Scouring Majula by Matthew Satterlee

Author:Matthew Satterlee [Satterlee, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EF Universe Games LLC
Published: 2018-07-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

It had all been a dream, Ellen realized. A very peaceful dream, but a dream none-the-less.

She stood up. Her body was so sore it hurt to move. She had to have been asleep for several hours.

Alice was laying beside her, her eyes closed and a pleasant smile on her face, and Brendon, L.L., Tear and Sycamore were just ahead. The four of them were asleep as well.

Ellen glanced at the giant yellow stone sticking out of the ground near the center of the chamber and scowled. That thing had put her and her friends to sleep. If she hadn't realized she was dreaming, she would've died inside this chamber. Her friends might still die if she couldn't find a way to wake them up.

They might wake up on their own. If she could do it then there was no reason they couldn't as well. But then again, she had something they might not: an intolerance for anything good or pleasant.

She felt utterly pathetic. In her dream she'd finally experienced a peaceful life, and her first reaction was to doubt everything. How had she become so jaded? Was there a way to turn things around, or was this the course she'd follow for the rest of her life?

Tears dripped down her face and onto her tunic. Why was she crying? She didn't remember starting. It was probably because the memory of the hug she'd shared with Ludendi, Barry and Trevor was still fresh in her memory, reminding her of times long past.

"I'm going to find you," Ellen said to no one in particular.

She wiped her face dry with her sleeves then turned to Alice. If Alice was anything like her, and she was, she'd probably be the easiest to reach. But then again, she'd promised Tear she would rescue her if she ever succumbed to the sickness plaguing this dimension, and right now that sickness, or rather, the power the mysterious was emitting, had her trapped inside a dream.

Ellen glanced at Tear, then Alice, then Tear again. She couldn't decide who to help first, but after several indecisive moments, she chose Tear. She left her knife and buckler on the ground and ran to Tear's side.

How exactly she was going to wake Tear from her dream was still a mystery to her, but she had to do something before everyone succumbed to hunger or thirst.

She dropped to her knees beside Tear. "Tear," she said cautiously, unsure if her voice would reach her. "You're in a dream. You need to wake up."

Nothing happened.

"Wake up!" she shouted, but the results were the same.

Ellen reached down and grabbed Tear's shoulders. She was just about to call out her name when the same white light that had invaded her vision twice before appeared again.

It was different this time. Not only was it dimmer, there was no numbing effect. But still it felt as if a part of her was being pulled off to a far away place.

The light soon faded, and Ellen found herself standing atop a twisted labyrinth of crumbling platforms.

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