Twilight Aftermath: Kingdom ( Twiath: I )

Chapter 1: Kingdom

A woman falling off a cliff, siblings getting impaled by a light beam, bodies being burned as a result of getting slashed by black swords, entities flying from the sky, exchanging blows with swords and magic. Tears, blood, destruction, and hope— all sacrificed in one single war that doesn't have an apparent reason.

All of these played like a movie in my dreams.

[ Chiaro! Leave for the Avatar Realm! ]

Various voice echoes—

[ What are you doing here Chiaro!? Join your sister— ] — Blood gushed through her mouth — [ You guys... are... our only— ]

While the scenes are constantly changing—

[ Chiaro, please promise me that you'll live a normal life out there.. ]

And showing no signs of stopping.

[ I'm your— s-sister— Lunox— Crepuscule... ]

But, before I could see what happened after the woman introduced herself as my sister, my eyes came back to reality, opening as wide as they could. I am breathing as if I am running out of oxygen; my hands are grabbing the grass as hard as they can, and my eyes are dropping tears.

[ What... was th—... at? ]

I close my eyes and take a deep breath—

[ Ok first..., examine the surroundings. ]

My hands are starting to follow my will. I can now breathe properly but my eyes, aren't stopping from dropping tears.

I begin to look around and—

I find myself on a plain grassland, where the stars and the moon are looking down on me.

[ Good thing ] — I release a sudden breath — [ There's no one in sight. ]

I put my right hand on my face, covering my right eye—

[ That dream, felt like it lasted 16 years but happened instantly... ]

At that time, I realized—

[ Huh? Why am I crying? I am calm right now, yet why? ]

[ What is this place? ]

[ Where am I? According to that dream— what dream? ]

My head is being bombarded with questions until I ask myself—

[ Who am I? ]

As I am being rained with answerless questions, a mysterious breeze blows away all the grass around me, and suddenly, my surroundings change into an empty place with two sides. I'm on the side with white surroundings while the silhouette infront of me is on the other surrounded by black.

[ Chiaro-kun, welcome to the Avatar Realm. ]

Said the silhouette that was on the other side. Whenever he speaks, my skin crawls, but my instinct is saying that I can trust him.

[ Who are you? And where am I? ]

[ You'll know the answer soon enough, Chiaro-kun. For now, I want you to prioritize your survival ahead, or else you won't be making him pay and this universe won't move forward. ]

[ Making him pay? Survive? Universe? You're not making any sense. ]

The silhouette starts walking toward me as his black surroundings are following him. Each step is making my heart skip a beat and I can't move a muscle or blink.

[ Chiaro-kun— ]

As soon as our distance shortened, I saw his appearance. He has black hair, eyes with black four-pointed star pupils, and black clothes with the same pattern as mine.