Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams of Darkness ❯ Revelation ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer : I don't own yugioh, although I wish I did

Note : This was written whilst listening to Evanescence, hence the angsty, dark fic. Evanescence's lyrics are very dark as you may have noticed, all death and afterlife etc. But still, I love the song Tourniquet (and all the others too)

Dreams of Darkness

Chapter One: Revelation

By Tiendron Moontayne (thunder on the mountain)

Yami lay silently in his soul room, pondering the mysteries of his past. There was so much that he didn't know, so much that was hidden from him by his own mind and the barriers of time. Whenever he tried to breach the barriers of his mind, the Puzzle punished him, as if the knowledge that his own memory might give him was dangerous. He supposed this might be true, but that didn't stop him wishing to know who he once was, all he knew was that once he was a pharaoh in ancient Egypt, but nothing more than that. It frustrated him, this weakness of mind, that he was so unable to remember even the smallest detail of his life.

Slowly, he sank down into the deep well of sleep. Many truths are revealed to the unconscious mind , and in Yami's sleep it was no different. When he dreamed, fragments of his old life crept into his dreams, where he attempted to grasp them before they slipped away again, but he always failed. He woke up, gasping for breath, the last vestiges of the dream scattering from his mind like dust on the wind. He racked his memory, trying to wring from it even the smallest of things about his dream, but it was no use, it was gone. Suddenly a sense of profound depression found him, and his thoughts became darker, would he perhaps remember at the moment of his death? He had toyed with the idea of getting a knife and killing himself before, but had decided against it. It probably wouldn't work, seeing as he was a spirit and was already dead, he couldn't really die again, could he?

Now fully awake, Yami growled in frustration and pounded the wall of his soulroom. As his fist connected with the wall, it made a hollow sound and Yami blinked in surprise, then he began to knock carefully around the area. Soon he had discovered a hollow area about his height, just about the right size and shape for a door...Yami looked wildly around his room, searching for something, anything that might help him to break down that piece of wall. There must be something of great importance behind that wall, he was sure, otherwise why would it be hidden? He was also sure that it hadn't been there before, so why had it appeared now? It obviously had something to do with the events that were occurring in his life now, some reason that a part of his past must be revealed to him. Finally, he came across a rusty old axe that looked like it might do the job. He hefted the axe across his shoulder and carried it over to the hollow area. With a grunt he heaved it over his shoulder and launched himself at the wall, hacking and smashing for all he was worth. Eventually came the sound of groaning plaster and brick, then the section of wall collapsed to reveal a doorway. Yami peered through the doorway, but beyond it was merely darkness, feeling a little apprehensive, Yami strode through the doorway, taking the axe with him. It seemed that he walked for eternity, with the only sound being his footsteps and a sense of overwhelming, oppressive silence. Eventually, he encountered a door in the blackness, and even as he reached forward to open the door, it opened by itself...