Forget Me Not

 The other morning I awoke, glad to be awake and free from the disturbing dream I had been experiencing. I was in a strange city, far from home, and I was disoriented and lost. I gradually came to realize that my mind was not working correctly, that I was experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. A sense of panic set in. I was confused and was not sure what to do. Finally I found myself on a train leaving the station but I had no idea where it was headed or how my loved ones would ever find me. I just wanted to be home and to feel safe.

Its Okay Cause We Were Happier Then

My Father-in-law Howard, his wife Margart, were sitting on the big front porch.  My two sister-laws were sitting on the steps.  It seems they were the age they were now but dressed in clothes from the 60's.  Petal pushers with flowers (forerunner of Capri)and little sleeveless shirts.  They were barefoot.  My sister-in-law LaDonna had bright red lipstick on and her dark eyebrows penciled in like she does now, but she was only about 10 or so.   My other sister in law Linda was really chubby and had pony tails. and was like the same age... But like I said they were old like now.... (weird)   My father in law had on reading glasses on his nose which he never had in real life and he and Mother in law were in rocking chairs and Mom in law was knitting (which she never did either)  and it was like this huge quilt made out of squares but she was kitting it.   Dad in law was reading a story and everyone was laughing and having a good time.    I sat across the street on the curb.  I was in the same era of clothes as sis in laws.   My hair was dark and short.  And I was bent over playing with a stick on the ground but it was a butterfly net....and I was really scared because I was afraid a moth would go into it?   I would peek over at the porch and was sad that I was not with them.  All of sudden they noticed me and so they ran across the street to me....they told me to come listen to the stories their dad had been reading and when I looked over there was a huge pile of Encyclopedias.  I thought that was really nice.  (?)  They then were standing on the sidewalk with a small airplane that little kids could sit in and drive like a little car (like the one my husband had in the 40's which I have seen pictures of) it was black and white. They put me in it and then put on a baseball cap and the old goggles and pulled me back across the street but in the middle of the street was a huge Ceder tree and we stopped and pulled off the bark and it was like gram crackers and we were eating it and laughing because cars were honking at us and some old guy reached out the window with a fist and said you kids need to get out of the street.   And my sis in law Linda gave him and gram cracker and he said it was ok we were there and he backed up and left.   They finished pulling me across the street but the airplane was now a red wagon and we were all ridding in it down the hill (?) back to their house....They took me up the steps and my Dad in law motioned for me to sit on his lap and he just started reading.  I looked around and realized I was really happy.

Whos Got the Button?

I stepped on the gas. My friends and I had driven to a nearby city. We hadn’t expected it to be so deserted. There wasn’t a soul in sight as we drove down main street. I parked the car at the motel and we got out. The ground was dry and bare. I almost expected a tumbleweed to roll by. It was an especially dark evening. There were no clouds and stars were hard to see. This quiet, barren city put me on edge. It was like the setting of a horror movie. It was late but not that late. We walked into the motel and there was a lady just sitting at the desk, staring. We politely addressed her and she greeted us and assigned us a room. We entered our room and it was just as we had pictured it would be. Simple, plain and slightly dusty. After incepting the room, we decided to go to the giant, oddly placed building across the street. We entered the building and it was huge! There were tons of restaurants and stores! It was very clean and the floors and walls seemed to sparkle. My friends wandered off as I headed to the elevator. I went inside and noticed that the doors were mostly transparent. I pressed the level 1 button. I stared at the ‘B’ button. I was curious so I pressed it also. The elevator stared to descend slowly. The elevator stopped at the first floor before continuing on to the basement. The first floor had tables full of food which was enticing but I was still curious about the basement. The doors closed finally. The elevator arrived at the basement, which was almost completely dark except for a few security lights. It was quite eerie. I steeped out of the elevator to quickly look around. There were four giant generators humming away. Satisfied with was exploration, I went to get back in the elevator when I felt something grab my ankle. I froze. I looked down and saw a zombie! I snapped out of my stupor and kick the zombie in the face. I ran into the elevator as more of them emerged from the shadows and pressed the level 1 button repeatedly. It was taking forever for the doors to close. Something shiny caught my eye in the corner of the elevator...it was a gun! I grabbed it and started to shoot the zombies. Finally the doors closed. I took a deep breath. It was over. I pressed the level 1 button again since it had stopped glowing. Nothing happened. I pressed it again and pressed level 2 as well. Finally the elevator started to move. All of the elevator buttons lit up at once and the elevator started to pick up speed. I panicked and pressed the level one button over and over until the elevator stopped and the doors opened. It was the first floor.                   

