Storytelling for Week 4: The Never Ending Dream

The Never Ending Dream

The night was quiet. It was so quiet that you could hear the leaves blowing around the house outside. Inside, a little girl named Bri lay on the floor sound asleep. She wasn’t like most girls however. She had a problem, so she slept all day and all night for over 2 days without awaking once.

You see Bri was in a coma. She was on the verge of dying and no one knew about it. Two days ago her parents went on a business trip and left Bri at the house by herself. She was capable of handling her own and didn’t mind it. Once day, she tried to reach a box of cereal on the fridge by standing on a chair. Suddenly she lost her footing and slipped. She fell head first into the corner of her countertop and busted her head wide open. The pain was so great she instantly passed out and eventually went into a coma. The Coma was saving her life, because if she was not in one then the pain would be too great and the blood flow out of her head would be much higher than what it is at now.

Clinging to life in her coma Bri started to dream. She dreamt that she was a princess of a castle with many jewels and a lot of gold. She had everything she ever wanted. The only thing she lacked was companion to share everything with. She went outside to see if anyone was there. Bri didn’t see a sole. She searched around the castle and outside for hours but it seemed like Bri was the last person on earth.

Bri began to panic then suddenly; she rose up from her dream with a sigh of relief realizing he just had a nightmare. She got out of bed and went into the kitchen to get make a kettle of tea. The kettle was dusty so Bri went to get a rag to wipe the dust off with. When she did, smoke began to spew out to the kettle and a cloud shaped body formed from the smoke. It was a Genie. The genie was evil and he said he would slay the first person who let him loose. He said that he was trapped in there for over 100 years and no one ever let him out. At first he was going to grant whoever let him free wishes for eternity, but over time he grew cold and vowed to kill the person to free him. Bri begged for her life. She didn’t understand why she was bout to die. The genie raised his giant sword and trusted it toward her. As the Genie did this Bri again woke up from a dream!

This time she woke up outside of her house. She went in only see a horrific sight. She saw her own body on the floor covered in blood. She had no idea what was going on. Then a spirit came to her and told Bri what had came of her fate. The spirit said that if Bri were to wake up then she would most likely die. It was best for her to stay in a coma and wait for her parents to get there and take her to the hospital. After hearing the news Bri fainted from disbelief. When she woke up again she found herself in the same spot in the kitchen laying down where she fell.  Bri believed that it was all over but when she felt her head for the wound it was flawless. She was still dreaming.

Coma- by the Department of Army

Source: Wikipedia

Authors Note: I decided to base my story of the Arabian Nights in the Un-textbook. The segment has many different stories that segway into each other. I think it is a really good read and there are some interesting stories. The dreams in my stories are similar to the many stories that Scheherazade tells to the Sultan to try and save her life. I wanted the coma to represent the Sultan in a way to show that her life was up to her.