writers_muses Prompt #11

"Sometimes when I dream, it feels like there's someone else in there with me."

So part of the whole slayer schtick are the prophecy dreams. Freaky, deaky dreams that don’t really do much to enlighten me as to what the prophecy is until I’m actually in the moment and something in my brain clicks and I’m all OH! That’s what that meant. You know?

For example, all the dreams I had about Angel and Drusilla and the whole my birthday thing. It was all metaphoric. How was I supposed to know that he wasn’t going to actually dust? That’d I’d be the one that metaphorically stuck that stake through his heart? I mean I was pulling double guard duty with him, trying to make sure he stayed as far away from creepy ex as possible and then BLAM.

I hate the moments in life that go BLAM.

Or the Master dreams? Really, did I need to be wearing that white night gown? It’s not like something I would ever own. Of course I guess it kinda did mirror the whole white dress I wore, but still. Some warning would have been nice. A normal person would assume that these dreams would serve that purpose, warning me of what is to come so I can avoid it.

Mostly they just give me heartburn and insure I’ll be up long before I want to be and paranoid by lunch.