Pennywise Unleashed

chapter 4

It seemed everyone was asleep peacefully. However a bit into the night one was in the midst of a nightmare. Lilly was frowning and turned in Bill's grip.   She was dreaming they all were back as children. She saw each of her friends brutally killed but they were all blaming her. The last face she saw was the younger Bill claiming that she killed him. It then went black and IT's face appeared laughing at her claiming she was as bad as him. Inside the dream she screamed, the same outside though it was quieter than in the dream.

"Lilly?" Bill blinked and turned to see her having trouble with sleeping. "Lilly, wake up!" he tried to shake her awake.

Lilly struggled a moment but woke up with a startled cry. She looked around her eyes wild a bit but after a while she calmed down. She saw she was safe with Bill alive and covered her face with her hands, crying.

"Lilly, what's the matter?" Bill cooed as she was having a lot of trouble.

Lilly told him while she cried. "It was awful... I dreamed I killed you all when we were young... I had your blood all over my hands... you all blamed me... and IT said I was as bad as him..." she sobbed.

"Oh, honey..." Bill held her close and patted her back. "I know that'll never happen, I'm so sorry, that must have been so scary."

Lilly hugged him back. She cried softly and tried to calm down.

"It's alright, dear, I'm here... I won't let anyone ever hurt you..." Bill said softly, being her knight to save her from possible danger, even if it was only in her subconscious.

Lilly soon settled, though she was still pale. She didn't let him go though. Bill allowed her to keep hold of him until she was comfortable again. The way Lilly described her nightmare felt like inspiration for another novel, but he would have to drop it for now. She really needed him and he needed her as much as they would need each other. Against her better judgement, she  slolwly started to fall back to sleep as she calmed down. She felt like she had run a marathon.

Bill patted her back gently and ran his hand through her beautiful hair. His administrations eased her into sleep again as well as the tiredness. Bill hummed a soft, happy song for her to help her sleep peacefully as he started to drift off to sleep himself.

He was having his own personal dream and it was nine months later in his mind as he was nervous and excited about becoming a father. He imagined he was in a waiting room with a few other men and was called to meet his new child and smiled at the nurse as she called his name. Lilly held him in her sleep, but not as tight as before, due to her sleeping.

Bill walked in his dream to meet his child, but for some reason, the baby was alone and Lilly was nowhere   to be seen. He looked around to find anyone and heard quiet babbling under a light yellow blanket. This must have been their new child. He lifted the blanket up and pulled it back to see what their baby looked like. When Bill pulled the blanket back what he saw would scare him. Instead of an actual baby there was a mangled hybrid thing. It looked like a mix of a dog, bird and baby together. The head was that of a dog and so were the legs, the body was that of a baby and there were wings sprouting out of it's back.

Bill's eyes widened and he stepped back in fear of the bundle. The bundle's baby arms reached for him, blood covering the skin. Bill gulped and tried to avoid the baby. He then spun on his heels and rushed down the hall to get away from this horrifying baby nightmare. As he ran, something stopped him and then a female looking corpse sprung up and screamed in his face. Bill screamed and felt really scared and nervous of what was going on around him now. It was like he was living in a psychological thriller movie with no escape.

Lilly woke up again feeling Bill moving. "Bill... wake up..." she mumbles and shook him gently.

Bill muttered in his sleep, sweating nervously in his side of the bed. He heard Lilly's calming voice and was trying to get himself to wake up from the terrifying dream subjected into his brain.