Nightmare

I did forget one thing I wanted to talk about. And no, it's not teen drama. Yes, it's a surprise to me too.

Have any of you ever had a nightmare? I mean a really scary one where you'd jump at everything you see for days afterwords. I had one last night, and I'm not looking forward to the next few days.

So I was at this store that was a lot like a Hobby Lobby or something. I was there just shopping around with someone, who I can't remember. I want to say this random kid at school who's super tall, but really nice. Anyways, I somehow wound up at my old school's playground, except the jungle gym thing was in the field in the back rather than out front. I was just hanging around there when I wound up in the "room" in the top. There was a friend of mine (but we're not really that close, and I know her from Michigan, not Georgia, and she doesn't go to my school. We go to the same dance studio), and two random girls I'd never seen in my life who obviously didn't like us. I started talking to someone down below, and when I turned around one of the girls and my friend were fighting. The next thing I knew, my friend was being dragged off and the other girl just layed there, bleeding. I ran off, past some people from my school to the bathroom of the Hobby Lobby place, turned around, and just started talking to the kids from school who'd followed me. I don't remember what I was saying, just that I was really scared.

The scene changed and I was in the Hobby Lobby place with my crush/other best friend (yeah, that was bound to come out some time. Yes, I'm pathetic. Shut up) and for some reason he was buying these lamps/ pottery vases. In the same aisle was this tutu dress, which I got. I went to the Hobby Lobby bathroom to put it on after buying it, but it didn't fit. Then for some reason other best friend/crush was in there and we talked.

I know, doesn't sound that scary. The scary bit is in this next part. And no, I have no clue why I keep showing up in the Hobby Lobby bathroom. I haven't stepped foot in the Hobby Lobby in years, and never to the bathroom. I don't even know if they have one.

So now it's nighttime and my crush and I walk into this mansion, and there's a bunch of people there. There's a party going on. We meet up with our other friend and hang out for awhile, when all of a sudden the house starts shaking. I look over to the fireplace and I see the lamps/ pottery vases falling to the ground and shattering. I remember saying "Oh no! ___ the lamps you bought!" And turning around to talk to him, but he wasn't there. In my dream I saw his mom, but in real life she's the mother of another friend of ours, who also happens to be an English teacher at school. The house stops shaking and we all look around anxiously, when suddenly the door opens and there's this...creature standing in the doorway. I knew it was a man, or used to be, but it was completely unrecognizable as anything. It was tall, and very skinny. Think anorexic skinny, but the ribs weren't showing. It's like it was meant to be that skinny. It was very tan, kind of like a tan glow, and extremely wrinkly. Think of Gollum from Lord of the Rings, but even more wrinkly. Actually, a better example is the Phantom from The Phantom of the Opera. Except instead of just one side of his face, it was his whole body. Its eyes alternated between a dark, glowing red, and pitch black. The creature was bald and naked, but where a guys parts should be, there was nothing. Which is why I'm slightly confused on how i knew it was male, but I digress. It started talking to me, and in my dream I knew who, or what it was and it frightened me a lot, like it had done something terrible to me in the past. The next thing I remember is the thing being in front of me and stroking my cheek with his fingernails, which were completely repulsive. If you've ever seen Halloweentown II, its fingernails were exactly like Gwen's (Marnie's mom) when she was the creature. After that, all I remember is everyone screaming and running away from the house, me among them. I remember looking down and seeing my shadow, and I noticed I was wearing a dress (I hadn't seen me before. The dream had beenup until now in first person view). I looked back, and the creature was right behind me. As it reached out and caught me, the scene changed to me looking on at everything, like an out-of-body experience. I was screaming and crying, but it just drew me closer and lifted my dress a little. Right before we were touching, my alarm went off and I woke up.

I was so scared when I woke up, I had to turn on all the light in the house, and since I'm the first one up, that's a sligh problem. When I went to let our dogs out, I had to close my eyes when turning on the outside lights just so I wouldn't be scared if that thing was there. I don't know where this nightmare came from. I haven't watched or read anything remotely scary in a long time. I'm a complete and total chicken. This is what happens when I do. So I don't know. I just thought maybe writing it out might help. For all I know though, it couls make it worse. We'll see.

Have a good night. Hope you don't get any nightmares!