Sam and Stephanie; Quest in the Dreamlands

Hello everyone.

Please do not be alarmed, but I am not MP.

I know that some of you may be a bit confused and have some questions.

But I can assure you all, that MP is not dead, I have simply sent him through the same coffin shaped clock which Randolph Carter once used.

You may all refer to me as; HB, or Ian.

Now, with all that out of the way, let us start the story.

Sam and Stephanie have made it to the land of dreams, also known as the Dreamlands.

" Quite a queer place " said the Sword of Dreams, also known as; SOD.

" Wait… are we dreaming? " said Stephanie.

" Pinch yourself, " said Ahura Mazda.

Which Stephanie did.

" Aw! " exclaimed Stephanie.

" Well, you are not dreaming, " said Mazda.

" Sis, are you okay? " asked Sam.

" Yeah… but how did we get here? " said Stephanie.

" The better question is; who brought us here? " said SOD.

Sam and Stephanie now noticed a beautiful white ship sail towards them.

The ship was majestic in every way, and sensing adventure, Sam and Stephanie now boarded the ship.

While on the White Ship, which sailed throughout the Dreamlands, Sam and Stephanie picked up many inhabitants of the lands, such as;

Some cats from Ulthar, Iranon of the golden head, Barzai the wise, and some Zoogs.

Everyone now enjoyed some Zoog moon-wine, while Iranon now sang a song.

" This place is not that bad, " said Stephanie, who spoke too soon, as she noticed some creatures who all had smooth, oily, whale-like surfaces, unpleasant horns that curved inward toward each other, bat wings whose beating made no sound, ugly prehensile paws, and barbed tails that lashed needlessly and disquietingly. And worst of all, they never spoke or laughed, and never smiled because they had no faces at all to smile with, but only a suggestive blankness where a face ought to be.(Lovecraft)

Stephanie was looking at some Night-gaunts.

The Night-gaunts now flew down, and all of them now overwhelmed Sam.

Stephanie rushed to her brother's aid, but when she pushed some of the Night-gaunts out of the way, she heard Sam laughing, the rest of the Night-gaunts were tickling Sam's whole body.

" Stop! Stop! I am going to pee myself!! " exclaimed Sam, as the tears of laughter ran down his face.

Stephanie could be heard letting out a sigh of relief.

The journey on the White Ship continued.

The ship sailed through Celephaïs, Inganok, Xura, Zar and Sunset City.

And if some of you are wondering how the ship is able to make all these journeys, it turns out that the White Ship can fly.

While traveling, Sam and Stephanie would hear Iranon and Barzai tell of their lives and what they have seen.

To be fair, Iranon would tell the tragic story of his life, while Barzai kept on yelling; " Wololo! "

And something about the peak of Kadath.

Speaking of Kadath, the White Ship has just reached the bottom of the mountain.

Sam and Stephanie got off, joined by one cat of Ulthar, which Stephanie named; Nicoli.

The ship now sailed off, and that was when Sam and Stephanie both saw something quite queer, which would not be strange in normal circumstances, but these were not normal circumstances.

In front of Sam and Stephanie was a man on a chair, reading a book by Lord Dunsany, while drinking a cup of tea.

Sam and Stephanie now walked up to the man.

" Hello there, who are you? " said Stephanie.

" My name is Howard Philips Nodens L. And who might you two be? Both of you smell like the creatures and gods I created "

Sam and Stephanie just looked at one another.

" Sorry sir, but we know not of the creatures and gods that you speak of. My name is Sam, and this is my sister; Stephanie "

" And this is my cat; Nicoli, " said Stephanie, while holding a black cat with green eyes.

Howard looked at the cat, and then said;

" I had a cat like that once, but no one seemed to like the name which I gave it, " said Howard with a smirk.

Thankfully, Sam and Stephanie did not ask about the cat's name, but they did ask; what was at the peak of Kadath.

Howard's answer to that question was with a quote;

" Apropos of sleep, that sinister adventure of all our nights, we may say that men go to bed daily with an audacity that would be incomprehensible if we did not know that it is the result of ignorance of the danger. " (Baudelaire)

Sam and Stephanie once again looked at one another, they then looked up at the mountain.

Sam and Stephanie both now flew up towards the peak of Kadath.

" He who sleeps, shall soon awaken " said Howard with queer smile.

Sam and Stephanie had now arrived at the peak of the mountain, where a man was sitting on a throne, while another man was beating on drums.

The man on the throne had strange symbols on his body, symbols which belonged to the outer gods and of Pegāna.

The drummer, who is also known as Drummer Skarl, looked tired and weary.

