Arlen's Fall Into Madness (Part 3 Of Fall Into Darkness)

[Hunter (sckolar) 50]

Arlen's Fall Into Madness  

 

 

 

3 weeks pass, and now, Arlen is still terrified, and not fully recovered. Arlen tries to treat his wounds the best he can. Arlen manages to catch a rat, eating it... At this point, Arlen has no food, water, or anything. The only thing left for Arlen to eat is the zombie flesh of the zombies that roam the cave, and drink the blood from the cave creatures.  Turning to his left, he could have sworn that he had heard something. The noise almost sounded like a voice. Arlen listens closely… "… Death…" Arlen's eyes widen as he hears the voice, recognizing the voice from many years ago. "NO! You did not take her! It was the wrong cave! THE WRONG ONE!! DO YOU HEAR ME!!!? YOU BETTER HAVE NOT TOUCHED HER!!" Arlen lights a torch from his bag as quickly as he possibly can, and begins sprint away from the hole from where the voice seemed to have come from, but only hears it again. "… Darkness welcomes you. Just as it welcomed her…" Arlen sprints even faster, running deeper, and deeper into the cave. Eventually, Arlen runs into the corpse of the zombie that he killed a week ago. Arlen quickly grabs the sword, turning around to face whatever is chasing him…

 

Silence, is all that Arlen hears. Arlen's arms slowly begin to lower, dropping his defence, as he continues to listen… All of a sudden, Arlen turns to see a shadow. Arlen looks to the shadowy figure, but does not move as he stares at the figure. As the strange figure stands at it's 6 Ft height, it begins to move its arms, and within a short period of time, the strange figure lights a torch, revealing itself. The figure appears to be either a man or an elf. Although the area is lit up, the figure is standing, wearing a hood. Arlen stands, not wanting to believe what he is seeing, until the strange figure looks up to show it's eyes. One eye as red as blood… The other eye, yellow. Arlen's eyes fill with hatred, rage, fear due to memories. With a loud battle cry Arlen quickly swings his sword a the hooded man/elf as hard, and as fast as he can, well aware of the lack of threat form the figure. However, before Arlen could even make a full swing, the stranger quickly notches a bow, firing an arrow at the speed of lighting, right to Arlen's face… Just then, Arlen wakes up from his nightmare, sending himself straight to his feet, and begins to looks around in the silence of the cave. Arlen looks to his left to see that hole that he had heard voices from. This time not hearing anything at all…

 

Breathing heavily, the enraged elf continues his search which feels hopeless already… A month goes by, and now, the enraged elf has begun to feel the sting of loneliness like he never has before. Arlen manages to make a friend… Out of the head of a zombie that he managed to kill. Although Arlen has made this friend, the rage he received from the nightmare never left… "I will… call you…Rislief… Yes that's your name! yes… yessssssss" Holding the zombie head by the hair, Arlen continues to walk down the cave, not really caring if he is going deeper… "Any news as of late, Rislief?? Ahh, of course not.. *chuckles* you're a…. a…. a head! hehehe… Well don't you worry friend, I will eh… protect you!"

 

Years go by… And Arlen's friend turns into a skeleton, and the nightmares increase… "Hehe, that rat suuuuure tasted good! Right!? You and I should go… Ride a…." Arlen says as he walks through the cave. All of a sudden, Arlen feels a strange breeze against his chest, and for the fist time in years, he sees a green leaf  on the ground in front of him… Arlen looks up in the direction that it appeared to have come from, and stares for a moment, remembering the forest, the trees, Malinor. As he begins to walk, the horrible  voice came to him again "YOU MUST STAY"… Terrified, Arlen begins to run, dropping Rislief on  the ground. Quickly turning a corner, Arlen finds a zombie… At this point, Arlen is not unfamiliar with these creatures, and begins to form a large smile on his face. As the zombie begins to run at him, he picks up a large rock, charging at the monster. Arlen smashes the stone against the zombies head, killing it instantly. Blood lands on his face, and with the smile on his face, he definitely dies not seem bothered by it.

 

Holding the bloody, sharp rock, Arlen continues to run through the cave, finding himself in a climbing situation. As Arlen climbs the rocks up through the cave, Arlen continues to hear the voices, only smiling "You took her from me… Now I'm taking me from you!" The voices begin to yell in anger at him "YOU MUST STAY… The blood….. THE BLOOD… blood" For hours, Arlen climbs, and climbs, and climbs, constantly hearing the voices saying "Blood" over and over. Eventually, Arlen finally sees the light, and as he climbs closer, and closer, the voice begin to shout louder, and louder "BLOOD!!!". Arlen nearly reaches the top, before hitting his head on a rock, falling unconscious.

 

Arlen wakes up in a cave, however finding the cave lit up with red lighting. As Arlen looks around for the first few moments, he notices the walls covered in some sort of liquid. Due to the lighting, it is too difficult to tell whether it is blood or not. Arlen Slowly gets up, and walks over to the wall, feeling a little happy inside as he attempts to taste it. Just before Arlen attempts this however, he turns to see Maraline. A young looking elf, about the same height as he, with blue eyes, blonde hair, and blue dress. Arlen stares at her for a few moments, surprised to see her, but also surprised to see her in the same clothing just before her disappearance. "It's…" He says, then stopping in dead silence. Maraline smirks looking to Arlen "Me? Yes my love. It is me, and you know what? You enjoy killing don't you? I am sure there is one person of all you would love to kill…"  Then from out of nowhere, the hooded figures stabs Maraline in the back. As Maraline falls, Alren darts for the hooded figure just before the end of his nightmare... Finally Arlen wakes up from his nightmare… Low on energy, and crawls out from the cave, seeing daylight at last. He sits for a moment, before laughing. "Blood…" He turns into the cave shouting "Catch you later Rislief!!" He begins to stumble away in his torn clothes. Normally, Arlen would feel relieved to leave, but this time, Arlen did not just leave an empty cave... He left himself behind, and took something else with him...

 

((The End...))

[Tom_Whiteman 949]

((Great story! Really was interesting))

[Hunter (sckolar) 50]

((<3 I am so glad you liked it!))