Interzone High School Horror

Date: 10/12/2016

I was in my old high school with some of my class mates. At first, the building seemed to be empty but for us, but then it began to fill up with students and teachers. I couldn't remember how and why I got there, but I felt oddly guilty. My class mates told me I hadn't shown up to biology class in two months, and was failing a couple other courses too. I was confused, because I couldn't remember slacking off. Also, didn't I finish high school a couple years ago? Suddenly I noticed my skull was lined with metal plates, and there were bolts sticking out of my forehead. As my anxiety grew, my old class mates started acting weird and sinister. They began cackling and took turns poking me in the ribs, forming a circle around me. I twisted in terror and confusion, trying to think of an explanation for their strange and cruel behavior. Slowly it dawned on me that this situation was too weird to be real, and that I must be having a nightmare. I decided to end it by forcing my eyes open. I started pulling my eyelids apart with my fingers, but they would immediately slide shut again when I loosened my grip. I felt myself slipping back and forth between dream and reality, until finally, I was in bed, awake, covered in sweat. (I still don't know if I really physically pried my eyes open or just dreamt it.)