Again.
Once again, Mergo, woke up with the same dream, a dream which has been repeating for the last few months. He opened his eyes, seeing a beach, everything he saw was of a monochromatic color, the sea which anyone would expect being of the usual blue color instead, had a complete and pitch black color, within it , there were no waves, Mergo, from one side felt relaxed, but at the same time, felt as each second that he stood there was something or someone who was waiting and seeking his death. The sky had no colours, covered by what seemed like a giant grey cloud , and then he saw "it" , something that resembled a horse , looking at Mergo , as if he was some kind of "intruder" inside his own dream. The horse was enormous, it's fur being of a pure black color, the same as the sea. Mergo assumed that the "horse" came out from those dark waters, it didnt make sense how it just…appeared out of nothing. The horse would step in front of the young adult as it looked towards his eyes. Its eyes were red , a sanguine type of red as Mergo looked at him, It seemed...Sad? Mergo only could think how weird the situation was. The feeling always came out towards the end of the dream, just for it to end, right there.
Mergo's mind was overwhelmed, as always, why was him getting this dream? Why would the horse be crying? Was he supposed to do something?...This were some of the questions that came across his mind.
"So what now?" Mergo mumbled asking himself as his eyes drifted through his ceiling, still laying in his bed.
Mergo felt overall weird about this dream, throughout his childhood, he never could remember his dreams, in general, his memory wasn't good at all, the only time he could remember something while he slept was because he had a nightmare, why would you ask? because he wanted to see a horror movie with his older sister in the middle of the night.
Mergo's main thought was to ask for professional help, but at the same time, he felt unsure what would he say if he did "Ah yes, for the last few months I've been struggling to fall asleep, and when I do, I'm having the same dream about some stupid horse, feeling pity over him"
As Mergo kept thinking about his dream, and hopes of not going insane, and not wishing to be locked up. Mergo's older sister, Gaia. came into his room with a smug face, doing it almost as if she was coming in onto her own room, she spotted Mergo and rolled her eyes.
"Seriously? It's already 12 A.M and you're still in bed?" Said Gaia, almost mockingly
Mergo sighed, noticing how his older sister was trying to make him feel embarrassed, he sighed as he calmly answered.
"Y'know, training with an army veteran is pretty difficult for itself, so yes, dear sister, I am pretty tired."
Gaia looked smugly, stepping closer towards Mergo's bed and taking his blanket off.
"Well too bad, Nail told me to wake you up, so, dear little brother, don't you think it's time for you to do at least something productive today?" she said as she dragged his blanket off the room.
Mergo couldn't really disagree with her, in general, anytime he said something that Gaia disagreed with, Gaia would end up being the one who's "right" even if she was wrong. Mergo stood up and followed Gaia close behind, Mergo went towards the kitchen, while Gaia went straight forward towards the laundry room, in the kitchen, where Masha, Mergo's mom was sitting while she drank a cup of tea.
"Oh honey, you're up?" She asked slightly surprised
"Indeed, my dear sister always knows how to wake me up." Mergo answered, As he made himself his "breakfast" though at this hour he should be having his lunch.
Once done eating his improvised "breakfast" Mergo went back in his room, closing his door behind him and started getting ready. The first thing he did was bringing out his haversack from his closet, inside the haversack he aside of some things there were already, he stuffed a hunting knife he bought a few days ago, different snacks he liked for example a pack of berries, a bottle of water, his Mp3, and lastly his "Zarevnis Card" in which he stuffed all his money, fearing that "He" would steal it… He didn't have much though, he still felt untrustworthy. Once everything was inside the sack, Mergo started preparing himself. He got himself a beige color hoodie and a pair of black pants which had an excessive amount of pockets, Mergo just liked it that way.
Once with his clothes and with his haversack ready, Mergo went to the kitchen one more time giving his mom a kiss on the cheek, just to say goodbye, and with that, he left his house. Gaia felt a bit angry that Mergo didn't even got near her, though she decided she would make him pay later.
Once outside, Mergo looked towards the flat where he and his family lived . They lived on the third floor. Looking towards his left, he could see an incident involving a group of protestants, trying to fight back "The forces" they were the ones in charge to make the civilians respect the law, even if that meant a bit of "Violence", which they called a simple "reprimand". Mergo, not wishing to be involved with, grabbed the Mp3 out of his haversack and walked through the violent exchange between both sides, in his city, as Mergo saw it, if you wanted to live peacefully, one needs to NOT interact with anyone, only to speak when needed and when asked, even with those power addicts bastards.
Mergo kept walking for the next twenty minutes, coming across different cafes and parks to hang around. In the end, Mergo kept walking, ending up inside a pretty sketchy parking lot where Nail was already waiting. Nail was his current combat master, and who's teaching Mergo about "The Reflection of the world", Nail was seemingly around his fifties, at least when it comes to his appearance, Nail wears a pair of green camo pants, a long grey coat with a black shirt. On his right wrist he has a bracelet made of silver which has the face of a hare. Which represents how this "Old man" is part of the prestigious guild called "The Hares" though the people also call them "The Explorers."
The hares, is a group mainly focused on exploring the mirror world to it's fullest, half of the actual information gathered in the present day is thanks to them
As far as Mergo knew, Nail was a professional person with tons of combat experience, Nail was part of the event known as "The Siege to the paradise" in which Nail and his dad got to know each other, Mergo tried searching up more information about what happened, he even tried talking to his dad about it, something extremely rare coming from him, but all his attempts ended up being useless and not finding out anything important.
Nail slowly raised his head as he saw the young adult walking towards him, he seemed slightly tired, though he didn't say anything. Mergo kept walking until he was mere meters away from him
"Good day, Nail." Said Mergo, as respectful as he could be.
Nail acknowledged his presence with a simple nod as he got inside of his car, a 4x4 to be precise, it being of the same green color as his camouflage pants, it was slightly funny that they matched, with that in thought Mergo turned around and got himself inside the car