Prologue
"A dream?" he mused. "Yes in your world it may be called that. But to us your world is the dream." "You mean to say that it's not real?" she asked. "I don't believe you. Dreams are just confused sleep thinking." He smiled scornfully, "Humans and their concept of real, I see you've picked it up. That life is real, but so is this one. For us, dreams can be gateways into realms more real than you've ever imagined, little girl. I've been trying to bring you here through dreams for quite some time now." "Are you controlling my mind?" She questioned, frightened. "No, of course not. I only guided your dreams. I am a guide, as you are. It is my task to keep those who would harm us away and to bring back those who are lost. You've been lost for a long time, Aleya, and have forgotten much." "You know my name. Ah, but this is a dream isn't it' And everyone knows your name in dreams." "I'm surprised you know it. But how can I convince you that this is no ordinary dream' It's the type that tingles on your tongue in the morning. The one you try to shake off all day, because you know if you could remember it, you'd leave your old world forever. But by evening you dismiss it as nonsense. And that's your first mistake. After that most people forget their dreams and go on in ignorance. But you have something they don't and are something they're not. And that's why you'll be back, because once a guide visits a place in their dreams they can always come back." "So I've been here before?" "Not in dreams, that's how you were lost. It's time for you to go back to sleep now, however. Good night." "But what do you mean about being a guide" And I've never been lost"." "Goodnight."
"A dream?" he mused. "Yes in your world it may be called that. But to us your world is the dream." "You mean to say that it's not real?" she asked. "I don't believe you. Dreams are just confused sleep thinking." He smiled scornfully, "Humans and their concept of real, I see you've picked it up. That life is real, but so is this one. For us, dreams can be gateways into realms more real than you've ever imagined, little girl. I've been trying to bring you here through dreams for quite some time now." "Are you controlling my mind?" She questioned, frightened. "No, of course not. I only guided your dreams. I am a guide, as you are. It is my task to keep those who would harm us away and to bring back those who are lost. You've been lost for a long time, Aleya, and have forgotten much." "You know my name. Ah, but this is a dream isn't it' And everyone knows your name in dreams." "I'm surprised you know it. But how can I convince you that this is no ordinary dream' It's the type that tingles on your tongue in the morning. The one you try to shake off all day, because you know if you could remember it, you'd leave your old world forever. But by evening you dismiss it as nonsense. And that's your first mistake. After that most people forget their dreams and go on in ignorance. But you have something they don't and are something they're not. And that's why you'll be back, because once a guide visits a place in their dreams they can always come back." "So I've been here before?" "Not in dreams, that's how you were lost. It's time for you to go back to sleep now, however. Good night." "But what do you mean about being a guide" And I've never been lost"." "Goodnight."