The 1st girl brought another guy along with her and they too sat down.
"He's coming... the wolf I mean. Okay, this liquid is what us humans use for magic. It enhances our powers, but for you 3 newbies, it awakens your... potential."
The other guy was talking a lot, about how he has already survived for sometime without magic in a self-assured way. The 1st girl took a vial from her pocket and poured red liquid into the same bowl. I looked at her questioningly. "Me and him, even though best friends, are from different clans. Our potions are made up of different elements, so some that may be lacking from one, can be filled in by the other."
"He's here. You, put two fingers into the bowl." the boy said to me. And so i did.
Then i woke up.