I present to you the official re-write to Dreaming About a Nightmare.

My previous attempt, Tales of Desperation: Nightmare, wasn't fit to my standards. This is my new and improved version.

Desperation: Trusting My Nightmare

Intro

I am here, talking to you as a spirit. I am no longer human nor book.

It has been sixty-seven years since the world nearly collapsed. Now, it lives in peace. What happened sixty-seven years ago you may ask, I'll explain everything.

In 1371, two swords, Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, were created by "The Hero King", Algol of the Valiant Kingdom. Soul Calibur was a good, but weak sword only to be destroyed by the evil, powerful Soul Edge. Soul Edge had such an evil aura that Algol could barely stand it. To assure that no one would wield it, he split the sword into nine shards. He requested that his son, Arcturus, spread the shards around the globe never to reveal any locations.

The aura stayed in Algol's body causing him to destroy and run his people including Arcturus out of the kingdom. Arcturus escaped to never return.

1451, Arcturus, as an old man, wrote a book titled "Tales of Desperation". In this legend, a man journeyed on an attempt to find the shards and rule the world. The shards locations are inside of the book. Arcturus would die soon, he didn't want to bury the book and possibly have it discovered by a corrupt soul. He had an idea, but not enough man power to make it come to life.

Arcturus traveled in search of Fygal Cestemus, the organization responsible for human creations. He told them his story of the legend and how he wanted a human form of the book. They fulfilled his request. I was born with the magic of Kunpaetku, the high priest of Fygul Cestemus. Though I was born human, I had the ability to transform into the book. Kunpaetku wanted me for himself so I could reveal the shards for his wrong doing, he murdered Arcturus and trapped me in his evil cult.

I was raised by Fygul Cestemus until I was four years old. I made a daring escape from their evil and brutish culture. I only had a mindset of purity, which almost caused them to murder me.

The news spread around the globe and soon after that, humans, monsters, and other beings chased me to find the shards, I was only four years old. One day, I hid in a forest and slept high in a tree's branches where I figured no one would find me. The branches snapped, I fell out of the tree, and blacked out after hitting the ground from what seemed like fifty feet. An elderly man found me and brought me back to his village.

Soon after I woke, he introduced me to the people.

They've heard the rumors, but they were pure people. They vowed to protect me, keep my secret, and love me as if I were one of their own. I vowed to do the same. The villagers agreed on a name for me that represented our vows. My new name would be Trust, of the Village of Purity. I lived in harmony with my new family until thirteen years later.

Here's my story...