Zero walked in a black void. Her eyes were devoid of life, and her hands were stained with blood. Suddenly, something shook Zero''s consciousness, and she looked around to find a destroyed world. Distorted clouds covered the sky, buildings were completely demolished, and shock overwhelmed her heart. But the worst was yet to come: bodies of people, tortured in the most horrific ways, and blood forming a lake.


    Zero fell to her knees, feeling a pain in her head. She placed her hands on it, and those screams returned to torment her head even more.


    "Stop... stop... I don''t want to... stop."


    Suddenly, everything changed. Zero found herself in a small, destroyed village filled with corpses. She looked left and right to see a child murdered by the tree in front of her.


    Something moved Zero to get up and go towards it. At that moment, everything shattered, as if it were a glass pane.


    "Wait."


    **********


    And quickly, Zero woke up, fear evident on her face.


    She looked left and right to find herself in a dark void. She looked at her severed hand and found it intact.


    ''This isn''t a dream.''


    Suddenly, the necklace began to move as if it were a compass, pointing backwards. Zero got up.


    "Where are you leading me?" Zero said, confusion filling her face.


    Suddenly, she collided with a wall, but strangely, the necklace had penetrated it.


    "What... what is this?" She placed her hand on the wall. It felt like black jelly, yet Zero couldn''t penetrate it. She pushed it with all her might, but she didn''t pass through.


    "Strange... how can I pass through... huh... I''m just wasting my time... huh... wait... maybe if..." Zero brought her head closer to the wall, leaned against it with her head, and thought, "Those visions... the whispers... the screams... this suffering... this torture... the guilt... that innate feeling... wait... why do I see myself... carrying something in her hand... no... it''s a head... whose?... Does the necklace want... to show me the truth?... No... I think... it wants to warn me... no... or maybe... it''s trying... to lead me... to something..." Zero said this as she moved forward, still closing her eyes and walking, without knowing her destination, until she crossed the walls.


    She opened her eyes to find a cell floating in the air. It was emitting a dim and distorted light. Zero was surprised by the smallness of the sight, so she approached the cell. Suddenly, she felt like she was climbing stairs. She looked down to find herself putting her foot in the air, yet she continued to climb until she reached the cell.


    The necklace began to be drawn towards the cell.


    "Wait a minute."


    Zero looked at the cell and caught a glimpse of something inside it. Zero was surprised and swallowed her saliva. Without feeling, Zero put her hand into the cell to grab something, but it was stuck.


    So she inserted, without feeling, that injured arm, hoping to pull that thing out, and was surprised to see a new hand appear for her. Zero was shocked, and began to pull that thing with all her strength.


    "Come on... get out... come on... don''t be... stubborn." In the end, she fell to the ground and managed to pull it out. Zero turned to it. It was a wooden stick, at the top of which was a hole in the shape of an eye, its pupil was a glass ball filled with strange engravings in the shape of eyes, and at the bottom, it resembled a wooden peg.


    "What is this thing... huh... my hand... it''s back..." Zero said this in surprise.


    The necklace began to be drawn towards the stick as if it were a magnet, so Zero grabbed the stick to bring it closer to her.


    As soon as she touched the glass ball, Zero felt a strange shock.


    She turned around to find a wooden door with an eye engraving on it. This door was not there before. Zero got up from her place, feeling nervous, and suddenly, she heard a whisper telling her, ''Don''t be afraid.''


    Zero looked left and right, but found no one.


    Zero approached the door, and cold sweat began to drip on the floor. Suddenly, the door opened on its own, as if welcoming its old master.


    " (Inhale and exhale) Okay..." At that moment, Zero crossed the door.


    Zero found herself floating in the void, and suddenly, the stick began to move on its own, rushing upwards like a rocket. Fear and surprise filled Zero''s heart, and she finally emerged from that dark abyss.


    Zero saw the ventilation opening, so she rushed towards it.


    The Nomz looked out of the opening and was surprised to see Zero alive.


    "Little one... beware." And at that moment, Zero smashed that part of the ventilation pipe, and luckily, she had grabbed the Nomz in time.


    The stick stopped moving, so Zero landed on the pipe, carrying the Nomz.


    "Don''t worry, Nomz... I''m fine... look at my hand... Alice will be happy... oh... Alice... I forgot about her... where is she now." Zero said this and realized this matter too late.


    The Nomz pointed backwards, so Zero turned to find the same door open.


    "I think... Alice is behind the door." Zero rushed towards the door, and it closed forcefully at the end.


    ******


    The door appeared from nowhere in the intended place, so it opened for Zero and Nomz to come out, and it evaporated into the air.


