Parallel

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Dear Veronica,

It's 3:52 AM.

Do you know why I'm awake at this time?

Do you?

I just had a nightmare.

This may sound completely fucking normal, but it isn't. Cause the last time I had a nightmare was in 8th Grade. Two years ago. The day after I punched the senior kid. That dream was of him riding on huge spiders (Idek) and using snakes as ropes and throwing them on me, and me, NOT dying, but suffering for hours on end. The background music (yes, even background music for my bloody nightmare) was nails screeching down a blackboard along with sadistic laughs.

I don't know what made me wake up, but I did, thankfully. I woke up screaming. I'd sweated so much that my blanket was wet along with my shirt. Luckily, my parents were out of station that day. Ben didn't wake up. But Will did, and he was the one to calm me down. After twenty minutes of stroking my back and the fan being on the highest speed possible, I told him everything. Even how I punched the asshole. He listened, and stayed up until I fell asleep again. He failed the test at his college later that day, but shrugged it off, because it was a practice test, and he wasn't the only one who failed.

Will isn't here today. He's staying over at a friend's. Instead, I got Ben next to me (he wanted to know what sleeping in a room without any adult felt like) and he's sleeping soundly, as he always does. Thankfully, I didn't scream. I didn't shout. I just woke up, sweating again, and panting like I'd just run a marathon. I sprung up and my heartbeat was out of control. It was terrible. It's 4:03 AM now. I'm supposed to wake up in two hours. I've tried sleeping. I failed. I cannot think straight. I remember describing the nightmare calmed me a bit. Ben's a kid. Will isn't here. My parents will freak out if I tell them. So, I'm writing them here. To you. The only one who'll understand.

This sounds stupid, since I'm writing, but when I do, it feels as if I'm really talking to you.

So, this was my dream.

Starring: Me, Snakes, and Laura. (yes, her of all people)

Plot: The nightmare began with a low sound, precisely the sound that you hear in horror movies. I look around me. I'm in a room, really small. I'm on the floor, my feet try to push further but they fail. I realize I'm trapped, in an enclosed space. I cannot breathe.

My first fear: Claustrophobia.

My breathing quickens and my mind is a mundane blur. Where the bloody heck was I? Then, a blurred figure from afar comes slowly. Towards me. A deep pain in my arm stings me. I look at it, nothing is there. But the pain is. It's increasing. Wtf? I try rubbing at it, but stop when the pain comes on my left arm now. The figure is near me now. I can see it's a girl now. The only thing vibrant is her long hair. Silver hair, she has. The rest of her is grey.

Laura.

It was definitely her. She was the only one who has a silver streak. She was a darker shade of grey, as opposed to mine, light grey.

She smiled at me, laughed. I was speaking something to her. She nodded. I told her something. Her features frowned. She said something and I began falling down and down. My body was still there, I could see what was happening. But my soul wasn't. I was falling into a fit. An endless one. I can see my body on the edge of a cliff. I must've fallen from there.

Laura is still talking. She turns around and thunder begins. The pain comes back in my arms.

My second fear: Acrophobia.

I try calling her back. She doesn't turn. I run behind, and catch her arm and ask her something. She says something and suddenly there's a pain right in my chest. My mind has processed what'd happened. Hence the pain in my heart. She's gone now.

My third fear: Thantophobia.

The background music is replaced by voices. Filled with hatred, anguish, hurt. I don't stop falling. I look at my arms and see it was snakes, neon green ones biting me.

My fourth fear: Ophidiophobia.

I lose my shit now. I'm screaming. Breath doesn't come in and out. I try to breathe but I cannot. My leg snaps that's when I woke up.

Laura has previously come in my dreams. Never like this. She was a vision in a meadow of sunshine. Happy dreams about her. Never like this.

It's so weird. I cannot understand a thing. I do not know why I got a nightmare only today. I mean, yesterday was pretty good. Everything was normal.

I have loads of fears, but those were the main ones. And they all made a fucking special appearance in my dream today. I don't even know why. I mean, one is worse enough I guess. All at once?

I knew at some point of time that Laura was the girl of my dreams, but I didn't expect it to be literally.

4:12 AM. I cannot sleep. I want to. Then, I think of the nightmare and decide it's better to stay awake.

It's gonna be a long night.

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Heyy everyone!

What day is today. It's 13th. IT'S FRIDAYYYY THE 13TH OMG PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THIS GET SCARED IT'S GONNA BE THE WORST DAY EVERRR

Why do people fear the number 13, I mean, it's just a number. Think about it's feelings. Ayy.

xD

Anyway, hope everyone's having an amazing week :) My week is mediocre; it's a little hard to deal with everything now, but hey, it's alright. I can get through whatever I believe I can get through. :)
An important note, btw. This chapter is one of my favorites. I am so proud of it :3 For some inexplicable reason lol. And this chapter is NOT a continuation of the last chapter. AKA, this chapter doesn't happen after the last chapter.

Each letter is written differently, individually, UNLESS stated so.

Hope you all are enjoying the book! Don't forget to vote :)

All the love.

V. x