Echoes (Phan)

Chapter 3 "dream catchers"

Hello, there! Welcome to chapter 3! To start i'd just like to say, i spend a lot of time trying to find good songs for you to put in the chapters with the idea that you'll listen to them so if it's not asking for much, i don't mean you have to listen to all of them always, but it would be nice to me if you could every once in a while check some of the songs, okay? thank you :) this chapter happens one week after chapter 2. Also, when you see the ending, i'm warning you ahead, please don't call me crazy . thank u my cutie patooties :)

Chapter 3A: "I hear the voices when i'm dreaming and i hear the voices say..."

*Dan's POV*

It wasn't the first time. I've had this dream before. I was standing in a dark corridor, alone. There were only two lights on the walls, on the left and the right. But their glow was so weak...I wanted to move.. but couldn't. I was blocked. There was a wall in front of me and another one behind me, now what? I needed to get out, but how? A voice calls me. "Dan?" it sounds like it's far away. Sounds almost computerized. But there was no one there... i turn. "Hello?" my voice echoes. "Anyone there?" sigh. The voice doesn't answer me back until i turn again. "Dan, you have to get out of there." I am reliefed. "Hello, yes, why? What's wrong? How do i get out?" silence. again. I am starting to get sick of this. "Folow the lights. Run." I am confused. "But where? there's nowhere to go. Why do i have to go, what's wrong, what's happening,- i say upset- talk to me!" the voice stops again. a weird noise is heard and then the voice speaks again. It sounds clearer. It sounds....familiar?? "Run to the end of the corridor please." " Phil, is that you?" i say hesitant "No, i am your conscience." "There is no corridor." "Just go." i start running and a way opens right before my eyes and the corridor appears. Whoa, this is crazy. "Run." it says. Alright, alright i'm going. Geez. I run to the end of the corridor. Now what? "Folow the way." "Which one? there are two.." "Folow the way" it repeats. "Are you sure you aren't Phil? It sounds like Phil.." "No. Folow the way, please." "Red one or blue one?" the previosly white corridor had split into two, one red, one blue, the white one was gone.Where it used to be now were two mirrors. "Just folow the way." Ugh. fine. i folow the blue one. A song plays distant from there. I hear it playing very quietly through the air ducts. "I hear the voices when i'm dreaming, and i hear the voices say..."

song:"Carry On My Wayward Son" (from "Supernatural: the musical")

it goes off. the voice comes back. but it sounds weak. With intreference. "Dan, you need to get out of there now. They're coming." "They who?" i say alarmed. "Talk to me, damnit!" "Run!" i start running. the air suddently gets colder. "Run! I-" "Da-, -ve -urself, ruu-" "What , what is it , tell me! don't go! please, i need you.." i freeze "Don't leave me here-" i'm alone..

I feel something grab my legs. It throws me down to the floor. Ow, that hurt. No, wait. Stop. Stop. Noooooo! My legs! I can't see them, i can't move... help! help! Heeeeeelp!

I'm awake. It was just a bad dream.

Song: "Sad Dream", Sky Ferreira

I get up off my bed with a jump and sit on it. I don't understand... i've had this dream for two months now but i couldn't figure out why or how, hmmm.... I pick up my phone that lies beside me in my bedside table. I have to call Amy to talk about this.

"Ahoy!" Amy replies to my call. thank god. "Amy, i need to talk to you." "yeah, sure Dan, what's up?" "I had that dream again." I hear the noise of something falling on the other side. "Umm, sorry dan i droped my hair comb, hold on a sec. keep talking okay? i'm hearing." "So,-i start- it's been two months and it's still happening i don't know why. and so i thought, if dreams happen for a reason and they're some sort of 'mensage from the sub-conscious' or whatever this must mean something." "hum,hum. are you afraid of anything or something like that? because sometimes it might mean you're afraid of something you don't know... i saw it on tv, do you think that's it?" i hesitate for a bit. "No,but in my dream i'm running from something... it's very unclear. I don't see what is attacking me." "Okay..what has changed from two months ago to now? You didn't have it before so maybe it was something that happened two months ago, no?" Oh my god, that is it. "Amy, you're a genius." i say happily. "Ahh, i don't know Dan.... I wouldn't call myself a genius...-amy said awkwardly- But should i drop by your house or are you going with your mom?" "When are you leaving your house?" "8:10 a.m." i look at my alarm clock. it's 7:40 a.m.i have time, classes start at 8:50 a-m but we usually take a little longer to get there, i still have to get ready and school is a little far away... "okay, see you around 8.25 a.m?" "you know that's right." "later then!" "bye, dan!"