Not everything is as it seems

The noise only got loud the closer we got to the outer wall. Just through the wall I could hear the growls and snarls of the beasts on the other side of the large wood doors. The Halts, I remember the beast call them, though I think I shouldn’t call them a beast now.

HEY WHAT SHOULD I CALL YOU? I ask as I watch everyone gather spears, shields and swords.

“ Do you really think this is the best time to be asking me this?” They yell back as they throw a wrapped bundle to Lilia.

REALLY, I NEED TO KNOW. I CAN’T CONTINUE TO CALL YOU BEAST NOW CAN I? At this point I hear a low growl and then a deep sigh.

“ Call me….D….Okay?” He asked his voice seeming to deflate as he turned away from me.

OKAY….D. I reply as I pull an odd looking nunchuck off the wall and began to move it in a way that seemed so natural to me. A gasp causes me to turn and that’s when I see the painful and sad look in D’s eyes.

WHAT’S THE MATTER? I ask as I continue to twirl it too and fro.

“ It’s nothing. Stop doing that before you hurt yourself.” At this point I realize that I had started to move while my arms began to move faster and faster to the point where it seemed that they disappeared.

I DON’T KNOW HOW TO. I cry as they go faster and faster. At that exact moment one of the beasts broke through the wall and then suddenly he wasn't there anymore. That is when I realized that the noise had stopped and my arms had stopped. I look down at my empty hands and then back at the empty hole in the wall where the nunchucks I had been twirling had disappeared. Then the screaming started.

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We fought for hours and it seemed that the bodies of the Halts piled up on the ground but still more came. It seemed that they just came from the ground and formed walls around us keeping everyone from moving away. I fought side by side with D. though it seemed my skills where even unknown to me. I seemed to know when one of the beasts came up behind me or even knowing when one of my new companions was close to being defeated.

During the fight I was separated from everyone else and that is when one of the beasts spoke to me.

“Silly….Thing….you….think that you….could possibly…. defeat us.”

I WANT NO SUCH THING. I call back as I duck and evade every swing it made with its arms turned swords.

“ Our King….the mighty….one….will end you….Creator….and then….we will rule….both realms.” Suddenly the beast went stiff and then he fell to the ground, dead. Behind him stood Lilia. I smile and began to walk towards her but then I had a strange feeling and I began to run but I was to late. I yelled out in great pain as I watching her fall, red soaking the white shirt she was wearing. Then I felt myself falling and looked down to see my own blood running down my left side through the cotton shirt I slept in. And then the world went black.

To be continued next time... Stay cool