Chapter 1

My eyes slowly crack open to reveal a regal palace, or at least as regal as a sitting room could get. I try to stand up, but quickly fall back down into the seat. Falling back down is pretty much like a slap in the face saying, ‘You’re too weak, you can accomplish nothing!’ I wouldn’t accept that. I finally accomplish the task of standing, finding my balance after what seemed to be half an hour. I slowly trudge toward the door and open it. When I step out, I’m led into a long corridor that seemed to have no end.

I let out a sigh, and I remember that I had the ability to talk. Waking up in that room made me feel like a newborn child, having no skills whatsoever. The first word I speak seems like an odd one, “Orrick?” I feel as though I had a major revelation. I remember what my name is, Orrick Delfugae. I seem to be in the middle of the corridor, so I try and decide which way I’m supposed to go. I decide upon going to the right. I find that I am able to walk better now that I have walked for a bit longer.

I reach the end of the corridor, which opens into this large, and I mean large entry room into the castle. The castle walls and ceiling are all adorned with carvings of the most magnificent beauty. The ceiling contained a scene that depicted the gods, all in a single room talking amongst one another. A couple people are standing at a desk. One is just standing there doing nothing it seems while the other is hastily scrawling words onto paper.

I decide to quickly walk over there and see what was happening. “Hey there! I see that you just woke up, am I right?” I just stopped in my tracks, freaked out by what he asked. “Everyone who walks from down that hallway seems to have woken up from a long sleep, so long in fact that they remember nothing. Don’t look too surprised, I’m not psychic.”

“Oh, okay then. What is this place exactly?” He starts looking through the mounds of paper that surround the desk both of them are at. I guess he couldn’t find what he was looking for because he whispered into the ear of his co-worker. He handed the other guy a card and he looked at it weirdly. “Excuse me; are you having a bit of trouble? I would help you if you needed.”