Guneet

Travel

Traveling, I loved every bit of it, experiencing all the nooks and crannies of different locations it always gave me this feeling of exhilaration. But you see my traveling was different from the norm. Since I was thirteen I had this unique ability to leave to places in my sleep, instead of dreams my soul somehow transported into an abyss of darkness. I knew the whole process and was no longer scared of this forever expanse of darkness, I knew all I had to do was think, think of a place I wanted to be. Conjure up the location and imagine every detail I could create. There, there I was in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Egypt, London, Switzerland anything you could think of and I was there. The moment I realized these weren’t dreams was when I decided to take something from one of the places and as I woke up the object was still there. I questioned everything from that point on but never got anywhere. Today was another day, I was eighteen now and still got excited about my nights, thinking in class where I should go, what I should see. It was ten when I finally dozed off, it happened fast I was standing in the darkness. This time was different there was no control, it felt as if I was spiraling and getting sucked into a black hole different from other times when I felt tingly sensations.

I was in another world, a whole other universe. I slowly blinked my eyes, adjusting them to these bright lights in the sky. I got up or mostly stumbled, it felt weird my body felt light almost as if I could float and fly away. I’m not exactly sure how I got here I just knew I wasn’t on earth. I stared across, everything was fluorescent, the grass glowed green, the flowers a different array of colors and the sky, the bright lights were stars. How big they were almost as if I could reach out and touch them. I took a step and nearly glided off the ground. It looked like I was in a forest, and although I was excited about this new place it made me nervous and on edge especially when I heard a movement in the bushes. I ran and stumbled, fell a couple of times as well but didn’t care I needed to get out of this place and fast. The exits through these destinations were natural, sometimes I would have to pinch myself or go into deep concentration to go back to my bed. I tried and tried but nothing happened, I was stuck. I didn’t even realize where I had reached until I saw a city. It was grand, there were little domes situated everywhere, these clear tubes floating in the sky and in the middle of It all was a palace. I was brought out of my daze when I heard that noise again. I looked behind and noticed something green standing, staring.