Thread: ~Higurashi Dreams~

Originally Posted by Walms

haha, I like how you went berserk at the end. Poor profesor, he was so going to die without you and your lucid powers.

If he did he deserved it, denying me like that

Falling and Flying
I'm laying down on my back, scratching my thumb with my forefinger in hopes that it will keep a piece of me conscious as I fall asleep. Time passes, and after a while I become aware of a misplaced light switch on the wall beside me without even thinking of the fact that my eyes are closed. Before I can question its presence, I must question why now it seems so far away...As it gets farther and farther, I feel myself sinking - I realize I am experiencing the falling sensation I have heard so much about. I'm not afraid. To be honest, I'm completely engaged. It interests me, this new hallucination. After falling for what must have been forever, I try to experiment with my control. I imagine a stone pillar raising ascending from beneath me, in order to push me up again. It works for a little while, though soon it crumbles and I am falling again. I think it's time to jumpstart the dream - I've been here for a while. For this, I remembered something iadr said long ago: the key to visualizations are to make them feel dangerous. With my current situation, I can think of the perfect scenario...Almost immediately, my mind responds. I feel the wind on my body, I see the near clear blue of the atmosphere: I am falling out of the sky.

Somehow I manage not to be frightened. In truth, this is quite exhilarating! I immediately recall that I wanted to complete a task of the month, and remember how I planned for this dream to go should I ever become lucid. In the air, I look around in hopes of seeing a castle. If my dream goes just as I willed it to in waking life, I will find a witch there, one who can teach me a spell that will allow me to view others auras. My mind however evokes something even better - I turn my head, and Hogwarts comes into view! I'm amazed at how perfect it is, as I had only seen the movies a few times. It's definitely a beautiful place, and I'm fixated. But then something painfully obvious finally creeps into my head...I'm falling out of the sky. I freak out a little, and instantly attempt flight. I know though that I have never been able to use this dream ability, and am not surprised when it fails to work. I try to stay calm, and I remember reading something in Burned Up's dream journal shortly before I fell asleep. Something that gives me an idea. It has to work - I'm at a wizards school after all. I look towards the boarding school and lift my arm. 'Accio Broomstick!' To my delight a broomstick flies towards me from one of the tower's window!

I grab the broom, and really begin to fly. I can't help but let loose a scream of joy. This feeling...it's so wonderful. Quite randomly, a yellow version of the enrolled student's uniform falls towards me, out of nowhere. I raise my arms and it lands perfectly onto me. It however distracts me a bit and I crash into a flag. I find it a little harder to control the broomstick after that, though I'm able to stay in the air. The dream begins to fade and I begin to lapse back into sleep paralysis again. The dream was short, but I don't really care: it was so enjoyable, after all.

Discrimination
I'm a female child, sitting in a classroom and listening to an African American boy giving a speech. The first thing I notice is that my vision is so strange...it's as if I'm looking through some type of gray-lensed thermal goggles. Finding soon after that I cannot move, I write it off as the aftereffects of sleep paralysis. Suddenly something hits me in the back of the head, hard. I feel a bit dazed but I ignore it. I'm bringing my attention back to the boy when something whizzes past my face! I can tell it's going to hit him, and so I quickly use telekinesis to change it's course. What appears to be a rock or piece of cement flies out of a window behind him. Apparently that was the last straw for him. He abruptly stopped reading his paper and passionately began on how him and myself were never treated fairly, all because of our abilities - I'm assuming he meant my dream powers. I'm hit in the head again, and it really gives me a headache. Before I go too deeply into this dream, I hope to escape the sleep paralysis in fear of being stricken any more. Perhaps I would have been braver, but I still could not move.

The dream fades only a little, as I am able to raise my head ever so slightly. The paralysis is so heavy...I can't fight it anymore and my head slumps down once again.

At that moment I left the body of the girl; I became a presence viewing the scene. My vision also cleared quite well. She stood, and ran to the boy's side. They were then escorted out of the classroom by the principal. This woman is telling someone that she can no longer allow us entrance in the building. She claims that she can no longer handle us, and that we must be handed over to "higher authority". This scene fades, and a new scene of the boy on Mortal Mist comes into view. He is typing up the dream I just experienced, from his point of view. It seems that he was handed over to the website, and he thanks the community for accepting him and helping him learn to control and cope with his dream abilities.

Task Completion, Task Attempt
I roll over in my bed, knowing exactly what I need to get done. In the night, I recite my phone number out loud and thus complete the basic task of the month. This gives me a great sense of satisfaction and I smile as I pull back the covers. I notice that I'm wearing nothing but very small blue boxer briefs and my hands are distorted, but I don't let this distract me from doing as much as I can with this lucid. What I want to try next is the intermediate task of the month, which I perfectly remember as seeing the aura of a dream character. I've gone through this so many times in waking life that I expect everything to go perfectly! Suddenly, something very strange happens.

