It Had To Happen In My Dreams [Der]

Dirt. Nothing but the cold ground, wrapping itself around her. It was all she could see, all she could feel. It's weight was nearly unbearable, like it was suffocating her. She wanted out of it. She wanted free from it. But she couldn't move. She couldn't scream. She couldn't breathe. It felt like she was trapped, trapped for all eternity.

While Nia lay in her bed, her nightmare consumed her mind. Her body lay there, flat on its back, trembling. Her lips were parted slightly, as if trying to make some noise but nothing came from them. Part of the girl felt that what was happening was only a dream, something she just needed to wake up from, but it was not enough to break the illusion her own mind had created. It had trapped Nia deep inside, like she was beneath the dirt. She longed for an escape but none seemed to come.

This dream began nearly the moment she had fallen asleep and continued for the next several hours. The worst part was, the dream seemed to progress in real time. So while Nia had been laying there for over five hours, her mind felt every passing minute of it; trapped beneath the earth.

Mia's body continued to tremble, her mind still stuck under ground, feeling the earth consume her. She just wanted to awake from the nightmare but it continued for so long that she slowly began to wonder if it was even a dream anymore or simply her new reality.

That was until a voice came to her ears. She was still dreaming at first, hearing the words slip into her mind and wind their way down through the dirt till they hit her ears.

The words, almost like magic, slowly began to pull Nia out of the nightmare. By the time the name Ashaya was said, her eyes were slowly fluttering open. Her body still felt trapped though, unable to move. Nia's eyes flickered around the room trying to find the source of the voice but since the window was behind her, she could not find it. Her body began to come back under her own control though and she found herself able to push up until she was sitting. Then she noticed it; a faint blue glow coming from her window.

She turned to see the eye peering at her just as the creature spoke it's last words. Nia jumped, her body moving quickly onto it's feet. She ran to her closet and hid behind the door. She peered out from behind it, her body shaking.

"Who... Who are you?" Nia couldn't see the whole figure so she wasn't able yet to recognize the creature from her vision.

As the creature stepped back from the window and spoke again, Nia felt the realization set in. Despite the size of the being, she felt her fear slipping away slowly. She could tell that it meant no harm and it seemed to be responding to her. She had never had a vision respond to her before. Normally these things were kind of a way one street.

She moved out from behind her closet door and closer to the window. It was cracked a bit and the curtains drawn back. She stood for a moment, examining the creature before her. She could now recognize the face, and even the feeling, from her vision fully.

"I.. I'm Nia."

It seemed like a rather unsatisfactory introduction after the creature before her had just called itself history answering her call. She wasn't even aware she had called...

Nia watched Ashaya intently. Despite its large size and her timid nature, she did not feel afraid of the large stone creature before her. She pushed the window open further and placed her hands against the sill to lean out a bit.

"I don't know how long you were buried underground. A very long time I am sure. It's currently the month of December in the year 2015 if that helps."

As it placed its hand below the window, Nia carefully climbed out the window and into its palm. Her small, skin and bones figure looking like a doll in the stone gains hand. She placed her hand against his, feeling the cool of its surface. It felt like earth but also more alive. She couldn't explain it.

"I... I don't know why you are here now. I saw you in a vision. Buried in the ground. And then something waking you up. Normally my visions don't come into fruition so quickly. But its barely been hours since then and now..here you are." Her small voice spewed out the words, feeling almost as if she owed some explanation to Ashaya for why it was here. Not that she really had one. Or one that even made sense to her. Maybe it would make sense to it though.

Centuries... That was a long time to be underground. The thought made Nia shiver a bit as she remembered her nightmare that had placed her under the ground. Though it seemed this being had not been conscious of the time that it had past while it was buried.

Nia couldn't help but tremble, her anxiety and fear kicking in as the creature drew her closer to its face. But it wasn't fear of Ashaya, no she felt he meant no harm and she was safe with it. However, the situation, the words, and everything else about this moment made her anxious and unsure. But then again, that was also how she felt about going to the cafeteria.

"Me? Achieve the same as your chief?" Now that was the craziest thing she had heard all evening. "I don't even know who I am..."

How could someone possibly ascend to greatness if they weren't even sure where they came from or who they really were.

Suddenly a thought flashed through Nia's head and she perked up a bit, her eyes searching Ashaya's, "How.. How am I similar?" Maybe there was some answer there.