Forest Dweller

You focus all your energy and manage to stop both him and the blade in midair. He struggles, pushing himself through the air with his energy, then smiles and releases all of his power. You push it towards him, certain that he underestimates your power. Unfortunately, with all of your mind on the sword, he grasps it easily. Your defenses were down, and he knew that. Slowly he grips it harder and harder, until you think you are merely dreaming. Nothing like this could be real.
It's a dream, you think.
I'll wake up. Let him kill me.

You wake up, but not in a bed. You wake to the sounds of the spirit world, your journey on earth has come to an abrupt end.