The whole room tilts, and I unexpectedly lurch forward. What on Earth...it rocks to the right and I fall against the wall. As it once again begins to sway I grab hold of a random object jetting out of the floor. My vision goes blurry, and in hopes of countering this mayhem I spin and shout 'Stability!'. It doesn't seem to have any effect, but after a while things go back to normal. I almost instantly move past this random mishap: I really want to get the other tasks done if I can.

I search the shelf and find my glasses, then run with them out into the hallway. I'm glad to see a person there - my older sister - so that I can carry out my plan. 'These glasses will give me the ability to see your aura,' I say. Only now do I realize how stupid I sound, and my sister laughs to reaffirm this. I put on the glasses and I'm crushed to see that she looks exactly the same as before. I throw them down angrily, considering that my plan may not have been as good as I thought. Why would my glasses do such a thing anyway? I go downstairs. Maybe I should try the advanced task?

On my way to the first floor I notice that a portion of the wall is extremely softened, like a sponge almost. I press on it and it cracks without completely coming off. Peeking inside, I see my mother relaxing on a sofa. Then I get an idea. 'Mom.' She looks up. 'You're a mage, right?' She nods. 'Well, could I borrow your glasses? The ones you enchanted to be aura-sensitive?' I smile to myself. Genius! She says I can, and I almost run off. 'Oh, where are they?' 'In the kitchen, beneath the sink.' 'Thank you!' I run downstairs ridiculously happy, when I wake up.

Turns out I didn't really wake up - it was a false awakening. The whole time I felt...off. Sluggish, heavy. The way you feel when sleep paralysis is just beginning. I even thought about WILDing multiple times in the dream! But I couldn't because I was at an orchestra(and of course how tacky would that be?) Argh...

Dreaming of Lucid Dreaming
I'm falling out of the sky. I want to search for my dream guide, and so I close my eyes and imagine myself landing...

'Hey!'

I open my eyes and stifle a gasp as I land hard on a wooden deck. Unsure of what happened, I quickly get to my feet. Immediately I notice that I'm wearing boots, a bandanna, and a very puffy white shirt. Why am I dressed like a pirate?

'Hey...where were you?'

I turn around and realize that I am on a pirate ship. There is an Asian girl at the helm with her hands tight on the wheel, and a Mexican boy standing behind her. They're dressed similarly to myself. I don't know what to say to her so I simply back away, ready to jump overboard: unbeknownst to me I am walking the plank. I turn around and nearly fall - the ship is in the air! A flying pirate ship. This is weird...the girl calls my name, and without a second thought, I jump.

I blink, and find myself on an old mattress. I'm in a warehouse. My body is still partly in sleep paralysis and I become aware of two figures standing beside me. At first I think I'm hallucinating, but as the vibrations cease I realize these are my friends. They were just in my dream - Walms and LucidBulbs. They look mad. 'Why'd you leave?' she says. The boy is silent. 'First you show up late and then you run away? What's wrong with you?' She punches me in the arm and I can't help but laugh. 'Sorry...there were some things I wanted to do.' I can tell she's still upset, and she walks away. 'Fine. Let's try it again.' Her and the boy go to separate mattresses a few feet away from mine, and I begin to feel a bit heavy. I lay down and induce the falling sensation, and my friends and I once again enter a single dream.

I ended up WILDing multiple times in this dream.

Originally Posted by Higurashi

Welcome to my Dream Journal.

There aren't many people I can talk to about my dreams in waking life, and so I decided to share them with everyone here. Hopefully this will be one way of making sure I remain active on the site, and don't just "dissapear" like many people seem to do eventually.

Most(if not all) of the dreams posted here will be lucid, being that I rarely have vivid dreams. I wouldn't want to bore anyone, so I'll tend to refrain from posting all of my dreams of the night unless I find something interesting in them.

Lucid entries are in Blue.
Non-Lucids will be in Green.
Nightmares will appear in Dark Red.
Comments/Commentary will be in black.

Any comments are very welcome

Dude HI im ed, I just wanted to say that I also started to use "accio" from harry potter. It works better than just thinking what you want and have it working. I think that is because it makes you believe it will happen a little more.

Hey Ed

Originally Posted by edricoavalos

I just wanted to say that I also started to use "accio" from harry potter.

Oh, cool; I didn't think that anyone else was using spells

It works better than just thinking what you want and have it working. I think that is because it makes you believe it will happen a little more.

Yeah, I totally agree! I've always felt that 'outlets', like spells/magic for instance, make lucid abilities much more believable(and doable). Knowing that has helped me a lot.

