When the light hit, I thought it would burn. But it didn’t.
It tore.
The world around me split apart like shattered glass, fragments of silver and blue falling away into endless darkness. I couldn’t tell which way was up. My body spun, weightless, lost in a storm of glowing shards that screamed as they fell.
Then, just as suddenly, I landed…hard.
Cold air rushed from my lungs. My hands hit solid ground. For a moment I stayed still, gasping, waiting for my heartbeat to catch up.
The air here was different. Heavy and damp. The light that had filled the first realm was gone.
When I lifted my head, I saw nothing but shadows.
The sky was black glass. The ground was covered in ash and pools of dark water that shimmered faintly, reflecting fragments of silver light far above. It was silent
