1 The End yet The Beginning

It is dark, seriously dark. Not the general dark, when you can still see the faint silhouettes of the things that surround you. It is completely black. As Durion attempts to move his hand to the front of his face, so that he can get a glimpse of it, he realizes that he can't feel anything. This all seems rather ridiculous to him. He can still remember that he watched the latest airing episode of that ongoing series. So he must be dreaming, that's it.

As it is a dream, he is sure that he can do anything. As he knows the theory of lucid dreaming: "From the moment you realize you are dreaming, you are in control of the dream itself". Therefor he attempts to move his arms and legs vigorously around. His head tells him that he is moving, yet he cannot feel his own limbs move the tiniest bit at all. So he starts to wonder: "Could this actually be a nightmare, or sleeping paralysis, I heard so much about". The more he starts to think about it, the more real this whole situation seems.

A very faint light appears in front of his eyes and seems to form something similar to a tunnel entrance. Before he even starts to think about further actions, he seems to move towards the tunnel or the tunnel movs towards him. "What the hell...", is the only thing that comes to his mind, before he seems to be standing in front of a floating white orb.

"This is the end", it says in a calm monotone voice. "What the hell...", is again the only thing that comes to his mind, yet he murmurs "Wha?". The monotone voice repeats: "This is the end". "Yea, like the end of what?" Durion says a bit more aggressively. "The end of your life as the so called Durion" the voice answers. "So basically I died?", Durion wonders, but asks "Am I dreaming?" instead. "You may interpret this as a dream if you so wish, as a difference it does not make. This is simply a step of the in-between. This that so was, and that that shall be.", he receives that answer in a monotone voice. "This seems all so cryptic, yet I seem to get hold of the concept what this entity seems to tell me. But this still seems like a dream after all, because ...". His thinking is abruptly interrupted by the entity: "As the end is the end, I shall forward you to the beginning. But in your case it shall not be a complete new beginning. You died young..", "Yea no shit Sherlock", he abruptly voices his thought. "I am, or should I say was 14 when I died". Even though saying this, he still believes this all is but an absurd reality inside a dream.

The entity does not have a face, so no facial expression, however it seems to be slightly annoyed by the interruption. The entity still continues: "As you died young, it will not be a completely new start, if you so wish, but this would also mean...". Durion cutting in again on the speech of the entity. "Yea whatever, then give me the not complete beginning..." he says uninterested. Of course he does not believe the entity, as this is all but a ridiculous dream for him.

"So be it!" voiced the entity again monotonously, despite that it seemed to be really annoyed this time. "I proclaim hereby your time as Durion over and forward you to the time as Arion. The End is now officially over and thereby the Beginning is now starting. I wish you the best of luck in this that is to come. What that shall offer is yet to be defined and lies completely in your hands. It shall be defined by your actions and decisions you make throughout this journey! As of that I wish you farewell Arion till next time.". After finishing its speech the glowing floating entity vanishes the same way as it appears, out of nowhere.

"What the heck is this dream, this is completely absurd. This sounds like reincarnation, the end of life bringing the beginning of a new life.", the moment he finishes murmuring this, the complete blackness from before reappears. But this time it is not only darkness, he can hear a faint sound in the distance. Exactly the same way you hear the surrounding sounds just before one wakes up. "Aah finally the end of this stupidity of a dream", he thinks to himself and attempts to open is eyes.

The attempt to open his eyes succeeds and to his shock, the sound is not his alarm clock. It is an iron bar, dragged along a cage, and to the biggest of his surprises, he is sitting chained in the middle of it.