Who'd have known that posting a picture of me as an awkward teen would have gotten such a response? I'm glad you guys enjoyed it. Better get it out there and done with before anyone finds a picture and uses it as blackmail. *wink*

Beware, I'll be referring to that picture often!

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The other night I had a nightmare, which is strange because I never have nightmares. It's faded a bit from my memory, which is a good thing, I guess since it was really disturbing to me. Anyway, here goes:

I'm in this big fortress. The whole dream has this 'Lord of the Rings' feel to it. I feel we're at war, and everyone is preparing for a battle. Everyone is nervous, getting their things together and scurrying about. The enemies are coming, we can hear their shouts outside of the fortress. There are different levels, and I'm on the second level and it is difficult for me to see how many people we're fighting.

Suddenly, the fighting starts. I have a bow and arrows in a quiver on my back. I shoot them up into the sky at an angle and can hear them hitting their marks. I hear the sounds of battle all around me. I feel something on me and realize that its blood seeping through the stones above me. I'm starting to get unnerved but I keep on shooting.

Suddenly there's quiet. I take a chance and climb up the steps to peer over the wall. I see that there are just a handful of our enemies left. All around them are bloody bodies from both sides. Our enemies are standing in front of the door to the fortress, and they are dressed in furs and rags with warpaint covering their faces. I have a feeling they will be trying to climb up the wall.

Next thing I know it, a woman is standing on my level of the fortress. I get the distinct feeling that she's a sorceress of great power. I have no idea how she scaled the wall and I don't care. I start shooting my arrows at her, which are these tiny little needle arrows. They are all hitting her all over the place, yet she moves towards us like nothing has happened. I'm suddenly terrified at her, and she looks right at me. I feel like I'm choking, I know that she's causing it. I'm losing consciousness, and the last thing I think is "I've failed my people, we're all going to die."

Then I wake up. It's the afterlife. I'm talking to someone who seems so familiar but I cannot place who it is. I tell them that I've failed and that the evil people have probably taken over the fortress. The person comforts me and tells me I did everything I could. I tell this person that I'm still haunted by the eyes of the sorceress.

Then I wake up.

Kinda creepy, right? A bit of a downer after that silly picture, I know.

I still get chills writing about it. There was just something about that woman that was evil.

What do you guys think of it?

Posted by Yano at January 26, 2005 01:19 AM

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