    "..Alice... are you...?" Zero said this, looking around, to find blood covering the place.


    Shock was evident on her face, and slowly, she looked down to find Alice lying on the ground,


    and bruises and wounds covered her body.


    Zero fell to her knees and crawled slowly towards her friend, placing Alice''s head on her lap.


    "What... Alice... Alice... wake up... Alice... please... wake up... tell me you''re okay... please... Alice... Alice." Zero said this as tears streamed from her eyes, she kept shaking Alice and calling her, but to no avail.


    Zero brought her head closer and wept bitterly, and as for Nomz, he was shocked.


    Everything was torture for Zero, but the pain of losing Alice was greater. It was the first time Zero had cried for another person since she lost her memory, and yet, she felt something familiar, this feeling, she had felt it before.


    At that moment, the Fairy Man appeared from nowhere, and Nomz tried to warn Zero and drag her to a hiding place, but she did not move, and out of fear, he hid behind her.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work!


    The Fairy Man approached her, bent down to her, and extended his hand towards her.


    "Zero... I tried to warn you... this world... is no place for you... they wanted to dream... to sleep again... go back to your world... and forget... to sleep again."


    At that moment, Zero stopped crying, so she extended her hand slowly to grab his hand, raising her head towards him slowly.


    Suddenly, the Fairy Man retreated backwards very quickly, before Zero could touch him.


    "What''s wrong... huh... my hands..." Zero said this, and a black aura appeared on her body, she felt a heat on her forehead, and a stamp of a distorted eye appeared. Suddenly, the stick was drawn to Zero''s hand like a magnet.


    Zero was shocked, and did not understand what was happening.


    "Huh... the stick." Zero looked at the stick in amazement, to find the black fog around her wrapping around her.


    Fear gripped Zero''s heart, and she began to feel a headache, and at that moment, everything stopped. Zero felt that time had stopped, and she found a girl who looked exactly like her, as if she were her twin, standing in front of her. The smile on her face was strange, and Zero''s heart began to beat fast


    The girl approached Zero and leaned closer.


    "Zero... trust me... don''t resist."


    At that moment, Zero raised her head, her eyes lifeless.


    The Fairy Man lunged forward to grab her, but the black mist burned his hand, and he stopped in his tracks.


    Zero turned around to find an open door. Quickly, she grabbed her friends and carried them. She crossed the door quickly.


    Zero began to move from door to door, crossing one to find herself in similar rooms, where she found those monsters, so she escaped from them, looking left and right to find the door, until she reached a strange place, a huge room with a suffocating atmosphere.


    Zero looked left and right, but she couldn''t find any door.


    "Strange," Zero said, puzzled.


    Suddenly, Zero felt something strange, so she raised her head to find a falling ruin, so she retreated backwards quickly, to glimpse on her right many monsters with torn robes,


    She turned quickly to the other side, to find those monsters with outstretched hands.


    Suddenly, other monsters appeared that she had never seen before, they were from all directions, distorted in shape, some with stretched faces, with a human shape, and others resembled shadows to some extent.


    Zero found no escape, those monsters began to advance towards her little by little.


    She turned to find the door open, Zero had to cross it, but she didn''t do it this time, because she realized that the monsters would inevitably follow her, and quickly, Zero threw Alice and Nomz inside the door, Nomz didn''t understand what she did, so he got up and headed towards Zero.


    "Stop... stay here... don''t follow me," and quickly she closed the door to disappear.


    Zero turned around to find the monsters rushing towards her, at that moment, the black mist came out of her stick, burning those monsters.


    "It''s time, Zero... come on..." At that moment, Zero rushed towards those monsters, those creatures did not understand what happened, to hear the scream of one of them, and he was completely torn apart, another monster was torn apart, and another.


    "What''s going on," and at that moment, the floor shattered, so Zero began to attack.


    Zero pounced on one of the monsters, hitting it with her stick, and it exploded as if there was a bomb inside it.


    The monsters were shocked, how could a little girl do all this.


    A strange smile appeared on Zero''s face, and in the blink of an eye, some of the creatures began to explode into pieces one after the other, Zero stopped in her place, and most of the monsters exploded, forming a pool of blood, she turned to find one of the remaining monsters rushing towards her, so she stopped its movement to mutilate it, turning it into a ball of flesh and bones.


    Zero''s attention was drawn to her stick, that ball, a strange black dot appeared inside it.


    Zero smiled, and the monsters rushed towards her, one of them saw a bright light, at that moment, the necklace glowed strongly, turning the monsters into ashes.


