13. A Sliver of Darkness
Category: Stories

He could sense his environment around him had changed. He could feel the darkness surround him. Something felt... very wrong indeed. Noct’s eyes opened sightly as he could see nothing but darkness around him. He started to rise from his fetal position, only to realize he was afloat aimlessly in an abyss. He looked around to see if he could find even a glimmer of light as to identify where he was. There was nothing.. ‘Where am I....?’ he asked himself as he continued to search for a light. He soon learned he could swim... only one direction to go; up! he faced what he knew would be up, beginning to stroke and kick as he swam his way up from the depths of the abyss. 

He finally started to see a light and swam faster towards it, until he broke the surface and took a gasp of air. A sigh of relief escaped his lips, before he started to look around “What..... is this place...?” he asks aloud to himself as he began emerging from the black and up onto the beach. He sat down to give himself a break, he checked to see if his phone was damaged. No damage but... also no service, great... he couldn’t even let his retainers know he was alive. With a sigh, he puts his phone away and begins to lay back in thought.... how would he make it back home....