I stood in the middle of the room, breathing deeply, trying to process everything that had happened. Was this a test? Had I really been alone, or was the shadow still there, watching me from afar?
But I wasn't as afraid as before. No, this time, I was ready to face it.
Slowly, I turned toward the closet, expecting to see it shut as it had always been. But I was wrong.
The door was open, and the dark passage was still there.
A shiver ran down my spine, but I didn't let it stop me. I stepped forward… then again, until I was standing right at the threshold. The darkness inside seemed less threatening this time, as if it had been waiting for me.
"What do you want from me?" I whispered, not expecting an answer, but needing to hear my own voice in the heavy silence.
But I got an answer.
"Discover the truth."
It wasn't a strange voice this time. It wasn't a whisper from the void.
It was my own voice.
My heart pounded, but I didn't step back. If there was a secret behind this darkness, it was time to uncover it.
I reached forward, touching the cold emptiness of the passage. It felt like stepping into a thick wave of air, as if crossing into another world. I closed my eyes, then took a step inside.
There was no sound, no movement, only that strange sensation of shifting between worlds. Then, suddenly, the light behind me vanished, and I was surrounded by complete darkness.
But I wasn't alone.
In front of me, shapes began to emerge from the shadows… people? Faces? Or just illusions? I couldn't tell. But one thing was clear.
I saw myself among them.
To be continued...