In every dream there is a nightmare.
I awoke to whisperings in my ear and a fuzzy schnauz in my face. The nose pulled back and I saw the bear cub that looked very familiar. "Hi, you," I whispered, sitting up. The bear cub rolled off in a backwards somersault. I smiled and picked the bear cub up. He was about three feet high and weighed a bit, but I didn't have much trouble picking him up. "Do you have a name, big boy?"
The bear snuffled and seemed to grin a lopsided grin.
"Is that a yes," I asked, slightly confused.
The bear shook his head.
"You need a name then," I said, putting the bear down. "How about ... Cosmos?"
The bear bobbed his head up and down several times.
"You like that, Cosmos? Good! You're Cosmos from now on."
The bear gurgled something and skipped around me, obviously happy that he had a name.
"Do you know where we are, Cosmos?"
The bear shook his head sadly.
I smiled. "It's okay. You don't have to know everything."
A harsh wind blew my hair back from my face and I winced at the brutal slap of wind. After the gust died down, I took in my surroundings.
I was standing in a very gray town. All the buildings were one slate of gray. There seemed to be no color at all. When I looked at the sky, I couldn't see the sun. I only saw a gray slate of clouds.
Cosmos whined and hid behind my dress. I bent down and ruffled the fir between his ears. "It'll be alright," I said, mostly for my own benefit.
Cosmos sighed his cute little bear sigh and stayed behind my dress.
"Should we start looking around?"
Cosmos butted my legs with his head and I laughed. "Okay, let's go." I smiled and started walking forward. Cosmos followed cautiously.
By the make of the houses it seemed like we were in the 1900s. Late 1900s probably. There were brick houses and a few telephone wires, but not much. The buildings next to me towered above seemingly taller than the moon itself.
Cosmos bounded over to one of the walls and touched his paw to the wall. The building seemed to flicker. He growled and jumped back. He leaned closer, sniffing the building again.
"Cosmos," I said, walking over to him. "We aren't - whoa!" An invisible force pushed me into the building. I fell into an office building. One light flickered and a woman with a little girl flicked into existence. The mother seemed to be singing.
....Some to the plow,
Dilly dilly,
Some to the fork.
Some to make hay,
Dilly dilly,
Some to cut corn.
While you and I,
Dilly dilly,
Keep ourselves warm.
Lavender's green,
Dilly dilly,
Lavender's blue.
If you love me,
Dilly dilly,
I will love you.
Let the birds sing,
Dilly dilly,
Let the lambs play.
We shall be safe,
Dilly dilly,
Out of harms way.
I love to dance,
Dilly dilly,
I love to sing.
When I am Queen,
Dilly dilly,
You'll be my King.
Who told me so,
Dilly dilly,
Who told me so?
I told myself,
Dilly dilly,
I told me so.
"Mommy?" the little girl asked after her mother stopped singing.
"Yes, darling?"
"When will the Nazi's leave?"
Nazis?! This isn't the right year for the Nazis!
"I don't know, honey."
The little girl curled up against her mother. "I'm scared."
"I know."
I took a step forward, tears slightly pricking my eyes. This scene seemed familiar. It seemed ... like I had lived it.
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Banished
Fiksi Penggemar... to December 31, 1969 Iridescent and Cosmos are sentenced to a life long prison in a gray city on December 31 in the year 1969. That date sound familiar? I'll bet. See, sometimes people get anonymous emails from no one from this date - when t...
