THE DREAM
An Original Listener Terror
Written by Ibrahim Butt, age 11
Once about a time, Buzz was watching a scary movie, Ghost of Tibia.
“Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!” his mom said. “Stop watching those scary movies! You know those movies give you nightmares.”
“Come on, Mom. I am 13. I am not scared of anything.”
“Well, let’s see. Last time you watched them, you ended up getting scared and came into my bedroom and sleeping with—”
“Ok!” Buzz interrupted. “Don’t repeat that. Especially not around my friend. Ok, Mom? Can you just go away please, because I am trying to enjoy this movie with my friend. When you’re enjoying shopping, I don’t ‘interrupt’ you. So please, Mom?”
“Fine,” his Mom said. “Just remember that I warned you.”
After the movie, Buzz said “Bye, John,” as he closed the front door behind him.
“Bed time,” his mom said.
“Yeah, yeah,” Buzz said as he went to his bedroom. “Wow, a ghost is gonna get me. I mean get real,” Buzz mocked his mothers warnings from earlier.
Buzz suddenly woke up.
“Good morning,” said Buzz to himself. He looked outside from the window. Wow, it’s dark. Really dark. Wait …let me just go outside and make sure, Buzz thought.
The stairs started creaking while Buzz went down them. Just gotta make sure Mom didn’t wake up. Buzz tippy-toed down the stairs opened the front door.
CREAK. The door opened. Right in front of him was a light that shined in, but it was coming from within a deep, dark forest. Buzz started walking toward it, but when he thought he was getting closer to the light, it kept getting further away. Then, it suddenly disappeared into thin air.
“Well,” Buzz said, “Let’s go back.”
Suddenly, he saw his house door close.
“Huh?!” Buzz said, and then he felt a hairy hand grab him by the shoulder. He turned around and saw a 6”10 hairy guy with big feet and big hands. “Ahhhh!” Buzz screamed.
“This is your worst nightmare,” the monster said in a deep voice. Suddenly, a tree branch fell behind him. He got distracted and let Buzz go. Buzz ran toward a bush and jumped in it, hoping the monster didn’t see him. Then he suddenly got dropped into a deep pit that looked like a portal.
Buzz woke up to: “Buzz! Buzz! Wake up!”
He woke up and said, “Mom! Mom! You were right!”
“I know,” his mom said in the monster’s deep voice.
Buzz pushed the monster off the bed and ran outside. He had nowhere to go so his only choice was the deep, dark forest. He ran into the forest with branches hitting his face. But then he tripped on a rock and fell in a bush. The last thing he saw was a deep, dark hole that he fell into.
“Good morning,” Buzz’s mom said. She went into Buzz’s room and saw that Buzz was crying. She said, “Buzz, are you ok?”
He said yes …in the monster’s deep voice. Then Buzz stood up to be a 6”10 hairy monster, and ate her.