The shadow lifts from me - am I dead? Unfortunately not, I realise, as I glance around. I feel as if I am floating, and I can see as if there is an ever-so-pale light without a source. Where am I? I try to remember and my dream flips inside out. I see the things that a dark creature has done. It starts calm, but grows malicious as the surrounding shade recedes. Like a mother bear defending it's cubs, it seems, the entity is defending the Darkness. I watch, but wince as I see the pure rage that the darkness possesses. I feel like it could have done this talk peacefully, but I know inside that this was impossible. The Darkness seems pleased with me; I understand it's justified contempt. It reveals that the dark beast from previous endeavours was me, but also not me. I want to help this cause, but I lack the overwhelming power of the Shadow; I have taken an almost mortal form, on par with other Guardians. The Darkness' consciousness begins to drift away, and I feel my feet touch something solid. The ground, I suppose. I can't just go up to them, however, as the Shadow already has them on edge, anticipating the Darkness' next attack. I begin walking, thinking of how I can play my cards. A though occurs to me, and I will the darkness in front of me to recede away from my hand, and my face is lit up by the lack of darkness: the light I have not created, but extracted. Surely neither the Light Guardian nor the Shadow Beast could have discovered this link between these polar opposites. As I walk on, memories of my past begin to bombard me. My orb of light wavers as each memory bomb hits home, and hard.
((Actual memories to come))