So it is eery to see a person so excited, then the next thing you know, they are dead or in pain.
Here is my most recent short story. Its sloppy so I still need to polish it up so you'll have to cut me some slack.
This story is not paranormal per say I guess though it has a paranormal theme. It's about a dream I had 26 years ago (I was 15). The dream starts out by the duck pond/park here in town. I was there walking around the pond feeding the ducks etc. I hear a a girls voice "Someone please help me!" Her voice echoed like she was in a cave or something. So I begin following the sound of her voice. It lead to an old above ground manhole cover/storm drain.
I look into the storm drain and I see this girl about my age (15ish). Long platinum blonde hair, very pale, and skinny. She's chained to the wall of the sewer. I try to undo the chains to no avail. She tells me the man that put her here lived nearby and that I could find the key to the locks in his house.
(Highly irrational I know. But it's a dream though so keep that in mind.)
So off I go to his house. He is not home. So I break in rummage through his things. I find the typical serial killer stuff. Knives, chains, ropes, "trinkets" from victims, all that stuff. But I finally find the key to release the girl! So back to the storm drain to get her out. I arrive back at the drain, and set her free.
We become close friends, eventually more. Then we marry, have kids. I kid you not this dream I lived an entire life. It seemed to go on forever. So much so that I vividly remember sitting on the front porch with her at 90+ years old. Holding hands with smiles on our faces as grandkids played in the front yard.
Just before the dream ended, after what literally felt like a lifetime. Life blurred in reverse, all the way back to the day I freed my beloved from her confines. This time though when I jumped down into the storm drain with the key to rescue her. She was nothing but a skeleton chained to the wall. I screamed enraged, and heartbroken at the same time. What had happened? What is this? So much confusion my head spun round and round.
Then I woke up. The bed soaked in sweat. Still confused and head spinning I wasn't sure what reality was real anymore. I just lived my entire life! Why am I this person now?!? My heart still burned with intense love for this girl that apparently I have never met. Was she even real?!? Am I real?!? For the next 10 years at least I frantically looked for this girl. I can't tell you how much time I've spent at the duck pond hoping to see her there one day. I've met a few over the years I thought might be her, but no luck. Something deep inside me tells me that whoever this girl is. Had the same or a similar dream, and that we would recognize each other instantly if we ever met.
But here I am now. 41 years old and I've pretty much given up and just accepted the fact it was all just a dream after all. But I would be a liar if I told you my heart did not still burn for her INTENSELY! Even though I've moved on. I've been engaged twice, and loved them almost as deeply. I still keep her face in the back of my mind. I will never forget it. I did after all spend an entire life with her. Who could forget that?
The End
