SAGE DATE

Sage looked around. He was surrounded by darkness. Above him, below him, on both sides… everywhere. He wasn't afraid. He finds himself in this same area when he meditates. He wasn't worried. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath and re-opened his eyes. They went wide at the sight before him. It felt like he stepped into a movie.

He was surrounded now by a circle of trees; brown barked leafless trees. By the color of the sky, and the way the land looked, it had to be sometime in the season of mid to late fall. But the trees caught his attention.

There were about six different trees, each with a different picture on it. There was one shaped like a heart, one an Easter egg, a shamrock, a jack-o-lantern, a Christmas tree, and a giant turkey.

"Kento just had to choose Nightmare Before Christmas, didn't he?"

Sage knew he had to be dreaming, so he felt up for an adventure. He bypassed the pumpkin door, knowing well where it went, and made his way to the shamrock. He turned the doorknob and opened the door to reveal the black interior. Smiling, he leaped headfirst into the darkness and allowed himself to float down into the new land.

Soon, he landed on his butt on top of a hill that was covered in little four-leaf-clovers. He looked around at the green colored land, the fresh pine trees, and the blue sky with large marshmallow clouds. There were many rainbows in the sky, maybe about fifteen or so.

The site was beautiful, very calming and soothing. He wished that Dania were there with him to share this view. He knew how much she loved places like this. After all, she is his girlfriend. He finally told her not too long ago about how he really felt.

But something distracted him from his thoughts and he looked to where it was coming from. There was a large group of little leprechauns wearing green outfits, top hats and small little wooden canes. They all looked the same with their red beards and the way they were dressed.

They all danced around him, obviously showing how much they appreciated his company. They ran around him and a few decided to climb up his clothes and up onto his head. They tugged on his green cotton pajamas and rapped on his head with their canes. None of them were bigger than his hand. One very interested leprechaun decided to scurry up his left pant leg and came out of the other.

"Woah!"

Sage jumped up from the uncomfortable feeling of having a small man run up his pants. The other small men clasped onto his clothes to keep from falling off, but they couldn't hold on and all fell off of him with little high pitched screeches and screams.

"Okay, I over stayed my welcome." Sage made to move away, but something changed and the little green men's eyes began to glow red. Sage took off in a run as the little men cashed after him with their wooden canes held up high.

Sage tumbled down the hill of shamrocks. Always looking over his shoulder at the swarm of demon leprechauns. He sped up faster and looked back one last time. The little men were standing on the edge of a cliff, looking dumbfounded at the crazy blonde.

He stopped short and turned to look at the group. One of the leprechauns held up a sign with a picture of a donkey on it. He slowly looked down, dreading what he though was going to happen.

"Oh sh…AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

He fell into the large crevice he was momentarily floating above. He dropped with such ferocity that a red orb covered his body as if he was falling through the atmosphere. The ground was coming up fast and Sage rolled himself into a tight ball, waiting for the impact.

It never came. He unfurled himself and watched as he made contact with the ground…

"AHHHHHH!"

Sage jolted out of the dream and frantically looked around at the room. He was on the floor, having fallen out of the bed. He quickly remembered the dream and shuddered at it. He pulled himself back into the bed, being slightly startled at the warm body that occupied it as well.

He relaxed as he looked down into the beautiful features of his girlfriend, Dania. Now he remembered what happened earlier. He snuggled close to her, burying his face in her soft black hair. He was much calmer now, and that being attained, he drifted back into a more peaceful sleep.