TW: gun violence, death.
A whole day has passed so I don't remember this dream much. All I know is that it's very tragic and memorable.
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I'm on a school trip. My mom happens to be on this school trip with me too. Our vehicle stops at a very ominous location. It is nighttime.
The vehicles stop on the side of the road. Around us is a secluded area with many many many tall trees. It's basically one of those empty roads in the middle of nowhere. That's how it felt. The air felt damp and even though we were so isolated, the atmosphere was kind of fun. All my classmates were hanging around the grassy area and there were structures with lights on the grass. So the place was well decorated and lit.
Soon, everyone went into this large one floor building to have some sort of gathering. It kind of looked like a gymnasium from the inside. I don't know what we were doing or talking about, however the door knocked. For some reason, I went to go answer the door. I felt a bit scared. I felt like something bad was going to happen. Well, my prediction came true. I hesitated while opening the door but I did so anyway, quite slowly. Slowly, I saw what was revealed in front of me. I was very cautious and wasn't standing in front of the door, but close to the wall beside it. What I saw was a man and in his hand was a pistol. It wasn't even one of those black guns you see in movies. It was like a tiny little brown/red pistol from a cowboy film.
Anyways, I soon knew the situation and yelled out to everyone to get down and that there's a gun. I also ducked as soon as I could. I'm surprised I wasn't even shot yet. Since everyone was sitting on these very fancy like benches with really good covering, people just went under their seats. Meanwhile, I was literally snaking around through the seats and isles, and my mom was right behind me. Wherever the gunman was, we tried to run away from him. It seems like, my mother and I were the only ones who were crawling around the floor. Everyone else was in place and hiding under something in hopes not to catch the attention of the gunman, even though we're all easily seen and could easily be shot. Although it seems like the gunman was only shooting at people who were clearly and very obviously in his way or view. When I heard the shots I felt shivers down my spine. My heart beating out of my chest. My squirming got me to the front of the gymnasium and then my mother and I hid behind something. We were near the teachers. I felt so horrible inside. Only a couple shots were heard but even so, it's so painful.
All of a sudden a teacher (I'm guessing the headmaster) stood up and started doing something (like talking, clapping, staying silent or bowing, I'm not sure). But everyone else followed along and basically the action was to respect the dead. Only a few students fell out of the large bunch of people that were there but still, it hurts. Their bodies just laid there while everyone else was looking.
We all just painfully helped each other move and wrap the bodies. After that event, we all returned back to school because obviously the trip was over now.
When I returned to the school after this event, I could feel the sadness in the air. The energy was low, but at the same time we all functioned quite normally. I don't even think many of us cried. We were all too sad that we hardened up. Or we're just thinking about it too much. Also just a note, none of these people in this dream are people I recognize. They're all random, the only person I know is my mother.
The school I attend, is actually a lot fancier than I thought. It has multiple buildings for multiple departments. It's like a combo of an elementary school, high school and university. Which is weird.
I went exploring and I heard that one of the buildings was so much better than the one I was in and that the certain department that has classes in that building are so lucky. I wanted to see what the hype was all about so I decided to check it out. Getting around the school is actually a lot harder than I thought. Just to go from one place to another I went through a small auditorium. Up the stairs and under some curtains just to get to the next floor. Weird architecture.
But anyways, I finally got to the building and I could see why people liked it. They had a McDonald's in the building an elevator. I wanted to go down but I didnt want to use the elevator because they said it was for people who needed it. I have legs and can walk so I clearly don't need it. I was looking for the staircase but couldn't find it anyway. Instead, I found this hole and it leads through a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, I could see an opening. I thought this tunnel would take me downstairs. The tunnel also didn't look that long so I thought I'd be fine. I didn't see anyone else going through this tunnel and the people around me weren't too sure about it. I just went through anyway. As expected, it didn't lead me downstairs. It lead me to this window where I can just look outside. Ugh. I went back and someone else directed me to the stairs for me.
I don't know if this is part of the same dream or not but, sometime at night or late evening, I went out. When I leave, I exit out of this gated area. Surrounding the place are high brick walls. Even though I say it's a "gated" area, the gates are wide open. Basically people are allowed to go in and out of the place but nobody does since it's so inconvenient. And why? Because there are no sidewalks. Once again, when I walk there is a road and on the other side there is a forest of dark trees. I don't know where I'm going but all I know is that at a certain time every night I leave go past this brick wall and onto this road. On the side of the road there's this lane filled with pebbles which I guess could be for people walking. I don't think that's it's purpose but it's the only safe place for me to walk since cars don't drive on it. And let me say, a lot of cars drive on this road and they drive FAST. however, I'm usually fine. Except this one night they were driving much faster than usual and I almost got hit. I didn't though. Then the dream was over.
