Episode 2: Awakening

My life flashed before my eyes. My hands were broken. They were bleeding. "This is it," I thought.

Suddenly, I clench my broken fist and jump back up. It was as though I had no control of my body but also in full consciousness at the same time. I swung my arm back and forced all my power left in me into one punch and then ᗷᗩᑎᘜ! I hit something but nothing was there. Then I started to see it. There was human shaped figure laying in pain on the ground. but it wasn't a human. it had two blue horns and it wore a silky, white cloak. I bend down to take a closer look and it disappears! I look around... I didn't know what happened but I fell unconscious. it felt almost relaxing, like a way to escape the pain from my fists.

I wake up, I'm still in the cave and I don't know how to get out. I thought it was my last day on earth, so I ventured deeper into the cave. the cave's routes were not the same as I remembered. They twisted and turned into each other and it was almost like a maze. It confused me and mostly I ended up where I started. I kept track of the maze with a rock and a really sharp shard to map out the maze. When I was younger, I was really good at problem solving so this was no issue for me.

I found the end of the cave. It was just rubble and dirt. I start to try and dig with my broken hands but I was too weak to do so. I sat down and I started to think. I concentrated on how to get the rubble out. I didn't even know there was a door! It was like magic! As I thought, visions of when I punched the so called "ghost" came back to me. It distracted me a lot and had me worried. I had second guesses and I wanted to go home again. I sat there. Still. And silent. I closed my eyes, and thought. ᗩᕼ ᕼᗩ! I get up, pull back and charge at the door leading it to breaking down into pieces, and the rubble went flying everywhere!

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...part 2...

It was me, and the door. Everything was quiet. The wooden door stared back at me as I stared at it. I hesitantly walk towards the door, but I cant go back now. I slowly open the door. The creak of the wooden slab sent shivers down my body while the dark and cold touch of the hand stabbed my soul. I open the door. And all I see is just a room filled with books on all four sides with a table in the middle. I go in to investigate further. Nothing is there. It's all children books and a broken table and chair. I look around hoping to find something worth my time and interesting. I look at the table and I turn my head slowly. I SEE THE GHOST! it started at me and ran toward me! It grabbed me by the neck. I couldn't breathe. It choked me. I couldn't do anything. I felt paralyzed. Finally, out of nowhere, I get a sudden strength to punch the ghost in the stomach. And so I did. The ghost slowly let go of me and fell the the ground again. It laid there in a ball position. Hurt and in pain. Then, it slowly faded away. Disintegrated. Did I just kill the ghost? What did I do? All that was left was the blue horns which were cold to the touch. I pick them up and place them in a bag I carry to put ores in. I do not know what is going on. This sudden energy that makes me stronger. Is it only when I'm with the ghost? Does it only happen when I'm in life and death situations? Who knows. All I know there is something going on and I do not want to die here...

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...part 3...

I wanted to go home. "I want to go home, I want to go home, I WANT TO GO HOME!". I kick down the door and I left using the rock and shard I used to come here. I rush towards the entrance and only exit. "please I want to go home. I want to see mum. I want to see Denzo. I want to see dad." All I wanted to do in life was be with my family and support them. Even if I'm only 16. Even if I'm not that strong, even if I'm not the brightest, I just want to support them. I want to see them and cherish them.

I punched and punched and punched the rocks as hard as one can do. My already broken hands blead even more. The pain was immeasurable and unbearable, but I had to keep going. I needed to go away. While I punched. I kept asking myself how that strength came to be. How I gained this sudden strength. What if I could use this again? What if I can use this strength to break the rocks? What if, I can? I fell upon the rocks. I laid there resting, thinking about how I can use the power again. Then, suddenly, I remembered the horn. Maybe the horn can help me? I took it out of my bag and held it in front of me. it (to my surprise) glowed and flew out my hands. Then, it blinded me entirely and fell down. After a few moments, the horns attached to me. ITS ON MY HEAD. I CAN'T TAKE THEM OFF. I CAN'T. I try to pull them out as hard as I can but it wouldn't budge. I would feel a pain when I tried to remove them. Almost like if it was a part of my body! I SUDDENLY FEEL STRONGER!

ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ...

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