Sam walked over and stopped Skarl from playing, so that the Drummer may finally rest.

That was when Stephanie noticed the man on the throne move his finger.

The man moved more of his body, till he finally opened his eyes, and that was when all of Dreamland started to disappear bit by bit.

" What is going on?! " exclaimed Stephanie, as even Kadath was vanishing.

" I have awakened, thus, everything shall be remade, while the old shall settle in the Silent Sea " said the man, as he stood up from his throne of dreaming.

" Who are you? " asked Sam.

" I am EE-AM, he who dreams "

" Something is wrong, " said Mazda.

" The man has two gods inhabiting his body " said SOD.

Stephanie looked into the man's starry eyes, she then said;

" Who are the two gods within you? "

" They are the dreamers; Azathoth and Māna-Yood-Sushāī, " said EE-AM with a smile.

" You are a human, " said Sam.

" Once human, now, god " said EE-AM.

More of the Dreamlands disappeared, while Barzai kept on yelling;

" WOLOLOLO! "

" Why are you doing this? " asked Sam.

" I have awakened, thus, everything has to be destroyed, so that it may be remade " said EE-AM, as he started to fly.

Sam and Stephanie now flew up towards EE-AM.

" We won't allow the old to be destroyed, " said Sam.

" We will kick your ass back to sleep " said Stephanie with a smile.

EE-AM now had a grin, as his cosmic eyes glowed.

Sam and Stephanie now beheld something, which is impossible for me to put into words, as EE-AM transformed into his celestial form.

But for the sake of imagination, I shall try and describe EE-AM's celestial body.

From his chest down to his feet, could space and the beautiful cosmos be seen.

From his shoulders to his fingers, could goat eyes, mouths with fangs, and tentacles be seen.

The head was a cosmic-horror, both eyes were closed, for he was the dreamer, but the third eye on the forehead was looking directly at Sam and Stephanie, who were both filled with terror, as sweat covered their bodies, their hearts in their ears, and their souls slowly being corrupted.

" I am the Evil Emperor Azathoth-Māna-Yood-Sushāī " said the dreamer with a booming and echoing voice.

" How could you let them do this to you? " uttered Stephanie in disbelief.

" I willingly gave them my body, " said EE-AM.

" Move body, move… " uttered Sam, as he was trying to call upon the 99 blessings, but his body refused to move.

A abyssal maelstrom now surrounded Sam and Stephanie.

Being caught off guard, Stephanie was sucked into the abyss.

" STEPHANIE!!! " screamed Sam, as he reached into the abyss, but he could not feel his sister, nor could he sense her soul.

" Return my sister at once! " yelled Sam, as he glared at EE-AM with glowing eyes.

But, with a calm tone, EE-AM said;

" You fool, Stephanie is dead "

Sam felt his whole world crumble, as the Dreamlands were really crumbling away.

Sam and Stephanie had been with one another since the beginning, he had never imagined that he would ever be separated from her… but now, his sister was gone, dead.

" Sis...dead…?...no… " uttered Sam, as his heart and soul shattered into a billion pieces.

" Fear not, for she has simply entered the River of Silence, where you and the rest of my former creations shall go as well " said EE-AM, as his glowing third eye looked down upon Sam.

Sam was mesmerized by the glow, it had a color unlike any existing.

His eyes now turned black, while his eyeballs turned white, as red blood ran down his cheeks.

" Together with Mosahn, I shall bring about the end and beginning of everything, and then, I shall dream once again " exclaimed EE-AM with a voice one had to hear to believe.

Sam felt his soul being sucked out from his eyes, but what was the point of living, if his sister was dead…

Stephanie now gave her brother a hug, as she had used the Spear of Longinus to escape the abyss.

" Sister… " uttered Sam.

Stephanie held her brother thightly, she then said;

" Be the light in the tunnel "

Sam's eyes glowed, as they returned back to normal.

He then held his sister close to his heart and chest, as he then said;

" An-nur "

Sam's whole body now glowed with a light which the abyss could not absorb, which also finally awoke the dreamer, as EE-AM's two eyes opened and looked upon the light.

" Mgn'ghft "

Sam and Stephanie now both opened their eyes, and the two of them now saw how they were still in their beds in the palace of Sargon.

" Wait… was all that just a dream??? " said Stephanie, confused.

" It seems so, " said Sam.

" Mazda, SOD? " said Stephanie, but neither of them had an answer.

" Maybe it was all just a dream… " said Stephanie, sounding relieved.

Nicoli now jumped onto Stephanie's bed.

Sam and Stephanie looked at one another, while Nicoli was purring.