7 Chapter 6 : Black

<Last time, Richan was sleeping in his classroom, but he did not expect someone to be expecting him in his dream. Who? who knows?>

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[Richan POV]

Huh? I woke up because it's so noisy, eh, why it's so loud? Did the teacher come? Ahh, alright, I thought I could get more sleep; I'm still sleepy.

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Then I raise my head from my desk, and well shit, this is not my classroom. This place seemed familiar but looked pretty strange to me. I reflected on the interiors and the door in front of me and realized that I was inside the castle from my dream on Monday night.

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"What, am I dreaming again, and, in the class??? You must be kidding," I said in disbelief.

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" *Sigh* I thought I've only had dreams when I was sleeping at night," I said and shook my head.

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"Welp, getting scolded for sleeping in the classroom is another case. Now let's get out of here quickly."

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Strangely, it looks like I got teleported here with my desk. I get up and start to move slowly but steadily. This room is so small and a bit dark, with only a glint of light from the window, which has iron bars on it. I walk up to the door and try to open it.

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Unlike that one dream where I got locked up, It's opened right away this time. Then I peeked outside the room. Instead of a corridor-like last time, I was stuck inside a big room.

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It looks like now I'm inside the ballroom of the castle. What makes me surprised is now there are so many people here. Before, this place only looked like an abandoned castle, but it's lively now, but not all of them are human.

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Some of them have unfamiliar characteristics to be called human, like cat ears, crocodile mouths, tails, etc.

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"Wowwww, so cool," I thought to myself

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Well, that's what I said at first sight, but it looks like these people are having a feast here, it's so loud in here, but I don't know a damn about what are they saying, they are using strange language that I never heard before.

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"what must I do now, eh," I said to myself, confused about what to do next in front of the hall door.

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Learn from the last dream. I'm praying to seek help from god.

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"God almighty, please help me again in your trial here" hmm, nothing changes even after I pray.

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Confused about what to do next, I hid at one of the pillars, trying to find a door that might lead me out of there. After looking around, I found that small door on the other side of the room.

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"Oh my god, is it really necessary to cross this sea of people to get in there ?" I said while punching the pillar. Then someone talked to me from behind "yes it is" I jumped out from the pillar and almost screamed, "HOLY SH…." Then it says again, "shushhhh be quiet Richan."

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It was the mysterious voice again, "You scared me back there. Why did you suddenly pop up" I said to him and got back behind the pillar, pouting.

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"Well, I want to surprise you," he said. What a jerk, but still glad it's not any of those people in the hall, "That's not funny at all, but, still, I glad to hear your voice again, especially inside this strange dream."

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The mysterious voice is not replying, so I try to talk to him. "Hello, Mr scary, mysterious voice ?", "Ah yes, why Richan?" it seems he was spacing out. I wonder how he knows my name, even though I'm not telling him.

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I tried to ask the mysterious voice, "By the way, how do you know my name? and who are you?" he replied Immediately, "just call me Black for now. As for how I know your name, you will know it later," Haishh he avoiding my question.

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I try to ask him later, but now, how to escape this place, "Okay then... now what must we do, don't they gonna notice me if I go there ?".

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Then, Black said easily, "Nope" "huh, what, but how?" I said while wondering what he was saying, and then Black talked again, "This is how."

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*Pats*

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After he said that, the entire ballroom went dark. All lights are out, the windows too, there's not even a bask of light inside the room right now, the people seem panicking, some of them are even screaming, it looks like "Black" is the one responsible for this blackout.

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Well, the minus is, because of the blackout that Black causing, I also can't even see anything "what's happening here, Black? It's so dark in here," I said while still holding on to the pillar.

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Black whispering to me now, he said, "keep calm Richan, I'm here. I'm always here with you, wherever and whenever you are."

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"Now…. close your eyes, listen to my voice, and walk toward the direction of the source of my voice."

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Then I replied to what Black was saying to me, "okay, Black, please help me too in this one," he whispered again, "I will Richan… I will"

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I close my eyes, and now I'm trying to concentrate, and I hear Black voice. I walk towards it; the direction is changing from time to time, but Black is still guiding me till now, it already around 10 minutes after the blackout, and I'm still following his guide, but then.

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"STOP, hold your place Richan, don't move, speak, nor breath if you can," Black suddenly told me to stop. What's happening? So I whispered to him, "Eh, are we there yet?" then Black replied, "No, it's them. One of them is here."

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"Them? who?" I said, then Black lowered his voice and told me, "Keep quiet, it's your enemy, no, it's our enemy" enemy? What, but I don't have any, so I told Black, "enemy? what, Im still 14 years old, and I don't have any enemy".

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"There are many things you don't know for now Richan, but for now, we must avoid them," he still whispers. I whisper back, confirming what he just said. "Uhhh, okay, Black, I'm just going to follow what you say."

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I stopped what I was doing, moving, seeing, even struggling to hold my breath, in the hope of something that Black told me before, not detecting me, it was already 1 minute, and now I needed to breathe again.

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I whisper to Black, "Black, is it safe now?" Black replied, "Wait a bit, it gonna pass soon" because I was at the tip of my lung, I whispered at Black again, "no way, I'm at my limit Black,"

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"hold it a little more, or we're in big trouble," Black said to me, then after he said that, I had a flashback from the forest of my last dream, so I replied, "Okay then, there is no way I'm gonna go through that hell again."

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I gather all my guts and strength and hold my breath until the last of it. I try my best, but then, an accident sure happens.

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*Pretttttttttt* I farted

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Black said to me that he was a bit surprised, "Did you just..." I'm pretty fucked up now, plus ashamed, so I'm just apologizing to him. "I'm sorry, Black."

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"oh no…no…no, run now Richan, RUN AND FOLLOW MY VOICE," Black said, and here we go again.

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After my foolishness, I started running with my eyes closed and focused on Black voice guiding me, but now I heard something familiar far behind me. It's that roar again, the roar that I hear in the forest, this feels like a Deja Vu, but now, it's because of my stupidity. I'm running and following Black voice, and then Black tells me something.

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"Richan, use your shoulder. Hit what is in front of you!!!"

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Not taking a long time after Black said it, I started to run faster, and it looked like I had hit something. It felt like a wall, but it opened. I think it's the door that I saw earlier in the ballroom. I get into the room, and I fall off.

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When I'm still panting and recovering, Black said again, "Great, and now I can terminate this pitiful bastard."

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After that, Black is chanting something, maybe like a spell. Black chanting it fast, I only know a word about what Black was chanting, it "Sealing Insignia," and after that, I hear that roar again, but it sounds raging with fury, and then it's gone, the roaring sound is gone, it's quiet now, but still dark.

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