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11. Weight of Creation and Destruction
The walls shuddered. Hundreds of reflections broke free, now monstrous amalgamations of their peers. One—Cedric recognized it immediately—was Lucas, his childhood friend, who had died years ago in a car accident. But this Lucas was taller, faceless, teeth sharp as razors. It lunged, knocking another student into a mirrored wall. The body crumpled and vanished, leaving only a faint scorch mark on the floor. Cedric stumbled, catching Gina again. The maze pulsed in response, reacting to his panic. He gritted his teeth. Control it. Don’t panic. They ran again, hearts hammering. He could hear the wails of those being consumed—the metallic shriek of bodies folding into glass, the muffled screams from students caught in loops. He counted them in his head. Each disappearance a mark burned into his soul. The maze was teaching them, killing them, reminding him that this was his doing. Finally, at the center of the chamber, they reached a circular platform, smooth and pulsating, marked wit
10. The Labyrinth's teeth
Cedric’s chest heaved. The golden door had led them to a narrower corridor, still shimmering faintly, still alive with a pulse that seemed to follow his heartbeat. But there was no relief, only the lingering echo of screams—the ones that didn’t make it, the ones still trapped in reflection. Behind them, the black smoke of the destroyed maze swirled like a storm in miniature. It whispered, twisting toward them in ribbons of vapor, tasting like ash. Cedric could feel it pressing against his back, hungry, patient. “We’re… alive,” Gina whispered, trembling so violently that her teeth chattered. “For now…” Cedric didn’t answer. His fingers were clenched tight around her wrist, nails digging into flesh, grounding himself. He could feel the maze inside him, the dark pulse of it, waiting to be fed again. The corridor opened into a vast chamber, the size of a football field, but impossibly taller—walls made of angled glass, stretching into shadows that shouldn’t exist. Hundreds of re
9. Heart of the maze
The cold had followed them like a predator, creeping along the jagged stone and black walls. Cedric’s lungs burned with every inhale, his chest tight, heart hammering so violently it felt like it would rip free. The red mist still curled along the floor, now thick as smoke, winding around their legs like fingers. Every sound—every whisper, every scraping of stone—was magnified to unbearable levels. Gina stumbled beside him, hands pressed to her face. “We’re… we’re going to die here,” she sobbed. Her voice was raw, breaking in jagged shards, and Cedric could feel her panic infecting him. “No,” he said, though the word felt hollow. His jaw ached from clenching his teeth, and a cold sweat slicked his skin. “We’ll… find a way out. Somehow.” But the maze didn’t answer. Instead, it shifted. The black walls pulsed, stretching upward and inward, bending impossibly. Every corner Cedric turned revealed angles that didn’t exist before, floors rippled beneath their feet as though the ston
8. Nightmare Ascend
Gina’s nails dug into his arm. “We have to find it… the exit… before it kills everyone!” Her voice was shaking, hysterical, almost a scream. “It’s… it’s alive!” “Yes!” Cedric shouted, the words lost in the mist. “The maze, the shadows… they’re alive! They’re reacting to us!” A flash of movement caught his eye. A student ahead of them ran screaming, pursued by a shadow. The figure was fast, impossibly fast, limbs bending and snapping like twigs. The student tripped. The shadow enveloped them, and their scream ended abruptly, replaced by a hollow gurgling that echoed in the corridor. The body vanished. Cedric gagged. He could feel panic spreading through the group like a disease. Every step they took was amplified, the reflections twisting, the shadows reaching closer. Then the floor beneath them cracked. The stone split open in a jagged line. Red light spilled from the fissure, forming patterns that Cedric recognized—symbols he had drawn in his sketchbook, runes of power and de
7. Into the evil maze
The exit didn’t lead to freedom. Cedric stumbled forward with Gina and Kevin, the silver shimmer of the doorway dissolving behind them like mist. Relief should have washed over him—but instead, his stomach twisted, bile rising at the sudden, unnatural stillness. The cold wind that had been chasing them vanished. The air thickened, humid and choking, carrying a new scent: something rotting, metallic, and sweet, like blood left to ferment. They were no longer in the labyrinth. The floor beneath them had turned to cracked stone, jagged and uneven. The walls stretched impossibly high, blackened, textured like charred bark. Strange shapes moved just beyond vision—shadows with angles that didn’t make sense, limbs bending the wrong way. The red mist from above had returned, thicker now, curling like a living thing, creeping along the floor toward them with a hiss. “Where… where are we?” Gina whispered, her voice trembling, barely audible over the pulse in Cedric’s ears. Her eyes dart
6. The Glass Labyrinth 2
The mirror beside her flickered. Her reflection stepped out, identical but colder, sharper. It smiled. It reached for her face, and before she could escape, pulled her into the glass. Her scream echoed, folding in on itself, dissolving into smoke. Then it was gone. Cedric felt bile rise in his throat. He could feel Kevin trembling beside him, arms wrapped around himself. “It’s… it’s taking them,” Kevin whispered. “They… vanish.” “Yes,” Cedric said, voice low, trembling. “We have to… we have to play the rules.” The reflections grew bolder. Some mimicked movement before the survivors did, anticipating their actions. Some whispered promises in voices just loud enough to hear, voices that sounded like their friends or loved ones. One mirror along the corridor showed Cedric’s mother, reaching out for him. His stomach twisted; he almost ran toward her. But the figure flickered, became monstrous, eyes black as oil, teeth elongated. He stumbled back, heart hammering, and Kevin grabbed h
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