Lucid Dream

4- Was It You?

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☆ listen to lullaby of Woe ☆

It's a white gown. Like a wedding gown. This is the first time I noticed what I am wearing in the castle. It was always a white frock, a white sundress, a white maxi and now a white gown.

I am walking around the castle for the first time. For the first time I am not running. It is still like a maze field. I opened the door. It's so dark that it took me some time to adjust my eye. There is moonlight coming out from some of the holes in the wall. This room, it's like a big ball room. There are 2 large portraits at the end of the ball room. I slowly walked to them. First I couldn't see the picture. Then as if hearing my thoughts the moon shifted it's light to the first portrait. I gasped.

There is a portrait of me. The red brown hair, the light brown eyes, the smile everything looked like me. She was wearing the same gown as me except her one is fresh as milk and mine is covered in blood. She was wearing a crown. A very sophisticated crown. The green emeralds in them are clearly shining in the moonlight. It feels like she is alive and is just standing there. Though she looked exactly like me, I know It wasn't me.

The portrait next to her. A guy in a navy blue long fur coat, belts of gold, long stockings. On top of that a black thick robe. I can't see his face except that he has a sharp Jaw. I slowly went near the portrait and the moment the light shifted I felt a sword go inside me. Someone stabbed me from behind.

someone whispered in my ear from behind "I said I will find you and kill you"

I shrieked and felt pain *************

I screamed as I woke up. Pain there is no pain. I am drenched in sweat, like I ran in the marathon. You can't feel pain when you dream. I moved my shirt and looked at my stomach expecting blood. But I saw nothing except a thin line of my birthmark.

It's 5 AM.

The hangover is getting the better of me. I took some pills and gulped. I opened the curtains of my window. I could hear the waves of the sea being dead silent in the early morning. The Sky is still dark and that's why I can't see the Beach. My throbbing head pain is getting worse. I don't want to sleep again. Not after seeing myself getting slashed by a sword. Fuck! I need to buy some sleeping pills.

I took a long cold shower. It was 5:46 AM. I was still feeling uneasy and thought of going for a walk on the beach. I changed into a black yoga pants and a white crop Sweater. I wore my sneakers, grabbed my headphones and left for the Beach. That will calm me down I hope. The sun has still not risen but the sky is slowly turning blue. The street lights were still on so I started walking towards the Beach. It's a 20 minutes walk from my home.

When I finally reached the Beach the sky turned blue and slowly the sun was rising. I was waking and still thinking about my dreams. It felt so real. Not me dying. But of me in that portrait. She looked beautiful though. Like gorgeous Beautiful. Suddenly the bad feeling washed all over my body. Am I having another panic attack? Why? It felt like something very bad was going to happen. This anxious man. I didn't have a latte so why am I being so anxious.( Yes, Whenever I have coffee I get anxious af. Still I am an addict.)

I looked back and saw nothing. I am alone at the beach as expected. But my heart beat just kept increasing. Out of the corner of my eyes I saw someone moving. I turned back and saw 2 men trying to hide behind trees. Of course I looked the other way and Pretended to see something else so they didn't know I noticed them. I remembered yesterday's news and shivers ran through my body!

I stopped the music but kept my headphones on. I did some stretching for 30 seconds to show I am not running away and then started to lightly jog. I can hear their footsteps more clearly as they speed walk. I came to a turning point of a more wide beach or a secluded area and I chose the second thinking I can hide. I looked back and they were 15 feet away from me. Both look muscular and fit with an average height of 6'0 feet. At this point they are not trying to cover up, they are stalking.

I ran. Like at full speed. I can hear them running and grunting .

"Get that bitch! Make sure she doesn't run away" I heard one of them screaming to others.

I ran in full speed analyzing any place to hide but they were just right behind me. I took a left turn where there were many buildings. I need to get somewhere. At that point someone grabbed me from the side. I almost screamed bloody murder Until they covered my mouth and dragged me behind a wall. It 's him, Shadow.

" Don't make any noise. they are 6 feet behind us" He whispered behind my ear. He is really tall. I saw him glancing up and watching something and I can't see anything because I am pressed against his body. He looked at me Pointed his finger in his lips for me to remain silent and removed his hand from my mouth. I feel like my heart will come out the way it's beating and making sound. I pressed my hand against my heart and took some deep breaths.

"where did that fucking bitch go. you sure she took this turn" one of them screamed in frustration.

" Yes I saw her taking right turn" The other chided in anger

" Then she vanished. You search left, I will search right." The scary commanding tone.

Fuck we are in the left side behind the wall. Once the person comes to the left and looks back he can see both of us pressed against the wall. I saw the man passing and the shadow put his hand behind his shirt. He was wearing a black jeans and a white t-shirt with a black open shirt. What is he grabbing for? Does he have a knife with him? But thank god he never looked back and exited the area.

He looked at me in an angry manner and scowl" Did you not see yesterday's news" .

" WOW you are not mute" I pointed out without realizing what came out of my mouth. He gave me a confused expression and narrowed his eyebrow and said

" let's go"

"where?" I am now confused. I thought he meant the police station or some authorities to report.

" to your wedding " He rolled his eyes in complete disbelief.

" My what? "I abruptly stopped. That was Sarcasm. I frowned and followed him as I knew he was heading towards the apartment. We stopped for coffee or technically I made him stop and bought him a coffee to thank him.

He as usual turned on his silent mode. When we were almost near the apartment.

" So what's your name?" I ask him sternly to seep my coffee.

" Shadow." He spoke in his hoarse voice and with his eyes narrowed.

" Fake name but okay." I called out.

" Why did you assume the name is Fake?" He looked at me with a surprise.

" No parents name their kid Shadow" I said confidently.

" Well Elon musk named his child in mathematical trash" he corrects.

well he has a point though. Changing the topic I thought "what do you do? I guess you have a regular night shift."

"I kill people," he replied with a glare.

I rolled my eyes and stated " with what? Your silence"

He glared at me and My stomach crunched. Wait, where is my PTSD? I felt so shit that day? Maybe it's from the dream.

Wait!!! The DREAM! I gasped and looked at him with shock and horror when I remembered the events of the dream. It was exactly the same. Wait, it's just a coincidence . That's it.

"What were you doing there early this morning?" I said silently but with a demanding voice

"Couldn't sleep ! went for a walk. " He mumbled.

" mmm. okay did we by any chance meet before? like before us being neighbors. I am very bad at remembering faces. '' I asked him slowly as we stopped for the elevator and turned to look at him.

He looked at me as if he wanted to say something. Instead He said nothing and walked away.

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