Dreamer

Chapter one

 Ana awoke sometime after 2 am , she had some trouble sleeping , plagued by nightmares.She fell asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow, having spent another long day at college. Deciding she could not sleep anymore , she put on her slippers and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water , while doing so she looked out of the window, it was pitch black out there, not a soul was about. Sighing Ana sat down at the table taking a sip before putting the glass down,

'What was she going to do until morning? She thought to herself.

2 HOURS LATER...

Still sitting there staring up at the clock, watching the seconds go by, Ana decided to herself ' There is nothing to do at this hour, I'll try to get one more hour of sleep, i'll be tired tomorrow'.

Leaving the kitchen and returning to her bedroom, Ana just stared up at the ceiling for a time, her eyes gradually growing heavier and heavier ,,,

Through a greenish foggy haze there was a small child, a girl with white blonde hair running around what appeared to the  courtyard of a fortress, The image disappeared as soon a she saw it,another soon replaced it. A swamp. a horrid place, murky water, deathly looking trees, life sucked out of them.Suddenly a girl materializes out of nowhere, it was the girl from before, only this time she was much much taller, older, she turned around and stared right at me, those eyes ...so green.

Ana gasped and open her eyes, she was no longer in her room but in the very same swamp from her dream.Or maybe I was still dreaming.She hoped.Ana tried to get onto her feet but a sharp pain from her stomach stopped her immediately, she looked down and saw blood staining her shirt, Ana pressed her gloved hand against the wound to staunch the blood. Wait! Gloved hands? She looked to see that she was wearing brown leather gloves with a light blue edging and slowly looked up her arm. White cotton sleeves ,brown leather waist cincher with a silver belt with blue stones set in square links,tan leather trousers with knee high boots? I did NOT go to sleep in this! Looking down in a puddle of water, Ana saw her reflection, only it was not her face she saw. Its the girl, her pale hair so different from my own black ringlets and while her eyes are leaf green, mine were a copper brown.How did I get here? Why do I look like her? How do I get back?This has to be a dream, it has to be.

The wind was howling it was the dead of night and strange noises sounding all around her,Ana slowly limped her way towards some wooden houses. When she could walk no more, Ana collapsed a little bit away from the homes and let exhaustion take her,

SOMETIME LATER

She woke up facing a wooden wall, she was lying on a woolen mattress.I must be inside one of the houses, but how did I get in here? The last thing I remember was the sight of the houses.Someone must have brought me inside, the owner perhaps? Knowing she had to get up, but her pain still troubling her, Ana was content to just lie there for a bit staring at the wall, listening to the crackling of a fire. All of a sudden she heard echoed voices,

''Does she sleep? A voice asked.

''Like a lamb'' A voice replied.

''Come sisters, no point in dawdling, the tape is set, the cauldron bubbles''.Another deeper voice,

'' We cannot! You know she is meant for him'' A panicked warning.

''Imlerith will get her, he will, but not whole'' Reassured a voice.

'' Well said, we'll just have a sample'' Was a sinister agreement.

'' I'll take her feet''.

''Lovely'' Chuckling.''Plump, perfect for a broth''.

''I can taste it already,very well, GET ON WITH IT !

Ana had be listening silently to the whole conversation, her heartbeat increasing rapidly as each second went by,What's going on,are they talking about me? I have to get out of here NOW!!!

Ana rose from the bed as quickly as she could and climbed out of the window and ran away from the houses towards the trees as fast as her legs could carry her.It was chilly and was just begining to snow.

She heard growling and turned around to a creature lunge at her, it looked almost like a man, though its body had a slimey blue hue and a stench like rotten meat to it , its fingers webbed with claws. Only then did she realise she had a sword strapped to her back, she had taken fencing lessons one when was little, but that was many years ago and she could barely remember it ,but anything was better than dying here, so she drew the sword and aimlessly hacked at the monsters running all the while trying to escape.

A loud noise sounded and what appeared to be a portal opened and out came there monsters, on four legs with spikes on the backs, Ana ran i the opposite direction, more and more portal opened and more creatures,She was surrounded, again she started wacking at them,she looked ahead and saw an area free of monsters, she desperately wanted to be there away from where she was closer to safety.The world was a blur and at once she was where she wanted.

Ana looked back They are catching up! She hurried over to a clearing and quickly claimed up a tree hoping they would not notice her.

She heard the loud stomping hooves and clinking and look down to see a large person clad in skeletal armour, his horse just as heavily armoured. Keep silent! Keep silent! Keep silent! She chanted to herself.Where am I ? Why are these things happening? Ana waited a little longer until the rider gave up looking and thundered away.

Just as he went the branch snapped under my weight and I hit the ground with a cry, look around and ran off.