Waking up was never very fun for me. Most of the time I felt dazed, groggy, or just plain exhausted. I could recall the many times when I was younger where I would nod off in class or just right in the middle of walking. I ended up with a lot of bruises that way which always sucked considering how slowly I tend to heal from things, but today was a new reason why it sucked so much.

I woke up in the dead middle of the night to feel stinging pain from all over my body. I grumbled at first thinking I was just sore or something until I pulled my covers off me. My legs and parts of my arms were covered in bright red bloody cuts.

On impulse I gagged and turn my head away. Blood, gore, or anything like it made me sick to my stomach. I felt like hurling. I have no idea how I didn't.

No, no, no why does stuff like this keep happening? Haven't I experience enough bad luck? I wanna scream or cry or both right now, but of course I can't without causing other problems.

I would at least curl up into a little ball and cry silently, but my cuts would very much so protest to that. I guess I should heal my cuts, or try to heal them all cause I am not that good at Green Magic. Well after this I'll be sure to take a bunch of classes in order to improve my healing abilities.

I grab my wand and I slowly turn my gaze back to my bloody legs. Okay, I can do this I just need to concentrate on not throwing up or passing out. I cast the spell and one by one my cuts disappear. I sigh in relief. Well I still got the few on my arms, but I think I will be okay.

Now what?

I could go back to sleep, but I have no idea where these cuts came from...I don't want to go back to sleep and wake up with more of them...

I am screwed.

I shake my head. Ugh its not like I can do anything about this until its morning, so what am I suppose to do until then? That is so many hours away...

I can't stay up for hours like this, I feel so tired, but even more so after casting that spell. I need my rest unless I want to feel dead by tomorrow morning.

Darn it, why does all these bad or weird things keep happening to me, I just want it to stop. I curl up under the covers. That's when I hear something shuffling in the room. Huh? I get up to see a raven perched on the edge of my bed.

Did...I fall asleep? I close my eyes tight and open them again to see the raven still there and now staring directly at me. "Hello nice to see you again." The raven's sounds very irritated.

The raven's voice...I am completely out of it right now and I for one don't care at this point. Alright let the weird dreams commence. "Hi? And um what do you mean by that?"

"I mean what I said, but of course you don't recall what happen a while ago." A while ago, does that mean...

"You are the one who let me with all those cuts." Wait does that mean all of that was a dream too? I hope so.

"I apologize for that, but it was necessary act considering what you were trying to do." How is it necessary to leave me with that many cuts?!

"I doubt that."

"From your point of view I can see why, but from mine it was needed, unless you wish to wander about without your body." After that sentence I conclude this is the oddest dream I ever had, or at least remember having.

"What are you talking about?"

"You wandered around the astral plane as if you were dead yourself." I...what? "I should of kept watch of you after last time, but I thought you would heed my words." The raven sighs. "I was wrong, I apologize."

"This isn't a dream is it?" Please say yes weird raven.

"No I am now here on your plane of existence and don't worry your friends will not wake up right now." Great...as if my life couldn't get anymore weirder.

"So who are you and why am I um doing that thing?"

"I am your guide to the planes and what you were doing was called by your people, astral projection. It is when your soul leaves your body and it is quite a dangerous thing to do." Astral projection...yeah I've heard of that before, kinda mostly in horror movies though.

"You are suppose to be a plane walker, mean you can freely walk the different planes with not only your soul, but your body which is less dangerous in the fact you don't have to worry about your tether getting broken."

"Tether? That's the thingy that it connected to my body right?" It sounds right.

"Yes its the cord that connects to your soul to your body." And yup I was right!

"So why am I only projecting there?" Yeah if I can take my body along with, why haven't I done it before? Then again its probably good I haven't otherwise I would of gone missing a few times by now.

"You have some sort of seal on you, it almost broke before, but it repaired itself. You are break it down again, but it will take some time." So that is why my body feels icky all the time?

"Why am I doing that? Aren't the planes dangerous?" I don't want to wander around some other form of existence full of ghost and other things. I could get hurt or even killed from the sounds of it, but...it does seem pretty cool of an ability...

"Not all planes are dangerous, many are beautiful and peaceful, plus I am your guide I am suppose to make sure you are safe, but you want the seal to stay in place?" Um...

"I don't know, I just want odd stuff to stop happening to me. Its causing a lot of trouble."

"I cannot stop the seal from breaking, your body is naturally repelling it, meaning it was put there against your will. So either way, things will keep happening, but I will now be here to make sure you are safe."

"Oh..." Of course this is something I have no control over. I just have to deal with it. "So what now?"

"Sleep seems like a good idea for you unless you wish to be too tired to do anything in the morning. I will also try my best to explain more to you then." There is more to talk about? Great...

"Well I guess goodnight Raven." I curl up under the covers again and close my eyes. Well at least I am safe, but from what exactly? I can't imagine a bunch of beings coming after me for my soul, unless I am something special? I fall asleep before I can think more about that.