The Forest of Fear

We were on our way to a place call Crystalden. I never been there before, but I don’t know why we were heading there. Gana barely spoke, but…neither did I. Too many thoughts were going on in my head. Angel…the future one that is, told me Gana, her, and I were the 3 most important parts to the resistance. If one of us falls, the resistance falls. So much pressure. Another thing was that she mentioned Gana was trying to find out something about her past. What did she mean by it? Did Gana loss her memory of something? I didn’t ask, but I know I’ll eventually will sooner or later.

We came to a section where it was virtualously war-free. We decided to stop there for the night. A few hours later I woke up to a sound. It sounded like a whaling sound. Terrific, we got ghosts. Suddenly I saw a forest. I didn’t know why, but I decided to ventur in, not telling the others, who were still asleep. As I kept going the moonlight faded more and more. ???: “You have entered mortal…” Pyron: “Huh? Who’s there? Show yourself!” ???: “You have entered…now you will face…your worst fears…” My worst fears? Was this….was this the Forest of Fear? The voice faded.

I tried going back but it felt like I wasn’t making any progress. Luna: “Stop you bullies!” Pyron: “Luna?” I looked over and saw a younger version of her. Then I saw me. It was the day my Dark powers manifested. The 3 bullies were picking on her and I went to defend her. I fought them but my Dark powers had took me over. Seeing myself like that sent a chill down my spine. Even my spinal plates felt it. I ran from it, but then came to another area. It was Ember. That horrid day 5 years ago when that slayer showed up and I saw Luna slowly dying. I was engulfed in rage and my Dark powers turned me into a Dark Draco. I severely injured the slayer and went on a rampage. Pyron: “Stop! No more!” I ran. ???: ”You will face your greatest fear. You will face your greatest fear…”

I came to another area. It was ravaged by war. It was San Francisco, or to be more exact, Crisis City. Why here? I never experienced any horror here. Suddenly a dark shadow covered me. I turned and saw a large black dragon. Pyron: “Great…what did I get myself into?” ???: “Well well well…never thought I see you again?” Pyron: “Huh? Who are you?” ???: “You can call me the Enforcer, but Pyron will do.” Pyron: “What?! Your…me?!” Enforcer: “Exactly. Thanks to us, we are now free. Free of hurt, free of anger, free from all things that hurted us.” Pyron: “Free?! Free?! How can you…er, me, be free? Buraki has you, me, as his slave?!” Enforcer: “Exactly. I now serve him. The resistance was foolish to rebelled against him. I now see that after my Dark Draco form came back. With Gana and the others gone, we were free. And when the final battle occurs, you‘ll serve the great lord too. Your fate, your destiny, is sealed. You‘ll serve Buraki as his Enforcer.”

I couldn’t believe it. Was this Enforcer my ultimate fear? Am I to become Buraki’s slave? Pyron: “No….no…my fate, my destiny…is to help my daughter purge the world of his evil.” Enforcer: “What?” Pyron: “My family, my friends, everyone who has fought for freedom against Buraki, I will not ever let them down! You may be me from the future, but I will not let my dark half take me over. We will defeat Buraki and free our world from his evil!” Enforcer: “Hmm…keep that conviction in your heart and soul young one?” Pyron: “Huh, what happen to your voice? (The Enforcer turned into a fairy) A fairy?” Fairy: “I am the fairy of the Forest of Fear. In this forest my powers are amplify by how much fear is in one’s heart and soul. You have a lot of fear in you, and Buraki knows it. Remember, it’s never too late to change your destiny. Work with your friends and loved ones.” Pyron: “I will. You can count on it.” I walked away. Fairy: “One more thing…once you get to Crystalden, do not go with or follow Gana. In fact, keep away from her.” Pyron: “Say what?!” Fairy: “You 2 will split up eventually. Once you get to Crystalden, you both will split up to find new allies to help you. Use that time to strengthen yourselves for the upcoming battle. Buraki’s Dreadnaught will be operational soon, so strengthen yourselves in that time.” The fairy disappeared.

Gana: “Pyron, wake up. Come on you sleepy slug, wake up.” Pyron: “Huh…what?” Flame: “We’re getting set to go to Crystalden.” Pyron: “Wait, where’s the Forest of Fear?” Flame: “The Forest of what?” Pyron: “The Forest of Fear.” Gana: “I never heard of it. You must have been dreaming. Come on, we got to move.” Was it really a dream? It felt so real, but I recall what I said and what that fairy said. Dream or not, the final battle was coming. And the destiny of so many rests on our shoulders.