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"Aaaaarghhhhh!!!"
An ear-piercing scream betrayed the nature of the silent night. A black-haired thin boy dashed through a thick Forest screaming his lungs out. This was Eric. A boy whose life was fairly 'normal'... until six years ago.
SIX YEARS AGO
"You'll be sixteen tomorrow, Eric"
A fairly old man in an apron stood at the door in an empty restaurant, flipping the sign to indicate they were closed.
"Yeah, I guess"
Behind the old man was a teenage black-haired teenage boy also in an apron. He was wiping a table, his ears plugged with a earpiece.
"Tsk"
The old man walked up to eric and slapped the back of his head, knocking the earpiece out of his ears. "You should be more excited. I heard sixteen is a very exciting age for teenagers these days. Something about sweet sixteen."
"Sweet sixteen? Who told you that? Julia? What would she know about teenagers?" Eric said rubbing the back of his head.
"Definitely more that you. You see I did my research."
Eric raised a brow. "Research?"
"Kids your age are supposed to have lots of friends, attend parties, get in trouble, arrested by the police."
"What kind of websites did you read Grandpa?"
"No way there was nobody for you to befriend or... is my the grandson weird one?" Eric's grandpa muttered to himself.
The corners of Eric's mouth twitched. He pulled of his apron and tossed it over the counter. "Alright, I'm done."
"You know, I'm just saying son. You can't keep this life of solitude forever. Get out there. If you think staying away would exempt you from the stress of life? You never know what life might toss your way." Eric's grandpa stood up and hung his apron on a rack.
"Yah Yah, I hear you gramps. Make more friends and get arrested by the police got it. I'll be sixteen tomorrow. Tonight though, I'm sleeping like a baby." Eric replied sarcastically. "Let's go." Eric and his old man exited the restaurant.
That night, Eric McAllister went into a three year coma.
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"Stop screaming you'll wake the sleeping beasts." Behind Fay was the most hideous looking thing to have ever existed. The monster was a mixture of every other animal. It was like a huge mass of flesh with eyes, legs and other body parts poking out of it. Just a straight up abomination.
"Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!" Eric kept screaming his lung out.
"Stop running! Alright, lets make a deal yeah. I promise to eat you in one go!"
"Screw you!!" Eric shouted running even faster. Surprisingly with the monsters unconventional movement and speed. It still couldn't catch up to Eric. He swiveled between trees and bushes with precision, almost like he had done this a million times before. He had. After falling into a coma on his sixteenth birthday, Eric spent the past three years in this world of monsters 'Dreamscape'.
"Ungrateful human!" The monster hissed tailing closely behind Eric.
Eric dashed through a patch of tall bushes and came face to face with a calm and beautiful lake. The waters were calm and quiet, reflecting the colorful sky of dreamscape.
"Oh shit!!" Eric exclaimed as soon as he saw the lake. Coming to a quick halt with his foot digging into the ground, Eric turned and dashed back the direction he came, towards the abominable monster.
Seeing Eric come back through the bushes towards him, the monster shouted. "Haha, Human you finally decided to be eate-" The monster's words got stuck in it's numerous mouth as it caught a glimpse of the clear, beautiful lake behind Eric.
"Oh hell no!! Despicable human! Are you trying to get me killed!" The monster shouted. It skidded to a stop and also dashed in the other direction beside Eric. It was now Eric's turn to shout at the monster.
"Hey! Stop making so much noise. You were the one that tried to eat me first!"
At that moment a ear piercing roar echoed throughout the forest alongside the splashing of water. Something came out of the lake!
"Ahhh!! It woke up!" The abomination screamed, increasing it's speed alongside Eric.
" Shut up you disgusting beast! Your screams woke it up!!" Eric shouted at the monster.
"My screams?! you're the one who ran towards the lake shouting like a banshee."
"Can't you fight it? You're bigger"
"Fight a phantom beast? You must be out of your mind!"
Boom!!!
Eric and the abomination monster looked at their side in horror to see a huge Lion-like animal. Its body shone like it was coated in silver, It's claws and tooth were more like blades than nails and it's huge mane was a thick and eerie black fog. It gazed at Eric and the abomination. it's glowing red eyes suddenly shone as it leaped towards them.
"How did it get here so fas-" Eric dived unto the grass narrowly escaping being pinned down by the beast. The beast that had just missed Eric leapt right unto the bulging mass of flesh, the abomination. It's claws sunk into the body of the monster who crashed heavily on the forest floor.
"Ah! Get off me." The abomination's body twitched and suddenly transformed into a large bird, throwing the beast off it's body.
"Eric looked at the bird in a daze. "This bastard can transform?"
The abomination spread it's large wings and soared into the sky, but not before Eric leapt up and grabbed it's legs getting also pulled into the sky.
"Hey! What are you doing? Get off me!" The abomination shouted.
"Wait Hold on. This is all your fault in the first place. The least you can do is take me away from here."
"My fault? None of this would have happened if you had just let me eat you in peace."
"Bullshit! I was supposed to just seat there and let you eat me? Screw you!"
"What kind of human are you arguing with a monster!"
"Speaking of monster... What's it doing?" Eric muttered looking at the four legged feline below them. It Stretched it's front limbs and pressed itself on the ground.
"Oh no"
Eric's heart sank immediately as a wicked thought crossed his mind. "It's not planning to jump is it?"
As if mocking him. The beast stretched his powerful legs and leaped into the air.
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"Beautiful"
That was Eric's first thought when he appeared in this world. He laid on an open grass field staring at a mesmerizing sky.
"What the hell is that!!!"
That was Eric's second thought when he appeared in this world.