Where am I? I find myself sorrounded by an endless strechting black space. Not a single beam of light, not a single part of my body I could see or feel. I coudnt see anything or can I even see? I also hear nothing. No creaking of wooden floors, no songs of birds or just people laughing next doors. 

"Haahaahaa Nice to meet you little one."

A booming and aged voice sounded within the seemingly borderless world of nothingness. I try looking around, finding the source of the voice. but I dont even have the feeling of moving. I am like a pray sitting in the cage of the hunter with no way out. But strangly enough I dont feel any kind of fear, just clarity and comfort. 

"You the Child seeked by shadows and darkness. Its a cruel fate you were given, but despair not. Every sacrifice could have a reward. What it can be ... is in the end for you to decide."

I didnt notice how he was speaking in a language i dont know. But somehow they make sense in my head. I understand those words but the meaning behind them? I was clueless

"What do you mean? Where am I? Who are you?"

I scream at the voice. All these question linger in my mind. After I asked my questions just silence remains. Even after a long time waiting for an answer I got none. After accepting the fact that i will get no answer I try again making sense of this, whatever this is. Distract by my own thoughts i didn´t notice that I drifted to a strange light.

A light even darker than the darkness sorrounding me which should not be possible. I only notice the light as fear creaps into my body. A feeling so terrifying that every cell in my body screams at me to get away from it as fast as possible. I wanted to but I could not even move. As I got closer and closer the fear got worse and worse. The moment i got remotly close to it I should have lost consciousness because I don`t remember what happend afterwards.

"Hey Kieran wake up" I heard a comforting womans voice right next to me.

I opened my eyes just to see darkness again. However it is different. I could feel my body, I could see a outline of what is above me. A flat surface. And most important the voice of my mother wakes me up. No trace of the weird black space or the black light. Such a strong feeling even in years I will probably not forget it.

"Whats wrong Kieran? You are looking so absent." my mother asked with a concerned voice.

Just now I really register what is happening here. It was just a dream. A harmless dream. A imagitination of myself being special. A child seeked by shadow? What a lot of nonsense. I shake my head to get rid of these thoughts.

"Its nothing I just thought about some things" I answered my mother.

"Well if that`s so than everything is great. And now hurry up its time for breakfast." she answered me back with an energetice voice.

While i was changing my clothes my mother decided to open the courtain of my only window to let the light shine into my room. A daily routine i have nothing against. I want to wake up anyway but the second the light streams into the room, the light shining on me, the darkness fading away an uncomftable feeling overcame me. It let me feel really unusual like beeing totally coverd in dirt and having to scratch myself the whole time. But it doesnt stop getting worse and not long after it got so unbearable that just after a moment, I ran to the curtain and closed them as fast as I could bringing darkness into the room except for a few spots.

"What are you doing?" asked my mother. The irritation in her voice was clear.

"Could we let them be closed for another while, please" I pleaded with the greatest puppy eyes i could make

"Why?" she asked back but i continued to stare at her.

That seems to have done the trick and she let the curtain closed and walked out of the room.

What was that I wonderd in my head.

To proof the thought I have right now i opened the curtains again. As expected the feeling was back and i closed them again.

Its actually real. Why does the sun make me feel that way?

"Son, the food is waiting" my mother reminded me

Well I can think later more about the topic and made my way down to the dining table.

We are living in a small house with two floors inside a small town on top a mountain with a population around 150 People. We are among the poorest people in our country and have little contact to other Citys or Towns except for the merchant that come by occasionly to provide us with life saving ressources and newspapers.

Newspapers are always the highlights for me if a merchant arrivies. It tells you so much about the outside world. I cant really travel to because we dont have the money to. Its fascinating and makes me feel breathless every time I read about the wonders of this world. One of those are mages. The ultimate beings. There are also the knights. They can rival mages. But I dont believe such a stupid thought for a single second. What should a normal knight do against magic? 

As i arrived in the dining room, while dodging the place where the light shines, enduring the little itches i felt, I noticed that its fully illuminated.

So before i stepped into the room I asked if they could shut the curtains.

"Honey, do you have anything against sunshine today?" asked my mother

"The light is healty for you" said my father, who was sitting next to my mother.

He was a well built man because of his work as a lumberjack. He is abovage average tall, has no beard and wears a brown shirt and brown pants.

"I can tell you the reason but please close the curtains so I can sit at the table" I asked them

They looked at me with confusion and were a little irritat but still complied with my request.

Still they had to light multiple candles before they could make it dark. There was no other source of light other than maybe our chimney.

After everything became dark I sat down on the chair opposite to my parents while both of them looked at me with curious eyes.

The stares put me under pressure and i lost the courage to speak.

The long silence was broken by my father who asked "So what do you wanted to say to us?"

"Well ..." I hesitated but finally was brave enough to say it "Its about the sunlight. It makes me feel uncomfortable. I can hardly stand under the sun for a few seconds. Thats why all those unusal requests" While saying all that i couldn´t see them in the eyes instead I looked at the floor because even I could hardly believe any of that if I haven´t seen or felt it by myself.

After a few seconds both mother and father stood up and hugged me.

"So you catched some kind of illness. Don´t worry everything will be fine."

"Stay strong. We will help you till we found out why."

Both of my parents gave me courages words which made my mood much better and I started to cheer up again eating breakfast as nothing was wrong.