Dream World Chapter 1

Disclamer: I do not own High School Musical, just the random odd characters you will see from time to time.

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The woods were bright and quiet, they set out at day break and have been traveling for hours. It seemed to be about noon now as the men grew tired and hungry. They all longed for a break but the captain insisted on moving on. They were almost to the kingdom of Basil, and their kingdom longed for the war to finally stop. Gabriella grew tired as well. She and the other Pages had been traveling with the knights that day. The road seemed to grow darker as they saw a man waiting not a mile away.

"Hey," he yelled to them. " You finally made it. I am Kinman, I was sent to take you the rest of the way to our kingdom."

They walked on while Kinman talked away about anything he could think of to break the silence. They walked on, but Gabriella looked around at all of the trees. They had banners hanging from the branches of red and white, the kingdom of Basil's colours. It seemed they had finally reached the other kingdom. As Gabriella walked by with the other Pages she noticed something odd. There was a couple standing on the side of the road just staring at them as they walked. Nobody else seemed concerned by it, so Gabriella continued on trying to get them out of her head.

A few more hours had passed and it seemed that they were no more closer to the castle then when they started the long journey. It was darker now but they all still pressed on determined to reach the king that day. As Gabriella walked she couldn't help but think about the strange couple on the side of the road. They seemed so out of place, like they didn't belong here. Gabriella thought to herself. They all grew weary as the sun began to rise once again. Finally they stopped to take a break. Camp was set up and the men drank and ate while the women danced, but not Gabriella, she was not like all of the other women in her kingdom. She longed to fight, not get married and raise a family like most of the women her age wanted to do. A couple of peddlers walked by and looked at the women. They stayed a while and drank with the rest of the men, but Gabriella was getting tired of all of this and went into her tent to take a nap.

Gabriella woke, not an hour later, to hear what seemed to be an . . . "Ambush!" yelled one of the men outside.

Gabriella sprung from her tent to help fend off the oncoming soldiers. She looked around to see hundreds of men in red and white coming to kill all of them. She ran and picked up a fallen spear and fought her way through the knights hoping to find one of her own. She turned quickly around and around hoping to see a little glimpse of blue, and then . . . Wham she was out.

She woke in her nice warm bed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "What a dream!" she said holding her throbbing head. She removed her hand to find it covered in blood. She quickly jumped out of bed and looked in the mirror. A trickle of blood made its way down her face. She got a towel and held it to her head. I must of hit it while I was sleeping she thought. She removed the towel now drenched in her blood. "MOM" she yelled. Her mother came running in as fast as she could. She saw the bloody towel laying on the ground. "Oh my god!" screamed Gabriella's mother, and Gabriella fell to the floor unconscious.

She awakened on the couch in her living room, her head bandaged, and the doctor leaning over her. "What happened?" she asked drowsily.

"That's what I would like to know." said the doctor. "What's the last thing you can remember?"

" I woke up in bed and my head hurt. Then next thing I knew I was bleeding. I called for mom and . . . that's it." said Gabriella weakly.

"You lost a lot of blood Gabriella, I would suggest you stay home and rest for a while. No school for about a week." Said the doctor.

"But, the dance is next Friday." Gabriella protested.

"If you rest up I'm sure you will still be able to go." said her mother.

"Yes, Im sure by then you will be fine. Well if there are any problems just call." said the doctor on his way out. Gabriella just looked off into the distance. All I did was bump my head. How could I have bled that much from something so little? Gabriella thought.

"If you need anything just shout." said her mother going into the kitchen. Gabriella felt her head. It was still hurting, but she could not understand how it happened. I probably just hit my head really hard on my bed post. She thought sure of herself.

She spent most of the day laying on the couch watching t. v. She got bored easily, and wanted to get up and do something. She laid there staring at the ceiling. When her mind wandered to the couple in her dream. They were so creepy, They were both dressed in black and the women had a dark, blood red, skirt on and her hair was long, blonde and in a low ponytail. The man was in all black, pants, shirt and semi long shabby hair. She thought about these two strangers until she found herself drifting off to sleep.

She was almost out when she heard Taylor walk in. "Hey" she said "missed you at school. What happened?"

"Hit my head." said Gabriella simply.

"Come on Gabriella! That's it, how hard did you hit it. I heard you were bleeding pretty bad." Pressed Taylor.

"That's it! I don't really know what happened. I was dreaming and then I woke up and I was bleeding."

"Really? What were you dreaming about?"

"I don't remember." she lied.

"Well I brought you your homework. Mr. William's if giving us a pop quiz on the culture of

the ancient Chinese so you better study hard."

"Yeah? Thanks." she said noticing Taylor staring at her head.

"I guess you did a little more than bump your head then."

"Yeah I guess so." she didn't really want to talk about it, since she wasn't really sure how it happened.

"Hey what's this?" said Taylor reaching towards Gabriella's head. It looked like a piece of wood.

"This doesn't look like the wood your bed posts are made of." Gabriella took the wood from Taylor and stared at it. She remembered in her dream when she was knocked out, the guy who attacked her . . . had a club.

"Gabriella, what is it?"

"Oh Um nothing." she said quickly.

"Hello? Gabriella? Am I your best friend or what? I know that there is something now tell me." said Taylor.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." said Gabriella.

"Oh yeah? Try me!" said Taylor. So Gabriella told her about the dream. "So what are you trying to say? That you got hurt in the dream and so your hurt here?"

"Look I'm not saying that's what happened, I don't reallly know what happened." said Gabriella.

"HEY MS. MONTEZ CAN I STAY THE NIGHT?" yelled Taylor.

"Taylor? What are you doing?" wispered Gabriella.

"I want to see what really goes on when you sleep."

"Of course you can stay dear. I'll go get the extra blankets." replyed Gabriella's Mom.

Authors Note: That is the end of chapter one. Weird story right? Its odd! Usually my first chapters start really short and the rest of the chapters get longer. This time the first chapter is like the longest chapter I have written. I usually get to a certain point that seems like a good way to end it so I just stop. Anyway Please reveiw! I want at least four reveiws before I post the next chapter. More are welcome of course! Much thanks!