Strange Happenings
Midnight. They always came at midnight. The chimes from the old grandfather clock in the den jolted Daniel out of his restless dreams. It wasn't the chimes that woke him so much as the knowledge that They were coming. It was the same horrifying ritual, every single night.
The room was illuminated by an eerie pale green glow. Three figures in haz-mat suits stood around his bed. One of them held a large briefcase, another held a gun, and the third--the apparent leader, from the way he acted--was making entries into a large handheld computer. Daniel tried to escape, to run, to even move, but some unseen force held him in place, as immobile as the bed itself. The leader looked up from his computer and signaled to the one holding the briefcase, who set the case down and began to open it. Daniel strained to see its contents, but couldn't from his position. If only he could move...
The leader reached forward, grabbed the bedcovers and--
The shrill blast of Daniel's alarm clock filled the room. He'd had that dream again, the same one he'd been having every night for nearly a month. Except that it didn't feel like a normal dream. It felt more like a memory, but one that had been partially forgotten. Anyway, Dan had more important things to worry about, so he pushed whatever it was aside for the moment. Today was the last day of school, finally. All he had to do was survive his last few final exams, and he'd be home free. He wasn't about to let a creepy dream get him down.
***
Dr. DiCaoz glanced over his biology classroom. "Is anybody still working on the final?" he asked tiredly. He paused for a moment, then said, "If everybody is finished, you may talk quietly amongst yourselves for the remainder of the period." As the class erupted in chatter, he went back to nursing his hangover.
Daniel loved his biology class. It wasn't just that he was good at it, or that it was the last class of the day. By some bit of luck or fate, he happened to be in the same class as his four closest friends, Gassan, David, Pammy, and Jake. Gassan, David, and Pammy had become absurdly popular since coming to high school. Gassan was Lebanese and therefore "exotic," David was a star swimmer, and Pammy was a cheerleader. In retrospect, popularity was an inevitability. To the other popular kids, Jake an avid follower of the Furry subculture (he called it a craze, but nobody else did) and Daniel, the introspective writer, were social liabilities. Still, Gassan, David, and Pam never let their newfound "friends" keep them away from Jake and Dan. Privately, Daniel was grateful that he had managed to befriend the four people who appeared to be immune to high school drama.
"So, what'd you guys think?" Pammy whispered.
"I'm pretty sure Dr. Di is a nutcase," Gassan answered quickly. He was met with a chorus of approval from his companions.
"Anyway," Pam continued, "are we having our annual Thank-God-The-Schoolyear's-Over party tonight?"
"I can't go," Jake said, "I've got a convention."
"I can't go either," said David, "My dad's taking me camping. He's on a back-to-nature kick."
"I'm visiting my grandma," Gassan said. Pammy rolled her eyes.
"Alright," she sighed, "when do you guys get back?"
"Sunday"
"Sunday evening"
"Sunday, but it'll be late."
"So," Pammy continued, "is Monday night alright with everyone?"
***
The days passed quickly. By the time Monday arrived, he had gone an entire weekend without his mysterious dreams. He was mostly relieved, but part of him wished the visitors would come back so he could find out what they were up to.
The streets were charged with an eerie calm. A summer storm was coming. As Daniel reached Pam's door, he couldn't help but feel a strange foreboding. Something was decidedly wrong. He rang the bell.
"Come in," called Pammy. Dan opened the door and found friend sitting on the floor in a tidy circle. They were all staring at him, an unsettling hunger in their eyes. "We are playing Truth or Dare," Pammy intoned mechanically. "Please, join us. Truth or Dare?"
"Please choose Dare," Gassan said, in the same unearthly voice.
"The Truth is never any fun," agreed David, still in the same tone. Throughout the exchange, none of the four took their eyes off of Daniel.
"Is everything alright?" he asked. "You all seem...different."
Pammy answered in the same monotone as before: "We are collectively unnerved at a series of recurring dreams we have been having. Perhaps you too are experiencing these visions?"
"Yeah," Dan said, "but I'm not acting that weird about it."
"Perhaps," Pammy said, "All will be made more clear if you answer this simple question: Truth...or Dare?"
Written by Zodiac on 31 May 2008
Intruder
Rain began to fall, thunder echoed above, lightning weaved itself through the thick storm clouds. But it wasn't the rain that had woken the young man up, no. It was something else, another strange sound. Daniel had blinked his eyes a few times, he was trying to get adjusted to the darkness around him.
His room lit up with lightning, a silver flare followed by a roar of thunder. The wind racked a branch against the window, it caused him to startle a bit. He groaned softly and got himself up from his bed, removing bed sheets. The flat surface of his feet met cold floorboards, which creaked loudly upon impact.
