The Dream Gate

I was falling. But I didn't feel like I was in danger. It felt good. Then I landed in front of a garden. The gate was wide open. I walked in and was greeted by a voice.

"Welcome, Young Visitor!" I looked around but I couldn't find the voice. "I take it this is your first time in the Night Dimension?" suddenly an owl pooped out of thin air. He was rather… well dressed, with an overcoat and a pocket watch chain hanging out of his pocket and connected to his button hole.

"Holy Mother!" I yelled and toppled backwards.

"My apologies, I had no intention of startling you," The owl said. "Welcome to what your kind would call 'the World of Dreams.'"

"The World… of Dreams?"

"I have heard many things about your kind's mentalities. One of them being that there are nine dimensions that exist next to each other. Well that is one way of looking at our world. A world next to your own that your consciousness wanders to as you sleep."

"The Yggdrasil theory… is true?"

"As well as the Overlapping Worlds theory," The owl said. "Oh! I forgot to mention this. You may call me Owl, Visitor."

"My name's Sam." That's how I thought it would be nice to introduce myself, but then I heard something. A beautiful flute song from above. There was a spirit hovering there. He-she-IT was playing an invisible flute before it noticed us… okay calling it… it sounds kinda disrespectful now. So I'll start calling HE, HIS, HIM, etcetera. He flew down to our level, and looked at me with interest.

"Hey… this one is very unusual," he said. "My name's NiGHTS, what's yours?"

"I'm Sam," I said.

"Well then, Sam, have you ever thought about… flying?"

"Flying?" I ask quizzically.

"Dualizing with me will make it possible. Want to try it?"

"Dualize?"

"Dualizing is the merging of two consciousnesses into one body," Owl explained. "NiGHTS is able to do this with Visitors to allow them to fly."

"Okay," I said. "Now I'm really confused."

"Trying it will probably make more sense. Touch NiGHTS' hand with yours and it may come to you."

NiGHTS stuck out his right hand and I touched it with my own. Suddenly I was looking down at NiGHTS' body like it was my own. NiGHTS and I flew around the plaza for a bit and then he stopped.

"Wait, there's something you need to know!" he stopped just over the side of the island that was the Dream Gate. "That Black Water down there, stay away from it at all costs!"

Owl appeared next to us. "The Dark Ocean is a mysterious place indeed. Staying away from it would be very wise," his face looked grim "Legend says it destroys the souls of Visitors who stumble into it."

"Your warning is noted."

"Okay that wasn't too bad for the first time you flew," NiGHTS said. "Let's head back to the Dream Gate!"