A Dreamer's Peril (Abandoned)

Oyasumi, Basil.

Basil wakes up in a cold sweat. He barely has time to process what happened in his dream before jumping out of bed and running towards the restroom. Waves of nausea flood through him. He barely makes it over the toilet bowl before throwing up. He can taste blood. He looks down and sees blood and watermelon seeds. He's been waking up and throwing up like this for a month now. He hasn't even been eating watermelon, let alone food, for about 5 months or so. Of course, Polly and his grandma would try to get him to eat. He would kindly take the food and go into his room. He would throw it away and give the plate back. He would wait a bit so they wouldn't suspect anything. His figure did somewhat give him away, he was thin and skinny, and looked slightly malnourished. He was scared. He stared into the bowl for what seemed like hours. Suddenly he snapped out of it and closed the toilet lid. He lets out a shaky sigh. The sound of the toilet flushing broke the silence as he stared at himself in the mirror. Instead of finding himself, he found someone else in the reflection. He was younger. He had mint-green hair, yellow shirt, blue jean overalls, teal eyes, and a flower crown. He had pale skin. Basil stared at it for a moment, before blinking and his reflection returning back to normal. Basil has been having this hallucination for quite a while now. He has felt more tired than he usually feels. Basil is starting to remember his dreams vividly. He looks around for a moment before quietly closing the bathroom door and going back to his room. He sits on his bed. In his dreams, he takes off as the younger version of him, going on adventures with his friends. All are the same, except a white and black boy, named OMORI. Basil thought he looked awfully a lot like Sunny when he was younger. He would always wake up when he reached a point in his dream where they would go and visit Mari. He would start having a panic attack. Mari is dead, she's back to haunt him. Mari's dead Mari's dead Mari's dead Mari's dead Mari's dead Mari's dead Mari's dead Mari's dead-

He realizes he's having another panic attack. He calms his breathing. He wasn't even asleep this time. He didn't want to go back to sleep, but he felt extremely tired. He laid on his bed and looked up at his ceiling. He would only rest his eyes....

Somewhere in the house, a door opens. A half-asleep Polly walks through the house, and walks into the restroom. She sees tiny blood splatters on the floor. She also sees a melon seed. She starts to grow worried- the only person who could've done this was Basil. She went into his room and saw him sleeping peacefully. Maybe she was just a little paranoid. After all, it was the middle of the night. She closed the door quietly and went back to sleep. She would have to ask him about this in the morning.

Oyasumi, BASIL.