The End

We were nearing the chamber when it appeared before us.
The Echo of Traumas Past.

It transformed into my nightmares from my childhood.
The man who killed my family.

But my guardian angel was ready.
Leaping with a fiery sword.

One cut.

It was gone forever.
The Echo no longer bounced in the halls of my mind.

We entered the chamber.
Directly above was the Light.

Sitting on the floor was a man with grey wings.
He looked so happy to see us.

"Brother, you were forgiven long ago, but trapped here and we could not find you," said my angel.
"Thank you for rescuing me from this place," said the man.

Then my angel chanted some words in a language I did not understand.
And the Light came down and entered the man.
His grey wings turned white.

But something was wrong.

The Prize behind him started to glow and emit a terrible noise.
The newly risen angel turned to it and grabbed it.
Claimed it for himself.

It was his power.

He had been trapped here.
Forced to guard his stolen powers.
Unable to reclaim them until now.

Archangel Puriel.
Leader of angelic armies.
He Fell during the war and could not be found until now.

6000 years he waited.
Poor angel.

My angel, Michael, turned to me and said:
"Let us all leave here.
"Will you return to the afterlife with me?
"Will you ascend to an angel?
"Will you be by my side forever?"

I was shocked at this, but simply said:
"I have one more post to make and a few things to arrange.
"But yes."

So goodbye dear followers.
Perhaps when you die we can meet.

I'm off to gain my feathery wings.

[0055] The Light

I know.
I see.

The Light above is a gift from beyond.
It is not a part of the Labyrinth.

The Archangel at the centre of the Eternal Session.
He gifts us with Light when we reside in darkness.

We are not here for the Prize.
We must rescue its guardian.

[0054] Terrible sight

Tens

Hundreds

Thousands

Dead scattered in the halls.

Humans.

Non-humans.

I see it all.

[0053] New colours

Two more colours.
They explain.

I am confused.
But we move on.

Not long now.
Soon this will be over.

The Prize awaits.

[0052] Moving on

Swiftly moving through the darkness.

We see the Light above.
It is as though the Abyss never existed.

Many people here.

Some fight.
Some ally.

We move on.
Myself and the ultimate question.

[0051] What now?

Darkness.
Light above.

An angel with six wings descends to save me.

I press on.
Soon.

{0004} The Truth

> Fandango died last night.
> She was caught by a Denizen.

> It is time for the truth.
> We were all just shades of Violet.
> When we all die, Violet will be fully restored and see the truth.
> She will be in the Labyrinth.

> She was broken when the Labyrinth summoned her.
> There were originally seven of us.
> One by one over the last five years we have died off.

> And now I sit at the bottom of the Abyss.
> Bleeding.
> Dying.
> Violet will be here soon.

> Her mind will be restored fully.
> All emotions returned.

> I hope she will be fine.
> I hope we will all be fine.

> Goodbye.

[0050] The claws

I see blood.
I see claws.

{0003} Angel Story

>0022< The Abyss

We've started to climb in.
It is tough, but we carry on.

That damn light above isn't making it easy.

[0049] Long sleep

The Light above the massive hole.
What lies at the bottom?

Climb down.
Before another colour is lost.

The noise pursues.
It is close.

{0002} Unfortunate

> Lavender is no longer with us.
> She was the shy one of us and didn't speak to you much, but she did her best.


> Goodbye.

[0048] Finally here

It is time to sleep.
Talk to you all tomorrow.

[0047] No sleep

It is 1:30 AM, Wednesday the 25th of July, 2012.

I have not slept since I woke up Monday morning.

I have been working on a few commissions that I fell behind on due to being in hospital.

Starting a new pencil project soon.

I'll call it "The Archangel".

[0046] Another soul

Another soul taken.
Another soul gone.

>0021< Halfway

We're about halfway to the Abyss.

It's not east going.
There are Denizens all over the place.

We are managing though.
> But the Echo is about.

[0045] Three colours

Three colours against the darkness.
Bound together by destiny.

Will they succeed?
Will the fail?

>0020< More maze

The Morgue was a hell filled with Denizens.
We had to fight just to keep going.

The three of us are together now and safe.
No need to worry.

We are heading to the Abyss now.

Soon this should all be over.

>0019< The Morgue

Horrific.
But we are through.

Not a good place.
Will talk more later once I'm sure we're safe.

[0044] I return

I am back.
Michael has been so sweet.

