My Lonely Duke

Nightmare

Troy POV

“Don’t do this please let us go. You won’t see us again, nor you would hear from us. Please let us go. Don’t punish us” unknown women begging. 

Everything around is filled with smoke, fire and ashes. Screams, loud, terrified, gut wrenching are all that could be heard. There are many people running around, running for their lives. Some are injured, some are bleeding, none dead but all fear it. 

The fear can be felt in the atmosphere, it can be felt by everyone, as they see the darkness taking over, the last thing that is heard is a cry, cry for help. 

I wake up.

The nightmare is same as it has been since I have came on earth. I could feel everything like I have lived it. The scared faces, the flow of tears, the begging, the praying, the ask for help. 

It’s the scream that wakes me up every time. I want to know more for once, I want to know what happens but the darkness takes over every time. 

I have designed the room in such way that there is not a single light in the room, nor any sound. My head hurts due to those screams, those are so real. I don’t know if they were saved or something really terrible happened to them. I hope they were saved.

I sit on my bed for a long time after I wake up everyday. My whole body sweats. It takes a lot of time to come back to reality. 

Why I have been send to this planet is still a question to me and I have been spending my life searching for the answer. 

I feel like the civilizations have changed, eras have come and gone and I am still stuck here. I have been from one town to other, one country to other, one continent to other. I tried moving to another planet but I guess I am bound here. 

I am aware of who I am, what all powers I have, I just don’t remember anything else from my past. How was I? How my family was? Was I a good son? Did I do my duties well. 

Everything has felt monotonous here. Nothing has ever gotten my attention. This is a new town, where I came with some hope. Hope that I get my answers. 

The palace was easy to buy since everyone apparently was suspicious about the old lady who is living here. I don’t feel that way. 

All are like my people and I can’t discriminate one from another. 

I didn’t mind renting her a room or to a young guy, I don’t want people to think I am crazy too if I like to keep searching for my answers. 

I knew the king and it was easy to convince him. The king has already lost everything so when he heard that I want to give him back his estates under the condition that he would name me Duke, he was more than happy. 

Sometimes I think that my tenants create chaos now and then but they are better than the regular people who would interfere in my life and raise questions. 

I am liking this town more than the others, but things have been strange lately. 

I don’t like to show my face to people, and it used to rain whenever I want, but somedays back it stopped suddenly, without me wishing for it to stop. 

Since no one from the heaven hears me, I think I have to turn the other way for help. I must get my answers from there. 

Deciding it, I pick up my coat and hat and look outside to the sunny weather. 

RAIN….. 

And it starts pouring down, I pull down the hat little more to cover my face, as I take the stairs. 

It feels like something is different and i look around me. The house seems much cleaner and it smells like summer. 

I hope she is taking good care of Kathy, thinking that I start my journey to find answers for my life.