From your world or not, something definitely isn't right here. In fact you begin pulling at the Adventurer wishing to leave. He concurs, but attempts to warn this person to stop following.

"Alright, Mr. Doe, now that we've exchanged pleasantries you need to just stop following us, before you get yourself in a whole mess of trouble."

The teenager doesn't answer; he just continues walking towards you both.

"Get behind me. I get the impression that this guy doesn't know when to take a hint." He says picking up a rock and throwing it at the teenager. The rock hits him squarely in the head, it seems like it should've knocked him out, but instead it just makes him stop and blink a few times before addressing you in a monotone voice.

"You should not resist. You must come with me. The Nightmare Tyrant must be obeyed. He is…"

Before Johnny can complete his sentence, the Adventurer strikes him with his sword, but a strange thing happens. The Adventurer drops his sword and falls to the ground, clutching his arm. It would seem a kind of paralysis has stricken the Adventurer.

"RUN!" he yells trying to crawl away.

Wasting no time, you run towards Null. Johnny pays no more attention to the Adventurer and continues to follow you, but still doesn't quicken his pace. Whatever Johnny is, it's obvious his own powers are in full effect here too. Probably why the Nightmare Tyrant sent him here.

As you run, you realize you still need the Adventurer to help you get back home. You need to think of something.

You attempt to reason with Johnny

You remember Null is filled with dangerous creatures as well, so you wouldn't be any safer going there by yourself and Johnny's likely to just keep following you no matter where you go. Maybe you can use your "powers" to reason with him.

You turn around begin to try to psychically talk to Johnny. You figure he'll be more receptive that way. You also don't know what you're doing since you've never done this before!

Johnny steadily approaches you as you just stand there concentrating really hard while you attempt this unusual plan. Suddenly something happens, he stops walking and your own mind is flooded with a lot of weird thoughts.

You don't understand all of it, but you get the impression he didn't have a good home life in your own world. He used to "escape" to a fantasy world a lot and presumably that's what attracted the Nightmare Tyrant. You attempt to reason with him, but the link is broken when he verbally shouts out!

"STOP! Get out of my head! Only the Master is allowed! You MUST submit! He makes everything better! Shadows around me always. No pain, no pleasure, just nothingness…"
"Johnny, you're from the same place I am, don't you want to return home too?" you retort.
"…better here than what was at home…at least here I have power…and soon you will too. Isn't that why you came here, to escape the pain?"
"No! The Nightmare Tyrant kidnapped me! I want to go back home, my Mom's probably worried about me!"
"…mine probably forgot about me years ago…yours will too…you need to just submit…the Nightmare Tyrant makes everything better…"
"NO! I will not! In fact I want you to stop following me! I want you to leave me alone altogether! You will NOT prevent me from going home! Johnny, you're nothing but a slave to the Nightmare Tyrant. Is that what you want? Somewhere within you, you must miss something about your home."
"…better than home…but…"

Once again you've managed to stir some sort of emotion in Johnny. Suddenly he slumps to the ground and begins to weep. You're unsure of how to react, but you see the Adventurer staggering back towards you, which at least makes you somewhat relieved.

"Look, you don't have to stay here; you could return back to Earth with me, all we have to do is…"

Johnny looks up with red eyes, but has regained his composure.

"No. I left Earth a long time ago. This is my home now. But I see now that I am still under a cruel…guardian. No more. I want to be free… Arrgh!"

Suddenly Johnny grips his head, and you too feel a pain inside your own. A dark malevolent voice pieces your brain. It's the Nightmare Tyrant, somehow he's managed to speak to the both of you from wherever he is.

"Disobedient children! How dare you defy me Johnny! After all I have given you! Didn't I give meaning to your pathetic life? Didn't I become the parent you needed? If you won't obey me willingly then I'll just have to destroy what little free will I still allowed you to have! And YOU, oh I have special plans for you! Such power cannot be ignored and WILL supplement my own!"

While you and Johnny fall on the ground in pain, the Adventurer scoops you up and proceeds to run with you under his arm towards Null.

"Hang on kid! Keep fighting whatever it is you're fighting, I'll get you to your destination, I haven't failed in a quest yet!" he exclaims.

