Alone and tired I sit around and think quietly to myself. Why did everything have to go all strange on me? Changes are natural but so many at once makes me wish the darkness would just swallow me up and never let me come back. No, I’m not going to end myself. That would just be stupid… or rather just too easy? Instead I sit through life’s suffering jabs and the loud shouting. The mental torture envelopes me. Yet I press on and then I remember what forgiveness REALLY sounds like: Screaming and then nothing more than stillness and silence…

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Aleiko opened his eyes and panted. He quickly looked around. Seeing that there was nothing to be afraid of, the dragon calmed himself. He took a few moments to try to mop the red hair away from his brown scales… and found he could not. Then he recalled one crucial thing he had overlooked once again. His body was not his own to command. He was a living puppet at the disposal of his master, Lord Rafael.

The horrible nightmare of all his life’s sudden changes was true. For a moment he felt remorse… then nothing once more as Rafael’s iron hard grip forced itself stronger on his nerves. His friends Tiamat, Tatsu, and Thanthero would surely be upset now that they believed he willingly served the Raven Lord.

…And what of his fellow apprentice, Aisling? Surely she was crushed. Tia would try to comfort the dear girl but she would never be able to make up for the loss of Lei. Even Aleiko himself could not make up for it now. He was trapped and controlled.

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“I’m beaten down again, I belong to them. Beaten down again, I’ve failed you.” ~ Seether, “Truth”

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