dreamcatcher ➳ phan au { ON HOLD }

one

phil lester
ten years later

"Hello Phil!" I hear a far out, cheery voice say.

A pair of soft hands shake my shoulders in an attempt to wake me up. Groggily I open my eyes and see a boy hovering above me. In a morning fog, this all makes complete sense.

Then my brain finally decides to process what's going on and my eyes widen. I sit up straight immediately, desperately trying to push myself as far away from this boy as possible. Unfortunately, my back smashes into the headboard of my bed.

"Who are you?!?" I half scream, trying not to alert my mum or dad. "How did you get in my house?!"

The floating boy looks startled and falls to the ground before awkwardly getting back up. I stare a him, and notice that he has a pair of giant, blinding white wings on his back.

My eyes widen even more than I thought possible and I feel like I'm going to faint.

"Hey, calm down! Calm down!" The boy continues to freak out at my reaction to him.

"Calm down?!" I try not to shout. "There is a glowing boy with giant inhuman wings in my room and I am pretty sure that's not even physically possible but I'm seeing it, and you expect me to calm down?!?!!"

The boy nods frantically, a shocked look on his face. "Please calm down, I didn't mean to spook you! I promise I'm not here to eat you!"

I can't help but giggle in my head at his last sentence. Of course you won't eat me, I think to myself, you're not a bear.

I lean over to the side of my bed and scoop up one of my cats. She hisses at me but I ignore it. I then hold her out at the boy, who quickly shuffles backwards against the wall. The cat swings her fluffy paw at him, and I see his eyes widen.

I decide he's afraid of cats.

"Who are you?" I demand, my voice wobbling. I shake the cat at him to make sure he answers.

"Hi, my name is Dan. I'm an angel, and I'm here to make your wish come true,"
he responds with a hint of fear in his voice.

"What wish?" I ask.

"This wish, silly," Dan says.

He makes circles with his hands and then opens them. A silvery orb hovers above his palms.

"Star light, star bright," an echo of a childish whisper bounces around my room. I hear more words that I find indecipherable.

"That's," I mumble. "Me?"

Dan nods his head. "And that's why I'm here!" He beats his wings slightly and floats above the ground for a few seconds. The orb disappears as he moves his hands away.

I look up at him in shock and then another thought hits me. The first day of school is today.

Frantically, I drop the cat at Dan's feet without thinking. He squeals and rockets up to the ceiling. The cat hisses and jumps up, clearly trying to attack him. I grab my alarm clock. It reads 5:34, and I sigh. I don't have to be up for about thirty more minutes, but I'm already up. I decide to take a quick shower.

"Dan," I say.

"Yes?"

"I have to take a shower, sooo," I trail off.

"Oh, you want some privacy. Gotcha." He opens the door of my room, goes out to the hallway, and shuts the door.

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After I've taken my shower, I fish through drawers trying to find something to wear. I come across a baby blue jumper with the phrase YIKES!!! displayed across it in mint. I slip that on over a white t-shirt and some blue jeans.

I look back at the clock and it reads 6:05. I open the door to my room and see Dan sitting on the wood floors, studying a photo.

"Boo!" I say.

He jumps a little. "You scared me!" He tries to laugh it off, and stands up.

"So, do you like, follow me around and stuff?" I ask as I walk down the hallway to the kitchen.

Dan nods. "Yeah, but nobody can see me. Except for other angels, and you."

"Are angels common?"

"Yes, but not everybody has them." Dan flicks the switch, turning on the kitchen light.

I make a face when he says that. "Hasn't everyone made a wish at one point?" I ask as I go through the cabinets looking for some cereal.

"Well," he begins as he sits down at the table. "Not exactly. Some people don't believe that wishes can come true, so they never wish on stars."

"Ah," I say as I pour myself a bowl of Kellogs Crunchy Nut cereal and sit down next to Dan.

"But that's a depressing subject," he announces. "Let's talk about something happier. Your jumper is cute!"

"Thank you!" I smile at the compliment.

He smiles back.

I grab a notepad off the fridge and scribble a quick note. It says, Dear mum, I've headed off to school. I love you and have a good day! - Phil. I stick it on the table so she'll see it. Out of the corner of my eye I see Dan watching my movements.

I decide to ignore Mr Angel Boy and slip my messenger bag over my shoulder. It's beige and decorated in small plants and some succulents. It also happens to weigh what feels like a ton.

I swing the door open to a dull, gray sky. I walk out and shut the door behind me. I look at Dan, but he seems fascinated with everything going on around him. I laugh before starting down the stairs.

"Let's go!" Dan shouts, putting his fist in the air with an excited look on his face.

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AUTHORS NOTE// hey so here's the first chapter? this chapter is dedicated to my bud ashley thank you so much for helping me and hopefully continuing to help me !!

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