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Gabriel's Dream
"Sir… commander? Are you awake?" Gabriel quickly sat up from the desk he was laying his head on. "What", he said a little surprised. "I'm sorry to bother you so early sir, but it's about time that we get going." "Ok", said Gabriel. The man left and Gabriel thought to himself, here we go again. It seemed that ever since he came to Transylvania he had been having the same dream over and over again. It seemed as if the dream was a past memory that kept on coming back. Little by little, he was remembering his life that was lost so long ago. He figured that this was just the next part of his memories. So he played along with the dream like normal. He packed up and got ready to leave. As far as he could tell, he was a commander of some great army and it was time to go home.
He heard another voice in his doorway, "Sir, your first officer is here to see you." "Send him in", said Gabriel. The officer stepped in and Gabriel was caught off guard… it was Dracula. He looked just the same as the count who had captured him a few days before. "Sir… are you ok? You look like you have just seen a ghost." Gabriel just stood silent for a second before saying, "No, I'm fine, what is it you need?" "We will be leaving soon and I thought I'd check and see if you needed any help getting ready." "No, I'm fine", said Gabriel. "Shall we go then? Everyone back in the city will be waiting to see us." Gabriel walked out of the tent while his first officer followed.
This is a twist Gabriel thought to himself. The count… my first officer. He walked to his horse, which was draped in a ceremonial cloth. He looked around and saw that all of the soldiers and their horses were dressed for a ceremony. This must be some big ceremony. He mounted his horse and led the army home.
They rode for hours and then a soldier rode up beside Gabriel and asked, "Are you ready to see her?" Gabriel looked a little clueless. "You know… your fiancée. Wow you have been at war for too long." "Oh yeah, I'm sorry", said Gabriel lying. "I was just in a daze. That's all." "Finally, the great city is in sight." Gabriel looked up and saw a great wall in the distance. He couldn't wait to get there. For some reason he felt that when he arrived there all of his questions would be answered.
They rode for what seemed like an eternity. Why did he feel such excitement? They rode up to the great wall and the gates slowly swung open. The men rode across the threshold and were met by a cheering crowd. There was a clear path laid out for the men to ride upon. There was a sudden feeling of belonging that came across Gabriel. For once, he felt like this was where he belonged. They kept on riding until they came up to a platform that had all of the nobles seated waiting for their arrival. That is when his dream took an unexpected twist…then he saw her.
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