Lucid Dreams

"Sleep and Sound"

"Anna, it's time for bed! Turn off that TV!", Anna's mother shouted from downstairs pounding her hand against the walls to grab Anna's attention. Anna had frowned upon hearing her mother's words believing she still had more time until her bedtime. Anna reached for the remote on the nightstand turning the TV off. The bright blue sky was shining through the curtains making it hard to sleep. Anna waited for her mother to come upstairs before tucking herself into bed and was about to sleep until her mother entered the room. "I'll have to work late dumpling so by the time I get back you better be asleep." Anna's mother's face was stern but gentle despite the dark shade of purple lipstick and heavy makeup on her face showing an evil look. Anna nodded her head softly before laying her head down on the bed and slowly falling asleep.

She imagined dreaming about her favorite show or even game but tonight was an eventful one...

Anna's eyes awakened across from a mirror to see a pale and skinny young lady with a 1980s 1980s-style nightgown that looked to be worn and torn from its time with dirty holes everywhere. The little girl realized she was in a dreamy setting that looked to be a dark house filled with shadows and large holes leading to the abyss. Anna cried out for her mom and big sister but was met with a silent cry in the shadows as heavy footsteps ran at her quickly but she saw no one.

Anna got up quickly running for her life from the unknown entity up the never ending stairs. Minutes turned into hours as the stairs didn't end and Anna felt herself getting exhausted. She was slowly losing hope until she noticed a giant window leading outside into the front yard. She dashed straight for the window jumping through it to safety seeing she was only two stairs high. "I did it-", thought Anna but she was wrong...a decayed white figure caught her mid-air piercing a large blade through her chest as her heart was pulsing with blood everywhere.

Anna tried to speak but she could only cough up blood and spit. The creature smiled at her with a rotten grin full of pleasure seeing her breathe her last breathe letting her once warm body turn cold and pale dying her skin crimson

Anna thought this was a simple dream but soon realized that her nightmare might not be what it seems...