Mom and Dad

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Everything is hazy.  I'm inside a peculiar house. I explore the house. The paint on the walls do not look fresh and the furniture looks old and dusty to the point they look like antiques. Near a fireplace, I see a painting of a woman. She is very beautiful wearing a dress fit for royalty. She had dark, flowing hair, light skin, and piercing blue eyes. Although it's just a painting for some reason I was drawn to it. I felt a connection to it, as if she looked familiar, someone that I knew.  I wanted to touch it but my gut gave me a bad feeling. I left the room and see a stairwell leading to a room with bright light peeking out of the door. I also see stairs leading to another room but I can hear noises coming from it. Clang! Clang! Clang!  I decided to go up the stairs to the room with the light. This is what I see. 

I open the door and I see my parents and my sister with their backs turned. I called out,"Mom? Dad?" They didn't respond. I called again,"Mom? Dad" Mom croaked,"What is it dear?".  That didn't sound like my mother.  remembered this was a nightmare and was ready to run out of the door when.... my body couldn't move. I was paralyzed.   All of the sudden my parents and my sister turned around and I was horrified. My parents had no eyes and were staring at me with empty sockets. Blood was dripping from their sockets as they smiled. Their smile was bigger than usual. And I know they were not friendly.  They seemed cruel. "You okay sweetie?" my dad asks. My sister looked almost normal, except a cold, empty stare. It didn't seem like it is her. It seemed like she was being controlled.  She says in a demonic voice, "She wants me to be her daughter. She wants you to be part of her family too." I screamed at the ceiling to that monster if she can hear me, " WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY FAMILY?" . And I could hear a familiar voice from the back of my head,"Join the family". She put her cold sharp hand and gripped my right shoulder. 

I screamed as I sat on my couch at night. My mom and dad came downstairs to the living room with the same tired form except their eyes were full of concern. My dad says,"Is everything okay? I heard a scream" I told him about the dream. He says,"It's only a dream hun." I told him "After everything that went wrong with that family on the news I don't want that to happen to you guys." My mom coaxes me as she touches my shoulder,"Everything will be okay. We are not going anywhere. We will protect you no matter what."If someone wants to take my girls they better get through me first. "I love you mom and dad?" I told them. "We love you too." They replied. As they turned the lights off I wondered if this is the last I love you I will say to them or hear from then. I felt pain in my right shoulder. I looked in my shirt. There was a red scratch. 

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