Even today I still linger unto the hopeless, tired memory of the neverending journey through the tunnel with no end. I don't know how it would feel without dirt hanging on my fur, or sticking to my paws and sitting heavy in my stomach. Sometimes it just feels like all of the muck and mud caked on me has always been a part of me, and I've given up the thought of becoming clean. It'd make me feel naked, and vulnerable. The mud is like a suit of armor, softening the pain of sharp rocks piercing the pads of my paws. It used to hurt, but I just feel numb, like I'm walking through a cluttered dream. The darkness has a way of numbing you.
I've gotten over the claustrophobia. After a while, marching in groups through a narrow tunnel, carelessly bumping into the people around you in a slugish daze just stopped being as bad as it used to be. I'm on auto pilot anymore, just barely concious of what's going on around me. Ever since everyone forgot the value of speaking, we've just been walking mindlessly, continually. Though it would be wise to question the trust worthiness of my mind, I know for certain the silence is getting heavier each day, and the darkness makes it hard to breathe.
It's just so easy to forget everything now, but there's one thing I need to remember. I've sacrificed every other memory to remember what I need to. I don't need to know what my name is anymore, or who my family was, or where I used to live, or even what I did to get here. I just need to remember why we walk and what our destination is...
Sometimes, if you stare long enough into the darkness, you can start to dream without ever falling asleep. Shapes will dance in front of your eyes, tiny dots circling around in patterns until intensifying in color and vividness. I always dream the same dream, of small pools of gold dripping onto the damp, dirt floor. Smooth, pure, golden water... The only beautiful thing I've seen since I can remember... Then I'd see him, weeping into the darkness, an aura of light circling around him like a halo. Every time, I'd ask when the punishement will end, the answer is always the same.
"Walk. Walk and you will find your answer", he'd say in a sweet hiss of a whisper, too sweet to be genuine. His voice was like syrup, masked with kindess, and heavy with sadness. Then he would fly away, his laughter echoing into the darkness, like a repeating nightmare, or a demon of light.
Alastor the light bringer
Alastor serves not as a ruler, but a guard and a grim reaper of the Underworld.
Alastor keeps those who had commited horrible crimes in life inside the Underworld and only has domnion over other Jewel Mane Dragons.
Alastor tells white lies of hope and salvation that mostly never come true, and brings light to the darkness. He is as much of a prisoner as everyone else in the Underworld, and his punishment is the burden of his duties. He must serve the pleading and the desperate their punishment, and deal with the guilt of it.
Although many Jewel Mane Dragons lose the freedom of their wings when they enter the Underwold (it is his job to chain them up), Alastor kept his, though he has nowhere to fly in the narrow tunnels of the Underworld.
Alastor is the spirit of false hope, light and dreams.
Name : Alastor (Avenging spirit)
Gender : Male