All Around Weirdness and an Epic Battle
The camp counselor is shaking a little girl, and it's really making me angry. I run up to her and yell for her to stop. She pushes me back, with a lot of force for such an old woman. 'You...old hag!' I'm a bit embarrassed at being shoved around by an old lady, so I pour a huge amount of water from my water bottle into my mouth, and impulsively spit it all out onto her face. She's drenched, so much that she's even gasping for air. Only now do I think of what I've done, and I quickly turn around and start walking to my cabin. The looks of the campers vary on my way there but most of them are impressed. I begin to revel in their admiration, but my sense of accomplishment is cut short when I see the woman trying to catch up to me. I remember that the band campers have a performance and I can't afford to miss it, so I walk a little faster. I'm not sure where to go and I hope I'm not already late. I see a bunch of the campers heading into my school building, so I follow them inside.

Once on the second floor, I am female. I notice that it looks different...so much different than from what I remember. There's seats against the walls and poles that run from the ceiling to the floor in the middle of the hallway. I see LucidBulbs on one of the seats, wearing a beret and a leather jacket. As soon as she takes notice of me she hurries over to my side. 'Where's your instrument?' I freeze. I knew I had forgotten something! 'Crap, I left it in my cabin!' She rolls her eyes. 'Go get it! We're playing in a few minutes.' I nod and run to the stairs. I jump back then, as a transparent door slides quickly from one wall to the other. Immediately after, everything outside becomes a blur. I turn around and really observe my surroundings. I don't think I'll be making it to that band concert...I grab LB by the shoulders. 'I don't know how this happened...but we're on a train!' We both turn to the cameras, and simultaneously scream.

'Cut!'

All the extras on the train start clapping and LB and I sit down, blushing and smiling. We warmly receive their applause: Acting was so rewarding!

The train stops at my house and I get off - I am once again male. I come in through the back door to an empty home. Or so I think...I make my way to the hall, and see Meryl Streep standing at the front door with an evil grin on her face. She curls her hand around the doorknob. 'Take this!' she spits. 'A BABY!' She throws the door open to a giant infant - he must be at least 7 feet tall! On top of that, his head is humongous. Meryl lets out an evil cackle and blood pours from the center of the baby's scalp, spilling onto his face.

This is ridiculous. Perhaps I don't flee because this is a baby, but whatever the reason, I am not afraid. I run up to it and jump in the air, kicking it in the face. I use the baby's head as a spring board and push with my legs, doing a back flip in midair and landing in a crouch on my feet. The baby slams into the door, which gives way under his weight and collapses. I step over his body and go outside. About a hundred yards away is Meryl, and an army of about a thousand giant, flying babies! Without hesitation I run to them. 'Accio Broomstick!' My broomstick zooms towards me out of nowhere, and I jump on it as I duck a wave of fire expelled by the opposing side. That gives me an idea. I halt my broomstick and extend my hand into the air. 'Accio, fire!' Immediately after, half of the infants explode into flames. The other half do not relent, and hurl another gust of fire in my direction. I jerk the broomstick to the side, and I begin spinning in the air directly to the left. I lose control and slam into a tree. I have to learn how to fly: broomsticks can be really hard to direct and guide...Meryl and her babies are still approaching me, and I start wishing I knew more Harry Potter spells. 'Accio, Water!' I scream. The remaining babies bodies burst, overflowing with the liquid I have summoned from within them. Victory is short-lived however - I see Meryl coming, and she is pissed.

Her face is contorted with anger, and her head has also grown to a gigantic size. I look for a place to hide, and find a small door in a wall that I hadn't noticed before. I open it and crawl inside into an empty concrete room. Meryl kicks the door down, and I finally remember another spell. 'Aguamenti!' She screams, as a jet of water flies from my hands and hits her directly in the face. She soars through the air, and I come out of hiding.

I return to the same scene, though something definitely feels different. I'm not sure what it is, so I move on and wonder if there was anything I needed to do. I recall the basic task of the month and say my name out loud. 'Collin...' Nothing happens. I try again, this time adding my last name. The wind blows. I shrug: I wasn't really expecting anything to happen anyway. The only other task I can think of is the advanced one, going through a mirror. The concept scares me a bit, I wonder what I would find on the other side? It is then that I realize I must have passed into a slightly different world when I crawled through that door...I begin to think of Alice in Wonderland, and remember how she crawled into the Queen's garden. I wonder if the world on the other side of the mirror will be as nice as this one. I rest my hand on the tree, and admirably observe the dreamscape until it fades.

