Black Cloaks and Bikinis

[rholowie]

Well, hello. This if my first post here. Normally, I would just brush my nightmares off, as I have them often. However, I had one last night that scared me quite a bit, and left me sitting awake for two hours before falling back asleep. So, I came here. Forgive the long post, but it was a rather long dream.

Oddly, I felt like I was in complete control of myself through the whole thing, though I didn't know I was dreaming. It felt like real life. There were several distinct people with me in the dream, and I remember exactly what each looked like, which is uncommon for me.

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At the start, I was in a conveniance store, sort of just browsing. The sun was starting to set. I figure I must've been about 20 years old in the dream, a few years older than I actually am. I was taller, and I did get glances into some mirrors in the store. Anyway, this teenage girl and I meet in the aisle, and notice a wad of cash on the floor. I suggest we turn it into the register, in case somebody has lost it. She says that they'll keep it, and that we should just split it. I agree and walk out of the store 150 dollars richer.

On the sidewalk, I meet a girl with brown hair and mini skirt. I apparently know her well, though I don't remember if she had a name. She says she forgot a book at school, and I agree to accompony her. Well, it's dark now, and we wander the empty college for a long time, until we find her book. She thanks me and we head outside. Four other "classmates" of ours have broken into the school's outdoor pool and are swimming, making us a group of six. The pool is gated off, with two ways out. (The school door through which I entered, and a gate into an inner courtyard.) There's a girl with red hair and a red bikini, a blonde girl in a blue sweater, and African-American boy in a blue sweatshirt, and a buff guy in a swimsuit.

On the other side of the fence is the sidewalk. The African-American boy says he saw something, so we both hop the fence to investigate. A bad feeling sweeps over me. This is the first time I can remember where I was actually terrified while I was still dreaming. I suggest we go home. Something's off. We hop back over the fence, and start for the courtyard gate. A young, African-American teacher comes out of the school door. I recognize her as "Miss M." She yells at us and escorts us to the courtyard.

Anyway, the buff guy says he sees something ahead. Miss M freaks out and abandons us, locking us outside. I haven't seen anything yet, but the blonde girl is screaming. We duck into a fenced off area. (Three brick walls of the school building, and a wire fence with a gate, forming a "room." There's a door on one wall.)

The buff guy's looking into the darkness, and in the distance I see these things running around and making gurgling noises. They had black hair and clothing, with pure white skin. The redhead is screaming "What are they?!" and the buff guy is yelling at her to shut up. I feel afraid again, as if these things could actually kill me. I convince the girls to come through the door with me. Then it blacks out.

It's apparently the next day and I'm in one of the school's meeting halls. A friend of mine in real life (Also older than he really is) is getting ready to give a presentation on the evolution of horror movies. I'm chatting with him and looking through his materials, and I suddenly remember that the blonde girl was attacked and dragged off in the school theater the night before while we tried to escape through a vent. We didn't know if she escaped, and hadn't told anyone. She wasn't in school that day.

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I woke up after that. Something about the dream's 'realness' jarred me terribley. And the fact that I felt physical fear didn't help. I guess the biggest part of the dream would be fences. There was quite a bit of climbing fences, hiding behind fences, being fenced in, etc.