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    This is better . he thought. Something to get her mind off of things.

    The two of them walked hand-in-hand as a pink carriage came rolling out of the distant gate, pulled along by white stallions. Since this was a dream, they moved incredibly fast, and covered the distance to them before they had taken more than a few steps in their direction. As the little closed carriage came to a stop next to the couple, Brian reached up and opened the door, revealing a cushy and pillowed interior, all colored in pink. Turning, he lifted her up and swirled her in a circle as she giggled until he put her down into the coach.

    "You're going to hurt yourself one of these times," she said.

    "I don't think so. You're a light s a feather," he laughed.

    "Brian?"

    "Yes, My Princess?"

    "Who's that?"

    Turning, Brian was surprised to see one of those government agents standing not far away, his hand against his ear, as he talked into his wrist. A dark cloud passed overhead again. blocking off most of the light, as a thick, almost solid fog rose up from the ground, and a stale sickly smell came with it.

    "He's not there, Sweet One. He's just an illusion." He coughed at the surprisingly foul odor that was now the fog.

    "Look!" She cried, "there's more, and they're coming for me!"

    Sure enough, there were now three of the men in black suits. They were all walking confidently, talking to not-so-hidden microphones as they came. Fog ran like tracers behind them, as their speed started to pick up. A scream spun Brian back around to find the coach had changed from bright pink to dark black. The coach door slammed shut in front of him and the window now had bars. Heather stared out at him through them and screamed. "What's happening to me? Why can't I get out!"

    The door was locked, now, and no matter how hard he pulled on it, he could not get it to open. A man in black looked down from the driver's seat on top of the coach and laughed a hollow, empty laugh. He cracked a wicked looking multiforked whip at the train of horses, pulling the coach door out of Brians hand, and sending the coach charging toward the now black castle.

    "What the hell ?" Brian wasn't sure what was going on here. He had seen some nightmares in the past that she had, but nothing like this.

    "Brian! Help me !" She screamed from the speeding coach.

    "I'm coming!" He yelled back at her, just as six arms grabbed him from behind. How they got him around his neck and his chest, as well as his legs, he had no idea. He tried to break away from these phantom agents only to find they were stronger than himself.

    "This isn't possible, you're just humans!" he realized the absurdity as he said it, when in fact they weren't human at all. He had to stop treating this as if it were real, and remember this was a dream. In dreams, the laws of physics did not apply. With a thought he passed through all six arms, having become as insubstantial as the mist that surrounded him now.

    The three agents seemed unperturbed by his escape, and moved with him, reaching and grabbing in a vain attempt to grapple him.

    "This is getting ridiculous." Brian waved his hand, and the mist that had just been slowly rising up and doing nothing more than hovering about the place came alive at his command. The fog rolled and shifted and struck out at the three agents, wrapping them in thick tendrils as strong as steel bonds. At least that's what Brian wanted it to be. Since this was a dream, anything he wanted should be his to create or command. The key was not to get wrapped up in this fantasy land and forget that it wasn't real.

    A scream reminded him of the apparent danger Heather was in. From the looks of it, she was almost to the castle entrance.

    "Well, I hope you boys don't mind, but I have a damsel to rescue!" He nodded to the thrashing men in black, and willed himself to the inside of the coach.

    "Brian, you're here!" Heather cried, and wrapped her arms around him, her lips coming into