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When I woke, my hands were tied behind my back. In front of me was a rocky path, left with one choice, I went. Four bodies layed on the side as I continued walking. There was a circle of candles around an odd symbol in the middle, five members surrounding it. Four gods in front, an executioner on the side axe in hand. I knew what I had to do, as all my family and friends were lead to the same fate. With hesitation, I sat in the middle of the symbol. A sacrifice was all I was.
"Before us stands the last of its kind. All others we have hunted down and put to the blade." A frog, it's throut cut.
"With this final sacrifice, the prophecy will be impossible to fulfill." A squid, it's ear cut off.
"The heretic who lies bound below will be condemned to eternal captivity." A bushy creature, it's eyes covered.
"And the Old Faith shall be preserved." A sea creature , half it's head gone.
I didn't understand what they were saying but I knew this was the end. I cried and squeezed my eyes shut as the executioner held his axe.
I opened my eyes and looked around. Is this the afterlife?
The odd symbol is still here.. I stood up and walked down the path layed before me. Piles and piles of skulls, chains, and wooden crosses on each side.
At the end of the path was a big cat, chains around his body and his face covered. On the side stood a cat in a black robe and another with white, both their faces covered.
Chains spoke,
"Come closer. Fear not, for though you are already dead, I still have a need of you."
Ah.. so I am dead.
"All I ask is for you to start a Cult in my name. Do we have a deal?"
I have no choice but to accept. With that, he gave his crown to me.