Finally Getting the Hang of Dream Control
One second I'm awake, and the next, I'm lucid. I'm not sure if I WILDed or if I was just instantly aware - I remember no transition phase, yet I remember no previous happenings in this dream. I observe my dream body and forget about my ponders: Besides a white towel draped around my waist, I'm completely naked. I know I have better things to do with my dreamtime than make out with figments of my imagination, but I can't help myself and attempt to summon a girl. I move from the hallway into the first room I see, my sister's, and expect for someone to be inside when I enter. Perhaps I should have clarified more: When I enter the room, my friend Alex is the only one there, also wearing a towel. He smiles. Wow, this is awkward...but I can't help but laugh. Oh well, I tried. I start walking in the hallway, when he grabs me from behind. With a tight grip on my shoulders he shoves me onto the door of the linen closet. His body's against mine and I freak out, finding that I can't move- unsure of what to do I quickly imagine him disappearing. He's gone. But an instant later he's back again, pushing me into my sister's room. He throws me on the floor, still smiling, and when he bends down to put his hands on my legs I kick him in the face. I hope I won't have to kill...

He steps back, and before I realize it he has transformed into my six year old cousin, Allen. He walks away. I know that there's no point in contemplating whatever just happened, so I get over it promptly and try my hand at summoning once more. I go out in the hallway. Hm...they always talked about the "door trick" on DreamViews. I open the linen closet door slightly, and feel around the inside without looking. I touch a hand. I pull, and while successful, the body I manage to extract is invisible. That was better than what I was expecting, so I try again. I once again grasp someone's hand. 'Ah!' I gasp and jump back as a boy's head pokes out from behind the door. He climbs out of the closet and I recognize him from school. Jesus, why is everyone wearing towels? He's really annoying, so I go back into my sister's room. A few moments later I see her walking in, and not wanting her to see me in this state of undress I try to make myself invisible. Despite the fact that I feel invisible, she mocks me as she enters. 'I can still see you, you know,' she sneers. This really irks me, and I clench my fists. Before I can think of doing anything to her my young cousin Amanda appears, looking at me with horrified eyes. Allen runs in seconds later. He sees my fists and screams. 'Uncle Mark! Collin and Lexi are fighting!' Grabbing his sister, he runs away.

I head downstairs after him. When I get to the first floor I happen to look down, and see that I'm wearing clothes again. I walk in the kitchen. My brother is on the computer, but other than him the room is empty. I notice a wii and a radio on the counter, so I go to the sink and turn the latter on. A song plays, and it's beautiful - I immediately recognize the singer as Alicia Keys. I also recognize that this is not a real song in waking life...I grab a pencil and piece of paper that happen to be on the counter, and write down the lyrics. This music is really amazing, I can't wait to type it out for everyone on Mortal Mist! I've written three lines of the song when it comes to me again that this is a dream, and I throw the paper in the sink, embarrassed even though no one is watching me. Mortal Mist. Of course, I have to do the tasks! I turn the radio off and touch the wii. In my mind, I push it to change color. Nothing happens. I close my eyes and push harder, even harder. I open my eyes. To my surprise, the wii is orange! 'Yes!' I scream, I've done it! My brother turns from the computer screen and stares at me with questioning eyes. 'What are you looking at?' I yell, for the first time behaving uncharacteristically to my dream family. I look back to the wii and notice that the radio is also orange now. I blink, and the wii is now pink: I found a way to change colors, but now I can't stop them from changing! I walk towards the bathroom, knowing that I would find a mirror there.

When I get there I turn the light on and quickly thrust my head downwards, remembering how my image is often distorted in mirrors. I remember this too late: I see that my reflection is beaten about the eye, and has a cleft lip. I slowly raise my head, and a wave of relief comes when I find myself to be normal once again. I lift my hands. My level of dream control has been so efficient this lucid, I don't think this will be difficult. I put my palms to the mirror, and the glass shimmers and slightly wavers under my fingertips. I can only imagine this will be like passing through water...I push. Instantly, I throw myself backwards and rip my hands away.

That really hurt.

It felt as if I was shoving my way through ground glass, and my ears were filled with the accompanying sound to that action. My hands were tingling, and I was surprised they weren't bleeding - that really hurt! Were three trophies really worth this pain? I thought back to how I never completed any tasks on DreamViews, and decided it was. I climbed onto the sink and put my hands to the glass once more, this time leaning in and pressing my cheek against it as well. I forced myself to ignore the sensations, and thrust my body inside. My upper half had passed through the mirror. I was cold, and I felt that I was in some sort of dark nothingness. A limbo of sorts. Though I couldn't have been sure, as my eyes were tightly shut. I couldn't do this...I was too afraid. I had no idea what waited for me in this realm - I couldn't do this. And so, I pulled myself from within the mirror and dismally walked away from task completion. I went into the kitchen, and laid my head down on the counter. I failed. A few moments later my brothers and sisters began trailing into the kitchen, oblivious to my state of disheartenment. I wish I could find a cognizant dream character, just one, to go through these experiences with me...I sighed, and raised my head. Before me was the orange radio, and randomly I switched it on. A new song was playing, a livelier song. It really raised my spirits, and forgetting everything, I danced.

