Chapter 1: What Dreams May Come
PLEASE Read and Review! This is the first chapter of many so don't be upset by the length. Oh, and if you haven't read Unreal I suggest you do before reading this or it will not make sense.
Disclaimer: All character here on in are mine and that of my friend Sharli. I did not use on of L.J.'s characters. The story is loosely based on her stuff, but over all the characters and plot are mine. The Council and the laws are all I used for her books. I do not own them. I'd be a lot richer if I did, but I don't so don't try and sue me. I am not making a profit.
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Screams rang in Joshua Lineburger's ears. He watched as a young girl tried in vain to beat off and escape a large wolf pack. He gasped for breath as if all the air had been sucked out of the woods he stood in. His feet tried to propel him forward to help the girl but something held him back; an icy, cold vice, clamped tight around his neck.
The lead wolf overcame the girl and Josh yelled. His vision blurred into red and he struggled. Something had hold of him, it wrapped itself around his arms and legs and would not release him. He flipped over and found himself lying on the cold, wooden floor of his bedroom. His back ached in pain. His red covers were tangled with his arms and legs.
Ah, here's the culprit, he thought as he untangled himself.
"Josh, what in th' Sam Hill is going on in here?"
Josh looked up to see Pearl Ryan standing in the doorway tiny hands on tiny hips. Her brown short hair stuck out more than usual and her brown eyes squinted for lack of sleep.
"Sorry P. I had another dream."
"Is it the same one?" She inquired.
"Yeah, nothing knew, it's really weird."
Pearl came and squatted down beside him. She reached into his eyes with her own trying to somehow see into his dreams herself. "Maybe you should talk to D' in the morning," she suggested. "He may have some answers."
"Ah, it's just a dream, I'm sure it doesn't mean a thing," Josh shrugged.
"Oh well, they're your dreams, I'm going back to bed." She pushed up from the floor, joints popping. "'Night." The door sucked shut behind her.
"'Night."
Just a dream, he thought.
Just a recurring dream that gives me the shivers deep down. Just a recurring dream that makes me feel...maybe I will talk to Darron in the morning. Josh jumped back into his bed and attempted to sleep again.