First Kiss Boy

I was the same age I am now, still in Collage. I'm not sure where we were, but somewhere I ran into the boy who was my first kiss... and also my first boyfriend. We were probably in a city somewhere. There were lot's of people around. For some reason I found that he was a completely different person. From what I remember when we were 15, he was a  highly conceited D-bag who was only after one thing. But for some reason when I ran into him, he was kind, considerate and seemed genuinely interested in me. He didn't break eye contact either. His eyes were super big and blue. I keep getting flashback to 9th grade and thought 'this can't be the same person...'

One Train Stop

I am on a train. It is similar to the Hogwarts Express or Polar Express if you wish. Either way it is old and rustic looking. Not many are on the train, just a few familiar faces, some old some new. I look out the window and see these beautiful mountains, all green and topped with snow. The train rounds a bend and all of a sudden the mountains are still peaked but made out of purple crystal. It is almost as if they are made from thunder eggs, ya know once you cut them in half. I am shocked and perplexed at why the mountains look like this but I do not bother to ask anyone why. Then without a blink of an eye the mountains turn in colorful Russian mosques. The train stops and I exit with my peers. A rather plump man approaches me and says " did you pay for this field trip?" I reply with " No sir I did not know this was a field trip and I have no money. He shouts at me telling me I am not allowed back on the train and then i turn and look down the street of the village we have stopped. Everyone is running. A fire breathing dragon rounds the corner and blows hot orange flames down the alley.

I wake up.

The Man on the Motorcycle

First, I hit my head on the dashboard, then the window.  I open my eyes to see the windshield is cracked in about twenty different places. I close my eyes for what seems like a second and my brother is at my side helping me out onto the pavement.  Once I step out of the car, my eyes fall upon the break fluid that cover the asphalt.  Thinking it's blood, I start to cry.  I walk slowly to the front of the car.
    I look up to see a shiny blue motorcycle laying on its side.  I am confused; there seems to be no one belonging to the totaled  machine that lay before me.  My attention is then drawn to the panicked crowd of people standing a few feet from me on the hillside.  They look as though they are huddled around something. I hear a lady yelling for someone to call an ambulance, and I notice she was trying to give CPR.  When I approached the small group of people, my heart begins to pound.  I step closer to the man laying lifeless on the ground and horror strikes my heart.  I quickly turn and collapsed into the arms of a friend standing close by. The image of the lifeless face is now etched into my soul...

Acid Mouse Trap

It's late at night but everything in the house is glowing with an acid trip color flow. As I'm crawling into bed I hear tiny chatter from the other bedroom, which strikes me as odd, since I am the only one home. As I approach the door of the bedroom I see through the cracked opening a family of mice discussing mice-like matters. There is a papa mouse, mama, baby, and grandmother. The papa and grandmother seem to be having a heated conversation so they don't notice my presence. I creep into the kitchen to find a container to capture the family in but as I reach into the cupboard under the sink a giant white centipede strikes like a cobra at my hand leaving fang shaped wounds. Despite my pain and surprise I quickly grab the container and shut the cupboard. I then ambush the mouse family and catch with ease the father, mother, and baby but have a difficultly with grandma mouse. She gets extremely sassy and tries to scratch me so I have to slap her around a bit but after a few minutes of struggle, get her into the container. After releasing the angry family of mice outside and apologizing thoroughly, I return to the spare bedroom where I try to calm down by dancing around to music in the many costumes my house is well supplied with. 

A Slightly Smaller Than Big Day

It is my wedding day. I'm in the bathroom not so ready for my big day. When I say not ready I mean several things. I'm nervous, unsure, and no where close to being beautified for my big day. As I crawl in the bathtub to relax a bit and shave the forest that occupies my legs my mom knocks on the door and frantically asks what I'm doing. She puts me in a state of panic when she  proceeds to tell me that the ceremony is about to begin. Next thing I know I'm walking down the isle, barely pulled together, towards my future husband. All of a sudden he yells "wait, wait, wait!" As he runs towards me. Grabbing my hands he says to me in a loving whisper. "Go do what you need to do. Go take your time, shave your legs. Everyone can wait for you to be ready. Today is your day and I want it to be perfect!"

Face Slash

I'm at a volleyball camp. It's the middle of summer and we are playing on a court in the grass. It is a huge court and everyone is just warming up and serving before we begin to practice. I notice that there is a guy on the other side of the net who will not stop staring at me. It really irritated me so I began practicing my aiming skills while serving, I hit him a couple times but then everyone was gone. All of the sudden I was the only one outside besides the people in the pool across the field. I began to feel excruciating pain in my face, like someone was ripping it apart. Then I noticed it was because it was being ripped apart, more like slashed by an invisible knife. I called out for help and my mother appeared. She called out to the nearest person there to call an ambulance and when they arrived they put a rune on my stomach that always had to be visible. I wore a cut off shirt with a rune on my stomach for the rest of the time I played volleyball that week.

