“The Horrors that go through your mind..” By Cadence A. Davis

A Story by Caden

This is a story I made that was about a nightmare I had last month, or "Sensory Dream" as I like to call it.

I had a dream that I was walking through some white abyss with grass that was the shade of red I despised most. There was a faint ticking sound of a clock and lights buzzing despite there being no clocks nor lights in the room it was still bright- too bright. The grass felt like the texture of a book page when your nail brushes over it, as I walked I saw a table with an Aquafina water bottle on it. I walked over to the water, as I walked the air tasted bitter like the aftertaste of coffee. As I walked my hands were visibly shaking. It was trouble responding appropriately to the situation when everything about it, even the simple thought, existence of it was just so repulsing.

. I then stopped walking and reached my hand out, when I was about to touch the water bottle’s cap I looked at my arm and there were dots all over it. They looked like freckles kind of but they were under my skin and moving.. I looked at my other and it was the same thing there too. I realized they were millions of baby beetles that had clawed their way under my skin making tiny holes in my skin crawling all around in. It felt like millions of spiders crawling all over my arms. As I stood there looking at my arms, the beetles dug deeper, I started scratching my arms ferociously and vigorously trying to get them out. My arms bled and it was very painful, but I continued.

Scratching and scratching, the sound of my nails carving my skin was like nails on a chalkboard, I swayed side to side a bit because of off balance coordination. Eyes quickly appeared in the background surrounding me as I continued scratching, it felt as if a whole crowd was watching. My breath hitched in my throat as the sound of the clock ticking and the lights buzzing got louder and louder along with the nails on the chalkboard sound. It was too loud, too bright, I could also feel the tag on the back of my shirt touching my neck. It felt very itchy and obnoxious.

My arms bled so much as I kept scratching and scratching, everything was too much. At this point I was shaking and shivering so violently, I was too caught up in the moment to realize I was still walking. My ears started ringing as I fell off the grass realizing I walked over the edge of a cliff. I fell through the sky and suddenly rain poured down on me. I was screaming but heard nothing other than my ears ringing so much. I fell and hit the concrete.. I woke up my eyes wide, my hands trembling slightly, and my breathing ever so quietly. “ It was just a dream..” I whispered out loud and I hit my arm with my right hand to make sure I was still awake. "it was just a dream.."

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The End.