Nightmares

The Final Truth

I ran back into the house so fast that I almost knocked my father over. 

“Sorry dad. You and mother aren’t going to believe what just happened to me. I was walking by one of the cooking fires that had an off smell to it and another nightmare was triggered. This makes the fourth one so far. I was in the Boston Witch trials in this new one. I was one of the unfortunate ones that was burned at the stake for having an “X” on my are that was due to a burn.” I said with a sad look. 

“Oh honey, that is a sad time to have a nightmare from. I was hoping your nightmares wouldn’t take place in that dark time in history.” my father gave me a hug with a sad look of his own. 

“I think I’m gonna try to go to bed since it’s late. I’ll make sure to let you guys know before I leave in the morning. I just hope this doesn’t end badly for me with this scum.” I said while giving each of my parents a hug and a small kiss on their cheek for the night. 

I was only able to get a few hours of sleep before I heard a strange sound coming from my bag that was in the closet. I got up to check it out and was astonished to see that all of the knifes from each of the nightmares I had received was now with me and not at the museum where I had cleaned them. I went to touch all of the handles to pull them out and was very lightheaded all of a sudden. I was trying to make it back to the bed before I landed on my ass, and just barely made it. The air in the room started to shimmer like it had back in the lounge room, but this time it didn’t feel like it was a bad setting to be in. 

Hello my sweet Isis. I am the Goddess Isis, for whom you were first named after. I know you have a meeting with that i***t scum in only a few hours. I don’t want to take up too much of your time my sweet, but since you have seen the fourth memory that dealt with him, I knew it was time for you to learn the truth for why you have them. I know these knives are supposed to be clear on a different content, but they have all been blades that you’ve held in one life or another to protect yourself from him except for the first one that brought you to. I have kept you safe all of these years when he has tried to kill you. After your father made a deal with me to stay by your side and protect you through every life to keep you safe, I told him I would also help you when it was greatly needed. I know you want to ask if your father is that same man from back then, but the only thing I can tell you is that he makes sure you get sleep when you are not home. I am going to make all of these blades into a large one that you will need to take that man’s head off with. It will be very sharp, but there will be little to no weight so that you will be able to move quickly with it. Aim true and there will not be a new nightmare added to this list of memories. 

            With those last words I was back in my room and there was a katana sitting at my feet with a rose on the handle. I tried to get a few more hours of sleep before I drove out so that way, I could process everything that I was just told. I fell back asleep with the katana in my arms and was able to stay asleep until my mother knocked on my door with coffee. 

“Sweetheart, are you still in here? I have coffee for you.” She smiled when she saw me .As soon as she saw the katana in my hand, she knew that something had happened while she and my father were asleep. “Would that happen to contain knives in the nightmares that you have been happening? And do I need to make a call to the museum to let them know that those exact items have been borrowed and will be returned?” my mother asked with a small chuckle in her voice. 

            “I think that might be a good idea so that I have a job to go back to. I just don’t want to get anyone else in trouble. I didn’t take them out of the museum when I left there. They just sort of showed up in my bag last night when the Goddess Isis came to visit me. She said that my first father made a deal to keep me safe from Immend for as long as it took, but I guess he has always found me. She said I would be able to take his head off with this katana that contains all of the blades that I’ve ever held, but I just hope I can do it when the time comes. I guess I should be heading out so that I don’t get caught in the heat and kill the car trying to get to the Valley of Death.” I said with a small smile and hugged my mother. My father was standing just behind her and had hear everything. He had a few tears in his eyes but was trying to be strong for me.

             I walked out of the house and got into the car I was borrowing, and hoped that everything was going to turn out in my favor. I had the strong feeling that I would be coming back to this house safely and with my friend Thomas sitting safely in the other seat with me on the ride back.