Running.

Again.

The woods.

The chirping birds.

The rustling behind me.

The rising sun...

But this time I don't stop.

I run faster.

And now I hear something else...

The rustling stops...

I hear a growl.

I don't dare to look behind me.

I stop when I find myself in front of the river again.

Again.

No chirping.

No rustling.

No one...

I stop breathing so I could hear even the most quiet things.

But still...

Nothing.

"Finally!"

I turn around to search for this voice.

The next and last thing I notice is how I got kicked in the river and the stranger let out a terrifying growl.

Again.

I am surrounded by the deep blackness of the water.

Again.

I am about to drown.

I notice the raising pain in my lungs.

But now something different is happening.

"Finally we meet."

My eyes widen with the view I got...

In the middle of the river's darkness I see a lighten figure.

I would say it's some kind of slim looking dragon.

But it seems not to be solid.

It looks rather like a big white glowing shadow in the shape of a dragon.

"Damn"

The white creature's complete black eyes stare into mine. And I see a purple shade in them, the same as my eyes...

"I guess you like what you see."

In the next moment it dashes at me really fast.

Or rather in me.

Within seconds it is completely gone.

I guess it is in my body.

In the next moment I notice how I was able to breathe the water. . .
As if it's air.

I am not drowning anymore.

"What is happening?"

A sharp pain begins to raise in me.

The same I had in school.

But this time it's worse.

My eyeballs.

My arms, legs.

Lungs....

I begin to double over out of pain.

Then I do see in what colour my hair has changed ...

"It's white?! And glowing??
Wait...
Seal?
If its you, tell me what is going on!"

I begin to panick.

"Calm down, child.
I already told you that you and your body will change. You should accept it and let it happen, that way it won't hurt as much."

"But in the DREAMS?!"

"Dream?
This is not a dream, dear.
It is your mind.
Or rather our mind now.
Everything you see here is a mixture of our wishes, fantasies and memories.

A coincidence of the subconsciousness and consciousness."