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Write a story where a character runs into someone they’ve seen in their dreams, or enters a building they’ve dreamt about before.

Posted in High School on Oct 26, 2022

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between nightmares and dreams

Submitted to Contest #103

“Nightmares are more convincing than dreams.”My nana once told me that. Six-year-old me laughed it off. How could they be, when I awaited nighttime to fly and save the world and eat candy? When no nightmares ever plagued my mind, and if my teddy bear did die in Dreamland (ah, the tragedies of elementary school), a night spent cuddling in my parent’s bed vanished the nightmare from my mind?She’d laugh at that too and say, “Okay, sweetie, good for you. But in the end, fear invokes more powerful emotions than happiness.”But times changed. Night...

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Butterfly

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Cyra wasn’t sure of many things in their life. The concept of airplanes kept them up at night; the idea of calling someone millions of miles away always got them to stop and contemplate in the middle of coffee shops. Asides from that, there were a couple of things that Cyra knew were certain, such as the fact that pineapple did belong on pizza, gender was unworthy of their title, and that lovey-dovey anything was not their thing.At least, that was something Cyra was sure about.Their friends would sometimes come to them about all their dreams...

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falling

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Every birthday candle, every loose eyelash, every star, every single 11:11 has been wasted on you. I just want to see you again. You don’t deserve it. It’s just practically muscle memory now. I clench my fist and hold my breath and just wish.I check the time before I go to bed and it’s 11:10.One blink later it’s 11:11.I turn out the lights, lie down, and close my hand tight. ~I dream about your face. We’re yelling at each other, but I can’t hear you or me and it’s just angry faces and thick tension in the air. It’s hazy like all dreams ...

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Mora

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No, god not again. My eyes snap open, interrupting once again my not so peaceful sleep. I know what is happening, it has happened countless times before, this one is no different. I am laying in my bed, my back is touching the soft mattress underneath me while my face can only look towards the white ceiling above me. My body is perfectly straight, like a yardstick, and I know for a fact that I didn’t sleep like that last night. I also know that it is pointless to try to move my body, but I try anyway. It stays utterly still, like a sculp...

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Dream Spirit

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My ears rang at the sound of the scraping metal and squealing tires. The pain in my right arm was unbearable. I crawled out from the driver side of my car and struggled over to the other vehicle. The man inside was older, easily older than sixty. I tried my best to find his vein, any vein, to see if he still had a pulse. I couldn’t reach any place where I knew a vein was, and cursing myself for my lack of medical knowledge, I tried to pull him from his laying position across the two front seats of his old truck. My arm hurt too much, and I w...

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The Man of My Dreams

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TW: gun violence The figure just stood there, hovering, looming. His large stature hovering in the brightness that her eyes seemed to fight and protest against. The blurry haze engulfs and encompasses them. Louise is fighting against her senses and surroundings but nothing seems to make sense. Her movements seem uncontrolled, she can’t seem to get any part of herself to move according to her will. Then the figure draws closer and his face becomes crystal clear. It is a face she does not recognise but his features, strikingly prominent in the...

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The Dream Demon

Submitted to Contest #103

The slightly cool breeze blew on Audrey’s body as she walked Carrie.“Getting chilly out, huh, girl?”“Yeah, I like it.”“Me, too.""It’s invigorating!”“Yeah, look at us nude on a chilly September day!”“Well, it’s cool, but not chilly!”“Yeah.”Audrey continued walking Carrie on the sidewalk.“I gotta go,” Carrie said.“OK.” Audrey stopped next to a bank. Let’s go in here.” She opened the door and walked in.Carrie looked around. “Hey!”“What?”“I’m having déjà vu. I’ve been here before.”“You have?"“Yeah, I recognize these God-awful ugly walls!”“Hey!” ...

