Darkness...
And then.
Light.
The boy squinted as the bright light poured into his pupils.
Using his arm to cover his eyes, he got comfortable within the blanket.
His nose twitched.
A warm salt like smell entered his nostrils.
Moving his arms, he rubbed his eyes and groggily sat up.
His eyes glanced around at the room.
...
"This is not my room..." The boy muttered.
Throwing the blanket aside the boy got out of the bed.
He glanced at his himself.
He was different, pale white skin, a slim and fit figure.
"I did not have abs", he murmured as he traced the outline of the one of the abs on his stomach.
"I dont remeber much.."
"Who was I?" he wondered
"Why do I kow things but anything about myself seems impossible to remember"
Glancing up, his eyes looked at a mirror across him.
His body and mind froze for a second.
"Who... is that" he softly muttered, seeing the reflection that clearly did not belong to him his mind was in a state of confusion.
Stepping closer to the wardrobe mirror he got a better look.
"Why do I look Timoth---.
His words were suddenly interrupted by two knocks.
"Master Paul, may I enter?" A female voice reached his ears.
He however was still frozen staring at his reflection.
After a moment of silence.
"Give me a moment" he managed to say.
His mind raced.
'She said Master Paul' He thought.
Putting his face essentially up to the mirror leaving only a few cm of distance betweenhis nose and the glass, staring at his reflection, a realization suddenly dawned on him.
Yet he couldnt bring himself to belive such an insane notion.
'What happened to me??' Was the first question that popped up in his mind.
He wouldn't know where to begin trying to figure out what has happened.
"What the fuck is going on here" He muttered in disbelief.
Stepping away from the mirror he glanced at the window not too far away.
Stepping closer to it, he got a better view of the outside world.
A bright sky, with the water being crystal clear.
The sight almost confirmed his new identity in his mind.
Opening the windows, he popped his head outside.
Taking a deep breath, the strong smell of salt brought by the ocean, and warmth of the sun mixing with the extremely minute salt particle entered his nostrils.
His nose twitched as a sneeze escaped his mouth.
He rubbed his nose, never having experiencedsuch a strong smell of the ocean.
He swiftly shut the door.
He heard to knock at the door once again.
"Master Paul may I enter now?" The same voice as earlier questioned.
"Yes enter" Paul said.
The door opened and in stepped a women wearing a maid uniform.
"Master Paul, the lord has summoned you to the signing ceremony, to be held in two hours" the maid said with a bow.
"Yes alright, thank you" Paul said causing the maid to nod.
"Maids will soon arrive to help the lord get cleaned up and changed" The maid said and began to leave.
"Ho--" Paul wanted to stop her and say that it was not needed but he didn't.
He did not have any memories of Paul atredis actual Life, he did not know where anything was.
It would only bring unnecessary suspicion onto himself if he started questioning basic things that Paul should should already know and acting diffrent.
"Fit in.." he murmured to himself.
About 2 hours later, Paul was standing on the elevated platform facing the approaching Royal Enyoy.
Standing slighly behind Duke Leto, Paul felt intimidated, see this grand signing ceremony he felt out of place.
But he could not do anything about this.
So he stood there.
The Royal Envoyinfront of Duke Leto and unvieled the scroll containing the order of the King.
"By the grace of Shaddam IV of House Corrino, ascendant to the Golden Lion Throne of Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe, I stand before you as Herald of the Change. We are witnessed by members of the Imperial Court, representatives of the Spacing Guild and a sister of the Bene Gesserit. The Emperor has spoken. 'House Atreides shall immediately take control of Arrakis and serve as its steward.' Do you accept?"
Paul glanced around and his eyes landed on the Bene Gesserit sisters one of the witnesses that had come to bear witness to the signing.
Paul glanced at Duke Leto.
Waiting for what he would say, except he knew exactly what Duke Leto was going to say next.
"We are House Atreides. There is no call we do not answer. There is no faith that we betray."
The strong breeze blew as Duke Leto agreed.
The next events proceeded as it had done in the Movie.
About an half an hour later the cermony had ended and Paul was wandering around the large natural landscape of the AtreidesEstate.
Taking a deep breath, seeing the vast ocean stretching far beyond his view from the cliff he was on, his black coat ruffled.
Standing there for a few seconds he just took it all in.
"I am so grandly fucked..." He muttered.
Duke Leto had already signed, there was no going back.
"Paul!" He suddenly heard a shout coming from a distance.
looking towards the voice he saw Duke Leto waving at him asking him to come over.
Paul waved back and began to approachDuke Leto.
But the moment he took a step forward.
He felt his brain crack.
Dropping to his knees.
He grabbed onto his head tightly and screamed.
Intense pain surged through every nerve within his brain.
Duke Leto who saw this occur immediately began running towards Paul including the envoy of the Atredis family following behind.
"Call Dr. Yueh Immediately!" Duke Leto screamed as he sped up, running as fast as he could.
Paul was on the ground, clutchinghis head as hard as he could.
Screaming his lungs out.
Eyes became bloodshot.
His throat strained with shouts of pain.
Tears rolling out of his eyes that were wide open.