Eleanorian Emerald

Chapter four

Eleanorian

       I have another dream. This time we are all sitting in the room as the first dream. "Why, hello again my friends!" The doctor says. "Today we have some important stuff to talk about." I stay quiet. "Your hair, Eleanorian. It's sort of, in the way. We're going to need you to cut it off, how about, at least to your shoulders?" He asks. "Why the hell should she do what you want her to do?!" Blaise says mad. "Well, Mr. Blaise, you see, we need to do some more tests. And if we want to keep doing them in Nightmare Land, she needs to cut her hair herself. Unless she wants us coming into the real world and doing it ourselves?" I shake my head vigorously. Can he do that? "Yes, yes I can." The doctor says. "How did you hear my thoughts?!" I ask. He just smiles, and it all blacks out.

    I wake up in the morning, It's a Sunday. I get up and get ready to head to the salon. I know it's just a stupid dream. But it feels so real. I have to do it. I cry on the way to the salon. I love my hair. It's so long and pretty. I don't want to cut it. Once we get in the salon I tell the lady what I want done. I hold in my tears as I see my hair fall to the floor. Once the haircut is over I look in the mirror. "You like it hunny?" The hair stylist asks. "Yes." I lie. I guess it's not the worst.

   That night I can't sleep. I don't want to go to bed and have another nightmare. I stay up really late. But it's a school night. I fall asleep eventually.  

    "Well well well! Look who finally decided to join us!" The doctor says. Everyone stares at my hair. "Nicely done! Following orders. You can all go now."

     Then I wake up. I get ready for school. What will my friends think of my sudden change of appearance?

    Once I get to school I get stares. People wondering why the hell I would do such a thing. Then I see my friends. Then all stare in awe. None of them complement me. They all just stare.

    After school we all meet in the clearing once again. Xavier speaks up first. "So, Ellen. Wh- why did you cut your hair?" He stutters. "I um- I wanted a change I guess." I lie.

"Fuck it, El, I had a dream that this crazy ass doctor was doing experiments and he wanted you to cut your hair." Blaise says. I stay mortified. Everyone stays silent. "M- me too." Dakota says. "Same.." Paris says. "Mhmm.." Carmen says. "Yea...." Xavier says. I stay quiet for a minute. I sigh. "I had it too." Everyone gasps.

We have dreams the next nights again. We share them every time after school.

One time I have a dream that I'm strapped to the chair again. The doctor leaves the room. I think of what to do. "What do we do?!" I ask. "Use your powers!" Paris says. I look down at the bars. I stare hard at them. The bars bend, and bend. Then they fling across the room. I get up and go over to the door. I feel extremely exhausted. The door is locked. It's a metal door. They all back up, ready for me. I hold my arms up. Facing the door. I bust the door down with my mind. We all run out of the room. We head into the halls. We all run together in search of an exit or a way to wake up. We are all running when I suddenly stop. "Stop, this door is familiar.." I say. I pull my arms out in front of me. I try to break the door down. It's hard. I'm still exhausted. I push my self really hard. The door falls to the ground as I do. "El! El! You okay?!" Blaise kneels over me. "Get in." I say. We all get in and look around. "Shh!" Carmen says. We look to where he's looking. There are doctors running the tests. The doctor is there too. "Dr. Suza, we are extremely close to getting into the real world!" One of the other doctors say. "Great job." Doctor Suza says. Then I feel a weird presence over me. "They are here Suza." The other doctor says. The doctor looks behind him. He sees us. He looks at me and I use my powers to get him away. I fling him across the room. He hits his head on the wall and he starts bleeding. Doctor Suza turns to me. He walks over. I scream and try to throw him across the room. He stays with his feel planted, towering over me. "Bad girl." He simply says. Then I feel exhausted again. I can't use my powers. I fall to the ground, and wake up in my room.