Dream Video: The Sequel

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   Camp Half Blood, the place where all my nightmares began.

   I walked down the hill, taking in the view of my old home. I saw the strawberry fields from a distance. The camp looked empty and the cabins seemed like they had been renovated.

   Oh did I mention that I was a ghost? Well, I was.

   Not exactly a ghost, per se...but close. I noticed it when I saw two campers running in my direction with their weapons drawn. I readied myself but was surprised when they just ran through me...like I didn't even exist.

   Talk about being ignored.

   I then spent the next ten minutes trying to pick up things and laughing myself silly when I passed through people. I was interrupted by the sound of shields clanging. I followed the noise to the camp arena. The place was packed with campers.

   I saw a blonde dude standing on a makeshift stage while addressing the rest of the campers. His audience was around a hundred demigods in battle armour. I couldn't make out what the guy was saying. I caught a few words but they didn't really make much sense. 

   All I heard was 'undead', 'help', 'chocolate' and 'milking'

   I'm not so sure about the last one but whatever it was made the campers nervous. Before I could hear anything more, a bright red light filled my eyes. I covered my eyes but it didn't reduce the intensity of the rays in the slightest. I fell to my knees and rubbed my eyes furiously, letting a small scream when I felt an severe burning sensation.

   After a while, the pain subsided and I opened my eyes. What I saw, I couldn't believe. The whole world was a bright shade of yellow and red. Flames erupted from the ground at various places. Explosions occurred at random spots from beams of energy that seemed to originate out of nothingness.

   I saw demons and angels...and not in good way. They fought...and not against each other. The infernal demons fought alongside the winged angels against creatures that were completely made of darkness and radiated malice. 

   Words cannot describe what I saw. The things that I witnessed made my head ache and a loud ringing filled my ear. It got louder and louder until I couldn't bear it anymore. I covered my ears and yelled out at the top of my voice but the ringing only got louder.

   Still on my knees, I fell forward and writhed on the ground, trying to get the ringing to stop and the flashes of images to go away. All of a sudden, everything became an eerie quiet. My eyes became heavier and I saw a shadow of a person fall over me. 

   "Oh come one. Can't have you dying in a dream now can we?" said a voice that seemed to come from above me. I felt a hand on my chest and all of a sudden, I got the sensation of a million volts of electricity passing through me.. I took a sharp breath and sprang  upright in a fighting position.

   The experience was similar to drinking ten cups of coffee.[[{ Coffee doesnt affect me in the slightest for some reason. But I've been told that it feels like an energy boost 🤷‍♂️}]] Instinctively, I grabbed the hand on my chest and twisted. I blindly kicked my leg in a low sweeping motion and felt it hit something. My guess was confirmed when I heard a thud of a body hit the floor.

   I opened my eyes and saw the whole world in a standstill, literally. It looked as though someone had pressed pause on a tape. Fire didn't burn, objects didn't fall and dust didn't move. The only thing moving, besides me, was the really old dude in the floor. He gave of a grunt and I realised that I was still holding him in a hand lock.

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