I lost lucidity later as my siblings and I engaged in a dance-off.

Honorable Mention
I'm running in the night through my front yard, screaming 'I'm dreaming!'. No point in reality checking though, I already know this isn't a dream. If it were, I would recognize that dream feeling immediately, wouldn't I? This feels so real...no way it's a dream. I run around hopping up in the air, pretending to fly.

Kissing is Gross
I am Maxwell Sheffield from "The Nanny", sitting on the floor with my legs spread out. Fran Fine is sitting in front of me. All of the sudden she leans inward, and we kiss. I don't find it enjoyable, and when she finally pulls away her saliva is running down my lips. I start to gag and wipe my mouth, but I don't think she notices.

Dolphins
Me and a group of people I don't recognize are standing on a pier. We're either in a camp or doing volunteer work. We're all males, wearing thin shirts along with swimming trunks. There are dolphins surrounding us on all three sides of the pier, and we're feeding them food out of small bags. One of the guys jumps playfully into the water and swims around a bit. Shortly after the dolphins start following him...he freaks out, and he tries to rush back to us. He nearly makes it, but the dolphins manage to drag him under the surface. He reemerges as one of them.

I'm lucid now, and I take off my t-shirt. I slide into the water where a dolphin seems to be waiting for me. I grab hold of it's dorsal fin, and we swim among the others until the dream ends.

Another Task Failure
I'm at my grandparents house, in the room that used to be my aunt's when she was a little girl. I'm standing in front of a bed. My thirteen year old brother is lying in it with his baby.

What? I press one of my fingers against my nostrils and confirm the suspicion that I am dreaming. I turn around, and in my immediate view is a large mirror. I remember the task, but something smells really good...I venture into the kitchen then and find my sister and mother sitting at the table. They're watching tv, and I see they've already made me a plate: Sausage, bacon, and biscuits. I grab a strip of bacon, and bite into it. Wow. I can't stop myself after that, and take some of everything- I don't know why, but dream food is so much better than in waking life!

All of the sudden my mother starts to giggle. She's staring at me, and so is my sister. I look down and blush: I'm wearing nothing but very small white briefs. My sister starts to tease me then, and I wonder if perhaps I'm not dreaming...I plug my nose once more and the results are the same - I can still breathe. I do it multiple times after that, making the excuse that maybe I'm not covering my nose all the way. I glance at my hands, and see that a few of them are extremely small. But maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me? I'm not wearing my glasses, after all. I turn away. I'm not sure if I'm lucid or not, but if I am, I would definitely lose it around these dream characters. I run to the back of the house, hopping/flying the whole way. I remember someone on Mortal Mist telling me that I should try to go directly upwards when flying, or something like that. I try it, but to no avail: I'm still only able to momentarily hover in the air.

I eventually reach the back room, to a bit of a shock. Where's the mirror? I sigh, and look around for a substitute. That's when I notice a paper shredder pushed up against the wall. I walk towards it and hesitantly place my fingers on the teeth, with the backs of my hands against each other. I pull in two different directions, and just like I wanted a small mirror is in between them! As I pull the two sets of teeth further and further apart, the mirror gets larger. Soon it's taking up most of the wall. I rub my hands together and place them upon the mirror. I push, and to my surprise nothing happens. I push harder, wondering why this isn't working. This worked the last dream, why isn't this-

Before I know it the mirror has cracked beneath my hands, and thin lines of blood are streaking across my palms. I instantly jump back, and cradle them in my shirt. I grit my teeth - another failure.

If having multiple lucids per night means remembering them with such little detail, I'd rather just have one ;_;

Honorable Mention
I'm blogging on Mortal Mist about the first lucid experiences of my cat and myself - we first reached lucidity after playing a lucid dream based video game. I reminisce on how my cat later drowned in a nearby lake, and how I suspect that it was no mere accident, but foul play. I stop typing: To be honest, I'm not quite sure I ever had a cat...

You went to Hogwarts? Luckyyyyyy.

Originally Posted by ebullere

You went to Hogwarts? Luckyyyyyy.

Well, only around it

If I could actually get inside, now that would be awesome

Why aren't you at MM anymore? Still the thing with the virus?

Originally Posted by Walms

Why aren't you at MM anymore? Still the thing with the virus?

I'm there...sometimes...

I haven't been lucid lately, so I don't really feel like it when I get a chance(weekends) :/ Plus, most everyone there is somewhat experienced in lucid dreaming, so there isn't much I can contribute. Also, I'm trying to rank in the top five of my grade this school year, so it always seems like there's something I need to be studying.

