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The Nightmare- 1


Kiyoshi watched as his mum left his bedside pausing to turn the light dimmer so there was only a faint glow, smiling at him and said the same words she did every night.
"Goodnight Kiy don't be afraid dreams can't really hurt you, I'll leave the door open so if you need me just shout." Giving him kiss on his nose that despite his fear made him giggle she left leaving the door open just a crack.
Kiyoshi knew she would now go into her own room and fall asleep, one without nightmares. Snuggling under the covers he did his best to hold back sleep, it was useless of course, he may need less sleep than most people but he still needed some. Giving up he stuck his thumb into his mouth and curling into a ball on his side fell into a fitful slumber.
At first all is peaceful, he is granted at least some peaceful sleep, all to soon it starts.
Shaking and twitching in his sleep he begins to take deep gulps of air, the dreams had begun as normal then suddenly everything changed.
In his nightmare he is different he feels older than he is but knows he is himself all the same. As before the girl lay on the ground cowering before a dark shadow she looked up at Kiyoshi and screamed for help. At this he began to hyperventilate this wasn't the girl from his nightmares, this time it was Ingina, he didn't know how this had happened but he knew it was his fault.
Standing there unable to move he watched the dark shadow descend upon her, he watched as her body was beaten and broken until finally it was over. He crawled over to her tears streaming down his face, blood was everywhere and he couldn't bear touching her. Curling into a ball beside her he cried for what felt like hours he was just running out of tears when he felt it.
Waking up screaming Kiy sat up clawing at the covers, he wondered for a moment why the light was off before curling up, trying to stop the sporadic shaking in his body. Soon his eyes cleared and he realised the light had not been off, looking down at himself he realised his arms were covered in large bruises, though they hurt far more than any bruise he had every had before.
Stifling the tears that threatened Kiyoshi realised Kranna was sitting next to him, burying his head in her arms he let himself cry.