Skip and die

Today was a return back to the nightmares. I dreamt there was a monster roaming the house who looked like Skip from Angel. He did take breaks occasionally to rest up before the next hunt. Todd from school tried to stop him by drawing him out with a mixture of milk and baked goods, all sloshed together in a bowl, but to be honest, Todd was just as scared as everyone else (there were 6 of us altogether). This monster was hidden in the closet and once I was stuck inside there, while it went on a hunt for food. I was grateful to not be the only one in the closet, while I crouched among the dried goods. But not so grateful afterwards because I did hear it eat someone; someone I am not friends with, but that does not mean anything. I woke up, confused and my body's aches told me I'd been too long in this sleeping position. So I sleepily rearranged myself and then promptly fell back into another nightmare.

The dream sizzled and changed and and a new monster came to the forefront. More subtle. I heard a knock on the front door and told Leah not to open it. She shrugged and told me it was her friend, Red Sonja, who I remember in the dream, was beautiful with long dark hair and an insolent face. I ducked back into the bedroom, not wanting to see the ensuing carnage. I heard the door slamming minutes after it had been opened and a great commotion in the kitchen. I peeked out to see the monster had not come in because Leah had managed to slam the door shut in time, but it had broken through the windows and wrapped its arms around her. To be seen was to be staked out by the monster, and so I crouched down by the cabinets, tossed a glass cup to Leah, and told her to break it in half and slice Red Sonja's arms. Leah told me impatiently that she understood. Leah is not this strong in waking life. The monster was hideous, an ugly mimic of the human form. Its hair was still dark, and its face was still insolent, but now also hideous and wicked, its arms a sickly yellow (as of milk curd) as it wrapped its long, clawed fingers around Leah.

The alarm rang and I was out of bed in a flash.