A city shrouded in silence. The air felt heavy, thick with an unnatural stillness. I moved through the empty streets, my steps light, careful not to disturb the eerie calm. Overhead, the sky was wrong-painted in shades of deep red, the moon swollen and unnatural, its glow casting long, distorted shadows.


    I didn''t need anyone to tell me something was coming. I could feel it in the air, in the way the people around me clutched each other, whispering in hushed, panicked tones.


    But I didn''t share their fear. Fear was pointless. It wouldn''t fill my stomach or keep me alive.


    I walked past a line of abandoned stalls, the scent of roasted meat still lingering in the air. My body begged for food, but I ignored it. Hunger was a familiar presence, one I had long accepted. There were more pressing matters now.


    Then, I saw them.


    Two figures, masked and cloaked in black, moving unnaturally through the crowd. Their heads turned in my direction, slow and deliberate. I had the sudden urge to disappear, to slip into the shadows before they reached me.


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    Too late.


    They moved with inhuman speed, closing the distance in seconds. I turned to run, but a sharp impact struck the back of my neck. My vision blurred, the crimson moon melting into darkness.


    Silence.


    Then-whispers.


    I stirred, my body heavy, limbs unresponsive. The scent of damp earth filled my lungs. Gravel crunched beneath my captors'' feet as they carried me forward. The air was colder here, filled with the distant echoes of something ancient.


    When my vision finally returned, I found myself in a graveyard. Stone markers stretched endlessly into the darkness, some crumbling, others pristine. It was a place long forgotten, untouched by time.


    A golden light flickered ahead, cutting through the gloom. My captors didn''t hesitate, stepping toward it with purpose. I was powerless to resist, my body still weak from whatever they had done to me.


    As we moved closer, the light revealed a hidden doorway embedded in the earth. Strange symbols pulsed along its surface, glowing faintly as if responding to our presence. It was unlike anything I had ever seen.


    Then, the world shifted.


    The ground beneath us seemed to dissolve, twisting and pulling at reality itself. My stomach lurched, the sensation both weightless and crushing at once. It was as if I was being swallowed whole by something beyond comprehension.


    Then-stillness.


    I gasped, air rushing back into my lungs. The graveyard was gone. The masked figures were gone.


    And before me stood a place that should not exist.


    A vast, endless expanse of towering ruins stretched into the horizon, their structures impossibly large, bathed in a golden glow. The air hummed with an ancient presence, something watching, waiting.


    I had no idea where I was.


    But I knew one thing for certain-


    I was no longer in the world I once knew.