Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-34320391-20181031112919/@comment-34320391-20190110042100

The three of us trudged down the endless corridor to Gods know where, Red reluctantly but gratefully leaning onto Trista for support, while I crawled through the main shocking through me.

Trista actually wanted to help me at first, but I shrugged her off. Red needed a lot more help than I did. Red's leg was a mess, blood and skin mangled everywhere, I could barely look at it before turning away. I prefered to look at her face anyway.

Soon we arrived at a fork in the tunnel, the darkness consuming what each possibility contained. I turned to illuminate Tris and Red's faces with the torch Tris had crafted in my hand, and waited for a response. I took ten steps into the left tunnel before doing the same in the right tunnel, quiet to hear if there was any signs of life.

"The left tunnel seems to rise upwards pretty suddenly, but the right tunnel just keeps going slightly downwards," I explained to the group. Red groaned, her left leg still non-existent with dried blood and bone sticking out and... I quickly turned away, my eyes locking on Red's eyes, which were a far better sight.

"Well, we do need to leave this place so the left tunnel's our safest option," Tris replied, asking for my confirmation.

"I don't think even with Tris' support I could walk uphill, so we'll go on the right tunnel," Red butt in, and tried to hop over in the right tunnel's direction, before collapsing in pain into my arms. I held her awkwardly as Tris shot me a bewildered look.

"I guess it's done then, we're going right. I'm pretty sure I heard water that way anyway." I'm pretty sure Red smiled at Tris' shocked look, but I ignored her, and swung Red's arm over my shoulder. I tossed my torch over to Tris and the three of us continued to continue down these endless corridors.

It was like that book we were forced to read at school by Jules Verne, 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth.' The 3 main characters, the Professor, the apprentice and the guide, trudged through dark corridors for what felt like forever. They made a mistake by going through the wrong tunnel, which returned back to the surface, but after doubling back and taking the second tunnel they managed to first find water (they were going to die from dehydration), then they continued down the tunnel before reaching the centre of the Earth.

''The centre of the Earth... What if the book was real? What if we actually keep going downwards into the centre of the Earth?''

The Centre of the Earth, was pretty beautiful from what I remember from the book. There was prehistoric beasts in there like dinosaurs (or was that the movie) and a huge endless sea off the coast. The book never explored the full reaches of what the place contained, but maybe, just maybe, there could even be dragons!

I suddenly remembered where I was, and felt Red leaning into my shoulder, still wincing from the pain she was enduring. I may occassionally get caught up in my imagination but at least the three of us, Tris, Red and I, were real.

The sound of water was definitely not my imagination as it increased to a cresendo, almost roaring in our ears. We had to block our ears almost as we pushed through the final bend to the source of the noise.

A waterfall. Or a dead end. I can't tell.

How big, I have no clue, but the end of the tunnel just ended with a huge wall of water. Looking through the water I could see rays of light of some sort, illuminating us through the water. Freedom, hopefully.

But there was a problem. There was water that could probably kill us in our way and who knows what's beyond it. From the sounds filling my ears the waterfall seems gigantic verging to endless and a fall like that could kill us, water or not.

I gently laid Red on the side wall of the cavern and sat down beside her. "We sleep here, we've walked long enough." (I shouted it by the way cause it was seriously loud in there. Have you ever seen a waterfall up close before, or even from inside it? Trust me, it's really loud.)

Tris looks at me incredulously. "Seriously, with that sound I can barely hear myself!!!"

I looked at Red for a reply but she seemed to have either passed out from the pain or fallen asleep from all the effort. I ignored Tris and let my troubles take me away.

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''I felt the presence of someone in my mind, watching me, observing me. I knew who it was. Viggo Grimborn. Not that the name meant anything to me yet. I looked next to me and saw Viggo's sword lying there. I hadn't remember taking it with me, let alone picking it up since meeting the dragon... what was it called? A Sandbuster. ''

''Viggo, how he managed to curse me I don't know but he must be able to control some of my actions. I clearly did not remember taking that sword but I must have, this entire time, even when supporting Red.''

''Another thought flashed my mind. Hey, maybe I could kiss Red and blame it on Viggo... that'd work. Nah, she's too busy with Arkin, that loser.''

''"You do know I can sense your thoughts as well right?" the voice in my head queries. "And if you really like this girl I was taught that you must 'lift her from her feet, put her over your shoulder, and return with her to your residence, where she will live out her days as your trustworthy wife'."''

''What? Are you barbaric? Who the heck do you think you are Mr Grimborn?''

"So will you?"

''Of course not, I don't even know if I like her and she already likes this other guy so ha, jokes on you. And also, why was a Grimborn never mentioned in the stories of the great dragon war?''

"I wasn't? That theif... As I might've said before young Hiccup wasn't all he was said to be. He was far more... insecure and exploitable. Easily to be swayed, you see. He valued those close to him but apparantly not those who helped him in his greatest times of conflict. Your 'hero' was not always that heroic, Nikolas."

''Oh... and wait, how did you know my name?''

"I was bored so I was filing through your memory banks. You're mother seems like a respectable leader, for a woman."

''The hell? When were Vikings so sexist? Also, Hiccup's mother was one of the greatest dragon riders known to Berkian kind...''

"Hiccup's mother? I thought she'd died years ago, but she managed to live? Remarkable. Well played to her."

Is your new ploy to tire me out without sleep so that you can take over my body?

"Partly yes, but I do wish for your consent. You'll need me soon, once you cross the waterfall."

''Wait, what's beyond? ''

"I do not wish to hinder your sleep young Nikolas, but what lies beyond is merely a myth that got lost in the ages. You'll discover yourself if you don't die tomorrow."

With that, my mind cleared and I felt a huge wave of fatigue pass over me. I groaned and fell asleep.

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So... I haven't written in a while, tell me if my character's consistent and if it's any good.