I walked right past him. He stared back at me and I said, “Do I know you”? The teenage boy smiled and said, “No, Rex I know you”. I raised an eyebrow and said, “Who are you”? “Just call me Zone X”, The boy said. I rolled my eyes and kept walking not even feeling the ground beneath me as if I were flying. “I can help you”, He said in his scary voice. “I don’t need help maybe you should get some”, I said still walking. “I know what you feel, Rex. I can hear your thoughts, feel what you’re feeling, and I know every moment you’ve ever lived”, Zone said softly. “Why are you following me”? I almost screamed. “Rex, Take my hand maybe reality would do you some good”, Zone said instantly infront of me.  I don’t know why but I took his hand even though I didn’t trust this guy.  I woke up in a hospital bed.  It seemed like I was sick or injured cause my best friend Tim was standing over me wiping his eyes so I wouldn’t see he’d been crying. “Rex, Are you okay? How do you feel”? He asked. “Tim, I feel weird. What’s going on? Why am I in here”? I asked. “On the way to the concert we got in a wreck and you passed out and had really bad gashes on your legs and back. So they said to keep you here for like a day or two. It’s been a week you went into a coma for while you just came out”, Timsaid quickly. I nodded and said,” Okay then why don’t I remeber”? “You passed out before the wreck”, Tim said holding my hand. I took the IV out of my arm and saw I was still wearing my usual shorts and cami. I got out of the hosiptal bed and walked outside quickly. “I told your Mom we were out camping with my Dad”, Tim said with a smile.  I laughed and we went over to his car. He drove me to my house and I ran inside quickly feeling alittle dizzy. When I got up to my room I sat down on my bed with a loud clang. ”Hello, Rex”, Somebody said beside me. I looked to my right and nobody was there. I looked to my left and nobody was there. There was a bright light and the teenage boy from my dream materialized infront of me. I passed out and when I woke up I was in a metal room. The boy from my dreams leaned over me and I felt really uncomfortable. “What? Who…How….Where…Am I”? I asked. “You’re at my house. Somewhere secret, You are the only one able to enter it through dreams and reality. My name is Zone X and I am at your service, Rex”, He said quickly. I looked up at the metal ceiling and said, “What is this place”? “It’s the place of dreams. The place we can only invade. It’s my home as much as it is yours. Rex, Listen to me. You are not human! You are one of us, We are the magical ones”, Zone said touching my forehead. I was suddenly full of knowledge and I saw multiple slide shows in my head. I nodded and stood up to see a huge portal in front of me. I relaxed and said, “Close”. The portal closed as ordered and I felt power surge through my veins like adrenaline. “Zone, what is my new name”? I asked. “Zepheria”, He said softly. “Why are you so afraid”? I asked smelling fear in the air. “They are here”, Zone whispered. “Who”? I asked. “They are called Ailesetresheimans they are fire birds who turn into humans…Very dangerous humans”, Zone said his voice shaking. “I’m Sorry I brought you here”, Zone added. He made another portal and pushed me in. When I looked back my room was empty and alone. “ZONE”! I yelled scared. Nobody answered.     TOO BE CONTINUED……                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

I looked down at the watch on my wrist and went into my bathroom. I looked at myself in the mirror and saw nothing but a small scar under my eye. No sign of a crash except for that one scar….Maybe I was going crazy like Tim loved to point out. I took in a deep breath then said, “Place of dreams”. The mirror fogged up as a portal formed behind me. I stepped through and heard hissing and sounds that reminded me of crows. I concentrated and could barely understand one of the animals. “Where is she”? It crowed on and on. Then another animal said, “She is near! The queen of dreams is near! I can smell her”. I sucked in a deep breath and peeked around the corner to see two birds that were literally on fire. I touched the metal wall and the birds suddenly turned into humans. “Who did that”? One of them crowed. I flattened my back against the wall and watched as a human fire bird walked passed me and looked down the hall. I laid down on the metal floor and peeked through a small crack at the other human fire bird thing. I took a deep breath then said, “Human fire bird things”. Suddenly, the human fire bird fell to dust silently on the floor. I saw Zone at the other end of the room with a gash on his one of his legs. He sensed me, and I knew it wouldn’t take long for him to guess where I was. “Come here, Queen of Dreams! I have a present for you”, The other human bird thing said walking back into the room Zone was in. The human bird thing looked down at the ashes and suddenly fire arose in my stomach. The thing was calling me somehow or someway and I knew I’d come. All of a sudden I was sitting in front of the creature. “What are you? If you don’t mind me asking”, I said quietly. “I don’t mind, I am a Ailestresheimain. Red fire bird that turns into humans at will or forcefully. I can show you the world of dreams, Rex, just take my hand and I’ll take you around”, The creature smiled. “Don’t trust it! It’ll kill you! It wants your powers”, Zone yelled.  The creature touched my cheek and I felt weak all of a sudden. It looked into my eyes and I felt fire in the pit of my stomach. “Listen to me, Fight it”, Zone said inside my head. I sucked in a deep breath then said, “Must fight”. Almost reluctantly my legs stood up and I stared the creature in the eyes as if it were someone I hated. I felt the fire in my stomach more intense and painful. “Fight it”, Zone said inside my head again. “Why fight it? I will win”, The creature smiled. I fell to my knees and my hair covered my face for a second as I muttered, “Fire”.  I looked up into the creatures eyes and said, “Bow”. The creatures face pained and he tried to fight my order. “Bow to your Queen”, I said not feeling like myself. The creature cried out and fell to his knees and bowed down to me. “Fire”, I hissed. The creature errupted into flames and all that was left behind was a deadly scream. I felt really bad almost as if I were dead on the inside. “Rex”? Zone asked still up against the wall. I didn’t answer and he crawled over to me painfully. “Rex, Speak to me”, Zone said slapping me. Zone looked me in the eyes then looked shocked beyond shocked. “You’re a Sage, That explains why you have more powers than the last Queen. Rex, If you can hear me relax and you’ll be able to control yourself”, Zone said softly. I did as he said and I didn’t feel dead anymore. “What happened to me”? I asked softly. “You had side effects to your powers”, Zone smiled. I took a deep breath then said, “Zone, Am I on another planet”? “Yes, The one you made but now it is flooded with the dreams of other people. So, That makes you Queen of Dreams. And it also means everything wants to kill you. But lets keep things simple”, Zone smiled. “I don’t feel the same”, I complained. “You never will be”, Zone whispered. I suddenly felt relaxed and Zone explained most of this planet’s history to me piece by piece. I was suprised by all the weird names of the animals. “Listen to me, Every night before you go to sleep come here. I will teach you history, more magic, and healing stuff. You must promise me something, Rex”, Zone said. “What”? I asked. “You can’t tell anybody about here without my permission or everything will be set free”, Zone said seriously. I didn’t want to know what that meant so I said, “I promise”. TOO BE CONTINUED…..