Dream Walkers

The Dream Verse

Hello beautiful readers. Sorry for the delayed update. Took a journey to the dream verse to get the story and got lost on my way back. Heads up. Pay attention or you just might get lost too.

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'welcome to the dream verse....'

Izzy's voice was suspended in an eternal echo as I took in the view. There was everything. Castles, spaceships, flying people, floating heads, the little mermaid, dinosaurs, gardens you name it. A hand on my shoulder brought me back to full consciousness. It was Essys.

'Mesmerising beautiful isn't it?' She said, obviously feeling the same. I could only nod my reply. I was still hypnotised by this new world. It's no wonder a lot of people love to fall asleep.

Phil and Izzy must be in awe as they had been equally as silently frozen as I was, or so I thought. I turned around to see what they could see. Then I saw the line. That one line that ran straight down as far as the eye could see; literally halving the dream verse. But it wasn't the line that had Phil and Izzy frozen. No. It's what was beyond it. My worst nightmare. Every single fear, night terror, all hate and destruction, Anubis, the bogeyman, characters from Saw, Halloween, Insidious, Oculus, The devil's house, Creep, every horror movie or book ever produced, wandering souls and monsters roaming the air,... all the nightmares anyone in the real world has ever had, all in one place. It was enough to drive anyone crazy instantly. I managed to pull myself together for the split second that I spun Izzy and Phil.

'Look away I said', as we now faced all things bright and beautiful.

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'It is rumoured that with every new nightmare on earth, the line shifts leaving death in its wake.'
Izzy explained as we moved down to a place she described as her usual stop.

'I don't know how safe this is, judging by the fact that Meg and I came here a lot, but at least they don't know we're here. '

'What makes us so sure?' I asked. I wouldn't be surprised if they knew. These guys had surveillance on me for God knows how long and I didn't even know it.
We walked further down and the city was indescribable. It was like past present and future all mashed together and changing constantly. One minute there's a cart with a happy couple, the next it's a freaking spaceship. I almost screamed like a girl when this guy fell out of the sky. Im not talking figuratively. I mean he literally fell out of thin air and landed so close in front of me. We were all pretty shook up by the suddenness of it, well all except Izzy who was laughing hysterically.

'I've been waiting for that to happen', she confessed.

'My apologies,' the mysterious man spoke as he got up and dusted himself down.
'I don't know how I got into the sky in the first place', he continued. 'How do I get to San Francisco? '

'Oh. Take a left at the next right turning and go into the tunnel.', Izzy responded swiftly. That description got me confused. The man seemed to understand tho as he trotted down the path.

'That's not a real description is it? Left at the tight turn.', Phil asked, suspicion of foul play lacing every word.

Izzy laughed again. Apparently there's a joke I don't get yet. By the looks on Phil's and Essys faces I bet they had no idea either.

'If you've something to say, say it already', Essy said seemingly irritated.

'Fine. It's not a real description. But he doesn't need one. He will probably change dreams and find himself in the golf of guinea snow surfing or something. Only dream walkers can remain fixed in a particular dream. '

Oh. That made sense.

We walked down a twisted pathway and into what looked like Northampton from the 70's. We moved on through Buildings seemingly made of old bricks. Some bricks glowed and others looked black as night. Something about the architecture was weird, but we were in the seam verse. What did I expect?

We entered into on of the weird houses. It was warm inside unlike the chill from the outside. There were candles lit and a fire in the fire place. Plates were set on the table in the clearing, looked like someone was preparing for dinner. A shrieking old female voice called out from further inside.

'querida Darcy . ¿Eres tu?'

'No. Es Isabel realidad . Darcy debe estar fuera . '

I didn't know you spoke Spanish. I whispered to Isabel who had Spanish free flowing from her mouth.

'You never asked.', She smirked.

'Oh. Isabel. Es bueno ver que estás bien . ¿Dónde está Megara ?'

An old lady emerged from the shadows. She had a straight posture for someone so old. I bet she's no younger than 85 or so. She dressed her age though I just say still classy. She gasped once she saw us. Her face suddenly changed from sweet old lady to grumpy old lady.

'¡Isabel! ¿Por qué traer a los extraños en mi casa ? Deberías saberlo mejor.'

I didn't understand a word, but I could tell the old lady wasn't happy. I should have paid more attention in Spanish class.

'Lilian . Está bien. No son extraños . Estas son amigos . Los caminantes sueño.', Isabel said to her.

'Los caminantes de sueños ! Dios mío!', She exclaimed as she turned to me.
'Soy Lilian .', she said. I still didn't understand a word.

'I think they would prefer English.' Isabel said to her as she looked at us shocked.

'What you mean they don't speak any Spanish?' Isabel laughed at an obviously confused old lady.

'I am Lilian.' She said to me. Oh. So that's what that meant.

'I'm Daniel. That is Philip, and Esther. Dan, Phil and Essy. Pleasure meeting you.'

'Pleasure is all mine.' She said. Sweet old lady was back.

'Where is Megara?', she asked.

Isabel's face paled up a bit, then she replied.
'Meg left us. She switched paths. She was playing us the whole time. '

'Oh dear. We are no longer safe here.' Lilian said frantically.
'We must leave now. '

'We are on this side of the line Lilian. We're safe. '

'The last squad of dream walkers went out to challenge the master few days ago. '

'So?' Isabel said confused.

'They're not protecting us anymore. '

'Why is that? '

'They died. '

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Forgive me my non Spanish speaking comrades. But you should have paid more attention in Spanish class 😂😂. Hope you like the story so far. Don't forget to vote if you do. ✌