Dream

I lay in bed, waiting for sleep to swallow me whole. I hear the wind howling outside my window and a train chugs by. But soon the noises begin to fade into mere background sounds. Barley audible at this point, I slip into a deep slumber. Although I know that my body is still asleep in my four-foot wallk-up with my parents asleep uptairs, I am in a whole new world- I am in my dreams.

In my dream there is darkness, however I can see a blazing light in the distance. I get the feeling that I should stay away from it- the feeling that I usually ignore. The light becomes more visible with each step, and I begin to hear crackling noises. I fear there is a fire and it is taking lives with every second on the clock. In my dreams I am always the hero: the person who saves the day and executes her rescue perfectly. This is the first time that I felt real fear.

As I crossed the blackness I was tripped by an old women in an eerie look in her sunken in eyes.

"Your a fool to go in there, you'll never come out", said the mysterious women.

It's just your dream, nothing can harm you. I thought to myself.

As I neared the building, panic surged through me- that was my apartment building and my parents were inside. I tightly grasped the star shaped necklace that my mother had given me for good luck on my first soccer game. I always hold it when I'm scared. I knew I needed to get to my parents quickly so I ran up the stairs of our apartment. The flames burnt every inch of me as I frantickly searched for my parents and listened for their cries.

But as I took a step, I tripped over a peice of furniture and fell to the ground. I heard a small cry escape my lips as a felt the sharp pain escape my lips as the neckalce made an imprint as it plunged into my hand. I knew I had to get up but the world was going black.

I woke up from this nightmare and found myself gasping for air back at home. But I was not on my bed- I was on the floor. And as I reached up to wipe off the beads of sweat accumulating on my forehead, I felet a sharp pain. I looked down at my hand and saw the star shaped imprint- wait, this can't be happening, this was in my dream! I have to find my parents.

But as I got up to get my mom and dad, I couldn't see past the flames.