24 Dreams Of You And Me

12) Dreams Are A Puzzle

"The more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it becomes."
-Jim Thompson

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Alyssa and Levi were attacked again soon after the first one. They managed to get out of it safely.

Levi had snatched the knife away before the spirit could disappear and held it out to Alyssa.

"Be grateful that I'm giving it to you. All my instinct says is to leave your annoying a** behind."

"Really? Because just a while back I wasn't the one who was practically begging to stick together and provide back up." Alyssa snarled and snatched the knife forcefully.

"B*tch."

"D*ck."

Levi took a deep breath to calm himself down. "I can't believe I ever thought of you as a sweet person."

"I can't believe ever thought of you as anything."

"You just prove my point."

"Please stop talking and start walking." Alyssa said and took off, Levi again behind her.

They walked and walked until they reached a more rocky and hilly area than a forest.

Alyssa stopped and looked behind her with a perplexed expression.

"What?" Levi asked.

She kept looking around. "Weren't we in Minnesota?"

"Still are."

"No." She frowned and moved to the middle of the road. "I swear I've been here but at that time I was on a road trip. This is the outskirts of Oklahoma."

"Are you stupid?"

"Levi. Shut up. I'm serious!"

He looked around and thought hard. He felt dumb for even considering what she was saying but he had seen crazier things happen.

"Okay so how did we jump from Minnesota to Oklahoma by walking for like, an hour?" He laughed.

"The lore said that the spell traps you in your dreams, or your memories. Technically, we're dreaming." Alyssa said, convincing herself as she spoke. "Or our spirits are. And weird stuff happens in dreams all the time.."

"Nobody actually dies in their dreams."

"But we're dreaming in the spiritual world. It's different. Our spirits are actually inside the dream. Like, we're really here." Alyssa said and motioned to the ground with her hands.

"You make sense but that's crazy." Levi commented.

"The spell can make it possible." She shrugged. "Literally transporting spirits into memories. Aradia is one nasty witch."

"I have no memory here. Or at least I have no memory of having a memory here." Levi said with a blank face.

"Hey! Stop complicating things. I'm trying to wrap my head around this." She yelled.

"First of all, what memory is this of yours?"

"I was on a road trip with my friend and our car broke down. He went to get some help and came back with a young couple who were passing by. They gave us a lift to a town nearby." Alyssa told.

"How old were you?"

"21."

"Just last year?"

"Yes, that's why I recognised the place immediately."

Levi opened his mouth but suddenly a guy came running from behind him.