Voyagers in the Dreams

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

I looked at Damon and he spoke up,

“Well, If isn't it Sofia or Sofie”

“Damon?! What are you doing?! What the hell dude!”

Damon laughed and replied

“Guards! Capture her and throw her into the dungeon.”

“Damon-”

Before I could finish my sentence the guards captured me and threw me into the dungeon.

It was dark with a small window on top but there was no way from which I could escape from.

I slowly felt my tiredness taking over and I fell asleep.

“Sofie! Love! Wake up! Quick!” I felt someone whisper. I opened my eyes to turn to the bars and it was Damon but I could see his eye colors flicker.

I then exclaimed “Damon?!? What the hell? Are you going to explain what had just happened?!”

Damon looked hurt but replied “Sofie, I’m sorry but there is no time, you need to leave!”

What. He wanted me to leave? It honestly didn't sound bad. I was tired. Mentally drained. I blindly grabbed his hand, he lead me outside.

“Sofie! Just go follow this trail and you will find travellers and you can go back to Lucrus”

I simply nodded and he disappeared into the darkness but I heard him softly whisper “I'm sorry Sofie. Stay safe, I love you”

Even Though he said that I kept walking like a spell was put onto me. After Walking a few kilometres it suddenly hit me. He said I love you. To me? He loves me?!

I blinked out of my disconcert, my eyes widened and I smiled. He said I love you?

I looked back. I can't leave him with those dumb ministers. I’ve got to go back. I wore my cloak and turned around. Is Damon's evil the next and last evil I have to vanquish? I ran back towards the castle. I went in through another gate so the other guards wouldn't be suspicious and thankfully they let me through.

I ran towards the courtroom. And opened the doors and the whole room's eyes turned towards me.

And I smirked and said “I'm not going anywhere just yet Damon.”

I could clearly see his shocked face, but he held his head , it looked as if he was having a terrible headache. I then wished hard to go inside his head and the cloak worked its magic.

I was now here in Damon's head. I could feel the darkness lurking around. I felt something, I sensed hurt. I sensed mocks and taunts being aimed at me. Ugly, Unworthy, Guilty, Useless were the feelings that came at me one by one, each hitting me as a rock. I didn't know what was happening. These words weren't ignored but instead believed by me.

These feelings, now molded me into a new shape, as if I was clay. What ever taunts and mocks I felt, I believed that that's who I really am. Was Damon taking in all these taunts? I felt insecure when these taunts came at me and I still believed them with all my might. I felt the need of being ‘perfect’, because I felt like someone was watching me even though no one was around. Why did I suddenly have this paranoia of being watched and judged at all times? Does Damon go through this hell too? I had no idea of what was going on, but I sure did feel very uncomfortable.

I decided to patrol through Damon's thoughts. I felt the want of a perfect life with everything I would ever desire. Oh! It all makes sense now! Damon wanted a perfect life, something that he never had. This lead him to be greedy and introduce new taxes to the citizens of the Kingdom, exploit labour and much more. Everything finally added up together! I understood what Damon felt and why he behaved this way but what was I supposed to do to vanquish his evil? I called out for help.!

It was then the 3 fates appeared “Hello Dearie, We are back.” they sang in sync. “To vanquish the evil in the evil isn't an easy task. For this evil there are 3 keys in the thoughts of Damon. Your job is to find the 3 keys and unlock the ‘Gate of Satisfaction’ in Damon. But don’t forget, the time is limited, you only have 60 minutes. The clock starts now. Tick Tock.”

“Wai-” before I could say something the three fates disappeared into the thin air. “How useless” I thought out loud.

I knew what was to be done to save my love, Damon, from his demons. I ran looking for the keys in every memory drawer, every thought drawer. I sat, frustrated, not knowing what to do. Then suddenly I saw faint words floating in the sky. I read them out loud,

I am an empty void. Throw all the gold in the world and not a single inch of me will be filled. I resound in everything, everyone... release me, if you can, and you will reach peace.

Even if you fill it all that's there, it still won’t be filled at all. Release me? So maybe it's an emotion? What could be an emotion that can't be satisfied. Wait how could I be this dumb? It's obviously greed. I ran towards the thoughts of Greed and there is where I found my first key?! Oh my gosh!, yay! I did it but I still had to find other two keys. Once again, faint words appeared in the air. It said,

What can fly without wings?

I was confused till a phrase struck me- ‘Time Flies’. Time flies and it doesn't have wings. What does time have to do with Damon, though. The answer has to be Time but how do I get the key!? It's impossible? I have to save Damon though! I can't let him down! I started to tremble with panic, my mind couldn't focus. I heard voices whispering around me- “You are a disgrace”, “You thought you were the chosen one, huh?”. Collapsed, I fell to the ground.

“Wha-” I plopped my shoulders down. What happened? Did I have a panic attack? Oh no, this means I lost time. I looked over to the timer the 3 fates set and I only had 30 minutes left?! I tried to calm myself before I lose my senses in another panic attack. I started to think harder on how time was connected to Damon. Was he out of time, just like me right now?

Hm, no. Wait! I got it, no matter how much time he had, he still couldn't create his perfect world! Realizing how much time I have left, I ran towards the lane of thoughts regarding his perfect world. And there I saw my second key! Without waiting any longer, I read the next riddle.

Wait it wasn't a riddle this time. It seemed like an instruction.

Darkness lurks in every vein. Go and light up this world of thoughts that are full of Demons.

“How could I possibly kill the Demons of the Darkness. Were they real Demons or were they metaphors? Perhaps for someone's mental state?” I said while turning heads “Nope not a metaphor, but real Demons, for sure” I ran as beasty creatures came walking down the hallway of thoughts. I hid by the pillar. How am I going to kill beasts twice my size?! Suddenly I saw a path light up. I ran towards where the path lead me. It lead me to an old junky machine, it seemed like it was fueling the Demons as human bodies and their minerals were being sucked up.

Humans were used as fuel? I immediately knew that I had to shut this machine down. But how? I looked for an off button. “Oh there” I said as I found it but I thought how could this be that easy. It was too easy to be true. I still took my chances and it worked! I could no longer hear the Demon feets stomping on the grounds. I was so happy! I had found all the keys! I looked over to the timer and I realized that I only have 60 seconds left. I ran down the hallway of thoughts as fast as I could till I reached the ‘Gateway of Satisfaction’.

I tried not to panic but at the same time I hurriedly inserted all the three keys and opened the gate. I felt all the weight lift off my chest as the negative thoughts and emotions went away and all I felt now was love and satisfaction. I did it! I vanquished Damons evil! I blinked my eyes and the next moment I felt myself in the hands of Damon. He now has hazel eyes and he was no longer unsatisfied and greedy. “Thanks love, I finally feel at peace.” said Damon as he moved forward for a kiss.

“His Demons,

Though were quite,

They were never silenced.

Calm as they may be,

They waited patiently

For a reason to wake,

Take an overdue breath,

And crawl back to his ears.”