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Mr No Name Devil

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”Woah, where in the world am I?”I whispered in my child like astonishment.A tall figure, quite slender but not too skinny, I would say about half sliver and half white hair wearing fancy, not really elegant but not casual as well clothing. This ”man” walked up to me. His hands in his pockets, his wispy hair glowing in the immense darkness. His aqua blue eyes with a touch of caramelised brown. Didn’t come up to me at a fast pace, surely taking his time, unlike the encounters I’ve had with several other men. Middle school was, quite... awful. ...

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LUCID DREAM_ The Unbroken Curse

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LUCID DREAM: The Unbroken Curse PROLOGUE 1956 Arguments get closer Sounds get nearer and nearer A loud thud as Katharina, princess of Glenthrone approach the throne room in what looks like an argument between the great king of Erlgin and his son Prince Charles, her betroth and soon to be groom.  Boom! Followed by a loud sound as the heated argument between the king and his son continues, making Queen Katharina curious as she decides to eavesdrop on the conversation between the King and Prince Charles. "With all due respect, father, I ...

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Alternate Universes

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 June was flustered. She felt ashamed as she plonked her large, leather bag – dark berry, completely out of season for the summer – on the counter of the coffee shop, digging inside desperately for her purse. Her hands felt various keys, Cadence’s toys (perfect for when Cadence picked public transport as her place to have a meltdown), empty wrappers that should have been binned weeks ago. Feeling herself going red, she glanced at the barista nervously. He had his eyebrows raised but said nothing, waiting patiently.   It was le...

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I Once Went to Heaven

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Warning: Contains suicidal thoughtsI once went to heaven.It felt like a soft, pastel yellow. It had a glow that you couldn't describe, no one could express it. It was so...Different So idyllic, no worries at all. I had always thought of coming here, a little trip that would last forever. I would only feel peace. Happiness. Everything I was missing on Earth. This met my expectations at an overwhelming level.And most important of all, I could see her.The only person that ever cared about me, the only person that heard me. Saw me. Knew when som...

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The Dark Knight

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A shadow of a figure was running in the dark. All around were tall trees, and only a small fraction of the moon’s rays got through the canopy. The ground was a black void with no difference between the dirt and the tree roots.  A pack of wolves howled in the distance. With every gust of wind, the tree branches and leaves banged and rustled like a toddler playing with pots and pans. Under all of that was a low mumble, rhythmic like a drum cadence but ghostly in origin. The figure trips. "Eli?" The scene quakes. “Eli!” The moon disappeare...

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Fangs and Dreams

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**Contains some adult content** A hand ghosts down my arm. Goosebumps trail behind the feather-like touch. “Do you like that, Micah?” he whispers in my ear before nibbling the lobe. His heavy accent is hard to place, and he’s avoided my question every time I’ve asked where he’s from. “Yes.” My breathy response and labored pants are the only sounds in the room. His sultry chuckle sends a shiver down my spine. “When will I see you?” My arms, frozen in place by his power, remain paralyzed when I reach for him. I grip the sheet to have s...

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THE COLD DAY

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THE COLD DAY,ITS WAS A COLD WINDY DAY JUST A FEW HUMAN ARE THERE. Josy,Kirt and Molly ,The three best friends who just spend their time for adventurous sports and activities.Molly love to spend her most of free time beside of a Christmas tree with a campfire and a big tent.They realized another 2 years the GROGREL ,Where the place that they stayed gonna snowy earthquake happened and the whole city gone! So that Molly and her friends had a dream to control the whole city from the snowy earthquake. They study that a monster earthquake will sha...

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The Dreams In The Morning

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I fish out my pen and halt, mind drowning somewhere. I notice that I’ve been looking at the mirror for a while now. Eyelids are getting too heavy to open properly. I look horrible. Overgrown hair and the wholesome look of two weeks of sleeplessness. No breathtaking beauty was there to begin with. The circles around my eyes are dark as charcoal. I turn away from inspecting my face, which looked as if the skin was shrinking and wrapping the skull, because I look ugly whether I know it or not.I shove my focus back to what I was doing, jolting d...

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