The Things She's Seen (An Alternate Story-Line)

Chapter 1: Escape

WARNING: This was written in 2017! This is an old, unedited story that I decided to repost at the request of some very persistent server goers! Some of you who know my writing may recognize it, some of you may not! 

It is not good! I will be editing it in the future but for now it is stankified 2017 writing. There are grammatical errors. It is like, not good. It's ancient. I wrote it when I was a wee, wee little lad. 

Go in knowing I likely will not be updating this! At least not until its glaring issues are fixed. If you're here for nostalgia, welcome back, I hope you enjoy. Just know that there are terrors awaiting you!

Hollow's pov

Where....... Where am I?

I struggled to open my eyes. They felt glued together, as though I hadn't opened them in a very, very long time. I could feel my eyelids stretch as I forced them to part with each other. They stung and I closed them again, blinking rapidly as they adjusted to the sudden change. I was inside of something, floating in a sort of... blue liquid. It was thick, but it didn't feel moist at all! It almost felt like... heavy air.

I'm in a tube... a glass tube. But glass, what is glass? Why are their tubes sticking out of my body? Wait... what are tubes? What is any of this? What is blue, what does the word glued mean? What is it to float in something? What's air, and how do I know it feels heavy? What is heavy? Why don't I know anything?

I could feel something... something welling up inside me as questions filled my mind. I think it's called panic, but I can't be sure. I can't really be sure of anything. I clenched my eyes shut. Who am I? Where am I? What's happening? I don't remember anything, I don't even have a 'last' memory to look back on.

I found it hard to breathe. Do I even know how? How am I even breathing in this stuff, anyway? Something's wrong. Everything is! I'm not a person without my memories. I'm not anyone without them. I don't have a personality, or a life. I know I'm not a baby, I should have more knowledge than this! I'm an empty... empty thing! I don't even know what I am.

"Calm down, Hollow."

I completely stopped as the soft voice filled my head. It was the only thing that felt even relatively familiar. Hollow... is that my name? I think it is, who else would the voice be talking to? It's in my head... or I think it is. Or maybe it's in the thing inside my head. What's it called... a brain? Is the voice in my brain?

"Yes, I am speaking in your mind, and Hollow is your name." The voice filled my head. Is it just my thoughts, or is it something separate? "My name is Hikari. I am the Goddess of Light. I have been sealed inside you for some time now." She told me. I became even more confused. If she's been in me for so long why don't I remember her?

"You've been in a coma of sorts for... well, ever since you came here. You've been stuck inside of your own mind with me. I've taught you many things over the years, and for some reason those memories have gone dormant now that you've woken up. Do not fear, Hollow. I believe they will come back with time." She said in what could only be described as a... soothing tone. I nodded my head slowly.

"Now, open your eyes, Hollow."

I hadn't even realized I had closed them again. My eyes flew back open with ease this time, and the memory of sight and color came back to me as I peered through the glass. The dim room was full of other tubes all around me. I spun around. I seemed to be in the front... or maybe it was the back. A few tubes were broken, but it was hard to see too far. Like the others, my tube was covered in dust. The whole room seemed to be filled with the fine substance.

Chairs were knocked over, or maybe they were stools. The shadowy outline of tools could be seen left out on nearby tables. Whoever had been here... whoever put me in here had left in a hurry. I wondered why. I suppose something could have happened. I wonder if this place had been discovered by outsiders... that wouldn't explain why I was still here, though.