GH5 20: The Dream World.
That night in my dark guest bedroom at the Dale house-hold, i laid sound asleep in bed, with Copper sleeping on the floor in his puppy-basket at the foot of my bed. I wore a black and light blue-striped sleeveless muscle shirt with straps, black calf-length shorts, and i was barefoot. After putting up missing persons posters of Connor and Seth all over town, we decided to head back home, with Adriana deciding to spend the night with us and with Miss Truman heading back to her own place.
Just then, the dark walk-in closet-door creaked open and the Bog-Man exited the closet and came over to the right side of my bed where he reached inside me with both hands, with my body making slimy sounds he did, then he pulled out my sleeping soul, with my body making more slimy sounds as he did, holding it bridal style in both arms. He then placed my soul-self down on the floor, grabbed me by the ankles, and dragged me off into the dark walk-in closet.
Once he was finished dragging me into the closet, the monster went over to the foot of the bed where Copper was resting on the floor in his puppy-basket, and he reached inside the pup, with it's body making slimy sounds as he did, and pulled out it's sleeping soul, scooping the Dalmatian puppy's soul-self up in both arms, followed by taking it away into the dark walk-in closet.
The Bog-Man was now in Isaac's room, dragging his sleeping soul-self by the ankles towards the open dark walk-in closet in his guest bedroom, leaving the 15-year old's unconscious body in bed, followed by the closet-door closing afterwards. Isaac wore a gray sleeveless muscle shirt, black knee-length shorts, and he was barefoot.
In the living-room, the creature was now carrying Adriana's sleeping soul-self away in his arms bridal style, leaving her sleeping body behind in the chair she had fallen asleep in while still in her out-door clothes and her shoes. The Bog-Man flew up through the living-room ceiling, phasing through it like a ghost, taking the 23-year old's soul with him, followed by phasing through the floor of my upstairs bedroom and heading inside the dark walk-in closet, with the door closing behind him.
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I soon opened my eyes, awaking from the dream, and realized i was no longer in my bedroom. Nor was i inside the Dale home. I was in the dark bog i was in when i had my first nightmare about the Bog-Man. Meaning that i was still dreaming.
"Oh, no." I said before i got to my feet and began walking through the dark bog.
Someone then tapped me on the right shoulder and i flinched as i turned to see that it was Isaac. "(Sighs) It's only you." I said with relief in my voice.
"Dude, this is awesome! We're totally having the same dream!" Isaac said.
"No, no, we're not. I'm dreaming. You only exist inside my mind." I said.
"Keegan, Isaac." Said Adriana, now standing in front of us, with Copper, Seth and, surprisingly, Harper at her side.
Harper wore a pink short sleeveless knee-length night-gown and she was barefoot.
"Adriana! Copper! Seth, Harper! This is too cool!" Isaac said. "Hey, Layla was right. We're having a conversion dream."
"Yeah. Connor must be reaching out to all of us now." Adriana said.
"I gotta give myself credit. I have a pretty amazing imagination. You five actually look real." I said.
"Hey, i wonder if the Bog-Man's around here." Adriana said.
"You know about the monster?" Harper asked as she and the rest of us looked at Adriana.
"Yeah. Connor told me about it." Adriana answered.
"I figured he would." Seth said.
"There's no Boogyman. There's no bog! There's no you! This is all just a dream." I said.
"Actually, you, Isaac, Copper and Adriana are the only ones dreaming. Seth and i are the only ones physically here." Harper said.
"What? But how can that be?" I asked.
"Let me explain. Are you familiar with the movie 'Poltergeist'?" Harper said.
"That 80s paranormal film? Sure. Why do you ask?" I said.
"Well, if you remember, in the movie, a little girl is sucked into the paranormal world, both body and soul together. That's basically what happened to Connor, Seth and myself. We're the only ones that are actually here in the dream world while you, Isaac, Copper and Adriana are spiritually present." Harper explained.
"I guess the part about you, Connor and Seth is valid...but what do you mean by us being spiritually present?" I said.
"Yeah, explain that one." Isaac said.
"I think the only way to explain that is to put it in the words of Elise from the 2010 paranormal movie, 'Insidious'." Harper said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You guys are not dreaming." Harper said to me, Isaac, Copper and Adriana. "Your physical bodies are back home in the real world, but your spiritual bodies are here in the dream world. And the reason all of this paranormal activity has been happening to Connor is because it's not the house that's haunted...it's Connor."
"I don't understand." Adriana said.
"I know. Renai said those exact words in the movie." Seth said, referring to the movie, 'Insidious'.
"Anyway, back to our subject. Have you ever heard of astral travel?" Harper said.
"Yeah, it was mentioned in the movie. Isn't that when one has an out of body experience?" Isaac said.
"Something to that affect, yes. According to the movie, those who experience astral travel can leave their physical bodies behind and travel to different places in universe. Including the dream world and other dimensions." Harper said.
"Come on, Harper, that couldn't happen is real life. Right?" I said.
"Well, i don't know about that, Keegan. I did some more online research on dreams before i went to bed. You know, if something bad happens to us here, it could affect us in the real world." Harper said.
"Whoa. That's scary. I wonder what happens if you die in your dreams?" Isaac said.
As if on cue, the Bog-Man appeared behind us, with his eyes glowing red.
We all turned to face the creature.
"Uh...i wasn't, like, looking for a demonstration or anything." Isaac said.
"Hey, Keegan, guys, let's get out of here! Come on!" Said Adriana before she, Isaac, Copper, Seth and Harper ran off.
"This is just a dream." I said. "Guys, this is just a dream! This is just a dream!" I said as i started walking up to the Bog-Man.
Adriana and the others stopped in their tracks and turned to look at me.
"Keegan, what are you doing?" Adriana asked.
The Bog-Man then lunged at me and hit me, sending me flying back and onto the ground in front of Adriana and the others.
"Keegan!" Adriana said as she got down on her knees and helped me up.
Isaac then picked up a near-by big rock. "Buzz off, you swamp creep!" He said before throwing the big rock at the Bog-Man, hitting it in the head, sending it flying back into a pool of bog-goo. "Cool. Mission accomplished."
The Bog-Man then surfaced out of the bog-goo pool and flew off into the night sky, disappearing in the darkness.
"Guys...we need to find Connor." Adriana said.
"Well, if we're gonna get out of here, we're gonna have to pick which way to go, A." Said Seth.
"Let's go!" Said Harper.
"Come on." I said before we all ran off through the bog in search of Connor.
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