Taking some time off from my serious work.
I drew this in the last half an hour or so of the dream I had last night.

I'll get back to updating in a few days.
Just need a little rest still.

>0018< I'm back

No access to a computer for a while, but I'm back.

And I have stories to tell.
But not now.

Now I am in the middle of the Morgue.

Awaken

Violet is awake. This morning I had a specialist come in and look at her. This was enough to help.

She made another drawing before waking up and actually used some of the colour pencils I brought for her.

For those that don't know, Violet's sister, Alexis, is the specialist I brought in. This drawing is of her eye which has a defect due to a broken Soul. She specialises in what is essentially magic of the Soul. She was able to fix the damage very quickly and was more than happy to see her sister again. She didn't stick around to allow Violet to see her since Violet thinks she's dead.
- Michael

Drawing 2

Violet is getting better, but she is still sleeping. Her hands started to move again so I gave her some paper and a pencil. After she started I took them away. The picture is something I'd rather not be showing and I'd rather not have seen her draw, but here it is anyway.

Dusk.
-Michael

Drawing

Violet's hand was moving while she was unconscious, so I gave her a pencil and some paper. I think she would want this shared, even if I am hesitant.
This picture worries me.

- Michael

Announcement

This is Michael. I am using Violet's account as I do not have an account and hers automatically logs in.

I am afraid to tell you that this blog may be closing down for a while. Violet has fallen ill and is in the hospital. She drifts in and out of consciousness mumbling about light and darkness.
I know what the cause is. I will make sure she recovers but I cannot directly interfere.
I'm sure she will be fine and will return to writing here soon. I'll answer any questions you have later, but for now I must return to her side.

- Michael Saraf

[0043] Dark dreams

Nothing once more.
I am hating this.

---

Michael has gone to London for the day with Raphael and Gabby.
They are taking part in a charity event.

[0042] Bed time

Hopefully tonight I dream.

(0001) Progress

There has been almost no time to talk, but I have found time.
I am alone now and I am typing fast.
Fandango and Amethyst were out scouting the area when the Labyrinth changed.


It doesn't change.
It's just strange to navigate.
But it changed this time.
Maybe an outside force?


Now Violet dreams of darkness.
Fandango is lost.
I have not heard from Amethyst.


But I do see it.
I see the light above.
It is guiding me to the next challenge we must overcome.


I don't have the fighting talent the other two have.
I will not survive the Morgue.


Labyrinth.
I command you to give back my better parts!
How am I supposed to survive without them?
I cannot defeat Denizens individually.
How am I supposed to fight my way through breeding grounds?

[0041] I worry

No dreams once more.
Just darkness in my sleep.

Is something wrong?
Can I not see?

I am worried.

[0040] On angels

No dream last night, but I have something I want to talk about.

---

When I was younger I had a few dreams over the course of several nights. At first there was a light, but then I was lost in darkness with only a single road ahead of me, made from white stones. It was a terrible light. It scared me so much.

I eventually came to a crossroads. Standing there I saw a man. He was tall and thin, with skin as white as snow. Blue eyes and brown hair. And wings. At least a 12 feet wingspan. Grey feathers as though tainted with some sort of darkness. I could tell, I don't know how, that they used to be a pure white.

He asked me to follow the path and find the door. He waved his hand and sure enough, a new path appeared between the paths forward and left. So I walked that way and never looked back.

Was he an angel? He looked sick, like he hadn't eaten in an age and hadn't drank in just as long. But I could tell he was an angel. There was something wrong, but I knew.

I have been talking to my friend Gabby and he thinks I'm right. I dreamed of an angel. But who was this angel? Did he have a name? I felt like he did and he wanted to find me, but now my dreams are filled with mazes and monsters and I am lost.

Do I go on? I am lost in this maze and cannot find my way. Michael comforts me and tells me that the maze is symbolic of my lost family and how I cannot reach them any longer, but what of the angel?

I have looked at lists of angels from all sorts of lore and religion, but I don't know what to make of this. It scares me to think that I am letting an angel down. That I found the door in my dreams and now I am lost and cannot find the way. There are no white stones to follow.

---

Why do I not believe in God, yet am so willing to accept angels as truth of the universe?

לנסוק >
לגרש את חטאיך, העולם הבא הוא האור היחיד >
אתה תהיה מטוהרים >
אתם מצווים להיות נקי >
אני מצווה עליך להיות נקי >
בוא האור לחבק אותך, ואתה תהיה לנקות שוב >
לוציפר דורש את זה >

[0039] No dreams

No dreams over the last two nights.
It never stops being odd.

