Some minutes passed, I just sat there, doing nothing. I wasn’t sure of what to do next, all I really could do was wait. It seems that every time I tried to get closer to that table, it just got further and further away. So even if I would want to try again I wouldn’t be able to find it since there was nothing to be seen.

Then the thought occurred to me, was I having a dream? Or maybe a nightmare? Nothing particularly was very scary, but it isn’t not scary either. I am freaked out, but this isn’t as bad as the other nightmares I’ve had.

Finally, I got up and started walking in the direction of the chains. If I can’t move forward then I should just go back since I can’t go any other way. Though as I was walking, I just found out that I was getting nowhere. I’m standing in a place that I don’t recognise at all, what am I going to do? If I can’t even find my way out then I can’t really do anything.

All of a sudden, the room started to get darker, and everything started turning black. I felt something around my ankles and when I looked down, I saw that chains appeared there as well.

“What..?” I blurted out, as I said that, my voice echoed. It was quieter than usual, also a bit shaky. Am I scared? The temperature went from being normal to being almost freezing, not really cold enough to kill you, but it feels like I just went outside on a snowy day with summer clothes on. I’m wearing white clothes, a short sleeve shirt with shorts on, it’s even colder because of that.

My breaths were slow, but loud. It was one of the only things I could hear.

The room was black now, no white anywhere. It was dark but I was still able to see. And now instead of it being endless it just became a large room. But it was still empty, though I didn’t know where the chains were coming from. Suddenly, the walls started closing in, from every direction. I am now terrified. I didn’t even think of my claustrophobia since there were no walls at first, but now that it was getting smaller and smaller, I found it had to breathe. Maybe I’m panicking, I don’t know. I’m really terrified. How am I going to get out?

I tried to call for help, but I couldn’t speak. My voice was gone, I couldn’t utter a single word. The room continued to shrink, leaving even less air for me to breathe in. A black liquid, that I was somehow able to see, started coming from the floor, leaking towards me. I don’t know what it is, I don’t want to find out. I crawled to the wall that was the furthest away from it, though it didn’t help that I was still being pushed towards it.

I shut my eyes, and put my face into my knees, hugging my legs, trying to ignore my fear. The only thing I could hear was my rapid breathing and fast heartbeat.

When I looked back up, the walls were even closer. I removed my face from my knees, and touched the ground. The second I did there was a sharp pain that hit me. This plain isn’t like anything I’ve felt before, it burned horrendously. When I looked down to see where the pain was coming from, I saw that it was the liquid I was touching. The walls were closer than ever, almost crushing me.

I jumped up, my eyes shot open. I was back in my room, everything was back to normal. I was breathing fast, my heart was burning from the rate that it was going. I stared down at my sheets, tears dripped down my face. I looked around to see if everything was completely normal, then settled down a bit. Though I was still shaking, my breathing calmed.

I got out of bed, dropping to the floor, my legs were weak, I could hardly stand. I took all of the strength I had left and got back up, walked to the kitchen and poured myself a glass of water. Thinking of what just happened, it really scared me. The last thing I wanted to do was go back to sleep. I took one last sip of my water, sighing, I said out loud.

“Definitely a nightmare.”