Chapter 3: A dream comes true

"What the hell are they doing here?" I thought."That's it!"

I excused myself to the bathroom, as I was walking to the door, I could feel their eyes staring daggers at me. Clearly, no one else saw them, everybody acted normally, Mr.Potter was explaining quadratic equations, half the class was asleep, and Mallak was avoiding eye contact."Yeah," I thought "Everything looked normal." As soon as the door closed behind me, I took off running. Not in school this time, but to the woods. I went to my secret spot near the lake. It was a cold Monday morning, and I left my jacket in maths class, but I wasn't dying to get back there either. I heard rustling behind me, I climbed the nearest tree and kept watch from between the branches. Eventually, the men showed up, they looked around for me. After a while, they gave up and retreated. I climbed down from the tree and scanned the perimeter. Nothing. I darted home, I ran like I've never run before. I reached my apartment's door and slammed it shut behind me. I could finally relax, but that didn't last long. I saw my mother staring down at me, "What are you doing here? You are supposed to be at school." she eyed me suspiciously."Nice to see you too mom." I muttered. "What did you say?" she asked. "The teachers let us out early today because of the bad weather." I quickly replied. "Oh," her glare softened to a smile "And how was your day honey?" "Great." I mumbled. I quickly reached my room and closed the door. I started pacing the room back and forth, questions flooded into my mind. "Who are those people?" "Why am I the only one to notice them?" " Should I tell mom?" "Should I ask them about their intentions?" I decided that I won't tell my mom, at least not now. And that I will confront them tomorrow. I went to bed early tonight, but I couldn't sleep, I was so stressed out. I guess my mom realized my unusual behavior. She came to my room and sat at the edge of my bed."Cole," she said softly. I couldn't help but stare at the deep lines of weariness in her forehead from working long hours at the diner next to our house. She worked two shifts to support both of us and yet, I let her down with my bad grades." Is there something bothering you? Did Billy bother you again?" She looked really concerned."No mom." I sat up in my bed. "I'm fine, really." I told her about the incident with Billy today morning, she couldn't stop laughing. That's the thing about my mother, her laughter makes you forget all your troubles. We sat there laughing for a while, then she stood up, kissed me on the head, and said goodnight. After that, I didn't have trouble sleeping. In my dream, I was standing on a small hill, surrounded by...snakes. I hate snakes, it's like I've got a phobia from them. They started slithering all around my legs, I started jumping up and down. Suddenly, a guy landed beside me and started shining very brightly, that he drove the snakes away. The light became so intense, that I couldn't see my hands. I sat up abruptly in my bed, just in time for school. On my way to school, I couldn't stop thinking about that dream. When I reached school, Billy and his goons where nowhere to be seen." Weird, they aren't usually late for bullying me every morning" I thought. But I wasn't gonna go look for them. I headed to homeroom, praying the creepy men weren't there, but, of course, they were, standing by the wall staring at me like I killed their whole family. All the courage I mustered up yesterday about talking to them withered when I saw them. They started walking towards me. I didn't hesitate, I dashed through the main entrance, dodging drowsy kids and teachers, and into the streets. I headed to the woods, the only place I can hide. I didn't go to my secret spot, they already know that place. Instead, I ran into the deepest part of the woods. The trees and bushes started to get really thick. I could hear the footsteps behind me, but I couldn't dare look back. finally, after I thought that I lost them, I came to a dead end. "Oh come on!" I shouted, out of breath and exhausted from the long run, I turned around and saw the two men casually walking towards me. I tried to speak, but my throat was dry. I stared at them and hoped that they just wanted to know the way to the closest restaurant. Then the strangest thing that I've ever seen happened. I stared in horror as the two men started bending and their limbs started twisting in odd directions, as they turned into....wolves. Huge black wolves, both of them were six feet off the ground and nine feet from tail to nose easy.They had night-black fur and huge claws. I backed away in shock. They bared their teeth, and I saw big, yellow incisors, perfect for ripping meat to pieces. They started to growl and close in on me. I froze in fear, I forgot how to move. They were really close now. I closed my eyes and accepted my fate. For a while, nothing happened, I opened my eyes and saw the two wolves staring at the sky. I was confused."Why aren't they attacking?" I glanced at the sky and saw something coming down with impossible speed. I didn't have time to look closely, because the wolves started growling again. One of them poised to pounce on me, and I braced for impact. Then I thought "I'm not going down without a fight!" I picked up a small rock beside me. The first one pounced, but suddenly and out of nowhere, a long, golden spear hit him in the chest in midair.I stared at its lifeless body with shock. The wolf lay and started burning to ash. "Whoah," I said. The second one turned and ran away. I was still in shock from what happened. "Great shot, isn't it?" I turned around, standing there, was a man with wide, golden wings. I stared in awe at them. Suddenly, I recognized him, I gasped."You're the guy from my dream!" He smiled, "Hi kid, I'm Horus, the god of the sky."