The only thing that's changed because of the virus is the chat room. I probably won't be coming back there

I'll try to start going on more frequently...

Testing Out Abilities
I'm walking in the lower class area of some city with my family, and I recognize my surroundings as a scene from the dream I just woke up from. It takes a little while for it to completely sink in, but I soon realize that I'm dreaming.

I run ahead of my family and stroll through the streets for a little while, wondering what I should do. Eventually I reach a dead end, where I notice two guys and a very pretty girl I know from school hanging around a bench that's been pushed up against a wall. The girl automatically catches my attention. I slide onto the bench in front of her, and try to use mind control to persuade her to kiss me. As soon as I start issuing commands in my head, she seems to become lifeless. A puppet. With blank eyes, her hand shoots out beside me and clutches my shoulder, like what might be done in a horror film. I gasp, but sit tight: I remember miss_maya telling me something, something about focus. If I could just direct it adamantly...I decide not to run. I sat, and repeated it in my head: Kiss me, kiss me-

She lurches her other arm forward.

Kiss me...she looks me in the eyes. Then, with a fluid and unexpected movement, she leans in and presses her lips to mine. The tension between us has been completely torn away, and soon our kissing becomes so intense we're both gasping for air. She kneels in my lap and locks her fingers around the back of my neck. I raise one of my arms and cradle her head in my hand, with the other I press against her back and push our bodies closer. Then I open my eyes for a split second, and stop.

I see a set of shadows being cast around the corner of the building that I'm behind, and immediately recognize that they belong to my parents. I freak out, as I don't want them to see me like this. I look around frantically and find that this is no longer a dead end: where a concrete wall used to be is my sister's bedroom. I grab the girl's arms and throw her inside.

...

'Oh my gosh!' A wave of guilt passes through me as I see her body sprawled across the floor. I run to her, and fairly positive that she's still conscious I place her comfortably on the bed. I decide to leave her there, and I glance past my shoulder to see if my family is still approaching. Strangely the wall has once again appeared, and as I turn around I see that the girl is no longer there. I am alone in this enclosed room. I stand around for a few minutes, not really sure what I should do. I then direct my attention at one of the few things around me: one of the four walls. With the spark of an idea in my mind I walk towards it, and place my hands upon it's surface. I apply a little pressure, with no results. I sigh - how could I go through a wall? A shift in focus? Perhaps...perhaps it was not key to put emphasis on going through the wall, but to simply reach whatever was beyond the wall-

'Collin!'

I turned violently, and clutched my chest in relief when I saw that it was only my baby brother. I smiled and went to him, crouching down to meet him at eye level. 'What are you doing here Manny?' He beamed up at me. 'I wanna play hide and seek!' I rolled my eyes and laughed. 'Ok. I'll hide.' I decided then that I wanted to do something. As he began to count aloud, I remained in my crouched position and tried to make myself invisible. I closed my eyes, and shortly after I had reached unexpected success. I could feel it, and through some kind of subconsciously created omniscient view, I could see it though my eyes were shut. Through this viewing mode I saw my little brother coming closer, and I tried to run. I then realized that I was not in my body...rather, I was a consciousness - in a spirit form of sorts. I had unintentionally separated my mind from my dream body when I attempted invisibility. As my spirit self flew through everything in it's path to avoid my brother, I/It saw everything: specifically that my dream body remained unmoved. Despite my unperceivable state my brother tagged me then, and I was sucked back into it.

I could move again. I decided not to question what I just experienced and I looked at my brother, picking him up. 'Do you wanna see something cool?' I put him on my hip and ran towards the wall. I thought only of going past it, of entering into the room next door. And with a slight sucking noise, I had done it. This was a jubilant moment, and I ran through every wall in the house until I somehow ended up downstairs. About twenty feet away was the kitchen. I inhaled, and focused on teleporting there. All I succeeded in was a moment of silence. My brother became rowdy and I put him down, wondering what I did wrong. I knew I could probably do it if I closed my eyes, but that seemed so amateur, so unprofessional. Oh well. I could see then, that my next goal was adamant teleportation.

Oh, cool lucid!
And too bad you can't go to MM chat, ah well, I shall return to DV chat in order to find you!

Don't see myself going there either >_>

Honorable Mention
I'm chatting with my friends in the cafeteria before school starts, and all of the sudden a leopard jumps onto a table I'm sitting near. As my friends laugh, I slowly back away with a nervous giggle. Noone really thinks it will do any damage. Suddenly the leopard is a bird-like dinosaur, and it begins to approach me. My band teacher Mrs. Rhoden comes in soon enough, and raises a double barrel shotgun to her eyes. After a bit of hesitation, she shoots and kills it. The morning bell rings and everyone walks to their lockers. I jokingly remind my friends to reality check, as the events we just witnessed were far to strange to have happened in waking life! We simultaneously pinch our noses. I must be doing something wrong though, because it's almost as if I can still breathe through mine.

