I woke up in a place I've seen to many times every night when I go to bed I see this place I can never tell if I'm awake or still asleep I'm in a grassy field where I can see a little empty house so far but yet looks so close and as soon as I get up I always feel dizzy and uneasy my vision becomes blurry and all I see is the house in the distance its a white house with a blue roof and 4 windows the windows always look dark I can never see inside the house and every time I try and go walk towards it it looks like it's further away like it's moving even running towards it I can't catch up to it when I look around there's nothing there just that 1 house and a very blue sky I always give up and drop to my knees and scream thinking I'm never getting out of here this is my hell I'm never gonna see my family again I'm gonna die here alone suddenly I wake up in my room on my bed with the covers off me like I couldn't stop tossing and turning I'm drenched in sweat like I just ran for miles my voice hurts it feels like I've been screaming so incredibly loud but that was just in my dreams. I feel so out of breath I'm so incredibly tired then suddenly I hear a knock at the door "Tobby it's time for school are you up?" I hear my mother at the door My father wanted a boy he already had the name picked out they were both surprised to see that they got a girl. They didn't have another name in mind so they just kept it "y-yeah I'm up I'll be right down" I try and put myself together "everything is gonna be fine Tobby it's your last day of school what can go wrong?" I keep telling myself hoping that it will help I go downstairs and see my mom making breakfast I can smell eggs and ham the toast wasn't ready yet as I was sitting at the table waiting for breakfast I couldn't stop thinking about my dream I can still see the house in the distance with the green grass and perfect blue sky all I could think about was what's in that house why are the windows so dark I'm lost in thought until I was snapped back into reality when my mom put down my plate in front of me she made a smiley face with half a orange for the mouth and grapes for the eyes eggs for the hair and my favorite she put the ham as a mustache she always knew how to make me smile even feeling at my worse. I smiled a bit she noticed and had a small smile as well "how did you sleep Tobby?" My smile went away but I tried my best to put on a fake one "I slept fine mom" she sighed then turns to me with a big smile "that's great honey" she knows I was full of shit but I couldn't show her the fear that I'm hiding "Well I packed you a lunch I noticed you haven't been eating much and I packed your favorite" I smile and head out the door as I'm walking to school I put on my head phones and turn on my walk man it helped me calm down I felt so tense but when I have my headphones on I feel so relieved I closed my eyes finally feeling so calm I slightly smiled feeling so relieved like nothing can go wrong it starts to become silent I couldn't hear my music anymore in shock I opened my eyes fast and saw the house in the distance I was there in the grassy hell I call my dreams I stepped back shaking in fear "no no please no I'M STILL AWAKE NOOO!?!?" my body started to shake and I can hear my name being called "Tobby wake up!" I snap back to reality with my friend shaking me with a worried look in her eyes with tears streaming down her face "Tobby please wake up!" I fully open my eyes and look up at her while I'm still in a daze "w-what happened?" She wraps her arms around me shaking like a leaf "oh my God I thought I lost you. You were walking then you suddenly collapse on the floor screaming then passed out I thought I lost you" I was so confused but I hugged her back to comfort her "hey I'm not going anywhere I promise sorry to worry you like that come on let's go to school" I put on my best smile I could give her she looked at me and smiled back then we walked to school when we got there we walked into class we were a little late but our teacher wasn't there yet so we didn't get in trouble finally the bell rung and school started our last day finally it's gonna be summer soon our teacher put a presentation together for us on the projector it showed all the pictures we all took together in that class I was so bored so I started drawing in my note book I started to get sleepy I tried so hard to keep myself up but sleep got the best of me when I opened my eyes to find myself back in the grass with the blue house but this time something was different the lights were on in the house and someone was inside it was a tall shadowy figure with a hat on when I went to go walk towards it I was held back I couldn't move I started struggling I turned around to see what was holding me back I was shocked with fear I started screaming in terror and fear as tears streaming down my face I woke up and suddenly I'm on the floor with everyone surrounding me in worry and confusion "are you ok?" The teacher asked with worry in her voice I look around around and see my note book on the floor with a drawing that I don't remember drawing it was of the thing I saw in my dreams holding me back it was a tall shadow figure with no eyes and a permanent sad look with its mouth open screaming when I saw that drawing I was stunned in fear I couldn't move for a second suddenly I got up and grabbed my book an ran home as fast as I can I needed to be in my room I only feel safe there nothing can harm me as soon as I got home my mother was on the phone "Tobby?!" I ran past her and locked myself in my room with my back towards the door on the floor "Tobby open up please your teacher just called she said you screamed and ran out the door what happened?" I stayed silent all I could hear was her banging on the door trying to get in she stopped and took a deep breath "A-are you having dreams again?" I started crying wrapping my arms around myself rocking back and forth she walked away from the door a few hours go by I can hear my father walking into the house "Tobby come down it's time for supper" I stand up and take a huge breath trying to gather myself together and stop my shaking so my father won't see "Tobby did you hear your mother it's time for supper!" My father yelled at me getting inpatient "I'm coming down sir" I walk down the stairs to see supper on the table chicken and potatoes with corn on the cob my favorite I sat at the table with my father as soon as my mother sat down we prayed and started eating I prayed that my father didn't get a call from my school it was so quiet all you can hear was the sound of forks tapping and scraping the plates "so how was your day Tobby?" My father asked me without looking away from his plate "it was fine sir" he smirked then banged on the table with his fist that startled me and my mother "Fine! Just fine?" He looked irritated I started to shake but tried my best to hide it "that's not what your teacher said when I got off the phone with her today" I dropped my fork out of fear and tears started to form in my eyes my mother as calming as she could spoke "honey go to your room it's time for bed" I looked up at her "but mom I haven't finished my dinner y-" she raised her voice "NOW! Tobby please" you can see it in her eyes trying not to cry I got up from the table and went upstairs and sat by my door to hear what they were talking about "she's having dreams again dear I'm thinking we should get her help" I can hear my father get up in frustration chuckling "great so I have to pay for our bat shit crazy daughter to get help cause her useless mother couldn't do it herself" it was silent for a moment "I thought you were taking care of her?" My mother hesitated to answer " I-I have been taking care of her but you do know it takes 2 right to raise a child?" I can hear his foot steps begin to pound as he was getting closer to her "what did you just say?" I heard a scream and rushed down the stairs to see my mother on the floor holding her cheek he looked up at me with rage in his eyes "didn't your mother tell you to go to bed?" I was shaking with fear he started to walk up towards me I stepped back "leave her alone!" he chuckled with a mocking tone and raised his hand about to hit me suddenly I grabbed his arm and he threw me against the wall getting up I see him walking towards my mother yelling at her and kicking her I screamed and begged him to stop "please stop!!" My mother looked up at me "RUN GET HELP!" I got up and ran out the door yelling "please anyone please my mother needs help!" As I'm running I tripped and fell for what felt like awhile and hit my head on the ground when I woke up I found myself in a yellow room what was once gravel that I tripped on became spongey carpet I sat there looking around in confusion and fear "Where am I?"
