A devastating dream was dreamt on the dreary night of my Saturday as I slept with the soft sound of rain hitting the roof. Darkness all around me dragging me into the depths of my own despair. Hands that reached out from the paintings on the hollow white walls held me tight with no hope of ever loosening their hold. Screaming and scratching I struggled to save myself from the situation I was in. Escaping from this eternal agony seemed entirely pointless. It felt as though I had already had been defeated by the endless dark. Just as I was about to surrender and let the hands pull me asunder their grasp suddenly disintegrated into the walls as they returned to the paintings in which they came. Gasping and groping for something to keep me steady I was surprised to see a slender hand reach down toward me. I was suddenly suspicious of this hand but too weak to refuse it's wonderful gift. Clutching it I tried to keep my balance but as I rose my legs failed me and buckled letting me fall forward. I now felt a body attached to the hand that held me steady and whispered words in my ear that I could not decipher in my desperate state. Tears rolled down my face as my faith failed me and fear found it's way into the farthest corners of my heart and mind. Please don't hurt me... I thought pleadingly feeling as powerless as a wounded bird unable to fly. Please don't hurt me...
Timid and terrified as a rabbit surrounded by salivating wolves I wobbled forward trying to wander away from my savior. "Why are you afraid?" an unfamiliar voice question me from beyond. In every way the voice sounded benevolent but to my weary mind the sound of a pin dropping could be a cause of caution. "Do you not wish to save her?" another more masculine voice chimed in. Save who? I thought thoroughly puzzled as my exhausted eyes scanned the empty walls around me. As though the two had read my mind they both spoke simultaneously, "The one you hold dear." The room shattered in on itself and it fell away like glass hit by a stone leaving me to ponder the predicament I was in. Who am I supposed to save? The wind blew violently as the thought surfaced in the ocean that was my mind whipping my hair in a frenzy around my face. I looked to the sky to see the slick outline of a colossal raven over my head; it's dark feathers barely visible in the darkness that enveloped him. Landing on the imaginary ground below our feet his head dipped down in front of me and he spoke unimaginably low as he said, "Come..." "I will take you there..." I stared at this creature unable to react. How can I trust him? then, without warning, he let out a screech as he threw himself in the air and with his talons lifted me by the shoulders into the air.
I did not scream; I didn't find any need to as we soared over the silent scenery that existed only within my mind. He was taking me to the person "I hold dear" but which one? There are many who are precious to me...It seemed like we had been flying for months when we finally descended on the sickeningly silent ground of a round room completely shrouded in white with many doors. As he released me from his grasp I spun around taking in every detail. "I can only bring you here" the raven I had considered a friend spoke up, "However, the door which you choose to enter is up to you..." With that he began to disappear into a flurry of feathers so black that they seemed purple against the white of the room. "Wait!" I yelled frantically. "How will I know which one?" "Choose with your heart..." came a resounding echo of the raven that once was. "Not with your eyes..." When the echo ceased to exist the feathers fell to the floor creating a dark circle all around me. I could not cry for my nonexistent friend as I gently scooped up one of the many feathers around me and lightly traced it's outline with the tip of my index finger. Choose with my heart, not my eyes...Squeezing my eyes shut I spun around inside the dark circle and repeated the raven's words repeatedly within my mind. Choose with your heart, not with your eyes. Chose with your heart, not with your eyes...THAT ONE! I thought, eyes snapping open as I ran for the door I was now facing. Roughly turning it's black knob I swung it open and ran inside only to be greeted by emptiness as my foot lunged into the nothingness of the dark; I was falling.
A slight scream escaped my lips as I plummeted into the unknown below. Stay calm and believe...you did what he told you. My body soon slammed against a cold hard marble floor with bone jarring impacted that sent the air rushing from my lungs in an oooofff. I was so sure I was gone; there was just no way I could survive such a fall was there? I stood up and marveled at the fact that I hadn't broken anything or killed myself. Perhaps listening to an abnormally large raven that can talk was a bad idea...I began to analyze my surroundings once again when my eyes caught sight of the only light I could see; it looked like the light of a firefly. Flying toward me it circled around me, wrapping it's thin golden wire around my body and flew into the distance once more. "Follow me..." Came a whisper quieter than that of a small breeze. "Follow me..." Running after it as fast as I could it led me through twists and turns until it flew high above my head and enveloped the outline of a large round bird cage high in the air. "Here..." it began to whisper once more. "Here..." it flew down in a spiral to reveal a rope leading to the cage. Pausing it waited for me to take hold of the rope and when I had it secure in my hands I began to haul myself up higher and higher. I'm coming for you whoever you are...I'm coming to save you.
When my hands could no longer feel anymore rope to climb the firefly zoomed forward revealing the figure of a person inside the cage off to the side curled into a ball. "Hello!" I called to the unknown person. "I'm going to get you out!" The figure shifted and sat up revealing a masked face. Startled I almost lost grip of the rope that keep me suspended in the sky. Crawling closer the figure seemed to study through painted eyes as I felt a key being placed in my hand. Looking down in the midst of the blackness I saw a hand reaching out from the bars of the cage; the persons hand. With more help form the firefly I unlocked the cage and held out one arm as the cage door stood ajar. "I'm here to save you." I said instantly feeling foolish and self conscience. After all I was no prince charming. Hesitantly the person that I now saw was a girl took my hand and hung on tight as we made our descent into the darkness once more. That is when the rope snapped and we fell in what seemed like slow motion; the firefly illuminating the face of the precious person whose mask had now been lost. My eyes widen and my heart seemed to stop as she stared at me through calm and emotionless eyes. I studied her face once more. You...I thought, feeling as though I was coming to a new realization. You are the one I have longed to protect all along. I touched her cheek wishing with all my heart that we could remain together like this forever. It was not to be; we hit the ground and it turned to water, immersing us both in it's clear splendor. Deeper and deeper we sank into the frigid water as I looked at her once more. "The protector and the protected will die together, destinies meant to be intertwined." My gaze shot up to see the dark outline of a shadow looking down to us. "That is how it must be." I did not have time to respond for that is when I woke in a cold sweat; safe in my bed once more. Jashin I have problems...I thought as I turned over to my side and looked at the clock. 5:03 A.M.
Yep...this weekend I had the craziest and best dream of my life...EXCEPT IT AND REJOICE!!! :D
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