My eyes snapped open when I found out I wasn't in my bed, but in a strange place. There was some kind of a glowing light green things on the floor that was milliions of plants. My mind struck as I jerk wide awake completly shocked and confused. Are those...grass? And if those are grass, I must be in land. And if I'm in land... Why am I'm still breathing? I took a deep breath slowly twice and there was no single sign suffocation. Now it was getting WAY wierder. It was maybe rather I was dreaming or that Milo was pulling another prank on me.
Just in case, I tried to see if I can swim and when I did it, I found myself floating near the grass like I was still in the tank but I can't feel the water.
Ok, I thought, this must really be a prank. Before saying anything, I looked around scenery. There were some light blue glowing flowers dancing from the wind and the wind felt so calm and relaxing. There were some kind of huge floor bumps that I think are called hills far away. There were also bushes with bunch of healthy green leaves and some beautiful trees which and some had apples and pink flowers on it that glistens beautifully from the sun. Looking up, the sky was extremly perfect.
The small white clouds were cruising from the sky and the sky was brilliantly bright blue. Looking at the bright sun for a moment before burning my eyes, it was as white as a huge star. Well, actually, the sun is a star but it was like this world whether I believe is fake or not has just been created not so long ago. My students and friends would have awed at this sight, but I still find it hard to believe it's even real. From what I know, This whole world seems to be glowing like outstanding graphics in new movies these days.
I look around one more time.
"MILO," I shouted, "IF THIS IS A PRANK, THIS IS NOT FUNNY! GET OUT OF SOMETHING YOU'RE HIDING OR I'LL GIVE DETENTION!"
I looked around in silence and didn't hear any snort of laughter like he will always do during a prank. A minute later, there was no single sign of that little blue student. I was getting pretty worried and WAY confused.
"Don't be a Dummy, Marlo," I muttered to myself , "This is nothing but a stupid and odd dream. In about few seconds now, I will be back in my room and pretend this has never happened."
I waited, but nothing happens. I'm guessing while wait for myself to wake up and there's nothing else to do here, I decided to explore. Also, I didn't even want to wake up for as long as possible so I won't go to work. I started swimming glancing around the land. I looked at some trees that had very few apples, many sandwiches, and-
I momently stopped as I looked once again at the second tree.
"What the..." My face was filled with huge confusion as I slowly swam up towards the tree with sandwiches. I paused there for a long time in stillness and the only thing I heard was the sound of the trees from the wind.
I looked around the landscape to see if anyone was there and looked back at the odd. I wanted to laugh so much just looking at it.
Really, dream? I thought, you put a tree that is holding sandwiches?
Well dreams ARE suppose to be odd sometimes. I should enjoy it until it ends. Being bored, I pulled one sandwich of the tree and looked at both sides and looks as normal as the real world. As I looked inside, it showed show my favorite peanut butter inside. I chuckled with a smile on my face. As strange as this dream is, I seem to love it. First the beautiful land scenery and now the foods. I hope it never ends.
"Well," I shrugged , "I better eat it quick before returning to my old life. I rather just enjoy for now."
I started to lean my back on the tree finding out that it didn't ache anymore as I was about to take one bite.
"STOP, DON'T EAT IT!"
My body flinched and I stopped what I was about to do that the little voice command me. It felt wierd just being commanded, but my mind seems agree to the voice too. I slowly turn to find that behind the tree show a field filled with bunch of same little blue flowers I saw earlier. I looked around to see who it was but the area was empty. I shrugged.
Maybe I was just imagining thing.
I turned away about to try eating the sandwich once again.
"NO! DON'T DO IT!"
After hearing the voice, I felt a slightly little punch and someone wrestling my tail at the same time. I paused for a long time before slowly looking down to see who it was. A little girl who was a seahorse just like me was punching my tail with as much as she can and when I have no effect, she tried squezzing or twisting my tail with both her tiny chubby arms and tail with her baby teeth clenching.
My eyebrow raised as I raised my tail as much as I could until it reached my stomach with the girl still wrestling for few seconds until she paused and looked up at me with huge eyes with glistening blacks pupils. Does eyes reminded me of Shellie for some odd reason.
