Vol.1 Ch.04 Waking up from a Nightmare.

Vol.1 Ch.04 Waking up from a Nightmare.

While sleeping Ryan had one of the worst nightmares he has ever had in his life. It was chaotic seeing all his loved ones back from Earth, sucked into a war with demons, angels, humans, demi-humans, and monsters.

With all this going on it seemed like he was being chased by a shadowy being that was cornering him; no matter how hard he tried to escape it was on him like flies to shit. The shadow being had a humanoid look but it was hard to comprehend it fully while he was being chased.

Ryan could swear he heard a woman’s voice taunting, teasing, and flirting with him as he kept running. Or it might have been toying instead of flirting. It's hard to tell sometimes because he feels they are similar in nature. The only thing he can remember her saying to him was, "Mmm!!! Uhh!!! Mmmm!!! You might be... fated to be the one? F-Finally... we can have our... fun...." She said it in such a seductive whispery voice as she closed in on him.

With that Ryan came to a dead end with nowhere to run, trapped by this shadow entity as it waited to close in on him. Just before it pounced, Ryan tried to shield himself from the incoming danger.

"No! Stay away!" Ryan yelled at the shadow but it didn't listen as it got closer to him.

Ryan begins to panic more and more not knowing what to do.

'This can't be happening! I need to do something, but what!' Ryan thought to himself.

Looking upon this shadow entity one last time Ryan noticed it forming two long pointed ears, glowing golden eyes, a devious smile, and platinum silver hair. And before he knew it, it reached out to grab him with surreal speed and then it was all over. As everything went black.

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"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Ryan screamed as he rolled off the bed and hit the floor. Ryan was shaking and panting like crazy. It felt like he just ran a marathon through hell. His body felt so weak that he didn't know if he could get up or not.

All Ryan could think of was, 'What the fuck just happened?'

He never had night terrors before in his life until now.

‘The stress is getting to me.’ He concluded while wiping some sweat away from his brow.

‘Why did this happen to me?’ Ryan thinks to himself wishing he could be back home.

He looked up to see Hiro staring at him with a curious expression on his haggard face.

‘I guess he heard me scream in terror?’ Ryan assumed still trying to calm himself.

"Shit man! Why do you have to freak out like that?" Hiro questioned him.

Ryan rubs his eyes and starts to catch his breath.

"I don't really know," Ryan said as he sat up, "I was sleeping and I started having this nightmare. I don't know what it means but it was terrifying! I thought a demon or something was chasing me."

"Well, your annoying screeching woke me up and there was a weird glow coming from your orb," Hiro said with a shit-eating grin. As if to mock Ryan for some reason.Alll latest novels on novelbin/(.)com

'This cursed orb! First, it attacks me, and now it's giving me nightmares!' Ryan thinks to himself as he gets up from the cold stone floor. He checked himself out to make sure he didn't have any cuts or bruises. "What time is it?"

"You were summoned by the High Priestess Yoona of the Nils Moon." She says with a straight face. Showing very little emotion.

"Lady Yoona?" Ryan questioned.

"Yes, Lady Yoona. You've met her before." She said with a hint of annoyance.

And that instant it clicked for Ryan. "So, she was the one in the summoning room?" He asked her.

"Yes, she is the High Priestess of the Nils Moon. She's been studying you two and trying to decide if you should be allowed into our tribe as the Chosen Ones." She said as she backed away from him.

Ryan looked back at the taller Elf, whose face was not showing any emotion. "Deciding? Does this have to do with us being human?" Ryan asks her.

"Not exactly." She answers.

"Then what does it have to do with us?" Ryan asked trying to keep her talking.

"Well, why don't you ask our High Priestess yourself? Come now." She said and started walking again.

'Well, I guess I'll hear this High Priestess out.' Ryan thought to himself.

"By the way, I didn't catch your name," He asked the taller Elf.

"I'm Sehranya," She said with a straight face.

"Sehranya? That's a striking name... I'm Ryan by the way." He says with a slight grin. Hoping to get on Sehranya's good side.

But the only response Ryan gets back from her is a slight raising of her eyebrow for a second.

"Are you done talking?" She asks.

"I was also hoping to get the name of your comrade, too. If you don't mind?" Ryan said to Sehranya, while just pointing with his thumb at the smaller dark elf who was behind them.

While gesturing towards the other Dark Elf, Ryan finally became aware that Hiro was in a headlock.

'God dammit Hiro! I don't pay attention to you for a few seconds and you go and try to get us both killed!' Ryan thought as his panic started to sink in. He didn't want to get punished like the last time when Hiro tried to attack them.

"Her name is Sigrid, best stay out of her way," Sehranya said in a threatening tone towards Hiro.

"F-Fine, I'm sorry! Aw! I won't go after your dagger. I-I promise! ARG! Why are you trying to tear my head off!" He says with a pain-stricken look on his face, Sigrid finally lets go of Hiro's neck after satisfyingly delivering a bit of punishment for his incompetence. Hiro was rubbing his neck and seemed to be more relaxed now.

"You're lucky you're a summoned, otherwise Sigrid would have ripped your head clean off. Without a second thought." Sehranya said.

Hiro stares at her with a bit of a glare but shrinks down quickly when the elf looks at him again. While all Ryan could do was shake his head in disbelief.