Life of Duck

14: Connections

(Amber's POV)

     I thought the dream Y/N told me yesterday was unsettling, so I left to go tell my other friends. Perhaps they'd know more. 

     Once I arrived at the pathway they lived on, I checked each of their houses. None of them were home, so I figured they'd gone to the playground. I walk to the playground, and see all of them. They're running around, likely playing tag. I call out to them, shouting, "Hey, guys, stop for a second!" 

     All of them turn to look at me, then walk towards me. "Is something wrong, Amber?" Crystal says. I pointed my wing at a dark green bench, and we all sit down. "So, Y/N told me about a dream they had. I got a really bad feeling in my stomach after that, like I knew something I couldn't remember. I thought maybe you guys would know more," I explained. 

     "Well, tell us, then," Ian says. I start repeating to them what Y/N said to me about the dream, as best as I could remember. When I finish, I can feel them having either a breakthrough or a breakdown. 

     "That's a lot to take in," Crystal starts, "but I may know something about it." We all turn and look at her. "I have very vague dreams in a place similar to the one you described. It usually only happens once or twice a week, but it's been getting more frequent. I also have a vague memory, but I must've been there when I was quite young, or I would've remembered more," she says. All of us appear to be shocked. 

     "Perhaps you and Y/N met in that house while really young, and that's why you two have dreams about it?" Joshua suggests. "A fair suggestion, but I sometimes see you guys as well. The mood is never a good one, either," Crystal says. We all take a moment to think on it, then play around to try and forget about it. It worked, we had lots of fun, but I still think it's weird how Crystal dreams about it much more frequently than I believe Y/N does.

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