Reala Again
Chapter 4
The Magic Pickle Fairy
Elliot was drawing some fruit in his drawing class. Elliot has gotten better at drawing, and was his favorite class. Elliot may want to major in art, but he remembered his discussion with Reala about how he wants to help people. The building in his dreamscape maybe complete, but Elliot is far from grown up yet.
A man with thick glasses and skinny jeans sat next to Elliot, "so are you bi or what?"
Elliot looked at the man, only to realize that he was the guy who was talking to Tony at the GSA meeting. "Oh, no, I'm straight. I just like helping friends get the proper support they need to be happy."
"Aw, that's nice," the man smiled, "are you sure you aren't bi? Tony could use a boyfriend like you."
"I have a girlfriend; she came with me to the meeting. She doesn't go to TSU, but she works at Grinders and is an apprentice at the tattoo parlor called: BoDy iMaGe."
"Oh, that girl! She's cute! I hear a lot about her from Madison. I kind of feel bad for Madison because no one will date hir due to hir gender. I'm gay, so I wouldn't want to date someone who is a woman as much as being a man. Julia is bisexual, but she has a girlfriend in New York City from a science camp. Madison wants to date someone, but she doesn't have the options."
"Meh, I don't think we need boyfriends or girlfriends. If someone happens to love someone, they should take the next step."
"Unless if that someone is dating someone else," the man mentioned.
"Unless if someone is dating someone else," Elliot confirmed.
"I guess Tony is up for grabs?" the man asked.
Elliot blushed, "yeah, of course. He's a really great guy, and it might help for him to date a guy."
"Yeah, he's really good looking! I could go for a nerdy jock." The man laughed, "Kind of an oxymoron, isn't it?"
"Not necessarily," Elliot mentioned, "I love Basketball and Sonic."
"And Sonic playing basketball?" the man teased.
"He'd be good at it," Elliot shrugged.
Elliot saw an empty table at the library and sat at it. It's studying time!
Elliot opened up his Psychology textbook to read the next chapter in order to know what will be discussed in class. Chapter 3 was on the sleep cycle. There was stage 1, which is the awake like sleep, then stage 2 which is sleep spindles when a person loses sense…. Elliot got to the last stage which is REM, or Rapid Eye Movement which is when the eyes rapidly twitch and creates dreams. Elliot wondered how the eyes twitching connected to Nightopia. Did people seriously think that dreams come from the human imagination?
Then the textbook got into Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud. They both analyzed dreams that connected to the psychological state. Elliot knew that these two men were analyzing people's nightopias. NiGHTS did say that Nightopias were created by the dreamer. There was a ruler of Nightopia, but she has nothing to do with the creation of Nightopia and slight alterations of Nightopia. It is also the case that there are more Nightopians than the little creatures that run around the dreamscape.
Elliot drew a picture of NiGHTS on the margin. NiGHTS was created for the fear of people, but ended up helping dreamers instead. Elliot wondered if there are Nightopians meant to give positive feelings to people, but give them nightmares instead. Elliot colored in the tassels of NiGHTS and added some make up. Oops, looks like that's a Reala picture instead.
Madison walked by and waved to Elliot. She looked at the newspapers, took one, and then sat with Elliot. "Oh, I love psychology! Double Bud Community College had very good intro classes, how was TSU's?"
"I'm learning a lot from mine," said Elliot, "Um, I think I may want to major."
"You seem unsure," Madison frowned.
"I want to do art as well," Elliot mentioned.
"Nothing's wrong with taking art classes and studying psychology," Madison shrugged, "I'm studying Early Childhood Education, and I'm studying music and poetry as electives."
"Right, since you play guitar at a band."
"Bass to be exact," Madison mentioned, "Sonia, Beat, Claris, and I are in the band for fun and for a few more bucks in our pockets. If we wanted to do more, Beat could sign us a record deal."
"But isn't it hard to get a record deal?" Elliot asked.
"It's easier because Beat is a producer," Madison laughed, "Claris is the only one with potential, but she doesn't want to separate from us. There is also a far chance from success after getting a record deal. It's her choice not to go beyond in her singing."
NiGHTS would be very disappointed if ze knew that Claris will never be a star at singing. Just as much as NiGHTS' disappointment of Elliot not thinking he would make it to any Division I teams. Just like Elliot is satisfied with playing basketball for fun, Claris is satisfied with singing for fun. Neither Elliot nor Claris will be famous for what they love best, but they will be happy with doing what they love best for the enjoyment of doing them.
Elliot continued reading his textbook, and Madison continued reading the newspaper. Elliot made a few highlights and margin notes. Before Madison left, she took out her cellphone, "can I have your number?"
Elliot wrote down his number on a Post-it Note and gave it to Madison, "would love to talk again."
Elliot knew he was dreaming again. He was on a seaside beach, and it was much emptier than usual. It was also more relaxing. Golar, a Nightopian that Elliot knows walked over to Elliot, and he picked the Nightopian up. Splash Garden had a lot of Nightopians due to Elliot visiting the place often. It was a fun and easy area to fly around with NiGHTS.
Elliot saw a jester from a distance. Elliot wondered if it was NiGHTS or Reala, so he ran over to the jester to see who it was. It was Reala. Elliot was excited, since he has a lot of questions.
"In a dream I can see, you are not far away, anytime anyplace, I can see your face. You are that special one I have been waiting for, and I hope you are looking for someone like me." Reala's voice sounded devious, yet that's why it was beautiful. Reala turned to Elliot, "I've been waiting for you."
Elliot let go of Golar, "yeah, I was wondering about the Nightopians. I heard there are more than these little guys."
"It works like the Nightmaren, three ranks, and many different tasks. That's why NiGHTS can be a Nightmaren working for Nightopia, and I can be a Nightopian working for Nightmare."
"Wait, what?" What Reala had just said was kind of unbelievable.
Reala sighed, "Did NiGHTS tell you anything about us?"
Elliot shook his head, "No, not really."
"Well, I have to bid you good morning. I'll tell you some other time."
Elliot woke up again. It happened to be an hour before the alarm had to ring. Was Reala hiding some information? Elliot thought that since he was up, he might as well go to his Psychology professor's office hours after he eats some breakfast.