He looked around the room, wondering what was going on. That strange feeling was still about, he couldn't shake it off. Was he possibly dreaming maybe? Something felt weird, the atmosphere and all. "Who's there?" Daniel would call out. He had to find out who was stalking him, who was there with him.
Suddenly two golden orbs peered through the darkest part of the room. The young man went tense. He scratched his head a bit and gulped. "If you don't show yourself, I'll be forced to call the police!" He warned. The figure in the darkness didn't move. Expect those eyes, they blinked slightly.
Written by Dalkr Moonfire Wolf on 05 December 2017
Friendly
But just then, there were footsteps. The floorboards creaked under the weight of the shadowed figure. Those bright orbs grew closer and closer to Daniel. His heart started to race, threatening to literally leap out of his throat.
He frantically looked for something to use as a weapon but realized that there wasn't much he could do or use to defend himself. The orbs stopped moving, again they blinked a few times. They seemed to be tinged with a hue of sapphire, with slight gold in the middle. They were odd eyes indeed.
"Sush, now." A voice had said. "No need to be afraid." The voice was ethereal and feminine. It sent a chill down his spine. He was wondering who it belonged to. It was no one that he was familiar with. There was a strange sensation that overcame him. He began to sweat, and his nerves started to quiver.
"Shhhh," The voice once again said. "Relax...." Suddenly he closed his eyes, and everything went dark....
Written by Dalkr Moonfire Wolf on 14 December 2017
Merged
Suddenly an alarm was buzzing, buzzing loudly in his ears. He groaned slightly, the noise was incredibly loud, louder than usual. He shifted about, trying to find the snooze button. He blinked his eyes a few times, grunting. He wondered if whatever happened last night was a dream. He got himself out of bed and groaned. He rubbed his head and felt strange.
In fact, his entire body felt, strange. He blinked a few times. Looking about him. His sight, it wasn't in color, no. It was all grayscale, black and white. He started to panic, did he go color blind? He got himself up and a small yip came from his mouth. He looked toward the mirror on the west wall of his room and gasped.
There standing before him wasn't Daniel, it was the she-wolf! She sat where he sat. Her eyes were different colored, those same eyes that he saw late at night in the darkness. She had long pointed ears, a snout, and thick white fur all over. She also had a very large set of breasts. That was when Daniel looked down and noticed that they were his breasts!
Written by Dalkr Moonfire Wolf on 19 December 2017
"Calm down"
"Calm down," A voice said in Daniel's mind. "This state is only temporary," Daniel looked around himself frantically. Trying to find out where the voice was coming from. He found no one around him, or even in his company. It was just him, well her now he supposed. But still, no one was around.
"Now go to the woods, I'll explain things along the way,"
Daniel wasn't sure what was going on. But he didn't have any women's clothes to put on. He had to sneak into his sister's room, who thankfully was away for a long time. He grabbed a braw and panties and whatever other clothes women wore and got himself dressed. Luckily the voice inside of him told him what to put on.
He grabbed his car keys and hopped on it and turned the key, the car roaring to life. The car drove onward toward the destination of the forest. When he arrived at the forest he unbuckled and shut the car's engine off and looked about.
Written by Dalkr Moonfire Wolf on 23 December 2017
Explanation
"Okay, so what the hell is going on, why am I like this? What happened last night?"
"Okay, slow down," The girl's voice inside of him said. "Firstly, I'm Una, and you are Daniel. I was chosen to be your guardian in the other world," she said. "But sadly I had lost my body, my soul was roaming free and if I didn't find a vessel, well my soul would have been lost,"
"Okay, so ugh guardians and soul travel, that much I sort of getting," Said Daniel. "But what in the world are you here for?" He asked.
"There is a great darkness that is about to come to your world, and when darkness threatens to disturb the balance, the Etherial Elders send out Guardians to several chosen humans to bond with," Una said.
Written by Dalkr Moonfire Wolf on 26 December 2017
"A darkness?"
"A darkness?" The man found himself asking out loud.
"Yes, a darkness that will attempt to consume this entire world," The voice said. "Be cautious, for its everywhere, in many forms and shapes,"
"But what does that have to do with you taking over my body?" He asked.
"In my world, we take the shape of animals, but in your world, we are but spheres of light. We have no real shape here in this world, and we can only appear into your world through your dreams,"
"When I came into this world, my body had been weakened. Because I was attacked. Attacked by a force that lingers in the darkness, the same darkness that wishes to destroy your world."
"But do they know where you came from, and where you landed in this world?" Daniel found himself asking.
"Yes, unfortunately. There is no telling what shape they take in this world, but you must be weary in who you trust," she said.
Written by Dalkr Moonfire Wolf on 29 December 2017