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Every night, it’s the same dream, since I first arrived in the world that was not my own. On my knees, my head lowered as a blue orb surrounded me, a large beastly thing pounded his giant fists against the orb, that acted like a shield, holding against the onslaught of the attack. The demon roared in anger, at every failed attempt, it would double it’s efforts while snarling dark, twisted, evil words at me. “Let me in! You can’t hope to withstand them! I can help you! You are a coward. A disgrace. You killed them! But, I can bring them back! Let me in! LET ME IN! ” Every night, the words struck my chest, harsh and sharp, painful enough to cry, but the tears did nothing to lessen my focus on the shield, and by the end of the night, the demon was just screaming the same three words over and over again, anger and hatred twisted and warped his voice, nonstop. The demon’s strikes would push myself and the shield back, pushing, prodding, pulling, pounding, insisting that nothing would ever stop him, nothing would ever stand in the way, in the path of it’s victory, it’s goal, and the only reprieve I would ever get, is either waking up, or when I’d get close to accepting it’s offer, a figure would appear before the shield.
The figure, lovely, ethereal, feminine, bathed in a golden light would hover before the shield, arms spread, it caused light to flood every inch of my vision, it would refract off the shield, leaving me unharmed, and the demon cowered a hundred feet away. The woman would turned to me, opening her mouth, but instead of words that came out, it’s a song, loud and angelic, beautiful and like a chorus in harmony, the song would fade, and just as I’d try speak, I’d wake.
It was the same dream every night, as if it is a test. Every night, as if a reminder that I didn’t belong here. It haunted and hunted, dug a hole into my chest, burying itself in there, it cackled evilly every time I attempted to remove it, to shake it off, to forget. No, it refused to let up, and today was no different.