Dream Journal Ultimate
Date: 9/12/2020
By peachkeedi
I was on a platform about 100 feet above water with a guy I don't know. We were part of some ritual/game where we were timed and by the end, one of us had to fall in the water. There were crocodiles in the water so it was a death wish to be a part of. Early on we decided not to play along and to sit out the clock. As time ran low, I started to panic. I really didn't want to die, and I knew if we failed to get one of us in the water, we both would have to go in. At the last second, I cowardly pushed him in. I regretted it immediately, and grabbed his arm. He called me a bitch and slipped from my grasp, plunging into the croc filled ocean. He was a fighter though, and as soon as he hit the water, he was back out onto the base of the platform. I started bawling with guilt. Time ran out and we completed the task. He didn't have to die, only fall in. He climbed back to the top and tearfully I apologised. I asked if he was mad and he said "of course I'm mad, you tried to kill me". I cried more. Cut to me talking to a blonde girl my age. She was sitting in a chair and I could see her right leg was replaced with a prosthetic one. I asked her about it and was taken to her flashback. Her as a child and her blond kid brother being taken by pelicans to be fed to the crocs over the cost. He was fed directly into the jaws of one as she watched, then she dropped and nearly escaped with her life. The croc took her brother and her leg. Ever since, she was hell bent on fighting the monsters. Every year she took place in the competition. I asked about her prosthetic, and she showed me that it was clear and hollow with a cork in the bottom. She removed the cork and replaced it with a glow in the dark one. Then she pushed a button and fake berries of pink, blue, and yellow fell into it. They glowed with the cork and danced around like a maraca. I thought, if you're going to have a fake leg, might as well make it fun. Then I woke up.