Premonition

Elric was abruptly and intensely aware that he was not himself, though when he looked down at his body it remained unchanged, and his clothes remained as they had been. But the terrain he stood in was entirely unfamiliar. He was on a boat, sailing far out on the sea, silvery shimmering waves the only thing he could see in every direction. People moved around him, diligently working to complete their duties and keep the boat afloat, and looked at him calmly as though he were just another member of the crew. He had no idea where he was.

Something pulled him towards the center of the deck. Some kind of undeniable force, pulling at the very fiber of his being, making him put one foot in front of the other. And as he approached, things began to go wrong. The wood beneath his feet quivered, threatening to split apart, and the very air became cold, as though it were freezing into icicles stabbing into his skin. It was nearly impossible to pinpoint where the sensation was coming from, as it filled every inch of reality around him.

And then the fabric of reality tore in half as the ship beneath his feet ripped apart, leaving him stranded in midair without any kind of grip or means of escape. He felt his weight beginning to fall as there was no longer anything left below them to keep him suspended. Desperately his limbs began to flail, but they had nothing by which to grab or pull. And the hole through which he found himself falling was not merely an empty space, but an almost aggressive looking gate between realities. The moment he slipped through the gate, his skin was no longer freezing, but burning instead, and though he could feel his momentum beginning to slow, there was no saying when or if the falling would stop.

Elric awoke with a shock. The stone walls of the mausoleum were all that greeted him. He wasn't entirely sure what had just happened - he'd never really "dreamed" before, but he had to assume that that was the closest thing he might experience to the sensation. He wasn't sure that it was something he wanted to experience again - it had honestly been pretty terrifying.

But the rest of his companions continued to lay nearby. sleeping and recovering from the long battle they had had as the full moon rose.