    Zero got up from her place, completely covered in blood, she turned to find the door again, so she crossed it to find Nomz next to Alice waiting for her, in a large place full of cells.


    Zero looked around and said, "This is the place."


    "Strange... it was supposed to be here... where is it...?"


    Zero fell to her knees in exhaustion, so Nomz rushed towards her with all his worry and fear.


    "Don''t come near me... please," Nomz stopped in his place, suddenly, something rushed towards Zero, but she stopped it in its place, Zero raised her head to find that she had stopped the Fairy Man, at that moment, her necklace began to glow gradually.


    "Fairy Man... don''t get in my way." The necklace glowed with double strength, and the Fairy Man evaporated into the air, disappearing in front of Zero.


    Zero got up with difficulty and headed towards Alice, she fell on her knees, Zero looked at her, her vision changed completely, she saw her in a strange way.


    "She''s not dead... but she''s an empty shell..." Zero turned to see something strange in one of the cells, it was a familiar aura.


    Zero got up and headed towards it, climbing on the air as if she were climbing a hidden ladder.


    Zero put her hands into that cell to find a pure spirit in her hands, so she went down and went to Alice, brought this aura to her mouth, and entered Alice''s body in the end.


    "I hope... this works," Suddenly Alice opened her eyes slowly, to find Zero and Nomz beside her.


    "What... what is... where are we... huh... Zero... are you okay... why is this aura on you... what happened... Zero."


    At that moment, Zero rushed towards Alice, hugging her.


    "Huh... Zero..." Alice smiled.


    "Alice... you... you''re okay... huh" At that moment, Zero''s hand began to move involuntarily, so she pushed Alice without feeling.


    "Huh... Zero... what''s wrong with you..." Alice worriedly.


    Zero began to hear whispers.


    ''Kill... continue... why did you stop... kill... kill... why did you stop... continue Zero... she continue.'' At that moment, Zero resisted, she didn''t listen to that girl, so that aura disappeared, and the seal appeared on her bandage again.


    "I''m... sorry... I wasn''t... in my right mind... Alice... I''m sorry for not helping you... fear overcame me... and I allowed that devil to control me," Zero said with regret as she pressed hard on her hands.


    "It''s okay... you never gave up on me, Zero... you even helped me... Zero... thank you."


    "Alice... huh," At that moment, Alice began to evaporate little by little, Alice did not understand what was happening, Zero smiled and said, "Huh... Alice... I''m really happy for you..."


    "What... what do you mean?" Alice wondered.


    "Don''t worry... I think I succeeded," Zero said, looking at her stick.


    "Huh... what''s that stick."


    "It''s the key... Alice... I think I''ve found a way... to bring you back..."


    "Huh... to bring me back to what?"


    "Alice... Goodbye," Zero said this with a smile on her face.


    "Wait... wait for me... Zero... Zero," At that moment, Alice disappeared completely.


    "Why do I feel this feeling... in my chest... as if something from my heart has disappeared... is it... guilt...? (Sigh)... I think so..."


    Zero turned to find a ladder that had suddenly appeared, Zero grabbed Nomz, carrying him, she raised her head to find a giant door, with strange drawings, shapes, eyes, and distorted bodies.


    Zero climbed those stairs, her footsteps made an endless echo, Zero advanced towards that door and it opened, the light coming out was very strong, so Zero put her hand to see.


    Zero crossed that door, her eyes were shocked by the bright light.


    My eyes adjusted slowly to the bright, warm light, and a gentle sea breeze caressed my face, soothing my troubled heart. I gazed peacefully at the beach before me, where leaves danced in the air before falling around me. With each step I took across the green plain, it felt like I was traversing between two worlds: the world of the living and the world of the delusion that controlled my mind. The Fairy Man''s words still echoed in my head, and deep down, I realized that I was not just an ordinary person but an intruder in this strange world. My hand clenched tightly, my eyes fixed on the horizon, my heart trembling with every beat, while tears slowly streamed down my cheek, like the tears of all my lost pains and dreams.


    Yet, despite those tears, the look of determination in my eyes never wavered, but instead, it burned brighter. I took another step towards the edge of the cliff, where the sea stood before me like a mirror to my broken heart, as if everything in this world was against me. I stood there, looking down at the boat anchored in the sea, and smiled a peaceful smile, even though I felt an entire world crumbling around me. I said to myself, "Do you think you can truly confine my freedom? That''s not something that can be done so easily."


    I looked at the sea with eyes full of determination and sharpness, and said in a voice barely audible except to the wind, "I don''t care if life rejects me or if the world forgets my existence. I am not the one who needs this world. Rather, this world is the one that needs me."