My name is Martin, and I am a history major at Yale. I have a bright future ahead, or I did, before the incident. It all started with a dream, a nightmare.

I'm in a large field. There is nothing for miles except for a large sphere of energy. I approach the sphere drawn to it, it seems to call my name.

I touch the sphere. Something emerges. It's... me?

"So," other me smirks, "you remember deal. You have a world, a life, a home, but as our deal said, now you must be drawn away. Your world will be safe. However, it will be many years before you return. All you have to do, is honor our agreement."

"I don't know what you're talking about." I explain.

"Heh," other me smiles, "so you really are that desperate to get out of it. It won't be long, to you, it will be like a long nap, but, heh, if you wanna do it the hard way..." he grabs my neck and begin to squeeze, lifting me off my feet, "then maybe we can have a better ending, and maybe, just maybe, it'll go horribly, horribly wrong, but hey, you said when we made the deal, that the other ending, the one where you can live forever, was worth the risk. However, you shall face many hardships along the way. For now, WAKE UP!"

He snaps my neck and I awaken. However, I don't have time to ponder odd dreams, after all, I just got arrested.