Why not even chat... ah well, happy birthday higu! And I shall send you one or two lucids as gifts! If they are lucid nightmares, blame me <.<

Originally Posted by Walms

Why not even chat... ah well, happy birthday higu! And I shall send you one or two lucids as gifts! If they are lucid nightmares, blame me <.<

I'm a little late, but thanks Walms! Though I never got your gift

The first semester of school is nearly over, so things should be calming down a bit. Hopefully I'll be able to get back to MM starting with Christmas Break~

Sleep Paralysis Hallucinations
I begin to get up to use the bathroom when I discover that I have entered the beginning stages of sleep paralysis. As it was completely unexpected, this frightens me. I had experienced it so many times, though I was still afraid. I felt I could not be blamed: who knew what strange hallucinations the WILD would bring? It was then I got the strangest of them all.

In an instant, my room was filled with angels. They were all female. They possessed flowing blonde hair, and large wings that were attached to their backs and covered their naked bodies. They flew effortlessly around me, and sweetly cooed. 'Are you ready, darling, to enter the land of dreams?' I struggled still to induce movement, and answered momentarily. Knowing that my mind was all I had in sleep paralysis, I instinctively channeled my voice through my thoughts. 'Please, not right now.' My dull but present fear of the immediate future was greater than my sense of awe, and so I did not hesitate to address them.

They let out a collective sigh. Swirling in the air, they were as artistic and sublime as if they had been directly lifted from a painting. 'But it's alright! We promise, it's alright...' It was not that I did not trust them - or perhaps it was. How could I be sure their words were true? They were hallucinations. Whether they chose to willingly or not, I could not know that once I rested my heavy head, they would transform into more demonic illusions.

Despite my wish for lucidity, I remained steadfast: 'No.' They continued to float above me, turning their bodies and hovering from space to space, never keeping still . I wondered if they would ever stop moving. I wondered if they could...'It's alright,' they repeated, 'It's alright.' I began to worry I would never be released from this state of mine. 'I don't want to,' I protested softly. 'I'm afraid...' I heard whispers, and thought that maybe they were murmuring amongst themselves. Suddenly, the weight of my body seemed to become lighter.

'Very well.'

They all gathered to the center of the room, and joining by touch, they rotated. They spun slowly, they spun until they disappeared.

I raised my head.

Looking through the Looking Glass
I'm in my bathroom, knowing that I'm dreaming. I feel very lucky for being exactly where I want to be, and don't waste any time climbing onto the sink: I've got to finish that lucid task. I raise my head and look at the mirror for the first time. I pause. Before me is an image, a landscape...this is definitely not a reflection. I look back and forth from the mirror to the contents of the bathroom, trying to confirm that the two scenes I'm viewing are not in likeness with each other. I relax my body and cock my head. Then it comes to me. I visualized this place once, while reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland- This was the garden of The Queen of Hearts.

I press my hands to the mirror with anticipation. Tentatively at first, but then with assured force. I'm actually surprised this time to see that nothing happens. Disappointment contorts my face, and I push harder. Why couldn't I do this, at least once? I'm so angry now- I thrust my body to the mirror, screaming, and beat the glass. I feel close to tears. Why couldn't I do this...at least once.

The garden is beautiful.

Dissatisfying Lucid Abilities
I'm in the trunk of my parents car, with the knowledge that I am not supposed to be there. My father is driving, and my younger sister and brother are in the backseat. The three of them are speaking amicably, and I resolve to stay hidden. Suddenly my brother turns slightly. He reaches in the backseat and I twist about as well as I can, trying to avoid his touch. Just in case he decides to look back, I turn invisible. It takes little effort on my part: All I have to do is visualize the disappearance of my body with my mind's eye. All I have to do is tap into that subconsciously created omniscient view...

My intuition was correct- my brother peers over the back of his seat. He extends his arm into the trunk yet again, and though I'm sure he is unaware of my presence, it seems like he is feeling around for something he knows is back there. It's clear to me that whether he can see me or not, he can still touch me: I regain visibility, and through the same technique I used a short while ago I morph into a small brown puppy. Soon enough his hand rests upon me. He coos when he sees me, and puts me in his lap.

As we rode on, I began to think. I was...unhappy. I had just exhibited great lucid control, not once, but twice, and I was not pleased. I knew why- It was the way I had achieved it. Through my mind's eye, it was like I was imagining all this. It came with a realization that the dream body was indeed not my body, simply another changeable illusion. It felt so much less real.

Where was the enjoyment in that?

