The DT Journals

Prologue: Second Chance (Revamped)

"I hope you'll understand one day" Those words were the last before I met my end, before everything went dark. People said dying was warm, yet all I could feel was this bitter cold, as the cold consumed me I tried thinking about the people I was with, were they dead as well? Did they make it out? My thoughts were interrupted by a sharp pain in my head

"Hey, you awake yet?" A voice rang through my ears, I thought I died, regardless I attempted to open my eyes and surprisingly it worked, a man who looked like he was in his 20's with a brown coat was standing over me "Well, you can at least respond to me, here follow this" he took out a lighter and started moving it slowly side to side, I followed it with my eyes trying to respond yet instead felt a pain in my throat "Hold it kid, it may have worked but you're still messed up bad, here, you should at least be able to stand and walk" He extended his hand and although it was painful I grabbed onto it

"W..who are you?"I managed to say, he stood for a moment putting my arm around his shoulder

"I'm Raymond, the Ruler of DTs" Ruler? What he said sounded like somewhat of a joke yet his face was serious "Come on, don't wanna keep them waiting"

"Keep who waiting?" Most people who knew me died during that hell, it felt like yesterday, but from the looks of it, everything looked clean, until I realized, I wasn't where I died, instead it seemed more like an infirmary of sorts "Where even am I?" The man continued to help me reach the exit to the room

"You'll see, just give me a minute" When we left the room I felt a wave of pain leave me and walking wasn't as difficult as it was just a second ago "There we go, I see it's working now, come now, just down the hall" I got off his shoulder and walking alongside him

"So, where am I?" I asked after a long uncomfortable silence

"It'll be better to wait until we meet up with the others, but I'll say you're in a place called Eaxura" He put his hand against the wall next to a door "here we are, now don't be too surprised when you see this" He pressed his hand against a panel next to the door causing it to open. Inside the room however were faces I thought i'd never see again, the friends i'd made during high school were standing right before me enjoying a meal while chatting, yet..I thou..no I know for a fact they died, at least, I know some died

"What the hell" I muttered to myself, yet the others heard and looked over my way, they held a welcoming, warm face

"Hi Lee!" One waved over, an old friend of mine named Sam, someone I knew since elementary she stood out with pink hair and the fact she never had any other hairstyle than a ponytail, yet I noticed a bandage wrapped around her head nearly covering an eye

"Mornin, gravewalker" Kenneth, someone Sam Introduced to me when we were younger, he had orange-tinted hair and was always working on something whenever he could

"Wait, Gravewalker? Does that mean..."I felt like I knew the answer and Kenneth said the exact thing I was thinking

"Yep, We died! And we're back"

"ahem, not all of you died, Sam and Nicholai are still human after" Raymond corrected

"Still human? Came back? The hell is going on, wait, I remember one other person being here" I looked around for someone until I looked to one of the corners, he was there sleeping

"Your cousin hasn't woken up yet, but he's fine" He motioned me to take a seat and I did. I looked over at Nicholai, she hadn't changed much from what I could recall, Orange tinted hair liked Kenneth...the two were twins after all

"You alright? The pain for me and Sam was bad enough, can only imagine what being brought back feels like" Nicholai said drinking coffee

"I..still don't understand all of this, I mean resurrection? I remember everyone dying, and those things, I remember getting bit and it burned, then those men on the rooftop, I remember yet it feels like I'm missing things" I was confused I tried putting the pieces together yet I didn't wanna believe them