Chapter 3:
A strange dream
That night Alexander had a dream, a very strange dream that happened like this: He was walking along a road with a dense forest on one side and a small clearing with a creek on the other side. He looked much older than he was now, probably around thirteen. He kept walking along a road until he saw another boy in front of him. It was the size of a small donkey. He had a sword around his belt and a shield tethered around his back. He wasn't wearing any armor except for a leather breast plate.
He was walking along the road for a while until he heard the cry of a girl's voice in the background saying, "Alex please! Alex! ALEX!" He turned around as fast as he could. When he turned around he looked about fifteen now. The girl seemed familiar but he couldn't tell who it was. They were dragging her away on a wagon. She was screaming for him to help. He tried running but every step he took he grew farther away. "Don't forget me Alex!" She yelled.
When she was finally out of sight he turned around. He now looked like a grown man with a beard and a defined jaw bone. He was standing at the foot of a mountain wearing a hooded cloak. He looked very mysterious and his face was hidden under the shadow of his hood. He had people surrounding him. They all looked like warriors because of their armor and weapons.
Alexander suddenly started climbing the mountain. He got very tired but ignored the pain and kept going. Once he got to the top there was a man sitting on a rock on the top of the mountain. He was bald wearing robes covering his torso, except for his right shoulder, and down to his knees. The strange man was holding a staff as tall as him with strange paintings on it.
The sky began spinning around him until it stopped and he was in a new world with the strange man beside him. The place looked like a swamp but very bright out. There was a large tree in the middle of the swamp that seemed to glow. The walked towards the tree and right when the man was about to talk their was a bright flash and Alexander woke up.
When he got up he was very sweaty. His shirt was soaked through. He got up and washed his face and changed his shirt. He put on a pair of clean trousers and went down stairs to eat breakfast. When he got down stairs he realized that it was still dark and neither of his parents was awake. He decided to start collecting eggs from the chickens and milking their cow so his parents would be proud of him.
When his dad got down stairs and saw Alex sitting at the table with the kitchen cleaned up he paused for a moment and rubbed his eyes. When he realized what happened he said, "Good job boy you already did some of your chores. Maybe later I can give you a treat.' "That would be fun Dad thank you. Also can I help you in the shop today?" "Ya boy I think I'll need help today." His dad said.
When his mom got down stairs and