The Dream Catcher

Prologue

~_~_~Prologue~_~_~

Normal

That's all I ever wanted to be but, I guess people can label you or turn you into things that you don want to become. Even if they don't know how different you are on the inside, they still just call you whatever deem fit.
I know that my dreams are different than everyone else's and that I can do stuff that nobody else can do, but still. They don't know the real me. They don't know me at all...

This is what happened to me after all; I was warped by the dreams and hopes of everyone around me that I forgot that I can still dream for myself.
I feel like I only see my own pain yet sometimes not even I can see how bad it gets. Its not as bad as it seems, though, I mean I have friends and I can call myself important to people who know me, inside and out.
They see my pain more than I can most times.

The thing is, I am friends with everyone. And by "everyone", I don't mean that I know most of my grade. No, I mean everyone!
Well, I shouldn't even say that I am friends with everyone, more like friendly.
Like people in my town, people in my neighborhood, people in my high school, everyone who you can name from where I live, I can all socialize with easily. I like to be nice to everyone so there for, everyone is nice to me right back. I try to be the best person I can be.

"That's why I'm popular!" people tell me. "Its because I'm too nice."

Yeah right. I don't believe their shitty lies. I don't have people swarming me everyday, asking me if I can hang out after school or something like that.
But personally, I'm ok with that.

I have people who don't like me. I mean, who doesn't right? They bully me, hurt me, and push me around, the stuff a stereotypical bully would do. Ya know, hurt people in any way possible kind of stuff. Yawn. Nothing new here.

But I try my hardest to have them not get to me. If only I could reveal my powers to them, that would show em'!
No more punches from Peter Flarer or rude comments from Kate Morrow (aka. the asstowns of my life, and yes, I said asstown.)
Yeah, the world would be a better place if it wasn't for those two making my own world fall apart. However, I am glad they do it to me, not other people. As long as other people are safe, I can sleep well at night.

I am human, I-I guess, but if any of you are thinking it, let me just come out and say it. No, just because I look normal does not mean I am normal. Physical appearance has nothing to do with how I act and how I think. I can change my thoughts, not my looks.

My looks are the norm for a 16 year old teenager. I have long, brown hair that is straight, and bright blue eyes. I am 5'6 and am tan but not too much. I dress fairly normal, but again, those are just my looks. I am so not the prettiest girl in the bunch, trust me on that, but i don't think i am the ugliest either... I mean I think. Some people probably say other wise, and I can guarantee it's not a positive thing.

Yet again, there is much more underneath than what you see of me.
I can tell you that truthfully.

I may seem like any other person in the world, but you see, I am far from what society would call 'expectable' or 'worthy'.

The only people who would know that, however, are the people who are like me. Only, I don't really expect others to have superpowers like I do.
I mean, that's just crazy, right?

Ugh, yeah I said superpowers. Don't get it twisted, though. I'm not an actual superhero, but damn do I wish I was!

I don't have archenemies or any threatening ones, if anything. I don't fight people or beat people up.
I don't save the world from aliens or from total destruction. Hell, I don't even know how to punch properly.

I can't fly, shoot lasers from my eyes, create force fields, hold a thousand tons with a finger, or move things with just a thought.
No, I have a power that not to many people would think of as a 'hero-type power' or an important one, at most.

You see, I can only use my power when people don't know it or see me use it. It has to be a secret.
No one knows about my powers and when I use them, it's kinda hard to cover up (when I'm dealing with actual smart people), but usually nobody questions it. It really sucks, not telling anyone about it, but hey, it's better than nothing I guess.

Its a power that is different than what most think.

My power is that I can see and manifest myself into dreams of the restful.

No, not restful as in dead. Restful as in they have to be sleeping or unconscious for me to see them.
I can enter them, talk to the people, create different worlds for them, fight away the nightmares and even help them with what's on their mind.
I am a superhero in people's minds but not it real life. I can use my ability to literally fight away monsters or create good dreams in people! It's cool, right?

I know it's kinda creepy, but you have to give it to me. I try my hardest to make sure everyone has a great dream to remember in the morning.

It's not an important power to many, but in my opinion, I believe the best powers are the ones that are different. The ones that are unique, the ones that can help people mentally not physically, the ones that fly under the radar because they don't seem important. The ones that offten go unseen.

And yes, of course I realize that every person who has a power or magical ability needs a cover-up name. A secret identity.
What about my superhero name? Well, I don't have one because I'm not a hero. Also I believe that identity names take away part of yourself.
What I mean is that a name or title can change a person to make them believe things that most of the times aren't true and I don't want to be another victim of that. It can also make you hide things from the world, like a mask of some sort.

I'm fine where I am and hopefully you agree with me.
But please, if you had to call me a name because "it would be the end of the world if you don't" or anything dramatic like that, then just call me Maya.

Why Maya, you ask?

Well, that's because Maya is all I ever will be. And that's fine by me.