Chirp! Chirp!!
"Wake up!"
"Huh, what,"
*Blink*
Indaboski opened his eyes, he felt drowsy and dizzy, his visions were blurry for a second.
"What the fuck, where am I?", Indaboski asked.
Suddenly turning, Indaboski saw a man near him, the man's right arm was placed on his shoulder.
"I don't know, am confused as well", the man replied.
"Wh–what? Who are—"
Indaboski's words was cut short when a voice suddenly echoed in the atmosphere.
"Hello everyone, please gather around"
"Everyone?", That was when Indaboski decided to take a look around.
What he saw left him speechless, they were in a forest, with so many people spread out in each section of the forest. Each with different kind of clothing he had never seen.
He saw the dark brown trunks of the trees with their summer like black leaves, the numerous black ravens that flew in the sky.
"Please gather around! Please gather around! I know that so many of you are confused, so let me explain, you mortals should come close."
People started gathering near the direction of the voice, the man beside Indaboski also left and walked towards the direction as well.
'what the hell is going on', he thought.
Mustering up his strength, he stood on his two feet and began walking towards the direction.
Moments later, he arrived.
"Whhat", Indaboski exclaimed with his mouth agape.
There were thousands upon hundreds of people all gathered around.
"What's happening?"
"What's going on?"
"Why are we here?"
"How did I get here?"
There were murmurs everywhere.
Indaboski was still looking around, when he suddenly saw a figure seated on a throne at the front.
'whats that thing, it looks human but ....it doesn't feel human. What going on?'
Red hair, ivory skin, golden eyes with silvery eyelids, sharp jaw and wearing an onyx black robe. It had a demeanor that spoke of royalty.
The whole thing was just weird.
Indaboski has never seen this man before, but he felt some sort of familiarity with the man, whatever it was.
The figure in question sat straight on it's throne, staring at the crowd with an indifferent expression.
Indaboski was still staring at the figure when he suddenly heard a sound erupt from the corner of the figure.
When he looked at the corner of the throne, what he saw left him baffled and speechless.
At the corner of the throne, was a tiny human figure, with green eyes and green hair, wearing light green clothes, with three pairs of dragonfly wings at her back. The entity was female.
The three pairs of dragonfly wings were flapping at her back, making her stay still in mid air.
"I know you all must be confused bu—"
"Where the fuck are we!!!", A man in the crowd shouted, interrupting the tiny human figure.
He had darkish brown eyes, dark pale skin, short hair and was wearing tattered clothes. He looked poor and his looks were average.
Before the tiny human figure could answer, the other figure seated at the throne interfered.
"Yo—"
"You are in my domain"
*Boom*
The words of the lone figure seated at the throne suddenly bore pressure on the man.
The man's knees crashed to the ground.
The figure's aura was so overwhelming that the man couldn't help gasping for air as sweat trickled down his forehead.
The tiny human figure that stood in air, turned her back.
This man seated at the throne had interrupted her speech, but she didn't dare rebuke, instead, she bowed in reverence.
"Lord Malzakar", the tiny figure said its name with a soft voice, the it turned towards the crowd. Staring at the crowd, it shouted,
"This place!!", Its voice vibrating and echoing far into the crowd and into the forest behind them.
'I get it now', Indaboski thought.
"Where you are standing right now, as you have heard, is Lord Malzakar's domain, "Shadowfern Sanctum", also known as, "The Veil Of Eternal Twilight Thorns".
'I am dreaming.'
Lord Darian released its aura on the man while the fairy continued to speak.
"You've all been summoned for a purpose, we need your help", the fairy said, taking a pause. Letting her words sink in.
In just a few moments, murmurs rippled through the crowd.
"What is it saying."
"It's not making any sense."
"Summoned?"
"What the fuck."
"I wanna go home.", Said a child in the crowd.
"Yes, we need your help"
The crowd stared at the fairy, dumbfoundedly.
"Our kingdom..."
"Our kingdom? What the fuck."
Some people wanted to protest, but after witnessing what happened to the other guy for interrupting the fairy, they kept their lip sealed.
"...is in danger, war and bloodshed has taken over my world. I summoned you all here, today. In hope of finding heroes capable of saving my world, which are you humans..."
' I can't believe am really dreaming about my own novel, for a sec, I thought I had been kidnapped.'
Indaboski looked up, stared at the fairy and then at figure, Lord Malzakar, then at the throne, he saw small roots with thorns, sprouting out from the throne and connecting into the earth.
The earth was a black surface.
'am actually living inside my novel in a dream, well, it was to be expected.'
Indaboski had been thinking about his novel, "The Diary Of Oz", all night.
That's why he thought that it was the reason for the dream.
Something like that, was not new. It wasn't the first nor the second time such a thing had happened. And he thought it probably won't be the last.
Because normally, when one is thinking about something at night, be it movie or a real life event. It most times tend to appear in their dreams.
And that's what Indaboski thought this was, a dream caused by daydreaming and thinking about his novel all the time.
"So please, I humbly ask you to come save us, save our families, the innocent children who are dying, our men and women and our brothers.....and sisters"
' but I hate this dream.'