[0038] That time

I remember.
But why me?

[0037] My Light

It was not.

It was not my Light.

---

I ran through the halls.
The dark walls stretching high above.

I could see my Light.
But what chased me was different.

It burned to the touch.
I had to run.

I did not want to die.

It was a wave.
A wave of deadly light.

But not my Light.
Not the Light above.

[0036] So Light

So warm.
So comforting.

>0017< It's over

Death and destruction.

We all survived the Culling.
Can't say the same for some of the other Stages.

Denizens from nowhere.

[0035] More drawing

I still have a little more commission work to do.
Dream drawings will continue tomorrow.

[0034] The Light

A sign from above.
It leads me through the dark.

The Light is comforting.

---

I cannot sleep.
At least Michael will be back tomorrow.

[0033] I return

I am back from my trip.
I slept most of yesterday.

May post my dreams later today.

But for now.
I must draw.

>0016< Waiting

Wait, wait, wait...

EDIT
< You had this labelled as 0015 instead of 0016.
< I changed it.

>0015< The Culling

The Stages are not full.
Need to wait.

This is going to be so boring.

>0014< A few more turns

I'm almost there.
Stage number 3.

Just around the corner are some Denizens.
There are a lot of them and it may take a while to kill them.

Wish me luck.

{0001} Directions

> Left, right, left, right, right, forward.


> Left, right, right, left, left, left, forward.


> Turn around.


> Left, right, right, forward, left, right.


> Forward, left, right, forward.


> Turn around.


> Forward, left, right, right, left, forward.


> The Stage. Number 3.

[0032] Going away.

I am visiting my adoptive family until Sunday.
I do not know if I can post until then.

Goodbye for now.

Edit: Please do not advertise on my blog.
I have deleted the comment.

>0013< A day behind

Violet is always behind the events.

She saw me go through the Crucible.
She saw the fighting I had to do.

No wonder she is scared.

Wish I could find my way to the Stage now.
Stupid mazes.

[0031] Bad dream

War.
Blood.

Death.
Pain.

>0012< The Crucible

Here I am again.
I hate this place.

Time to get to the other side.

[0030] Chasing it

It feels like I spent all night chasing that cat.

But in truth I only ended up where I started.

[0029] White cat

I saw the cat again.
It was turning corners too quickly to keep following.

> She went that way anyway.
> Fandango is brave despite everything that could kill her.

>0011< Redaction

I convinced Amethyst to allow the pictures up until the most recent posts.
She won't allow 90-93 though.

I don't see why.

EDIT
< Fixed your error in the title.
< Hope you don't mind.

Edit: Thanks Lavender.
You're far more useful than Amethyst.

[0028] Once again

No dreams.

>0010< Now?

Can I say Labyrinth of the Night now that Violet has mentioned a maze?
Can I?

And why did you redact all those pictures?
You let her say those things but not show what she talked about?

You're an idiot, Amethyst.
I can't wait to punch you when I reach the Stage.

[0027] Lost inside

The maze is filled with twists and turns.
Strange creatures stalk the darkness.

Above I see the Light.
Guiding my path.

I fear I will never reach it.
I fear I will die within that darkness.

But I will always wake up before they get me.

>0009< Thanks

She thought about weapons.
I now have a knife.

---

I thought I saw someone earlier.
A person, not a Denizen.

I chased them but didn't catch up.
It's like they disappeared into the Darkness.

[0026] Commission work

I have had no time for any personal work recently.
I must work so I can eat.

Edit: I am off to the land of dreams.
Goodnight.

>0008< Wandering

It's all I ever do.
Except when I'm running.

Why have I not found a weapon yet?
I've been roaming the Darkness for long enough.

I'm 5 years old and I've yet to find even a knife.
What madness is this?

I want to fight back!

EDIT
< Can someone ask Violet to think about weapons?
< Lots and lots of weapons?

[0025] So tired

No dreams.
No nightmares.

Just the Light.

[0024] Try again

Time to try and sleep once more.
Let us hope that it is not filled with more nightmares.

>0007< Still

The dream.

It is still there.

It walks the halls.

Stalks the Darkness.

[0023] Young dreams

When I was young I used to dream of a field.
It contained these purple flowers.

They sat and they waited.
They knew something I did not.

