Nightmare

Date: 10/6/2020

It was the rare time that I dreamt as myself. No seeing through another's eyes.  However, I hadn't even realized I was dreaming at first. The room was as dark as I had left it when I had gone to bed. My covers were still on me and partially over my head. I could almost sense something else in the room so I closed my eyes and calmed my breathing and heart back down to my normal sleep rate. I heard the faint sound of something moving in the room. Part of me wanted to look but I fought against it. I was damn certain that wasn't my cat making that sound. His footsteps were quiet, sure, but his collar jingled as he moved. There was no jingle.  I felt the covers lightly get tugged at my feet. Then suddenly I was getting yanked to the floor by my feet. I shrieked and scrambled back to the bed only to notice something in the mirror across from it.  I forced myself awake before I saw what it was. My whole body was stiff and sore when I awoke. My cat came straight to my side when I went out to the front room. He's been by my side since then.