I gained consciousness. My first view of the world, my first breath of air, and it was in what seemed to be a damp, dark, and slightly reeking basement. A man was standing in front of me, with a look which was a combination of contentment and anticipation. Looking around, I saw that I was standing in the middle of a pentagram, with a rather disgusting mass of blood and limbs in front of me. I hoped that wasn't human. The man was wearing some dark black robes, although some of it had been tainted by the blood.
"Beast!" he finally said to me "I have summoned you, now you must help me!"
Now, looking back, what I did next was definitely not a wise decision. But hey, in my defence, I had only been existing in this dimension for less than a minute. I was nowhere near as wise as I am now.
"Why?" I said to him "Who are you to order me around?"
The man did not react well to that. His faced turned from confidence to confusion to anger.
"You will obey me!" he snarled. "I have summoned you, now you must do as I say!"
I lost my temper. This man was just being so irritating, and I hated it. I ran up to him, arms outstretched, and wrapped my fingers round his throat. He was taken by surprise and we fell onto the floor, me tightening my grip and him flailing his arms around in panic. After a few seconds of this he stopped flailing and seemed to have composed himself slightly. He gently flicked his wrist and suddenly he was gone, my fingers clinging to nothingness. I was confused for a few seconds, and then I realised; I had just attempted to kill someone. That man could be anywhere telling anyone about what had happened. I wondered what to do next. I mean, going up to the surface seemed a good idea, but didn't really solve anything. As I climbed the old wooden stairs to the ground I thought that I should probably find out who that man was, and what I was doing in his basement. I finally looked at the front door of the house. It was iron-set and looked heavy. I finally opened it and as the light streamed into my squinting eyes, I knew that this was only beginning.
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