The figure in front of me seemed to glow like the first rays of sunlight breaking through dawn. Warmth radiated from them, seeping into my bones like I was sitting by a fire after being out in the cold for hours.
Something weird was happening to me—this pull I couldn't shake. My body felt more alive than it had in ages, like I'd been sleeping and suddenly woke up. But when our eyes met, there was this unsettling familiarity staring back at me. Like I should know who this was, but I couldn't place it no matter how hard I tried.
I stood there frozen, my brain was struggling to catch up with whatever the hell was going on. This person felt familiar and completely foreign at the same time. My heart was racing for reasons I couldn't explain, and I had this gut feeling that something big was about to change in my life if i stay hear
The silence between us was suffocating. Finally, he spoke, but hid voice sounded rusty, like he hadn't used it in years.
"Hey, what are you doing in here?"
The words were soft but curious, maybe a little confused too. It wasn't the kind of question you ask when you're worried about someone it was something else. Their voice shook slightly, like talking was harder than it should be. Like they'd forgotten how.
I blinked, caught off guard. I had no idea what to say. I just stared while they studied me with this intense look, like they were searching for something they couldn't find. The silence dragged on until they spoke again, frowning deeper this time.
"How did you get in here?"
He glanced toward the door, eyebrows scrunched together. "That door is locked. So how did you get in here?" The disbelief in his voice was obvious, like the idea of someone just walking in here was impossible.
I still couldn't respond. Honestly, I didn't know how I got here either. I didn't know how any of this was happening. But something inside me some instinct told me I needed to figure it out.
He kept watching me, like they could read every thought running through my head. Then something shifted in his expression. It softened, just a little.
"Hey... can you talk?" Their voice was quieter now, more insistent. He leaned forward, eyes narrowing with sharp focus. "Hey, can you hear me...hmm i think he can't is he deaf ?"
I could feel the weight of his question pressing down on me. I couldn't explain why, but it felt like I was standing on the edge of something huge something that had been waiting for me to wake up and pay attention.
Then he said something that made my blood run cold.
"Do we know each other?"
My breath caught in my throat and my heart pounded so hard I thought it might burst. Something deep inside me recoiled at how familiar this felt, but another part whispered that this was a moment I could never take back.
My eyes went wide, but I couldn't answer right away. The pull I felt toward this person was undeniable like some force that went beyond everything around us. Why do I feel like I've always known them?* The thought hit me with a swirl of emotions I couldn't name.
He smiled softly, a smile that seemed to carry years of unspoken history. "So you can talk," he murmured, almost to himself, like he was confirming something they'd been holding inside.
"As for your question..." I paused, eyes gleaming with something between amusement and sadness. "We don't know each other"
The simple answer seemed to hit him like a punch to the gut. He looked stunned, he opened his mouth, but nothing came out just a quiet, searching look. Even for me the connection felt too powerful, too real. But i just told him we were strangers.
Finally, I managed to break the silence. "Where am I?" The words spilled out before I could stop them. I looked around, searching for anything familiar, but everything felt alien and cold.
He sighed, his smile fading into something more knowing, more resigned. "Ah, now that's a question worth asking," he said, his calm tone somehow both comforting and unsettling. "This is Eryndra. One of the main kingdoms of the entire continent. The Kingdom of Dreams..Eryndra"
My mouth went dry. I blinked several times, trying to process what I'd just heard. Eryndra? The name sounded completely foreign, like a word from another language.
"What?" I managed, my voice thick with confusion and growing panic. "Eryndra? I've never heard of it..."
Their smile flickered before returning with an air of inevitability. His eyes sharpened, studying me closely. "Don't tell me... it's the first time you're hearing that name?"
"It is," I said flatly.
Heavy silence settled between us. They sighed deeply, like my answer wasn't surprising at all. "Well," he said, his voice softer now, "I suppose it's shocking. Eryndra is a place every human know of .
I stood there motionless, trying to process everything. I felt trapped, surrounded by pieces of a puzzle I wasn't supposed to solve at least not yet. Their cryptic words hung in the air, heavy with meaning I couldn't grasp.
Without thinking, I moved toward the door and grabbed the handle. But it wouldn't budge no matter how hard I pulled. It was sealed tight.
"It won't open," he said, his voice way too calm as they watched my struggle. "It's locked from the outside."
My confusion turned into panic. "Why? Why is it locked? Where am I?" The words rushed out as my eyes darted around the room frantically, trying to grab onto something real.
He smiled again, that soft, mysterious curve of their lips that held layers I couldn't understand yet. "This is Eryndra," he repeated. "The Kingdom of Dreams." His voice carried weight, but something else flickered in their eyes a shift I couldn't ignore.
"But more importantly..." He paused, his smile slipping into something more serious. "Let me introduce myself. I am the Prince of Dreams the second prience of this kingdom."
My entire world stopped. For a long moment, I could only stare at them, disbelief racing through my veins. "You're a prince?"
He nodded slowly. "Yes. The second prince, to be exact."
The air around us felt charged, heavy with a truth neither of us could avoid. My mind was in complete chaos, still trying to process how serious this situation was. I was trapped. In a place I'd never heard of. With a prince who was locked inside a room.
It was not surprise that i didn't know of this place I have gone past that city where I just came from to begin with
Whatever journey I was on had just begun, and already, nothing made any sense for me