Originally Posted by
Hazama
The Dark Place is basically Angra Mainyu for Alan Wake and it distorts people's view of reality and had the power to slightly change it. It's able to possess people, animals, and objects with its darkness and can only be destroyed with light. (And a few bullets or swords...) It's literally Darkness Incarnate that's hidden and trapped beneath Cauldron Lake in Bright Falls. When Shirou goes Journeying off into America he stumbles upon the city of Bright Falls where he decides to relax for awhile. There, he meets the Writer Alan Wake and they have a good conversation with one another. Though, Shirou's senses for the Supernatural go crazy on Alan. So after he leaves the diner they were in, he decides to tail him to the his cabin the he mentioned he was at right now. Just when he gets there, The Shit hits the fan and before he can do anything, Shirou falls in the dark, murky waters of the lake. There, "The Dark Place" looks through Shirou's mind to find those precious to him and torture him with. Who better than Sakura?
And then the story goes from there when I plan it.