Killer Whale

I'm in a raft with two of my friends on the ocean one day, not too far from the beach. We saw a killer whale swimming toward us. They don't usually swim that close to shore but this one came right at us and cornered us in the middle of the ocean. We had no where to go and there was no way we were going to be able to out swim a killer whale. So my friend decided to try a spell and when she had said the words a huge wave came in between the whale and our raft and pushed him away long enough for us to get to shore. Once we were there we noticed that we couldn't get back in the water, the whale was pacing back and forth just outside the breaking waves. We knew we had to get away but we didn't know how. There was a man we saw on the beach that we knew worked there and we asked him where we should go to leave the beach. He showed us to a door and we opened it. It lead straight to the ocean. "He's in on it" I screamed and we all ran. We headed for the girls bathroom, intending to climb out through the window. But when we did, they also lead to the ocean.

Miss Lioness

I'm on my way to work when I hear people screaming at a gas station. I rush over there and everyone is hiding away in their cars looking terrified. They were all looking in one direction, at me. I turned around to see a lioness coming straight for me. By this time I was already out of my car and yards away from it. I ran to get back to my car but she was faster. She ran toward me and I ran to the other side of a car putting it in between us. Once she reached the car she had changed form, she was now a dark haired, tall, thin woman. I ran once again to my car and this time succeeded in making it into the back seat, my friend had somehow made in to the backseat of my car as well and there we waited out the lioness while listening to the radio to see when the police would arrive.

Beam Skills

So i'm back in high school again but in my old gymnastics gym that i used to go to as a child. We were at a meet, the boys and girls teams. I was up next on beam so I was warming up before my turn. One of the boys from the team came up to me and told me that he was very disappointed in my beam skills. Beam is my weakest event anyway so naturally this really shattered my confidence. I was very nervous now for my turn and before I even started my routine there was a crowd building around me. I started the routine after motioning to the judges and as I looked down all the people were staring at me and I almost fell. It was time for the dismount and I was shaking uncontrollably. I had struggled to get this right for a long time and it was now time to prove my accomplishments. As I reached for the beam and kicked my legs into a handstand I fell. I had not kicked hard enough and therefore landed on the wrong side of the beam. I tried over and over but I could not make it. All the people laughed as they trickled away in the groups they had come with.

The Jungle

I've always enjoyed a casual stroll in the forest. I walked along the worn path alone, admiring the shrubs and greenery. It was always calm and quiet. As I walked along I noticed something odd. The ground to the right seemed very soft and unstable. I creeped closer to get a better look. There was a small crack in the dirt. I shrugged and went to turn the other way. My foot slipped on the slippery mud but I was able to catch myself. I breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly the crack got bigger and the ground began to break! I tried to run but my feet were stuck. Soon I was falling. It was the most horrible feeling. I had no idea when I would hit the ground. I felt something hit my face. I looked and saw tree branches flying by. I could grab on to them! I reached out to grab them but they were just out of my reach. The ground was getting closer and closer. I started to panic. I tried to move myself closer to the tree. Unfortunately, it was too close. I hit my head on a large branch. When I woke up, I was laying on the ground. It was soft and lush. The forest down here was much more dense and green. Vines hung from the trees, moss was every where, but there were no animals. That was odd. I looked on my arms and felt my head. I had no bruises or cuts. Weird. I got up slowly. I had to find my way out of here. I walked a bit, exploring my surroundings. I had the weirdest feeling though. Like I was being watched. After walking a ways, I turned around and saw a man. He was older, wore a pointed dark blue hat and a robe of the same color. He carried a staff. It was Merlin! I was so excited! I had read all kinds of stories about Merlin, the legendary magician. He greeted me kindly. I asked him where I was and he responded that we were in the forbidden forest. He was the keeper of the forest. He had also seen me fall and had healed my injuries. I expressed my gratitude to him. He told me that he had to warn me of the danger I was in. Wolves roamed the forest. Wolves bewitched by evil. They were coming to kill me since I had invaded their territory. Merlin said he could hold them off but only for so long. We heard howling in the distance. He told me to run. I was to find a giant vine and climb up the cliff next to it. I thanked him again and vowed to keep his stories alive. He bid me farewell and I ran off. I could hear the howling get louder. I pushed on. I had to find that giant vine! I ran and ran until my legs were sore. I spotted the vine...finally! I stopped to rest for but a moment. I heard a growl. I looked up and saw some wolves a few feet in front of me. I was going to have to run for it. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I ran as fast as I could to the wall of dirt. It seemed stable. Using the vine for support I climbed up out of the reach of the wolves as fast as I could. One caught hold of my pants but I ripped it form it's mouth before it could drag me down. I finally reached the top of the cliff and climbed up. I looked around and saw a beach not far up ahead. I carefully and slowly walked to the beach. It was beautiful! The sand was golden and the water was a light turquoise. The sun was shining warm and bright. Exhausted, I laid down, curled up and fell asleep. 