Task Failures and Spells Galore
I run up the stairs of the apartment of Dan Li, an asian girl who goes to my school. I rarely know her, but that doesn't matter. I need her help. I burst through her door and find myself standing face to face with the girl I am so sure can save everything. Other than us, the room is empty. 'Dan Li! There's a man in the school...and he's got Rebecca!' Shock runs through her face, and without a second to lose we turn and run. A scene change occurs, and I am in the kitchen area of my school cafeteria.

Perhaps the scene change is what makes me lucid. Dan Li, myself, and a group of other students are searching through the kitchen with mops for weapons. I'm not too frightened at first, and I try to tell myself that the villain will be behind a stove so that I can get this confrontation over with. Though when I get there of course, it isn't so. Suddenly an undercurrent of ominous music begins to play. I'm not stupid, and so I run out of the kitchen as fast as I can. When I throw open the kitchen doors, I see that it is elevated quite a ways off of the ground. I am not afraid, as I know there is no gravity here. I jump, and slowly float to the ground. When I land, the school bathrooms are in my immediate view. Remembering the task, I enter one of them. I push on the first mirror I see, and unfortunately I do not go through. Oh well- I'm not going to waste my time trying.

I walk outside, and wonder what I should do. I nonchalantly look around the parking lot, and unexpectedly my mother is here in her car. Deciding to use the mirror at my house, I run to her. 'Could you take me home?' I ask. She nods, and I get in the car.

We ride for a while, and the quiet is very relaxing. Eventually we cross an abandoned amusement park, and for some reason I begin to think of the spells in the Harry Potter Universe. Hesitantly then, I choose to experiment. I wrap one arm around the frame around the window. 'Wingardium Leviosa!'

In an instant, we rise above the ground. My mother screams, but I am filled with joy! I have never flown, but something this close is simply exhilarating. I find that I am able to control it with my mind, and after a few short minutes in the air, I land us safely on the ground and get out. This experience has left me wanting very badly to fly. I remember what Caradon said, about using telekinesis on my body. The Levitation Charm was simply a way of channeling telekinesis, wasn't it? I repeated the magical phrase, and began to lift in the air...

'Ow!' Something small and fiery hits me in the back, and I fall to the ground. I jump to my feet, and to my amazement the park is inhabited by several children with wands! I’m delighted to see people with whom I can try some spells on, and though I have no wand I run to join them. Immediately a boy jumps in front of me, and with a malicious look he raises his wand. I don’t hesitate, and point my palm towards him: ‘Accio!’ His wand leaps from his hand to mine, and before I can utter another spell he runs away. I look around then and see a boy, keeping to himself. I run up to him. ‘Expelliarmus!’ A white bulb flies from my wand and hits him right in the chest. The boy is thrown backwards, and suddenly I hear someone scream.

There are two more boys a few meters beside me. One is unarmed. The other is encircled in flames, and from those flames he raises a fireball. Pitying the boy who has no weapon, I take it upon myself to protect him. 'Expecto Patronum!' At first nothing happens, and I frantically worry that I have failed. I try to reach him in time, to save him, but I'm too late. The fireball zooms towards the boy, but when it comes within a few feet of him, a transparent, spherical shield becomes slightly visible. The flames die down instantly after coming into contact with it, and I let loose a sigh of relief. The boy I saved gives a quick and grateful look in my direction before running off. The other turns his attention to me.

He grimaces, and flicks his wrist. The flames around him rise into the air, and he swirls his arms in a corresponding motion as they circle above his head, ultimately shooting towards me. I think quickly. ‘Aguamenti!’ A jet of water bursts forth from my wand, and collides directly with the fire. As planned, the fire is doused. I grin, and cast the spell again- this time my enemy is stricken, and is blasted through the air until I can no longer see him. This victory makes me giddy, and I laugh. Shortly after, my mother honks her horn. Reminded once again of the lucid task of the month, I run to the car and we drive away.

Eventually we arrive home. I recognize this as not being my waking life house, but accept it as “home” just as well. As I enter, the first thing I see is a welcome mat. Randomly I use the levitation spell on it, before remembering to go find a mirror. I locate the bathroom then, and I hurriedly put my hands on the mirror. Strangely I can see through it…I pay this oddity no mind, and continue to push. I’m pushing, pushing, when all of the sudden-

‘Oh!’ I’m on my hands and knees, having pressed the mirror so hard that the entire wall has given way. I dust myself off, and get back to my feet.

‘What…have…you…done?!’

My mother stands before me with her hands on her hips. She looks quite mad.

Showing Off
I'm in school, showing off my lucid abilities and causing general chaos amongst the students.

First Lesson
I'm teaching my baby brother Emmanuel how to use various spells from the Harry Potter Universe.