chapter 1

our protagonist Arowen was going back home from where ever he was without paying attention to the road, he was too busy listening to music and daydreaming about whatever, not noticing as the air around him started distorting but who could blame him it was barely noticeable and as he stepped forward he just vanished in the middle of the crowd, I want to say that it was not noticed but this is not some stupid ass fiction like so many others where something ridiculous happens and no one notices, in fact his disappearance was even recorded on multiple devices and it made a commotion all over the world, an investigation happened, unfruitful but nonetheless it happened, the news reached his family and there was even a funeral for him, but all of that is in the past

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some unknown time later Arowen appeared in a dark space and he was surprised, and after the initial panic he got his shit together and looked around to find nothing but darkness

'so what now, there is nothing around me I can see nothing, hear nothing but the music, and feel nothing except for the solid ground underneath me' Arowen could still feel the phone in his pocket and the music in his ears so he took the phone to check out his surrounding and activated the flashlight but it was of no help, it only illuminated his body and nothing else, even the ground he felt underneath his feet as if standing in space which isn't far from the truth

Arowen was in that space and thinking about his past, his present and his uncertain future, he doesn't know for how long he was stuck there but it was enough for him to get over his situation and his past, he used to worry about his family but now they existed only in his memory, he missed them and the world of his past but afterward he would only think of them as fond memories be they good or bad

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time went by in the outside world and arowen was still stuck there he didn't know how much he spent there until it happened, a voice echoed from the darkness, the voice was strangely his it said

"CHOOSE YOUR ENIGMA"

and then words shimmered in front of him

Strength Dexterity Endurance Intelligence Wisdom Spirit Perception Vitality Resistance.....

there were so many words that appeared in front of him there was even magic, chakra and robotics and so many more, he didn't know what this enigma that he has to choose and didn't want to screw up and besides there was someone else that spoke to him so he tried to communicate with it

"ehm, hello ? is anybody there?" Arowen asked a little bit timid, to him it felt like he spent an eternity in this dark place, and was a bit unfamiliar with his social skills, he was even surprised he didn't lose his sanity

"INDEED" the voice replied

"eeem, so do you know where this is?" he said pointing to around him

"THE HOLLOW"

"and where is that?" he asked again, having no clue obviously but he waited and waited and no answer came so he tried to ask something else

"so why am i here in this HOLLOW?"

"YOU ARE A DREAMER" the answer really confused Arowen and so he asked again

"What is a Dreamer?"

the voice started explaining

"A DREAMER, CREATURES OF UNTOLD POTENTIAL, UNTAPPED POTENTIAL, CREATURES DEAREST TO THE DREAM WORLD, CHOSEN OF THE DREAM WORLD, RULERS OF THE DREAM WORLD, CHILDREN OF THE DREAM WORLD, THEY SEEK THE DREAMER PATH AND THE DREAM WORLD GUIDES, YOU ARE A DREAMER AND IN THE DREAM WORLD YOU BELONG"

Arowen was stunned by the answer, he couldn't believe what his ears were hearing

'is this like those reincarnation novels, but i didn't get hit by a truck, i didn't die saving someone, heck i didn't even die, i got to get things clear'

"am i dead?!!" he asked panicked and no answer came so he asked again

"am i alive?!!" and no answer came

'Seems that it won't answer all my questions hehe, guess should stick to the topic'

"so what is the dream world?" 'stupid question I know but better be safe than sorry, all I know about it is speculation from the name'

"THE DREAM WORLD IS THE DREAM WORLD, IT SPANS ALL OF THE CREATION, HOUSES ALL ASPIRATIONS, IT CONNECTS THE MYRIAD WORLDS, DAFAPFPOAKF@#^$#%#%#@%@##@gwet@o#@o#j%o@#%@#f@#F3645F652..."

'what just happened i can't understand what it is saying at all' and as if the voice knew that he couldn't comprehend it stopped

"could you repeat that please?"

"THE DREAM WORLD IS THE DREAM WORLD, IT SPANS ALL OF THE CREATION, HOUSES ALL ASPIRATIONS, IT CONNECTS THE MYRIAD WORLDS"

'huh? why did it stop?' Arowen was confused and asked it again only to receive the same answer so he gave up for now and asked it another question to which the voice didn't answer and another and another but the voice answered non of them

*sigh* "what is an Enigma?"

"ENIGMA, MAIN SOURCE OF POWER TO DREAMERS, EACH ENIGMA PRESENT ADVANTAGES TO DREAMERS, SOME ADVANTAGES SIMILAR OTHERS DIFFERENT AND OTHERS UNIQUE, ENIGMA BREACHES THE DOOR, DREAMER WALKS THE PATH, MAY THEY HOLD TO IT TRUE, OR GO ASTRAY THAT IS THE DREAMERS CHOICE, FOR YOU ONE ENIGMA FREE AND OTHERS TO GAIN, YOU MAY ONLY CHOOSE ONE, DON'T THINK JUST CHOOSE"

Arowen didn't know what hit him but as the voice finished, he was compelled as if by some spell and stretched his hand towards one of the words and that's when the world span and pain like no other assaulted his very being, as the Enigma drilled into his body to his soul