The Dream Catcher

The Dream Catcher (2)

Nagising akong tumatagaktak ang pawis at hinihingal. I hugged my knees while a bit shaking. Nightmare again and I dreamt about that dreadful day pero anong connection ng anino na 'yon sa nakaraan ko? In my last dream I saw how Yesha became a shadow and this time got chased by one. I heaved a sigh, my phone vibrated pagkuha ko nito medyo nagulat ako ng makita ang oras. 11:11 pm. Ngayon ko lang na realize, ganitong oras din ako nagising kagabi at kanina after having a nightmare. I guess it's just a coincidence.

I drank a lot of coffee making sure this time I wont fall asleep. I still have long hours to go but it's better than sleeping and fearing what the nightmare awaits me at baka di na rin ako magising.

I made myself busy finishing Adventure Time until season 7 and also cooked spaghetti to munch. Kapag busog kasi ako I never get that sleepy. Sa dami kong ginawa hindi ko namalayan na 5 am na pala. Yes! I did it, I need to go to work before 7 am tho so I made sure to take a half bath and got ready.

Nakatitig ako sa reflection ko sa salamin, damn those dark circles, mukha akong patay. I covered it with make up para hindi mahalata ng mga tao kahit medyo red 'yong mata ko, paano ba naman hindi talaga ako natulog. I'm gonna have to do something about it later.

I arrived at the office really early, nagtaka pa ang security guard, most of the time kasi dumarating ako almost call time na. I'm working at the biggest publishing company pero naka assign ako sa pag p-proof read ng mga novel stories. I do enjoyed it pero nakaka pagod like super, ikaw ba naman need mo basahin yong story WORD by WORD to make sure walang errors. Tho we were divided into five member team para din ma divide 'yong i-p-proofread na chapters, nakaka pagod pa rin. Kaya problema tong hindi ko pagtulog ngayon, ang sakit sa mata.

"Paige I already sent you the new story, work it with your team as soon as possible." bilin ng head namin bago siya bumalik sa office niya. I exhaled sharply, inaantok ako but I need to start this at least maka half man lang.

"The Dream Catcher by Nathan Lloyd." I read out loud. Again, I don't really believe this s**t, rather than saying it'll help you with your bad dreams, I say it only helps making your room look pretty and kinda magical...in a way.

I already talked to my team and were able to divide the workload. It only consits of 30 chapters, we divided it into 6 chapters each. Mine would be 1-6. Buti nalang di gaanong mahaba, most of the time kasi 50 chapters or more 'yong mga stories na i-p-proofread namin tapos 'yong quota 3 days lang so dapat tapos na agad at ready to publish na. Competitive masyado company namin e.

I started reading chapter 1 and it talks about a woman who kept having nightmares.

"Everytime I wake up it was as if I was in a different dimension, like the dream happened for real but not in this world. At first I didn't let it get into me thinking it would occur once or twice but it happened everytime I fall asleep"

It was kinda weird kasi I was also experiencing it pero lahat naman ng tao hindi always good dreams lang right? may bad rin talaga so it's safe to say na wala 'tong connection sa anumang pinagdaraanan ko ngayon. Wala naman siguro no?

We took a break para mag lunch and my team got really invested in the story I mean ako din naman, nasa chapter 4 na nga ako e and since ako lang yong naka basa ng simula they made me tell the story kung anong mayroon and then I started storytelling but then instead na tapusin pinatigil nila ako, gusto nila sila nalang daw magbabasa, mga engot talaga. Nag effort pa ako.

After lunchbreak we went back doing our stuffs and I'm on chapter 6. The story is really getting interesting so I'm planning na after nito babasahin ko ng buo. Sa bilis ng takbo ng oras hindi namin namalayang 7 pm na pala. Actually we were all done with our parts pero we were just finishing the story. I'm on chapter 15 and I'm already getting goosebumps. When I said maybe whatever I'm experiencing right now doesn't have connections with the story? I'm taking it back. When the main started talking about the "shadow"? it brought shivers to my spine.

I got home late, and I'm really exhausted. I just wanna sleep but the fear kept creeping into me. What if kapag natulog ako magkaka nightmare ulit ako. Iniisip ko pa lang nakakatakot na. Humilata lang ako sa kama habang nag iisip but I shouldn't have done that dahil bumibigat na ang mga mata ko hanggang sa hindi ko na kinaya and I drifted to sleep...

"Paige! Paige!" nakarinig ako ng mahinang boses na tinatawag ang pangalan ko, I slowly opened my eyes and stopped for a second to process where I am. I'm at my room, old room to be exact. Bahay namin to dati pero anong ginagawa ko rito? Dahan-dahan akong tumayo at nilibot ang paningin

"Please Yesh, can we go the beach?" Napalingon ako sa pinto nang marinig ko iyon, this can't be. I opened the door saka bumaba and there I saw my bestfriend and me? This was 3 years ago before the incident happened. I hid myself while watching them. Yesha crossed her arms while the past me was still convincing her on going to the beach

"Sige na nga! Pasalamat ka talaga malakas ka sa'kin" she said while smiling sweetly. I saw how both of them were excited as they left.

Napaupo nalang ako sa hagdan, if only hindi ako nagpumilit she could still be alive right now, with me. I wiped my tears when I heard a loud bang upstairs, bigla akong kinabahan. I stood slowly and silently went upstairs to check and how I wish I didn't do that. The shadow was peeking at my parent's room and it looks like it's smiling. Suddenly I'm having trouble breathing and when I tried screaming there was no voice. f**k! I tried to run but I can't f*****g move. "Mom! Dad! Help!" sigaw ko kahit walang boses na lumabas at patuloy pa rin sa pag iyak. The shadow was slowly crawling on the wall, takot na takot ako pero wala akong magawa and when it was about to reach me. I heard a loud ring, too loud it made the shadow flinch and I was able to move, I ran and followed the noise, hindi ko alam kung saan ako papunta pero unti-unting nagiging puti ang paligid ko as if I went inside a light and the next thing I knew I woke up gasping for air and clenching my chest..