"What do you think you're doing?" I shook my tail as the toddler fell a little to the ground with a "oof!" sound and got up a second later. She pointed to what I'm holding. "That food is mine!" She narrowed with a four-years old voice.
"Yours?" I narrowed , "But I just got it first."
"All of the food in that tree are mine!"
"But I took this food," I waved it , "So it's now mine."
"BUT IT'S STILL MINE!"
I made a frustrated sigh,
"Listen kid, this MY dream and I could do whatever I want," I became serious, "So can I just be here for a while before I wake up and have the same old boring days I always have?"
The female seahorse paused and slowly tilted her head curiously.
"D...dream?"
I lowered my hand that I was showing the food and gave a are-you-serious look.
"You don't know what a dream is, don't you?"
"Nah-ah," she shook her head and and swam a little upwards toward me and grabbing both of her tiny hands, "But can you ask me what a dream is?"
"Well," I scratched the back of my hand, "A dream is..umm. Its when... you... I-it's when you have this strange imagination when your asleep and-"
"What's a...imagination?"
"Umm Imagination is..." I paused and later on groan slapping my forehead, "Forget about it! I just wanna ask you who told you this was your entire food."
"umm," she shrug, "Me of course."
"Ok?" I narrowed with one eyebrow raised, "Than why can't you just share any foods for anybody? Like for people who don't own it or some one who is sick, or... something like that-"
"Anybody?"
"umm, yeah," I looked at her starting to find her pretty annoying, "You never heard of 'anybody' ?"
"Na-ah," she replied that word shaking her head, "but the way your saying to give my foods to 'anybody' you mean someone like, you, right? A thing that is alive.
"Well...yeah," I made a quick shrug, "something like that. You don't seem to know, anything, don't you? I mean, has anybody told you these before?"
"Well, actually...to tell the truth..." she paused for a long time upset. I suddenly felt like I felt so bad for her. But why? Oh well that girl is just a fake anyways since this IS a dream, right? I mean, it's not that big of a deal just being here. But something feels it's telling me that I have to just listen to her even if it's a dream or not.
"I," She began, "never have been told of these things before. I have never talk to even one alive fish until you came."
"So... your all alone here?"
"Yes."
Ok, what's going on here? why do I suddenly feel so guilty? This is nothing but a dream! well, it's true that sometimes when fall into a dream, it get really emotional. Something like being inside a movie, except it feels so real. The thing is, how did I get this dream in the first place? I didn't think of anything wierd, but I guess I must have been hungry when I fell asleep, but what's up with the toddler? I think it has to do of being a father. Well it's my guess, but does seems to remind me of Shellie and a little bit of me.
Her beautiful short blue hair was brighter than mine and has green skin. And come to think about it, she looked like a little living flower that sprouted to life. She was also wearing a very white dress that made her look like an angel or a princess. Whatever it is, she's beautiful like Shellie, and it seems to warm my heart. Like a little blue flower... sounded so...familiar.
"Oh," My voice got low filled with guiltyness as I glanced at the sandwich. As I turned back to the girl, her eyes never stopped looking at that food. If these are so important to her, it's better that I give it back to her. I don't wanna be a heartless man just for that. I looked at the sandwich for five seconds and made a soft long sigh. I then a second later bended to her short height and started to hand it toward her. Her eyes widened in belief and surpised staring at the sandwich and looked up at me shyly.
"What?" I murmured still with a guilty frown, "it is your sandwich..so take it."
Her eyes blinked when I answered for two seconds and glance at the food. She then reached it and slowly took it staring at it. I glance at the the ground for a moment. I didn't want to disturb her properties. It's better I move away from her as far as possible until I wake up back into my old life. Staying in this dream was nothing but a waste of time.
"Well," I stood looking at her again and she looked up at my with still a frown, "I'm sorry, I trepassed here, so I better be going. It was really nice to meet you." I paused for a while. "Goodbye." I waved and slowly start swimming away. I was five seconds away from her when she suddenly called out.
"Wait!"