In the "real world" you fall unconscious, but in your mind you're very much awake. It would seem you're in some sort of dream world. You're standing on top of a rock floating in the void of blackness. You see Johnny in the distance standing on another rock fighting off Shadows which are attempting to drag him over the edge. He's punching them, but his fists are glowing with a white energy.

"I won't follow your evil commands anymore! From now on, I shall fight you with the very power you gave to me and your Shadows can't stop me!" He shouts as he completely destroys two Shadows at the same time with one blow of his fist. While you're watching this the Shadows have become aware of your presence and are climb over the edges of the floating rock.

"Fight them off! Imagine yourself a powerful warrior! Or whatever you wish! The Nightmare Tyrant can't stop you power of your mind if it's strong enough!" Johnny shouts over to you.

You do just that, you imagine yourself in armor with a sword. You feel your strength grow and your reflexes quicken.

"Cool!" you say and strike at the nearest Shadow, destroying it.

This battle continues for some time until it seems that the endless amount of Shadows have become too afraid to attack anymore. You hear the voice of the Nightmare Tyrant again.

"FOOLS! You think you've won? I was just warming up! I will show you the personification of FEAR and of eternal darkness!"
"You always did talk to too much." Johnny says and summons up a bright blinding ball of light completely enveloping the entire area. You hear an unearthly bellow as you shield your eyes from the blinding light. When you open them again, you see Johnny standing before you.

"Is he…"
"Gone forever? No, but he won't be bothering you ever again. Me? He will. But I'll be even more prepared for him for the next time we meet."
"You're still going to stay here?"
"Yes. I meant what I said that this is my home now, and there is nothing for me back on Earth. But now I see that the Nightmare Tyrant just used me for his own purposes, to help him in his ongoing hunt for more power. I need to stay to make things right again. Maybe even destroy him once and for all. I have to try, after all the evil he's caused and lives he's ruined. You should of course go back home, and be thankful for what you have there. Farewell and thank you for opening my eyes."

Suddenly you wake up from a bed and you're in an unusually colorful room. You see a broom sweeping by itself pass you by. Jumping up from seeing such a thing, you notice the Adventurer sitting by a table polishing his sword.

"Now you wake up! You know I had to fight through ten Forsaken trying to eat us, with you under my arm and you didn't even blink! Fortunately I got us here though. So, what happened to you exactly?"

You and the Adventurer swap stories about what you both experienced in your respective journeys and you both think that each of you had the easier time of it! After showing you some of the "cool magical stuff" in his home, you're ready to go back to your own. This entire world is very interesting, but you want to return.

"Well, I can certainly understand that. Like I said, I'm a traveler, but I suppose even I get a longing to return home. Y'know, maybe I'll go visit mine. My real one, not this place. They might even have forgotten all the mischief I used to cause there!" the Adventurer laughs.

The Adventurer shows you the chair he was talking about. You instinctively feel a power coming from it. Not a magical one either, it's the same one you have. Perhaps it was a device to enhance such abilities? Perhaps it was a secret weapon involved in the destruction of this City? You don't know and the Adventurer doesn't either, all you know is you're hoping it will help you get home.

Sitting in the thing does make you a bit nervous as it resembles an electric chair, but you know you need to calm yourself of any sort of fear and doubt if you want to get back home. You bid goodbye to the Adventurer before attempting to concentrate and he mentions he'll stand by to help in case it looks like you're in trouble.

You are suddenly transported through a tunnel of blackness followed by swirling colored lights. It's all so strange and overwhelming to you that you pass out once again.

"Hey! I told you breakfast is ready, are you going to sleep all day?" you hear your Mom call from downstairs as you awaken in surprise.

You quickly look around your room and nothing looks out of place. Your Mom hasn't seemed to notice that you were gone; in fact it doesn't look like you even left.

Was it all a dream?

You shake your head trying to decide if it was, then you notice a coin on the floor next to the toys you set up yesterday. A gold coin and oddly its right next to a sword wielding figure with a peculiar smile on his face.

It wasn't a dream. It was real. Created by the power of your own imagination. You decide you'll keep this information to yourself though, since nobody would ever believe it!

You had an interesting adventure, but you're glad to be home and thankful for what you have in the real world you think as you go downstairs to eat.