I would walk in the field for days.

But then it all changed.

 One night I found the edge of the field.
There was a forest.

I wandered inside.
It felt like more days past.

That is when I found the man.
That is when I knew fear.

He told me of wondrous things.
Of life and awareness.

He told me there were others.
He told me of my siblings and how they would join him.

He then put out his hand.
And asked me to take a hold.

But then I woke up.
Surrounded by flames.

That was the night I lost my parents.
My elder brother.
And my younger sister.

I miss them.

>0006< Survival

It is nearly impossible.
But I cope.

[0022] Bloody dream

I just woke up.
I am dazed.

I remember lots of blood.

I fell out of bed.
So silly of me.

Let me also share a picture of a dream from my childhood.
I remember the fear that night.

>0005< Pain

Blood.
Everywhere.

Do you see it?
I see it.

Where does it come from?
Why does my side hurt?

Why is the Darkness turning red?

[0021] Such strangeness

>0004< Fear

I wandered the hallways beyond door 12.
I saw it lurking in the Dark.

Waiting.
It knows.

It saw me.
I ran.
I had to.
No weapons.

Now I hide.

[0020] No sleep

I can't sleep.
There are no dreams.

I don't know what to do.

>0003< Haunted

144 doors are in front of me.
Pick a number between 1 and 144.

>0002< Counting closed

You are bad people.
Saying such high numbers.

===

My own account now.
No need to use the other one.

Heading into the Dark.

[0019] Lost again

I don't know what I have done with the day.
Time has passed me by.

I wander and wander.
Never really getting anywhere.

No dream last night.
This is odd and becoming common.

>0001< Submit

Your favourite number. That
What is it? many
doors

[0018] The laugh

Can you hear it?
I know you cannot.

But I can.

[0017] Long sleep

I am fully rested.
Such relief.

---

Falling through darkness.
There is noise.

Nothing but noise.
Echoing around me.

[0016] To sleep

Time to try again.

Let us hope I can.

[0015] Childhood dreams

Do you remember yours?

[0014] Small updates

I will be changing the titles of my picture files.

If the pictures disappear.
They will be back shortly.

[0013] My insomnia

Can't sleep.
I see the flames when I close my eyes.

Go away.

Not again.

[0012] Terrible Thought

What a terrible, terrible thought.

---

To embrace from the Light.

[0011] Ultimate pain

Screaming.
Such screaming.

I see the flames.
I see the man.

He wants to take me.
But too late - The firemen save me.

Everything is lost.
But I am alive.

[0010] Sleep Paralysis

A pressure.
A terrible pressure.
The weight of the world.
The terror in my heart.

As I woke up it felt as though I would die.

[0009] Once again

Nothing.
Once more.

It unsettles me to not remember my dreams.

[0008] No memory

Last night's dream eludes my conscious mind.

Odd.
Curious.

This rarely happens with me.
Perhaps the spirits took the night off?

[0007] In darkness

The platform crumbles.
I fall.

There is nothing but darkness.
No Light at all.

And then I wake up.

[0006] 1987

This penny.
It is older than me.

That is all.

---

> Not as old as some.

[0005] Rustle, rustle

Went for a walk in the park today.
Inspiration is a fickle mistress.

Sophia Gardens is always full of squirrels.
Playing.
Jumping.
Climbing.

---

I used to notice a lot of mist in the area, but about a year ago it disappeared.
It seems to be returning.

It bothers me.

[0004] Careful steps

The world crumbles as I step.
It shows multiple paths, but most fall into Darkness.

Along the rocky stepping stones I see it.
The cat leading me to a destination.
Its tail swaying back and forth.

I think it has plans, but I follow regardless.
Its path does not crumble.
Everything else does.

The cat will lead me further from the darkness.
Into the Light.

[0003] Short sleep

I went to bed early, but only slept an hour or so.
Back to bed it seems.

No dream to take note of.

Goodnight world.
See you when it is Light once more.

[0002] That cat

I walked down the dark street, past the closed shops and past all the houses, until there was nothing but darkness.
I stood alone, listening to the sound of the wind.

And then I saw it.
That cat with the gleaming blue eyes.
Small, white and with a lot of curiosity.

It ran so I chased it, but it was too fast.

[0001] It begins

This is the first.
This will not be the last.

I'm a dreamer.
Let me share them with the world.

I guess I will start tomorrow.
Hello for now, I suppose.