• I lay in the top bunk of my bunk bed. My window is wide open and my fan is spinning full speed. Circling, circling, and circling. The darkness creeps into my room casting eerie shadows. I close my eyes and drift into the state of sleep.
    A misty cloud covers the ground, and as I walk I sense I am walking on water. I want to look down but I don’t. I see a candle flickering in a clearing that just seemed to appear. I start to run towards it but as I run it seems to get farther away. Then despite the knowledge I have I have of looking down, I look down.
    I realize it wasn’t water underneath me, but snakes. I gasp and scream and try to run, but they seem to pull me down. I close my eyes and wait for the worst. When I open my eyes I am hot and sticky. I’m lying in bed looking at the ceiling fan. I look over at my dresser, and there in the middle of everything is a flickering blueberry scone candle. Flickering in the darkness.