DREAM: NIGHTMARE ✔

D I S C L A I M E R

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Trigger Warning: Character's Death

This one shot story is also published in Webnovel under the pen name of MeiMinMin.

Read at your own risk.

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I can hear the clock ticking. I can feel myself sweating, my hands shaking, my body trembling. I was surrounded by darkness. I felt suffocated and I fear that I am developing a phobia of claustrophobic.

I can't see any light and my body feels so heavy. I feel like I am drowning in an abyss of darkness underwater. I wanted to scream, I wanted to seek help, but something is stopping me from doing those things.

And then, I suddenly feel the chills running from my toes up to my spine. Why am I feeling this? Why do I feel this kind of sensation?

Help, I need help. Anyone? Mother? Father? Big Brother? And then, I hear the alarm blaze off at its set time. I jolted from my slumber that gave me a nightmare, and I realized that I woke up panting and sweating.

I ran my fingers through the strands of my hair as I take a look at the time, 8:51 in the morning, "I'm already late from my first subject this morning." Yawning as I stretch my limbs, get off the bed and start doing my morning routine. When I finished, I left my room and goes down to the kitchen, and that's when I saw my mother cooking.

I greeted her and kissed her cheeks. I sat on the chair and smiled when I ate my breakfast as I listened to her talk about my father's work yesterday. When I was done, I grabbed my things as I said my goodbye to her and left the house.

I walk down the streets with an earphone on my ears, blasting music left and right at maximum volume. I was lost in thought about the dream I had last night. No, I should call it a nightmare. It was so frightening.

I felt like I was dead at that moment. I shivered at that thought. Death? I am afraid of that word. I just sighed as I took a deep breath with my eyes closed to erase those sickening thoughts, and then, I didn't expect what just happened next.

I heard people's screams and the siren of an ambulance as my whole world spun as darkness engulfed my whole being. What just happened? I can hear everything louder than before. I hear questions from the people around me, screams of concerns, and shrieks of people.

"Is she okay?"

"Move! The medics are here! Move!"

"Oh my God! A truck just hit her!"

In that moment, I just heard my Mother screaming my name and crying, "NO! Alyssa! Oh my God, my daughter! No! let me go, I need to be at her side! No! Alyssa! I am her Mother! Let me through!"

Mother? Am I going to die? Am I going to leave you and father? What about big brother? Mother. As I can feel myself crying at my loss. No, help me.

Help me! Is the nightmare, I had last night a premonition of my death? Is it? Is it?! Please, wake me up! Wake me up away from this horrible dream! I continue to scream internally, as the darkness engulf my whole consciousness.

RING!

I gasped as I jolted from my bed. I was panting and sweating more than before. I looked around my surroundings. I'm alive. Am I really alive? I started sobbing as I hugged myself for comfort and began trembling as my tears flowed. What just happened? A dream? A nightmare? or a premonition of my future death. I need the truth.