Dreamland-Kny oc

III Rei's Dream

I wake up in my home to my parents calling me to come eat. Rubbing my eyes, I sit up reluctantly. I get up and walk cautiously out of my room, curious as to why I thought it was my parents calling me. I turn the corner at the end of the hallway and see my parents sitting at the table, peacefully eating. I gape at them, mouth hung wide open and face frozen in shock.

I thought that they had died? Was it all a nightmare?

" You're alive?" I gasp.

" Yes honey, of course we are," my mom laughs.

She sounds exactly like my mom...so maybe it was a nightmare.

Rain pounds on the roof as I sit down next to my dad and begin shoving the food down my mouth. After finishing my first plate, oddly enough, I don't feel full.

" Rei, would you mind going to fix the leak in the rough before the rain gets any heavier?" my dad asks.

I nod and pop my head out the window, staring into the scenery. Putting on my shoes, I go outside and climb onto the roof. I go to brush my hair out of my face to see better, but my hand makes contact with my skin and not the feeling of hair. I pause for a second, brushing that side of my face. The scar is gone...

Trying to shake it away as another part of the nightmare, I reach up and place a block of wood onto the crack in the roof.

However, I just can't get rid of the nightmare. It felt so real, as if I had been asleep for years. I became a demon slayer, didn't I?

I climb back down off of the roof, stepping back inside to where my mom is waiting for me with a towel.

" Did you fix it honey?" she asks.

" Yup!" I say, trying to sound cheerful.

We sit back at the table and resume eating, yet however much I eat I don't feel full. This feeling that i have won't go away.

" You sure are eating a lot! Would you like me to make you some onigiri?" my dad, who's the cook, asks me.

" Yes please!" I say, vigorously nodding my head.

He laughs and stands up, going to clean the dishes. My mother stands up and I do the same, rushing over to hug her and burying my face in her shoulder. She was rather short as well.

" Have you made any friends lately on your trips?" my dad asks.

" Yes, one. His name is Aku," I respond, smiling at him.

Aku? Wasn't that the guy from my dream? Wasn't he on a mission with me to battle the lower moons, but then something happened and it was canceled?

Suddenly, a loud crash coming from outside interrupts my thoughts. I snap my head up, staring out the window at our shed. Images flood through my head, blinding me. I remember.... I remember that my dad went to check what was in there after I had been too much of qa coward to do so myself. I remember the horrible noises he made as he lay on the ground, writhing. Blood had foamed out his mouth and he was crying sorrowful sobs. He was still for a moment and then he got up, head looking down at the ground. He had attacked me, slicing my face open and knocking me out. I barely saw him attack my mom. I woke up to see a man, no, a demon slayer, standing over my father and slicing his head off of his shoulders.

" I'll go check!" my dad exclaims, dragging me back into awareness.

" No!" I shout, panting.

" Rei, someone has to," my dad laughs.

" I WILL! I'll go check," I say, sprinting out of the door without my shoes.

" Rei!" my father calls after me.

I stumble over my own feet, slamming against the door to the shed. I frantically pull it open, panting and a frightened look plastered on my face. I brace myself to be attacked, but instead, in front of me stands the demon slayer, holding a raccoon.

" Oh hello," he laughs, dropping the animal.

" H-hi?" I say, face falling.

Tears stream down my face as the rain soaks me to the bone. I stare at him, doing nothing else.

" I was looking for a demon, but found that instead," he points at the raccoon, who is running away.

I swallow hard and stand up properly.

" Come inside," I order.

" Rei, you have to wake up. Everything you see has been fabricated by a blood demon art. You have to slit your throat Rei."

A voice suddenly fills my head. It sounds like the guy frommy dream, Aku. He's saying that this is all fake? He wants me to kill myself?

I bring the demon slayer back inside and we all sit around the table. Why does he want me to kill myself?

" Sorry for interrupting your dinner," the demon slayer says shyly.

" Oh, it's no problem," my mom says, shaking her hand at him.

" Wake up!"

I hear the same voice again. It echoes in my mind, like it's spoken through a film. I'm about to speak to the man, but a sudden burst of electricity makes my spine tingle. I feel horrible, as if I were going to pass out. Then, I open my eyes...

I see Tanjiro's warm face, bent over me.

" Are you okay Rei, you're crying," he says quickly.

Turning away from me he slices something, spraying blood onto my face. I sit up, wiping my eyes. My hands dampen and I realize that I was crying.

" I'm perfectly okay! I had a wonderful dream!" I say, trying to sound happy.

He looks at me with doubt and then proceeds to cut something else.

" This whole train is a demon! We need to protect the passengers. Would you protect the next cabin over? I think Aku's still awake and Nezuko as well as Inosuke. I don't know about Zenitsu and mister Rengoku," Tanjiro says, swinging his sword.

" Of course i can!" I say, unsheathing my sword and bursting into the next cabin.