A small child wandered through the remains of a shattered realm, surrounded by purple shards which told a story of the past, present and future of the broken world and it's people. A story that felt eerily familiar.
Everywhere the child looked there were cracks and the darkness seeped through the cracks devouring what was left of the world leaving only a big rock which the child now stood on and a few stories.
The child's face held a cheerful smile, seemingly unfazed by none of it, he ignored the voices calling out to him from the unknown darkness and pranced around, reading story after story in youthful enthusiasm.
The child continued wandering around reading every story he could find until he reached the end of the rock and there were no more stories to read so for the first time the child stared beyond the rock, beyond the unknown darkness.
The veil of darkness cleared revealing an unknown being in the form of a giant worm wrapped around a ticking clock.
The child sat down and crossed his legs, staring at the clock and after some time he noticed something, the clock seemed to move anticlockwise and clockwise at the same time though the child didn't understand it, he just thought the clock looked strange.
The worm slithered round the clock and opened its eyes causing the darkness to shift and trembled even the rock the boy sat on felt like it would split apart.
And then the worm spoke in a broken voice.
"Are you the next candidate"
The child couldn't understand what it meant but still yet he jumped up to his feet and said 'yes' anyway.
The worm sighed "then let's get this over with" "I am an all powerful being and if you can give me something new, not only will I accept you but I will grant a single wish"
The child paused for a moment and thought then smiled mischievously "if I give you a new experience you'll grant my wish right"
"Yes" The worm said in frustration, what could a child possibly offer him.
The child rummaged his hand through his pocket then brought a piece of chocolate, he stretched his hand towards the worm "Here you go"
The worm sighed again in disappointment, I mean what did he expect "I should've known, leave this place now"
"Eat it"
"What"
"Eat it" the child said again with an infectious smile
The piece of chocolate vanished from his hands and the broken voice said "it's so sweet, wonderful"
The child smiled and nodded, clearly proud of himself, he pointed his finger at the worm "now you have to grant me two wishes"
"What" The worm said in surprise "you only get one"
"No, no, no" the boy said waving his finger in the air "my mother said when you eat candy you get a tummy ache so that's two new experiences in one"
"Hmmm, that is true" "I know, I'm a genius"
"But I don't get tummy aches so that's still one"
"What, you said you're all powerful so why are you so stingy"
The worm laughed "nothing comes for free boy and everything has consequences, keep that in mind as you make your wish but first what is your name"
"If you're all powerful then you should know, right"
"Of course I do, your name is...." the worm could do anything, knew everything but not the name of a small insignificant child and it thought.
Has a new possibility finally appeared
"It would seem I have forgotten"
The child folded his arms and smirked "then I will tell you but only if you tell me yours first, I ain't no chump"
"Very well then, I am kilevolo the herald of time"
"And I am moon, and don't you forget it"
The worm nodded "now what is your wish" it asked in anticipation
The child's cheerful demeanor changed to one of seriousness "I wish
....
"Moon, moon, wake up"
The banging at his door woke him up, his eyes were still groggy and he was in a daze, he stood up from the blanket he called a bed and walked towards the steel door.
"That's enough, I'm awake selena" he said tiredly
"Seriously, you sleep way too much, open the door"
"I can't, I'm kinda exposed right now"
"Eww, gross, I'm leaving"
Moon could hear the sound of her footsteps getting further away and fainter by the second.
"I'm I that gross"
Moon searched through the darkness and finally found his flashlight and switched it on.
His home was tastefully furnished with a small rusty stool, a blanket and a human sized mirror which was one of his most prized possessions, he stood in front of the old mirror, his thin body was riddled with bruises and cuts, his hair was messy and he probably smelled like shit too.
"Looking good moon" he smiled but that smile soon faded.
He quickly wore a black shirt, a tartared jacket with some dirty pants and walked towards the door.
Suddenly the memory of the dream came flooding back and he frowned, muttering to himself.
"All I wished for was to be free but you couldn't even grant that, some all powerful being you are but I should've known being free in this world is a dream within a dream".