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Chapter 3 - Vivid

I slowly look behind. My arms get lighter as I feel a huge relief in my body as the shivering pain has finally let go of my entire body. I slowly look behind as I see a shade of disappearance from my peripheral vision. I jump back in fright as the sudden change of my environment. I realize my body moves freely again, with no pain. I feel delighted. But scared, as something unusual was happening. Not that what was happening was already unusual. The scent of the cigarette was getting stronger. Not realizing what the environment had changed into, I look around to see a dark gray sky. A big tree in front of me.

I hear the sound of crunching leaves behind me. I quickly turn around and see a wavy shade of a person-like figure. The second I looked at it the figure had disappeared. "WHO IS THERE!" I scream in fright. Another sound came behind me. A sound of puddles being stepped on. Step by step the watery sound got louder as the figure finally touched my shoulder. "A human?".

I just freeze as I don't know what is happening. The scent of the cigarette now is just right beside me. I slowly turn my head behind. The scent disappears by a swift wind hitting my face from the side. The figure had once again disappeared. What the hell was going on? I look around and see that the gray sky stayed the same. Though the big trees around me multiplied. A cold wind passed by as I shivered. I hear faint laughs of children from between the trees. The sound of crunching leaves from behind. "WHOS THERE!" I pick up a stick in defense. As if I didn't already know. A stick in this changing world, or was it dimension? Would not be useful. But I held on to it as it gave me some sort of hope.

"SHOW YOURSELVES!". I scream once again. The sound around me was changing. The children sounded like they were getting angry. The laughs went to coughing, and to a blood curdling scream. I scream in terror. I pray to god as that is the only thing I can do now. I close my eyes. I feel a presence behind me. The aura of this mysterious figure that disappears. And the deep and calm voice it has, could it be another human being? From the human-like figure it has when it disappears and the voice. So many thoughts racing through my mind as I lose track of what is even going on.

"Your just a kid". I hear the voice again, the voice now that I hear carefully, is actually a soothing and a calm voice. Just.. like a human being… I look behind and the figure disappears again. "I take a step back, Plup. The sound of a puddle echoes in the vast and gray forest. I realize the sounds of the children have stopped coming. "DO YOU HAVE ANY INTENTION OF HURTING ME?" I scream and am met with a swift response, "No". "Kid whatever's happening, it is happening because of you". What could he possibly mean? "If you do not have any intentions of hurting me"...."Show yourselves" I say finally calming down after a series of panic.

The moment I calm down the nature of the forest changes, from gray, gloomy and eerie it changes. I drop to my knees as a fresh feel hits my head like a cold breeze passes by. My headache is finally gone. I lay down on the floor on the relief realizing just how much pain the headache was causing. I lay down on the wet ground. Leaves crunch behind me as I finally start to calm down. The sky is changing to a calm sunset once more. "Now that isn't supposed to happen is it?" A deep voice passes by my right ear as I turn my head to that direction. A man with long and spiky hair standing beside. The man was holding a cigarette in his hands. I look in surprise as my eyes finally catch something normal. The man was wearing brownish tight pants. With a white t-shirt on. The man had quite a face. "H-huh?" I responded. "You're a human being aren't you?" I stare down at the man who looked quite better than most of the human beings I've seen. 'Though why is he questioning if I am one?' The man drops the cigarette and kneels down trying to get a better look of my face. 'He has everything a human has, 2 eyes, ears nose mouth.' The man smiles and gets up. He walks towards me. I quickly spring upwards remembering the dead body of the man from my previous dream. "He's behind you". The man says. I look behind not knowing who it is gonna be, though knowing it might be the man from my dream. "You knew?". I turn around. The man smiles