The Dream Walkers : Autumn Leaves

Is This Really Happening?

As I lay in my bed that night ,I think about everything, about how my life has changed in just a couple of months,about my dream and about the fact that I have to go to school yet again tomorrow.I don't want to, school is just a place for kids to learn bad things and take drugs and learn to smoke,and get all sorts of crazy ideas that they are madly in love with each other and that they'll be getting married in the future, and they will be sailing off into the sunset and live happily ever after.If you ask me,that, is fantasy.
I, personally have never been the girl who is in desperate need of a boyfriend.I haven't even had a boyfriend ever.The girls at my school though,they're all about love and relationships, being in a relationship makes them feel more mature,supposedly. Not caring about your future and grades ,and yourself? And letting your world revolve around one person? You tell me whats mature about that.
We are all still so young,the whole world is ours;to explore ,to take chances,to dream,to leave a mark ,to go on adventures and to be free.Why would I let anyone stop me from doing that? Why should I let go of my dreams for someone else?
I have dreams that I need to fulfill before my life is over,I have journeys to take .
As I think about these things, there is a small thought in the back of my mind ;I will be having the same dream again.
I know that I will,and I know what will happen ,and I am ready,I am ready to run and I am ready to fall.
That is last thought I have before I fall asleep.

I am back in the woods ,but something is different,this dream in particular is more vivid,more real ,like it's not a dream at all;like it is a whole different world like a entirely different realm ,that only I get to travel in ;that only allows me to be a part of .
Something else is different,too.The woods that I have been dreaming of my entire life, were always filled with trees that were all different shades of green. They were always that way dark and deep with the sunlight seeping them through the spaces in between ;making them look mysterious and well,magical.
But now, the leaves were turning yellow ,eliminating any green that existed. The green in the woods were trying to stay alive but in vain. Ever since I can remember,the woods have always been green ,no matter the season,but now they were slowly turning all different shades of yellow.Don't get me wrong ,the woods were still beyond beautiful;they were just different. The colour seemed to make it more real,more real than ever.
It is starting I take a step forward and then I am running and running ,I run past the trees all whispering my name ,all calling out to me,I run faster,its exhilirating ,I leave my world behind ,I leave my reality behind. I run ,I am not afraid,not of falling ,not of the reality that is waiting for me to wake up and leave the woods. I run, nothing has ever made me feel more alive , nothing has made me feel like this ,I feel invincible .
But then my legs give up,the fall to the ground laughing and then I close my eyes.
My entire body is in pain.My muscles are aching like they have never before,I'm exhausted,my limbs are threatening to break.I have never felt this much pain in my entire life ,yet I have never been so happy ,so free.
I don't want to open my eyes ,I know that if I do ,I have to get up and then the earth will swallow me,and then I have to wake up and face reality.
I shut my eyes as tightly as I can ,but the open up anyway,and then I automatically stand up but this time ,when the earth shakes beneath my feet ,I don't try to run away,I have to be brave,I have to face reality .
A hole opens up and I jump ,but I don't fall;a pair of arms wrap around my waist and hold me back.This has never happened before,I turn around to see who it is.I turn around the arms still around me and I face a boy about my age ,or maybe a little older ; a couple of inches taller than I am.He pulls me away from the hole and we both sit on the ground.
"Well,that was close."he says
"Yeah" i smile.
He smiles back.He has dark messy hair ,like he doesn't care about his appearance.His eyes are the same shade of green as his shirt .He has a strong jawline and handsome features. He is good looking,better looking than all of the guys at my school.The girls at my school would all go head over heels for him.Not me.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"That is an extremely difficult question ." he replies.
"What's so difficult about that?" I ask puzzeled.
"Okay, if it is easy then you tell me, who are you?"
"I am Autumn,Autumn R. Isabella Anderson"
" And what does the R stand for?"
"I don't know ,I never bothered to ask.I know Isabella is my mother's name and that Anderson is my surname, so I figure the R is just the name of a relative far away."
He laughs .I get annoyed ,what is so funny?
"Um..What is there to laugh about?"
"Well ,you don't even know what your name means .And I didn't ask for your name. I want to know who you are."
"I just told you, I'm Autu-"
I am interrupted .
"I don't want to know your name ,I want to who you really are. So tell me Autumn, Who are you?"
I suddenly feel dumb ,who am I?
I search for the answer inside ,I retrace my life and try to find out who I am.As far as I know ,I am me,just me. Who am I ? Who am I?
"I have no idea"
"See that is infact a difficult question."
I look at him and he looks at me. Then his smile changes,as if he remembered something, he searches his pockets and takes out someting shiny .Its a plain silver necklace with a rectangular pendent ,something is written on it.
I ask him if I can take a closer look ; ARIA.
ARIA, is written on it.
"Who is Aria?" I ask him ,not taking me eyes off the necklace.
"You figure it out, you are a smart girl.Think , doesn't it mean something to you?"
I do think.
"Wait, A for Autumn ,R for well R,I for Isabella and A for Anderson....Those are my initials ......Thats me,that's my name!"
I look at him ,and he just smiles .He takes the necklace from my hand looks at it . Then he puts it on my neck and smiles ,looking at me like no one has ever looked at me before.
" That ought to keep you safe..you know from falling and letting the earth eat you up"
I laugh.
"Goodbye Autumn."
"What ?"
My eyes are suddenly heavy and I cannot keep them open ,I feel sleepy and and then everything goes black;again.

When I open them again , I see the familiar ceiling and walls .I look at the time, 3:04 ,thats strange.