Could someone please help me understand this dream?

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I would appreciate if someone could help me make sense of what this dream means. Usually I can sort of understand the symbolism of things in my dream, but I'm lost with this one. *I'm a 20 year old female attending school, majoring in paramedicine. I had this dream last night. I'll try to remember as many details as possible. *The only person I recognized from this dream is at the end of it. I met him about a year ago and I've had a crush on him for awhile. My dream: I was in a densely wooded but very green area and walking towards a small clearing where a bunch of festival tents were set up and dozens of people were walking around. As I got closer I realized it was a renaissance faire, as most of the people were dressed up similar to those in the renaissance times. Someone (I can't remember any details about this person) approached me and asked if I was going to participate in the mock battle they were going to be having. I felt extremely excited and was eager to participate, but then realized that I didn't have any of the renaissance clothes to wear, so I thought I was going to be unable to join them. I don't remember the transition from that part to this part, but the next thing I knew I was rushing onto the 'battlefield' to line up near everyone else taking part in the mock battle. I was wearing a hooded sweatshirt ( I think it a dark orange color ) and jeans, and carrying a long sword. Once I lined up with everyone, I felt embarrassed and out of place because of my casual clothes. Suddenly everyone started battling one another. We were all using real weapons so we were trying to be careful not to seriously injure one another. There was a young kid ( a boy, he had brown hair ) who was coming after me, swinging his sword. I took my sword and poked him in the neck - accidentally making him bleed. He started crying and fell to the ground, and I ran into a large group of people fighting so no one would notice it was me who injured him. As soon as I got myself situated in the large group of people, someone called out that the first round was finished. Everyone stopped fighting and then I immediately flashed forward to this next part in my dream: I was now wearing a full suit of armor, and I realized that my hair was a bright red color, pulled back into a pony tail. I still had the same sword, and I was swinging it around, randomly taking out people. The only person I specifically remembered taking out was some tall guy, who I hit (a gentle tap) in the legs with my sword. Immediately after this a very large lady dressed in a lacy/poofy dress came after me with a pike. She poked me in the shoulder and a bunch of other people joined in, taking me down. Since I had been attacked I was required to lay on the ground until the round finished. I was thinking in my head that I did a good job making it into the fourth round. Once that round finished, another large lady with black hair came over to me. I had the impression that she was a wizard. She began chanting strange things that I didn't understand, and was running her hands through the air around me. After this she told me that I had been resurrected and was to report to a different part of the faire and tell them that I made it to the fourth round. As I was about to leave she motioned me back over to her and pulled the ponytail out and said I should wear my hair long. I started walking through the faire, trying to find where I was instructed to go. I was still wearing my suit of armor and had my bright red hair flowing around my shoulders, down my back. I felt beautiful and confident and people I was walking by were staring at me. I began walking towards a small tan brick building, thinking that I could find someone in there who would tell me exactly where I needed to go. As I walked in the front doors I was suddenly back in my normal clothes, with brown hair that was worn down. The inside of this building appeared to be an office building but I didn't see anyone nearby. I began walking down a hallway with open doors leading into individual offices inside. No one was in any of the offices so I continued walking down the hall. Eventually I saw a guy sitting in front of a desk that was positioned in the middle of the hall. He looked over at me and smiled, and I realized it was the guy I have a crush on. The best way to explain how I felt was 'lovestruck'. In my dream I had butterflies in my stomach as I approached him. I sat down in a chair next to him at the desk. As soon as I sat down, a very beautiful Siamese cat walked out of an open door near us. This guy stood up and walked over to the cat, picking it up, then came back to sit next to me. I felt moved to pet the cat but was distracted as he informed me to open up this metal box that was now sitting on the desk. I opened up the box and inside were hundreds of playing cards with different strange, abstract designs on them. I looked over at the guy and we both started laughing. That was it for my dream. Thank you for taking the time to read it. I appreciate any input.