Thud.
The world seemed to slip away from her grasp, disconnecting her from reality, darkness, sudden and overwhelming surrounded her.
Thud.
Alyssane's heart was pounding against her ribs. There was a sensation coursing through her veins that she could not describe, but worse the numbness of her mind.
She stood alone in the oblivion, it was the same darkness she had grown so used to, the familiar void that always devoured her until nothing was left of her consciousness. But this time, there was something different. Strange.
The air was colder, the silence more profound, and her senses were painfully sharp. Every breath she took seemed to reverberate within her, and when she took a cautious step forward, she heard the soft ripple of water beneath her feet echoing too loudly in the darkness.
