Dream Kingdom - Prologue

Prologue


"Wh-Why are you doing this?"
People scream in terror and fright as dark beings rise out of the shadows of alleys and gutters. Their expressions are blank and mindless as they attack anyone that fell behind from the panicked crowd.
"You were supposed to be with us, not against us!"
Shadowy creatures storm the skies and ravage the earth as crops are torn apart and vehicles are crushed. Animals of every kind rush out from their homes and borrow as the dark monsters make their way through.
"Why are you doing this, brother?!" screams a man in armor and royal garments as he holds his hand over a blood stain growing in size. His hand is covered in a purple flame that doesn't seem to burn the skin but grows brighter and bigger as the blood flows from the wound.
"I think the poison should be coursing through your arteries by now," replies another man standing a few feet from the armored man that cringes in pain as the purple flame grows. He looks over his hand in the evening light as the sun shines on his dark cloak and onyx colored armor.
"Y-You never answered my question Umbra" repeats the man, "What has happened to you to enact such pain upon my people?"
"…you don't get it do you," replies Umbra, "my brother, I have only just now realized my true purpose…"
"Purpose?" questions the man as he coughs up blood with the flame flickers brighter, "You're purpose is to bring balance…with us…your family…"
"Family, did you really just say that brother? What does family have to do with anything, after all, our own father created us strictly to destroy the Great Being…we are no more chaotic that he was…and look where it got him…locked away in the darkest of dimensions…
"If family is so important to you, then why did you not accept my offer before we got into this little squabble and now you got yourself injured…you…the others could've joined me and finish what our father started…as good sons…"
"Thi-This is wrong Umbra…"
"…I'm sorry you feel that way King Somnio, but with that statement you have become a tree in my path…that I must cut you down, despite our relation." Umbra raises his hands by his side as two black swords appear in each hand. The metal shines with sharpness as its wielder beings to swing at the neck of King Somnio.
"I won't let it end like this…" Suddenly King Somnio musters enough strength to raise his hand as he extends his arm to side. A bright light forces Lord Umbra to step back and end his attack.
"What, what are you doing?!" yells out Lord Umbra as the light creates a loud sound like that of a dragon. An invisible force follows the roar as the dark clothed man is sent back. Stopping himself he sees his brother still holding out his arm and the light surrounding his hand.
"What are you doing Somnio?!" Suddenly, a wave of shock and terror runs through Umbra's body. His mind overcomes with visions of his dark army slowly turning to stone. Every creature coming out of the shadows to attack suddenly freezes and solidifies in granite.
"How are you doing this," whispers Lord Umbra, "How are you doing this, Somnio?!"
"It's time that I end this…" The light now dims in an instant as the purple flame now covers practically half of King Somnio's body.
"Th-That's it?" questions Lord Umbra as he tries to regain is composer from seeing his whole army turned to stone, "that whole light show just to make my soldiers become statues?!"
"Not quite," says the king as his breathes become softer and more faint. Slowly, Umbra looks to his side as they widen to see a giant door in the shape of a dragon.
"What is that?!"
"Y-You're about to learn our so called family, Umbra, being united was our strongest power…but with power comes corruption…"
"Brother?"
"United we stand…"
"No…"
"Divided we fall!" King Somnio waves his hand the dragon opens his mouth as its door quickly opens to a dark hole.
"Are you serious?! You intend to kill me?!"
"Never, Umbra…but I do believe in sending you back where you belong!" As the purple flame ascends up to his neck, the dark hole suddenly grows in power, and as if it knew who was supposed to enter its abyss, Umbra starts to lose his footing. The Lord, trips on his own feet as he starts to be dragged into the hole. He quickly uses his swords as he stabs into the ground, as they become his only life support.
"You think this will stop me?! If you send me into the World of Night I would only come back stronger than ever!"
"Don't you think I know that," replies King Somnio as his mouth is the only thing not coated in flames, "with every light a shadow is casted, but with your display I doubt even fate will allow you the pleasure to fight another day…"
Suddenly Umbra's swords break with Somnio's final words as the Lord's body is sent up into the air and starts its descent towards the black vortex.
"Wa-Was that a spell?!" exclaims Umbra in shock and disbelief that his blades of magic could have broke so easily from a simply gust of wind.
"Yes, a little rhyme" replies King Somnio with the flames slowly covering the last bit of his body, "now die my brother…"
Umbra begins to scream as he enters the dragon's mouth. The black hole starts to crush and split his body as the Lord's essence is torn apart in the shadow shredder. And as his screams of pain fade into nothing, the doors close as the dragon transforms into a floating gate. Closed and still retaining its previous dragon design, it basks in the light of the setting sun as night begins its raise.
With the third call of a crow in a nearby forest, the king falls to the ground foaming at the mouth and bathed in purple flames. Just then, a blue light explodes onto the scene as a man dressed as a medieval magician and in all shades of blue walks out of the light. The man's face is shocked at the sight of his king shaking and foaming with blood flowing out from his mouth.
Doing all he can, the man musters any amount of magic he has to heal his king but with no such luck is granted to him. Tears start to stream down his face, as one word flows from lips. "Brother…"
Suddenly his mind senses a presence, as he begins to hear his king's voice.
"Let this be my final wish…to keep the worlds divided so ever if darkness raises again it'll be trapped in its own world…let our division allow us to grow in how we choose for that is purest of power…"