Cunning General Si Ning

Darkness. That was all Si Ning could see and feel the moment he opened his eyes, it was too dark that he wondered why there was no lit lantern or if the candles had gone out but the most confusing and the odd part was he couldn't tell if he was standing or lying down on his bed.

"Ah Dai?" Si Ning squinted his eyes yet he couldn't see a thing. "Ah Dai!" He called out before suddenly feeling a sense of deja vu and at the back of his mind he knew deep down he would not be getting a reply.

First, he tried to stay so still and breathe slowly to stay calm, He might have a strong sense of Ah Dai not coming but as long as he calls him then the high chance of Ah Dai hearing him would increase.

"Ah Dai?" Si Ning called out softly trying to avoid any monster swallowing him up. It was childish to think that a monster might be lurking in the dark but he couldn't help but think something was wrong.

Ah Dai wasn't coming in and everywhere was dark, it wasn't the twenty-first century where they have flashlights and phones so the least he could do was reach out and find his table to reach for the matches in his drawer so Si Ning raised his hands to reach out to feel his bedpost.

After reaching out Si Ning discovered that he couldn't feel his hands then he tried to move his legs but couldn't feel it too, it was then he realized he wasn't awake and he was dreaming so the next thing to do was to try and wake up but he had no idea how to wake up.

It was starting to look like a nightmare, he wasn't afraid of the dark but he doesn't want to stay too long in the dark because darkness increases fear. He started to breathe a little bit faster when it instantly became bright, so bright he had to close his eyes till he started to feel the heat from the sun which was instantly getting abnormally hot within a second.It was so annoying he had no physical body yet he could feel the heat from the sun all over his body, so weird that the body he couldn't feel was reacting to the weather. 

The worst part was his feet getting heated up by the sand that he jumped up, funny enough he was able to jump up yet without a physical body.

"Xiu Zhicheng, Xiu Zhicheng." Si Ning called. He had no idea why he was calling the Emperor's name but he continued calling out the name and it kept echoing back to him.

This time his heart started beating fast then he started running, it was a desert but at least he could run and get to a higher place to be able to see the scenery around him but then he tripped and fell, the scenery changed and he found himself sinking in a massive body of water and just like how he felt the sun heating his skin, this time it was water that engulfed him so he started to swim, waving his hands to see he was still in the state of having no physical body yet he could feel his hands waving and him moving towards the surface he was about to emerge from the water when he saw a figure standing above the water and it seemed like the figure was reaching their hand towards him so he also raised his hand knowing that as long as his hand reaches the surface of the water then there was no doubt that the figure was going to pull him out since it seemed like the figure was trying to help.

Si Ning reached out his invisible hand when an unknown forced suddenly pushed him down and he tried to swim up but it didn't work this time. As he was desperately trying to swim, kicking his none existence legs around, flapping around in the water when the scenery once again changed.The scenery changed into a field of grass, he was standing on the grass and when he turned around, he saw he was now on a green field and he knew that all he needed was someone to shake him awake from this miserable dream because he was scared of what the scene might change too. 

First, it was the desert, then the ocean now the field, and he was scared that the scene might turn into a pit of fire.

"Xiao Pei? Ah Dai, Xiu Zhicheng!" He called needing someone to wake him when he saw a person miles away from him that they appeared like an ant. 

It was weird to see a person so he decided to see who they were and then he quickly carried his none existence body and started running towards them. Running desperately towards them without closing the gab made him only run faster, his heart beating fast and loudly in his chest.

"Hey... Oi.... Ya..You... Stop!" Si Ning yelled at the top of his voice.Despite knowing it was a dream, despite trying to do everything in his power to wake up and despite knowing the person standing in that distance was far from him yet he had an urgent feeling to close the distance between them so he started running again till he found himself close to them but the figure kept walking away but this time he could see some of their features and they were putting on the modern-day cloth because he could make out some pink top and their hair was blond and short.

"Blonde, hey blonde, pink stop!"

"You...ng... mas....ter... You....g...ma...ter"

It was someone calling him but the voice sounded so far away but instead of Si Ning to find a way to wake up he decided to chase the blond and he was about to take the first step when he felt an invisible force pulled him and he found himself unable to move.

"Young... Master..!! . wake up wake up."

"Ah Dai!" Si Ning shouted, it was Ah Dai calling for him yet he turned and couldn't see him. "Ah Dai!" He called out only for the scenery to change and he noticed he was now in the woods with snow covering everywhere, he started shivering because of the cold temperature even though he had no body and also had no idea if his spirit like body wore cloth or not.

Si Ning quickly looked around to see if the figure was also there and this time the figure was standing far from him but they seemed to be rigid so Si Ning raised his leg but it feels so heavy as he felt his heart getting frozen due to the temperature. He felt his body shaking but still want to reach the figure when the snow started to fall but the figure only stood there letting snowfall on them which made Si Ning quickly try to walk faster only to get pulled again.

"Young Master!"Si Ning flung his eyes opened to meet Ah Dai whose eyes were red and swallow with tears, his nose red and snort trailing down his nose, his face close to him so Si Ning sat up slowly wondering why Ah Dai was crying. Ah Dai first blew his nose in a handkerchief before pulling Si Ning into a hug as he cried.