The Nightmare
I’m back at the beach. Lazul is there and so is my dad below the massive ice dragon.
“No no no this can’t be happening again”
Lazul hops onto the ice dragon and takes off with my dad. Massive winds hit me making me fall over the scene changes and I'm falling from the window on the top floor of unicorn academy. This time nobody catches me. I'm about to hit the floor when I wake up?
I sit up in a cold sweat. Am I awake? Or is this another illusion or bad dream? I can feel my heartbeat. It feels so fast I don't think that's normal? I run my trembling hands through my hair. I bring it forwards to where I can see the rainbow streaks that signify my bond with wildstar. So it's not a bad dream.
I grab my phone still with trembling hands and check the time. It's only 2:00 am. I should probably go back to sleep but what if I have that dream again? No, it's fine. I slept a bit and I'll be fine. Should I just scroll socials? No, I'll go for a midnight or just a night walk. I unplug my phone and change my clothes into something more suited for walking. A loose grey t-shirt and black pants with ankle socks and a good pair of tennis shoes. I put my phone in my pocket as well as a flashlight. Wait, how am I going to get out of the house without waking any of the others? The front door could work but it would be louder than I want. Maybe my window? Yeah that works, I'm pretty sure it opens.
I walk to the farside and to the window and unlatch the latches. The window pane slides down. A cool night breeze hits my face. It's nice just like the breeze at unicorn island. I take a deep breath and climb out onto the thin ledge. Okay maybe this was a bad idea. I hugged the side of the roof and walked around to see if I could find a place to hop or maybe slide down. I find the water drain pole and slide down that.
Once I landed on the ground I'm on the back side of my house so I walk around front. I get out my flashlight because it is dark and I mean like horror movies level dark. Anyways I start down the path I usually take with the horses. It's just a dirt road but what would usually take five minutes on horseback, took me almost 20 on foot. Finally I've reached the fork in the road.
Mom told me to never take the right path and I listened. I only took the left path for years, but tonight I'm going to explore it. It's going to be fun. I start down the right path and it is the same as the other side of dense trees and foliage. But the farther I go the less trees and plants there are. I think I hear the water, Is it a stream or something?
As I got closer I realized it is in fact not a tiny stream but a whole ass river. The path ends here, But there are wild animals drinking from it like deer and squirrels. It's a very wholesome moment when I realized why mom told me to never take this path because of wolves. If the prey is here in the early hours of the Morning then the predators will be right after them.
I better get moving before they come. So I continued walking following the river downstream. It's very beautiful and definitely helps calm my nerves, But of course I'm still on guard in case of those wolves.
It takes another 30 to 40 minutes of walking to reach a clift where the river falls off the edge into a waterfall gathering into a lake at the bottom. It's kind of like the vision pool back on unicorn island.
It would be so easy to just jump off. Wait what am i thinking why would i ever do that?
Who would even care? Just jump off. it was your fault the fighting happened, so do it.
My family! My friends would care, the sapphire dorm my friends there would care!
Would they though? Even though you're not even keeping touch over the summer?
It's my fault we were rushing home so I forgot to get their numbers.
Yeah everything’s your fault, everything is your fault.
I fall to my knees and hug them. They would care, they would care right? I can feel tears starting to build up in my eyes. I let them fall, I am alone anyways no one can see me. I spent a while just crying by that clift, for a long time even for the fact that the sun was starting to rise, And if you have livestock or horses you know that we also wake up at the crack of dawn too.
Oh shit I need to get back before they find me missing! I hurriedly wipe the tears from my eyes, and get up from my knees. I brush off the dirt off my pants and start sprinting back the way i came following the river till i reach the end of the path and continue down that, but when i reached the fork i stop for a quick second to catch my breath and i checked the time
“Oh shit shit shit it's already 6:00 am!” I quickly put my phone into my pocket and started sprinting down the rest of the path. Once I reach the front yard I head around back and climb up the pole and on to the roof. I hugged the side and got to my window still unlatched because I didn't bother to latch it back up. I crawl inside only to hear my dad calling me to wake up.
“Sophia! Wake up, breakfast is ready!” my dad yelled from downstairs
“I'm up, I'm up! I have to get ready, give me a minute!” i yelled back
“Well hurry up! Don't want your brother to eat all the pancakes now do you?!”
“Yeah yeah i'll hurry”
I change out of my walking clothes and into a baggy sweater and baggy jeans with white sneakers. Now how am I gonna survive today? I still am meeting up with my friends tomorrow so that will be fun. I'll probably just go on the trail with dad.