nightmare

12/18/10 - Rocket Boost
Dream Non-Dream Lucid

I was at my house with a bunch of other people, and I could sense it was turning into a nightmare. Apparently, some creatures were trying to get into the house.
I decided to leave and change the dream altogether, so I went out to the screened back porch with Will. I told him to focus on being weightless and he started levitating. I grabbed his hand, crouched, and jumped high up. We broke through the porch roof, but I felt like we were going to fall, so I gave myself a boost and shot flames out of my feet to shoot us up higher. We went far out into Earth's atmosphere, and I contemplated going to the moon, but I figured I'd do it another time and dismissed the idea immediately. I focused on landing safely, so I turned off the "rocket boosters" as I referred to the flames from my feet, and we began hurtling towards Earth. It was really amazing to look down at, there were colors rushing everywhere and although I seriously doubt it would really be like that, in the dream it was very realistic. I slowed us down by willing gravity to let up a bit, and we ended up gently floating back down to the ground... specifically, my back porch. Epic fail...

My cat, Patches, woke me up at like 7:30. So early!

4/24/10 - Haunted Nightmares
Dream Non-dream Lucid

I only remember bits and pieces.
I was going on a trip somewhere with my friend Hannah, but something about the mood was ominous.
Then I was in my room and felt a dark presence. I got up and walked toward my desk when all of a sudden I froze. I was forced to turn around and look at the screen of a TV that wasn't there before. The screen was all staticy and I had a terrible feeling in my stomach. An awful, grinning face appeared through the static. "Remember me?" It rasped. I was plunged into a terrible feeling of fear no words could describe. This was the same ghost that had haunted my nightmares as a child. I tried to scream but made no sound.
Then I found myself in my bathroom, just sitting on the toilet seat and thinking about my nightmare. I wondered if I'd really woken up, and looked around carefully for dream signs. Then I felt it again. That dark presence. I couldn't see it but I knew it was coming for me. I tried to wake up by jerking myself and thinking about being in bed.
I sat up in bed. It was difficult - at first I thought it might be sleep paralysis. Then I remembered that some people feel a dark presence while in SP. I felt something behind me, in the hall. I was unwillingly turned around by some force, and watched as an awful pink creature floated through the doorway. That was it.

I forced myself awake,
for real this time.