Cassia had lived a stable life.She had loving parents, she performed well in school, she was good at sports, and she was growing up to be a beauty — with long blonde hair and sapphire-blue eyes that shimmered like a summer's morning.
Overall, she had a long and happy life ahead.Nothing could possibly go wrong.
Until it did.
She was infected.By the Nightmare Spell.
It happened suddenly. She had just been walking to school when it came — a strange, disorienting dizziness that sank deep into her bones. At first, she tried to shrug it off, brushing it aside like a passing shadow. But then came the heaviness. The weight. The struggle to stay awake. The world tilted, spun wildly, and before long, she was pulled down into darkness.
It took her a moment to understand what was happening. And when she finally did, it was too late.She had entered her First Nightmare.
Then, somehow, she conquered it.
Cassia came back…But she was no longer the same.
She had lost something.Something every human being takes for granted.
She had lost her sight.
A debilitating flaw. An unbearable price.
People can still live after losing their sight, normally. They can adapt. They can learn. They can find ways to make the world bearable.
But for Cassia? It was different.She had to return to the Dream Realm.She had to walk into its cruelty.Into its terror.Into its madness.
She had to fight.
And she had no choice.
She cried.She felt despair sink its cold, sharp teeth deep into her heart.How was she supposed to survive like this? Without her sight? Against monsters that didn't care if she was strong or weak, seeing or blind?
As she walked the long corridors of the Sleeper Academy,she was lost.Lost in silence.Lost in an endless night.Lost in an impenetrable darkness that offered no light, no warmth, no mercy.
She was lost from the light.Lost from life itself.
She had resigned herself…To death.To the Nightmare Spell.
At least, she thought she had.
And then she met him.
Sunless.Sunny.
Sunny, who was kind when no one was.Sunny, who gave her hope when she had none.Sunny, who gave her everything when she had nothing.Sunny, who promised her a future when she couldn't promise anything back.
Sunny, who became her light...when she was lost from the light.