Here's my dream, first off:

In the dream, I found myself hiking through a small forest in autumn at dusk. Nothing out of the ordinary yet; in fact the woods were remarkably similar to a woods near my childhood home. I recall vividly the rays of sunlight that seep through the branches and limbs of tree canopies and cast shadow on the forest floor. As I continued walking, I saw two alligators in a ravine off the path I was on. I paid no attention to them, ignoring them and walking by.

I came to the edge of the forest and encountered a large field of straw-grass with a cottage-type house in the middle. I walked to the house and knocked on the door. A young woman answered. I remember I did not ask her name yet knew that is was Cassie. I have never known a Cassie, so this is strange in recollection. We chatted about the beauty of the forest and weather for a few moments. At the end of our conversation, she mentioned that I should get going, for whatever reason I don't know. So I did.

I continued on across the field to another stand of trees, and entered the darkness, as it was now very close to night. It gets stranger here: I felt what could be described as a warmth come over me, and started to change into what in my mind closely resembles a dragon. The experience was intense and vivid, a lot more so than in past occurrances of this dream. Being a dream, I didn't find anything strange about this, and after the transformation, I simply continued walking, albeit on all fours. icon_confused.gif

I come to a building that could be described as factory made of cream brick and a tin roof; not scary or run down, but a little ominous as I remember. I decide to enter, and inside I find a large "lobby" of sorts with a staircase in the middle. In this lobby are several other "dragons", about 7 of them; they all say basic greetings such as hello, hi, nice to meet you, etc... We don't talk very long however; they all walk up the staircase without another word. I follow, and I come to a room at the top with a small cove in the wall. In this cove there is a mirror, and I look into it. I see my reflection, not only distorted in normal dream fasion, but distorted that it isn't my normal face, obviously.

This is when the dream becomes lucid. I notice that the reflection isn't my face at all! I say to myself maybe I'm dreaming, and the answer is yes. I manage to make a few weird expressions in the mirror before I awaken.

OK. This is from my dream journal. The dream itself, excluding the transformation, was actually quite mild, and nothing remarkable about it. I guess the change into a dragon wouldn't be either, save for the intensity and realism of it. I'm interested to know what the "alligators" (I THINK they were alligators) might mean, meeting a girl named "Cassie" that I've never met, the transformation, the factory, the other dragons, and the mirror.

Of course, you don't have to even READ my dream if you don't want. I realize it's a fairly long block of text, but I'd appreciate any input and interpretation, as I've had this dream, albeit in MUCH less intense fashion, as a child, and I never knew the girl's name.