*So this idea came to me and I couldn't get it out of my head since I have this song on repeat lately.

*Someone asked if I was going to do a sequel to my Valentines Day story and I am still considering it, so yeah just to let that person know.

*I don't own anything (including the song) and sorry for any grammar mistakes.

*It was intended to be a oneshot when I came up with the idea but then I started writing and then decided to add another chapter.

Dream by Imagine Dragons

In the dark

And I'm right on the middle mark

I'm just in the tier of everything that rides below the surface

And I watch from a distance seventeen

And I'm short of the others dreams of being golden and on top

It's not what you painted in my head

There's so much there instead of all the colors that I saw

I open my eyes and I find myself lying by on the cold-hard ground. I make my way to sit up and notice that I am wearing a red long-sleeved dress that just about reaches my knees. Odd, I swear I was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a light blue skirt. I touched my stomach and noticed that my dress was damp though there was no hint of water or anything on it anywhere. I run my fingers along the grass, wondering where I was. I thought I was on the astral plane but this didn't look like it normally did. Not only was Gene not here but I also don't ever recall the astral plane being this gloomy looking. I finally got up, though with some difficulty. I was by a weeping willow tree and so I used it to help me get up. As I stood, leaning on the tree, I saw that it was dark, no hint of the sun anywhere. I continued looking around and saw that across the field, all the flowers and trees were dead; ravens perched on all of the tress. I shivered at the sight.

We all are living in a dream,

But life ain't what it seems

Oh everything's a mess

And all these sorrows I have seen

They lead me to believe

That everything's a mess

Maybe this is a dream or a nightmare I thought, but somehow it doesn't feel like it at all. I swear I was just back at the office but I can't really recall anything besides that. I push myself off the tree making a decision to check out my surroundings even more. For some reason I make my way towards the ravens and the dead trees. I just want to go back and lie back down near the tree but my feet kept moving me forward.

But I wanna dream

I wanna dream

Leave me to dream

It is a miracle that I reach the trees across the field at the rate I was going. For some reason, I am starting to get sleepy. This is a really strange dream, who ever heard of being sleepy and tired within a dream. I rub my eyes and stifle a yawn.

In the eyes

Of a teenage crystallized

Oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the home

And the cries from the strangers out at night

They don't keep us up at night

We have the curtains drawn and closed

When I look up at the trees, I see that all the ravens turn to face me, their judging black eyes piercing into my brown ones. I cannot look away, no matter how deadly their gaze but then I blink and then within a flash, they are gone. I turn around and look around me and I am trapped inside a forest with not exit. The croaks are loud and clear though there is no raven in sight. I feel faint, my head spinning in circles. I don't know if I was imagining things but as I close my eyes I feel the ravens surround me whispering, "let go, let go". I want to let go as the ravens suggest but my instincts tell me to stay awake. But then I hear a please, the voice resembling an awful like Naru's and that's when my eyes snap wide open.

We all are living in a dream,

But life ain't what it seems

Oh everything's a mess

And all these sorrows I have seen

They lead me to believe

That everything's a mess

All of a sudden, I am no longer in the forest but I am on a hill overlooking a lake. I feel so at ease as the wind makes my hair and dress flow behind me. To believe that just a few seconds ago, I was filled with dread and terror. I glance down at the lake surrounded by daisies. A small smile graces my face as I start making my way down the hill, the wind pushing me faster.

But I wanna dream

I wanna dream

Leave me to dream

I finally reach the bottom of the hill and I go on to pick up a daisy, twirling it through my fingers as soon as I pluck it from the ground. My gaze then shifts towards the lake, noticing a white haze starting to form in the middle of it. My legs once again have a mind of its own as I start walking to edge of the lake. I stop immediately when I see my parents standing in the middle of the lake, though their faces were quite unclear. Tears start forming and almost instantaneously I step in the surprisingly warm water. I start to make my way towards them but then I hear a fuzzy…

"Sto-p! Can…hear…listen…"

I think it was Gene trying to talk to me, but this was a dream, we weren't in the astral plane, so there was no way for him to reach me. I try to ignore him because my parents are in front of me and I don't want to waste any time they are in my presence.

"Please listen…Mai…"

I know all your reasons

To keep me from seeing

Everything is actually a mess

But now I am leaving

All of us were only dreaming

Everything is actually a mess

"Gene can't you talk to me later? It isn't to often that I dream of my parents and I want to make the best of it in this dream." After I said that, I no longer heard Gene and so I continued walking toward my parents. I don't know why but my instincts kicked in again and so I stopped once again. I gaze at the water wondering why I can't move but soon look up when I hear my parents calling me out. Come on Mai, you can move can't you, I think as I try with all my might to move my feet.

We all are living in a dream

But life ain't what it seems

Oh everything's a mess

And all these sorrows I have seen

They lead me to believe

That everything's a mess

Then all of a sudden daisies start emerging from the water out of nowhere trapping me. I start to panic when my parents start to fade away. I attempt to escape my imprisonment by the daises but I pause at the sound of a heartbroken voice…Naru.

"Please…"Naru heartbreakingly said.

Why on earth did Naru sound heartbroken? I thought. I turn my head around because my feet were still stuck and from the distance I can see the weeping willow tree once again and I feel compelled to go to it. This is a dream. This is a dream. This is a dream, I repeat. He calls out once more…

"Please…"

And that's when my feet are released and I run to the willow tree, forgetting about everything but his broken voice and the tree. When I finally reach the tree, I collapse to the cold hard ground clutching my stomach. As I clutch at my stomach I feel hot liquid ooze from my arms and I glance down to see blood trickling down my arms. I lean to rest my head against the tree and I slowly close my eyes again. Is this a dream? Is this a dream?

But I wanna dream

I wanna dream

Leave me to dream

I wanna dream

I wanna dream

Leave me to dream

Is this a dream, I ask as the darkness starts to engulf me. But before it can take me completely I hear an "I love you, please stay."

~ I just love this song way too much...hopefully this songfic didn't come out to bad...

~Like I said at the beginning, I think I'll add another part sometime later.