I obeyed her. What is she doing? doesn't she want to be in peace with her land?
"You see, I've been alone for a long time and I never met one fish before. You don't have any place to go so, right?"
Trying to think about it, there's really nothing to do in my dreams. So why is she asking me this?
"no," was the only thing I said to her.
"Well," she replied, "I was wondering. Do you want to hang out with me? We can explore, play, and even talk. I never done it before, but I would be so happy if you do it with me."
And I just paused there. Is she really seriouS? Does she really want hang out with some wierd stranger who just nearly took her food?
"I don't understand," I said ont turning to her, "You really don't hate me from taking your sandwich?"
"That's a good question, but it's actually not that super duper hard to say," she answered, "when you took my sandwich, I thought you were a bad guy. But when you gave me my sandwich back, that's when I found your not really that much of a bad guy after all. Your just a good guy who is really sweet, but you don't really show it that much.
"Why is that?"
"Well," I shrug, "It's just a compli- I mean a strange story," I change the word knowing the girl wouldn't get it.
"Oh," she said thinking about it, "whatever it is that made you a good guy who is sad, you should be a happy good guy. Sad good guy wouldn't make you any better."
"Yeah," I sighed sadly, "It's just hard to continue just thinking of that day."
"But you have me, right?"
"Well..." How can I explain it to her? "Yes and no at a same time."
"Why is that?" She repeated.
"Well," I began making it hard to say, "You know that when you sleep and have an amazing dream and then you wake and never go back to that dream?"
"No."
"Well," I frown, "I'm not even come back here once I leave. I'll never see you again."
"What?" Her voice sounded serious, "Ofcourse you're coming back!"
"No I'm not," I narrowed, "This is nothing but a stupid dream. This place is fake and so are you!"
Bad choice to say.
"w...what?" her voice was filled with shock as I heard her footsteps.
"but...but why? Why would y-y-you say that?"
I slowly turned and I saw the girl stepping away from me in horror in her eyes were huge. It took me few seconds to realize they're were tears in her eyes.
"Um...are you ok?"
She ignored frozed trembling.
"But...I-I've been waiting for you for a long time to see me...To hear me...to believe I..."
Her eyes squeezed shut as tears rained down her cheeks.
"no..." she covered her eyes as she started to get wobbly, "This can't be happening...NO!"
And then she collapsed on her knees screaming in distress. My eyes went huge as I ran towards her. I kneeled next to her stroking her very short straight blue hair.
"No," My voice crackled, "Don't cry. I can take care of this. Just what do you want."
She looked up at me with her eyes now pink and very watery in sadness.
"Why?" She made a huge narrowed, "Why would you want to help a girl like me who you think is fake?"
"Just tell me what you want! anything!"
She looked at me with the face ready to cry more as she looked down at the ground.
She then raised one of her arm and found out she was trying to stretch out towards my hand. In curiosity and to do what will make her happy, I hold her tiny hand that rested my palm.
My heart was filled with comfort and unloneliness just looking at our hands meet for the first time. I wanted to be with her forever.
"I want you..." She paused squezzing my hand, "To believe I exist. You promise?"
'deja vu...' I thought. It feels like making a promise to Shellie back at high school. I fell into silence as I sighed and made a little smile.
"I promise."
Than the girl softly pulled my hand away from mine and stick out her pinky finger looking at me filled with hope.
"Pinkie Dinkie promise?"
I made a soft chuckle and hold her pinky with mine.
"Pinkie Dinkie promise."
And then she smiled. It makes anybody what to smile like her.
She then crawl up my tail and wrapped her arms around me with her cheeks nuzzling on the top of my stomach.
"Thank you, daddy."
My eyes snapped open when I found out I was in my bedroom. I sat up wide awake glancing around the room.
I frozed for a minute.
"What kind of a strange dream was that?" I slapped my forehead in embarrasment.
I took me a while to calm down as I looked at my unborn child who was now 6 months. I made a sighed.
"Look,kid," I told the baby, "Don't make your father crazy, but a promise is a promise. Happy now?"
I waited.
No response.