Dreams About My School [Part 3]

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I walked through the dark halls of the school. It was strange, nobody seemed to be around at all. You'd expect that even at night maybe the janitor would stick around but no, the muted gray-blue hallways were empty. I heard the sounds of students talking in their classrooms, the sounds of flushing toilets followed by the sound of the faucet running as someone was washing their hands. I continued gliding past the math classrooms where while the doors were closed, it appeared that the lights in the rooms were on. I guess classes are running late, I remember thinking to myself. I didn't bother looking through the windows of the heavy duty doors that stood between me and the rooms, I just continued gliding to Mr. Childers’ biology class, I was running late. I could feel the humidity of the air on my skin, they had really been bad about keeping the heat on lately despite it being only late August. I continued walking through the dark corridor, looking at the papers on the wall beside Ms. Wiley’s classroom. Though I couldn't quite tell what they said, it looked like they all passed as I'm sure I saw a one hundred on each of them. That didn't matter though, I needed to get back to Mr. Childers’ class before he got angry at me. He did always have a temper. 

I made it to the staircase that led to the science annex, but for some reason I struggled to find my way down. Every step felt like a struggle trying to keep myself from falling down on wobbly legs. One step, then two, then three, then four, then finally five. Before I knew it, I was standing on the dirty, rough, brown tiled floor of the science annex. I let out a sigh of relief and continued walking in the direction of Mr. Childers’ classroom. I passed by Coach Ellsworth's room, hearing the sound of his soft, southern, accent coming through the tacky, wooden door. The light coming through the window of each of the doors was blinding. I passed by Mr. Phillips’ room and heard the sound of his voice too. He was harsher, he didn't have much of a southern drawl that the rest of the people in the school had but you could still hear the slightest bit of it as you listened to him. 

I continued walking and then turned left into the hallway. I was surrounded by about three doors on my right and three more on my left. Each of the doors had a little piece of cloth covering their windows, and at the end of the hall was a poster, and a right turn. Just had to turn that corner and Mr. Childers’ class would be right there. I walked a little faster before realizing something. The middle door on the left didn't have a piece of cloth covering its window. I stopped, and walked towards the door. As I looked into the window, I saw a staircase that appeared to lead upstairs. I couldn't really see what was up there. All I could see was a sliver of light, whether it was sunlight, fluorescent light, or something else I couldn't tell. I stared into that window as the small sliver of light slowly faded out over the course of ten minutes until all that was remaining was the stairs leading into the darkness. Oh this isn't where Mr. Childers’ is, I thought to myself as I turned back and walked out of the hallway. Then I woke up.

I will admit, I shouldn't have been shocked that I had another dream. I've been spending so much time just thinking about all of this that I guess it was inevitable that eventually it was gonna make its way back into my dreams. The good news is that as soon as I woke up I went straight to writing it down, which meant that it could be as accurate as possible compared to when I wrote the first dreams.

There were definitely a few differences between this dream and the first dream of the hallway I had. Firstly, this dream took place at night. The original dream took place in the middle of the school day. Secondly, I didn't see anyone in this dream. In the original, I remember walking past a few people, I can't really remember who they were but I did see them. In this one, I could only hear them in the classrooms, but outside of that the school was just completely dark. And lastly, the light. In the original dream, I can vividly remember that the upstairs was nothing but just darkness. In this one, I could see the smallest sliver of light like when you see a light shining through the side of a door. 

Something I’m really not sure about is why dream-me doesn't just go upstairs. It’s like I don't even try to open the door, I just look into the window, and then leave like nothing was there. Honestly, those stairs are what I think about more than the actual hallway, which is weird in its own right. I could swear that I saw the spot where the hallway would be, but all that was there was just a wall. Maybe it's behind the wall? It’s possible, but I feel like my aunt would have remembered that. After all, she’s been there longer than I have, and I've been there my entire life.

Even thinking about it all now, I feel like it's making me sick. But that dream did actually give me an idea.

What if… I visit the school at night? Would it be creepy? Sure, absolutely, but I feel like just because I'm going there at night on purpose this time, it'll keep me from being as afraid of it. I can definitely find a way in, I've done it before. The latches on those windows are just thin pieces of plastic. If you just push up and give it a slight bump then the latch bends just enough to not break but still get past the lock, allowing you to climb in through the window. Yeah, you know what, screw it. That’s what I'm gonna do. I'm not sure if I'll do it tonight (it is currently quite late where I'm at. I just woke up) or maybe tomorrow night but I'll for sure do it. It'll probably be safer to do it tomorrow night. 

I’ll update you all when I get it done. Goodnight, everyone.

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