Boldly Go

The sky was dark and cloudless. The ground was rocky had a dim yellow-ish hue. I had no idea where I was or how I had gotten there. I slowly and cautiously wandered around the area. I eventually came upon a giant body of liquid. I leaned in closer to look at it. The liquid was dark purple, thick and bubbling. I didn't dare touch it. I suddenly heard a gurgling noise. The liquid started to rise! I stepped back and looked around for something that I could float on. I noticed a fairly big piece of wood floating nearby. I carefully maneuvered onto the wood and held on. I was swept further away form where I had been standing. As I contemplated what to do next, a rowboat came into view. As the boat came closer, I noticed that the creatures inhabiting it weren't human. I didn't even know how to describe them. They were green. How typical. They motioned for me to come aboard. I had two choices...fall into the thick purple goo or join the aliens. I picked the latter. I quickly climbed into the rowboat as the piece of wood floated away. The one alien handed me a shiny silver device. I paused and shot it a puzzled look. It held the device and pointed to the red button on the top. I nodded and hit the button. The device made a noise as it powered up. The alien suddenly turned and shot into the darkness. A red light whizzed past my head. Something was shooting at us. I really had no choice but to help take down whatever was causing the intrusion. I aimed and fired. I was shooting a laser gun! I didn't have the best aim but the enemy was glowing slightly in the darkness which helped. Suddenly the laser fire increased! We barely ducked and dodged the incoming fire. How did more of them get here so fast? I signaled the aliens that we would all fire at the same time. I rolled to the right and fired. We blasted them with all the fire power we had. After a few minutes, to my surprise, the enemies started retreating. Soon we were alone again. I looked down at the gun and then the aliens. I grinned. Today had just become the coolest day ever.         

Series of Unfortunate Events

I was starting a new semester at college and was moving into my house. But this was no ordinary house, when i got inside it was a dark creepy,musty maze house with room after room connected by long hallways. Something was just not quite right. I met my roommates and we picked out bedrooms, during the middle of the night we all woke up an knew automatically that the house was haunted and that we need to get out asap. So we all piled into this Van. It was all of a sudden midday somehow and we pulled out of the driveway and we were driving out the middle of know where with only 2 farm houses on the street. I looked out of the widow and saw a rocket headed straight for the van, i yelled at everyone to jump out, i opened the door tucked and rolled. I stopped rolling and was sitting in a up right position just in time to see the Van still full of my roommates impact with the missile. I ran over the the rubble and all i could find of my roommates was bloody thumbs. I turned to the left and saw the one house on the street and a little girl and her mom sitting on the front porch. I yelled from help but they did nothing, so i ran to the end of the street and turned left and was suddenly in the middle of the town with a bunch of my friends. We all knew that the world was coming to the end and that we needed to get to this certain house other wise we couldn't survived. We ran for a few blocks and finally found the house got inside and just started talking with everyone there.

Gangster Love

For some curious reason or another, I am dating a gangster. He is more of a baller than a shoot people kind of guy. But he is weirdly protective and sends armed guards with me everywhere I go. After being with him for only a a few weeks I decide that I can not stand it anymore. I try to get away from him and end up running away. I end up at a water park hiding on one of the rides. 

Stranger

I am running to find something I am desperately missing. When frantically running thorough town there are no people around. Everything is empty. Shops are open but no one is inside and though music is playing in the streets there is no one to hear it except me. Newspapers get blown about at my feet and the stop lights turn with no one to accept them. At the end of the street I see someone just standing there. I yell a greeting but get no response. I wave once, still nothing. I walk closer and get the urge to run. They are still blocks  away. I see them lean backwards with no attempt to break their fall. I walk up next to the body laying in the street and recognize who they are in confusion. Its me.

Giant on the Run

I'm 5 or 6 years old, eating dinner at a fancy restaurant with my parents and many of their adult friends. Also my Aunt Kristin is there. My mom says that she forgot her keys at home and asks me, the child, to run home and get them. So I do. On my way home, I see in the distance a giant. He has a treasure box and is lifting the roofs off of houses and picking up the children inside the houses and putting them in the treasure box. I'm really scared and so I start running as fast I can to my house, but all of a sudden, the sidewalk becomes icy and slippery and I am sliding all over the place. I'm panicking because the giant is getting closer and closer and I suddenly remember that my two younger siblings are inside our house. I must save them from the giant! Eventually, I make it inside to find my brother and sister trapped in cages in our living room.