It’s just a dream, right?
By Antoinette Morin
Grade 6
Washburn District Elementary School
Mrs. Irving
It’s after me! A dark figure looming in the wall. With its blood red eyes pinned on me! Okay I want to wake up now! Now I’m really scared now! It keeps saying, “must get rid of midnight rider.” But I don’t know what it means! I felt someone grab me. Paws off! I scream.
“Tell me your name!’’
“I’m . Jay.”
Jay has blue hair and eyes.
“Well Jay, if that’s your real name why was the thing chasing me?”
“Because you’re the…”
“Jay you can’t tell her she needs to find out herself!”
“Very well Will.”
“What am I?” Well you’re Aya”.
“I already knew that!”
“Have this necklace. It’s a moon.”
“Thank you.”
“Jay it’s time to tell her.”
“Very well Aya come you are….”
BOOM! “Jay what was that ?”
“I don’t know Aya.”
“Jay it’s the darkness!”
“Aya run as fast as you can !”
“Okay I want to wake up now!”
“Lilly, Will, and Rose fight them off!” I looked back and noticed the four girl had colored beams come out of their hands. I saw a black fog around mine as I ran.What am I? What was Jay talking about? So many questions… so little time. My crescent moon lit up, it’s very beautiful almost.. blinding. A thought popped into my head… trust the magic within. I stopped running, turned around, and a shiny, black beam came out of my hands and I had glowing black stuff all around me. I felt so powerful and strong I heard, let the energy flow through your body and mind. So I listened and succeeded. The shadow was gone or what they called the darkness.
“Jay tell her now.
“Very well… Aya, you’re the Midnight Rider, the most powerful rider.”
“Will, Rose, Lily, and I are riders too .”
“Can I wake up now… please.”
“Aya this is not a dream this is real.”
“It can’t be, Jay.”
“Aya, it is, please accept your fate.”
“Are you ready to?”
“I guess so.”
“This is why I gave you the crescent.”
“What kind of riders are you, I know I’m the Midnight Rider.”
“Aya, I’m the Animal Rider , Rose is the Garden Rider, and Lilly’s the Sun Rider.”
“We keep the darkness away so kids can good dreams you’re the strongest because you make the good dreams.” I fell asleep soon after that. In my dream I was holding a bear plushie then I woke up… with the plushie in my grip.
“Aya, I see you brought a plushie from your dream hmm a top hat and a bowtie fancy.”
“I guess you liked it so much you brought it from your dream.”
“Well I do like it a lot mean it’s sooo cute!”
“That it is, Aya, that it is.”
“Aya we need to go to the dark palace to destroy all nightmares.”
“Let’s go.”
“Okay how are going to get there.”
“Motorcycles that’s why we’re called the riders.”
“Wait I don’t have a license .”
“You don’t need one it comes natural to riders.”
We got to the Dark Palace.
“Well well here to stop me, I see Aya knows she’s a rider.”
“Take your best shot.” He said with a grin.
“Okay girls let’s do it ! Animals, sun, plants, night , obey us
now!”
The Dark King died in a puff of smoke.
The end
Editor’s note: This story is part of the 2015-16 Young Author anthology.
