My Nightmare

My Grandma's House

This nightmare has stuck with me since I was a child. Whenever I have had this dream, the following day I would get sick. Nothing fatal but headaches, sense of weakness and nauseous.

So, this nightmare takes place in what I believe is my mother's hometown. Though it doesn't resemble how it is today, I can make out a mental picture.

There's a sacred fig tree which stands tall and works as a divider for the roads. A straight road that passes through the village and another road that connects to another village that's miles away. The house that I live in my dream lies on the southwest of the fig tree, there's a vendor on the southeast and the rest of the village lies far east.

We have a neighbor, though I can't make out any of there faces they seem friendly. My grandma, whom I can see blowing through a pipe to light a fire in a mud stove, has a face. I would say she is exactly how she is today, a red sari that's more crimson like filled with yellowish beads and her red blouse that shows exactly how old she is.

The brown wrinkles on her necks could be seen as a chicken's crown. The rest of the family are upstairs watching TV. As my neighbors call for my grandma, they hear a thundering thump upstairs.

A single thump turns to tens as the wooden house starts shaking. This all is happening while I am in my room sleeping, yet I see everything, I hear evrythinh. Though I am there, I can't talk with either the faceless neighbors or my grandma.

Swiftly, I get pulled back to my body. I wake up and I see a mysterious figure coming towards me. It leaps forward and I can only throw my hands in front to save myself. Seconds later, everyone is outside the door that I had locked. They try to open it but to no avail.

The thumping gets even louder and faster. Now everyone is downstairs watching what is my body, thumping on the wooden floor. The figure which has clearly taken over my body; whilst looking at me, smiles.

Everything is happening in front of me yet I can't do anything. I cry in frustration and Wake Up.