Linked: A Connection Between two Realities (Added Chapters) 6/29

Chapter II: I entered my dream differently this time. I was exactly where I left off earlier today, I had just crossed the bridge into town, and it was still raining too. There were even more pieces of the world missing. I began to fear what would happen next. My worst fear would be falling into an abyss. Guess what happened. You guessed it! I began to fall. The roads were about an inch thick. Usually I could dig on the beach or climb down a sewer, but not this time. I felt weightless. Somewhat like swimming, yet without the water. So, I began to “swim” upwards. It worked. I got back to the surface and the gravity reset. The music of the town was still playing. My world is based off of music, since I am a huge music freak in the other world, the “real world” Throughout the streaming white lights that connect the world, read “Now Playing” like an ESPN Zone board showing the scores of every game that day. So, my linked world is connected to my real world, which is playing my iPod in my ear. So, I began to walk through the outer districts. Searching for a person or a sign. Not a soul was found. Usually I need people in my world, to keep a sense of reality in my dreams. It’s not as packed as a concentration camp, but I have people to discuss my ideals and opinions with. But this was just freaking me out. The streets were empty, there were constant power surges, and the information stream was glitching. The main power was in the next district, the inner district. Picture my world like an archery target. There were six, with the tower in the center. The “bull’s-eye” if you will. The areas are closed by barriers. I don’t really plan on starting a civil war in my own head. So in order to cross, you need to take a subway. But, that wasn’t really an option, since the blackouts. So I began walking towards the original entryways, the sewage systems. Apparently, when the gravity reset, so did parts of the world. But I discovered something a few nights ago. If I wake up climbing or going down something, I re-enter the same way and began to climb down. A few seconds later, I woke up.

Chapter III: I awoke in a pissed off state. Not because of my loud alarm on my phone going off. Or because it was Thursday and another day of school, well maybe that was a reason. But the main reason, was because when I go back to sleep, I will either have to start all over, or fall into a sewer. Both of which are not any intentions on my “to do list.” Sadly, you can’t control your dreams, so as I always did, I got in the shower, got ready, and headed out for school. 6:57 am. I began walking to my bus stop, then the skip happened again. I was leaving my house, and the next second, I was down the street at the bus stop, having a conversation with my friend Zoey. Why was my life on skip? It felt as if someone had pressed the skip forward button on a Dish Network remote to skip all of the commercials. The part that pissed me off the most? Was me missing my favorite song. A few moments later, the bus pulled up, and we were off to school.

Our classes are divided into blocks. On Mondays and Wednesdays we have our 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th periods. On Tuesdays and Thursdays we have 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th periods. I absolutely despise B days. (Tuesdays and Thursdays) I have Honors English, which to me is a complete joke, because my teacher sucks, she is of no help, but here I am writing the story that will hopefully fill her classroom one day. Joke’s on her. But anyway, I walk through the school doors after we arrive. I always walk in, see Elise, kiss her and we start walking. We go upstairs and drop my bag off, then leave and continue walking around. “Ring, Ring” The bell rings. We head to class, which is probably the worst part of my day. My English teacher, is also a Psychology teacher, so she tends to combine her thoughts with her other subjects. This is also the class I tend to fall asleep in since I find doing classwork extremely irrelevant to what I want to accomplish in life. But I digress, I fell asleep. Completely forgetting about the fact that I am about to fall 100 feet into a sewer. Great, just what I need to start off my morning, falling.

Chapter IV: Remember those skips? Well, luckily I entered my dream in a skip. Sadly it didn’t skip over the painful part. I was surprised to see that the lights were still working down here. When I first came to this world, I mapped out the sewage systems. Arrows pointed to every way possible. Picture an airport, saying where each gate was. Only add a “This way Stupid” to every sign. I looked at the signs, I finally found the one that read “Inner District” and began walking in that direction. Sadly we can’t have iPods in class, so the trip felt extremely longer than normal. The air was thick and dry. The lights were still flashing throughout the area. I needed to move faster. I’d rather be blinded by light than be stuck in a pitch black sewer.