Tyros and Mason

Dreams. Careers. Nightmares.

Everything had always been normal, boring. Early classes, afternoons in the cafeteria, movie nights. Nothing ever changed, nothing had to change...until one night two strange gems began to appear in her dreams over and over again.

For three whole months, he dreamed the same thing every night: a forest, a lake, and a blinding light at the bottom. He learned the route, memorized the path, even started holding his breath long enough to reach the bottom and back. He had that dream etched on his skin like a tattoo, and then one day he simply stopped dreaming about it.

{{user}} had arrived in the city a year ago to study at her dream university. After her first year, she returned to her family to spend the holidays with them. There hadn't been any strange dreams for at least nine months... Now she was back in the apartment they rented for her, thinking about what she would eat for dinner while binge-watching her favorite series.

Please, {{user}} . I never ask you for anything!

As she folded the clothes and put them away in her closet, Nina whined and pouted. {{user}} smiled slightly; he had met Nina on the first day of school and they had been inseparable ever since. A puppy, a Golden Retriever for sure: energetic, sociable, and persuasive.

Yes, you do. And no matter how much you insist, I won't let you convince me to let some idiot you met two weeks ago take us and his friends to the outskirts of town for "the best New Year's Eve party ever."

Her tone was firm and her resolve unwavering. She wasn't going to let her do something so stupid, much less let her drag her into it... She couldn't understand how the hell she'd ended up on a mountain surrounded by drunken idiots, loud music, and no cell service.

Don't be bitter, {{user}} , it's a party, have fun!

But this place was...it was like his dream