Chapter 8 - Fearless

Fearless

Then suddenly, something locked. I could feel it too, like the electricity in the air had gone static, setting every nerve on end.

Trevor tipped me back, his hand behind my head, leaning on his elbow for support as he leaned closer to my face. My eyes were locked on his, I didn’t know what he was doing, I couldn’t think and I didn’t care.

I didn’t close my eyes until he did, and soon his lips brushed mine, carefully, like a taste.

I could feel the emotion in the air change; he was hesitating, thinking now. He had gotten this far, and I wasn’t about to let him turn back. I reached my hand up and gently stroked the back of his neck, resting my hand at the base. I gently gave him a little shove towards me and he gave in, kissing me full tilt. I kissed him back, there was no way I was turning back now either.

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Go Trevor Go!

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Sweet Dreams!

May Nightmare spare you.

Chapter 6 - Table Talk

Table Talk

Who is he? What does he want with me? What’s wrong with me? How am I having nightmares in the middle of the day? Am I not getting enough sleep? Why did I pass out in the middle of class? Those eyes...endless blue eyes...

I shook my head and threw up mental walls to my thoughts, frantically searching for something to concentrate on and divert my thoughts to. My eyes landed on the luke warm mug of coffee in front of me. I stared into the disgusting brown liquid. I don’t know why I ordered coffee. I hate it. As I started to daydream, seeing patterns and shapes in the liquid, I wrapped my hands around the cold mug and forced myself to take a sip. I scrunched my eyes closed and forced myself to swallow the horrid, bitter taste. It felt like I was swallowing something worse than cough medicine. I’d compare it more to drain cleaner. How can people drink this stuff?

I shuddered as I managed to keep down the revolting liquid. I opened my eyes to see a rather bulky man sitting across from me, stubble on his double chin and a baseball cap backwards on his bald head. He wore shabby clothing, and looked like he probably hadn’t taken a shower in a couple days. He smiled brilliantly at me, a full set of white teeth. At least he brushes his teeth, I thought.

His frame shook with hearty laughter as he saw my appalled expression. I forced myself to smirk, and I leaned away from the table.

“Don’t like coffee?”
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Dreamer and Human

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Character - Clockwork

Clockwork

Major Side Character

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Clockwork is the goddess of the Dream World, assigned by the Lord on High to watch over and monitor this section of life. She died at a young age and when she became an angel, she was assigned this role. She used to enjoy flying around the Dream World, talking with Dreamers, many of which she eventually teamed up to form the original Gathering. However, she longed for many of the things she missed out on in her “life,” and much like an Ancient Greek goddess, had a number of affairs with several Dreamers. She fell into trouble in her affair with Seth, who ended up leaving her pregnant; something neither of the two thought was possible. Clockwork hid the pregnacy from Seth, but when the sandman predicts that Seth will become Nightmare and be defeated by his son, he finds out, and puts restrictions on Clockwork's powers through a necklace he once gave her she still wears. When Seth started taking control of the Dream World, the Lord on High found out and stripped her of her wings. She still retains what few powers Nightmare can't control, but she enjoys swinging from ropes in her "home" in the skies. She has short, bubble gum pink hair, and wears sunglasses over her eyes. She is about five foot six, and her son is Alec.

Character - Stephen

Stephen

Side Character

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Stephen has a very small role for most of the story, acting as one of Seth's henchmen. However, after a rather dramatic climax, crosses the floor and re-joins the Gathering he was once a part of. He is/was a farmer in reality and knows his weapons well. He seems to have had a negative nature when the reader first meets him, but he knows which side he's on. Stephen stands five foot one and has brown eyes. His hair is blonde with blue streaks. He loves to fight and likes to be on the winning side of things, but he absolutely hates being put down.

Character - Jake

Jake

Side Character

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Jake is another side character that not much is known about. He is Trevor's father, Kit's husband, Skye and Sidney's Uncle, and Luke's brother. His occupation is a trucker, and he is bald with a strong build. He has hazel eyes. He seems to care much for his son, even though he is not around frequently. Trevor's tells him often of Eli, and Jake likes her very much. When Kit murders Trevor, Jake also dies as a result of injuries previously inflicted by his wife.

Character - Luke

Luke

Side Character

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Luke is one of the side characters, a member of the Gathering. He is Skye and Sidney's father, as well as Trevor's uncle and Jake's brother. He is a Dreamer, though he does not seem to have mastered the graces that tend to accompany people in the Dream World, and is a bit of a klutz there. He has a sense of humor, and can fight when needed, but he prefers not to and has a softer side. Although he is funny, he tends to be quieter and self reserved. He's fairly tall and lanky, standing 6 feet tall. He has green eyes like his children and his nephew. He's almost as paranoid as his youngest daughter, but he's learned to control this to an extent. He is one of the characters that does not make it to the end, but dies while trying to take revenge on Nightmare for killing Sidney.

Character - Sidney

Sidney

Side Character

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Sidney is a side character in this story, one of Eli's best friends in reality, and one of Nightmare's eventual victims. She is quirky, nerdy, and paranoid about just about everything. She's typically very shy around people she doesn't know well, and she likes to read and write. She values her family and friends, and fears almost everything else. She's a few inches taller than Eli, standing five foot four, and has blonde hair cut in a page-boy bob style. She has green eyes just like Skye, Luke and Trevor. Skye is her older sister, Luke is her father, Kit is her Aunt, Jake is her uncle, and Trevor is her cousin. Unfortunately, Sidney is one of the eventual victims as Nightmare tries to pick off people close to Eli.

Character - Nick

Nick

Major Side Character

Male

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Nick is one of the few members of the original Gathering that actually stays on the good side of things after Seth’s reform, making him a primary side character. Nick goes out to find Alec and restart a new Gathering to combat Nightmare. He was the youngest of the original Gathering, but is now one of the oldest. He loves everything electronic and technical, and likes to wear suits and dress shirts. He stands about five foot five and has spiky black hair and brown eyes. Soon after Eli joins the Gathering, Nick comes across Skye for the first time and falls instantly in love with her. During one of the Gathering’s battles with Nightmare, Nick blindly rushes into Skye’s dream to save her, almost getting himself killed in the process. Nick and Skye hold a steady relationship for most of the novel once meeting each other.

Character - Skye

Skye

Major Side Character

Female

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Skye is an important side character, who eventually joins the Gathering. She is one of Eli's good friends in both the Dream World and reality. She has long, layered, blond hair and green eyes. Luke is her father and Sidney is her younger sister. Kit and Jake are her Aunt and Uncle, and Trevor is her cousin. When troubled with the loss of both her cousin and her sister, she eventually falls for Nick, another member of the Gathering. She is quirky, eccentric, and ready for almost anything. She did fall victim to Nightmare at one point, but Nick saved her. For an early part of the story, she works at a local fifties diner. Her biggest fear is losing those she loves, which plays its toll on her. By the end of the story, she is the only member left of her family and she becomes even closer with Eli than she was before.

Character - Trevor Kale

Trevor

Major Side Character

Male

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Trevor is more or less an important side character, appearing as Eli's boyfriend for the first part of the story. Trevor is a fairly average guy, though unpopular and shy, and extremely timid when it comes to dating Eli. But by following her example, he gains his courage, and eventually does kiss her. He loves Eli more than anything and would go to any length to save her, which is exactly what he does. His shy nature seems to be attributed to the fact that his mother (Kit) abuses him, and his father (Jake) is rarely around. He tries very hard to hide the abuse from everyone, but is eventually found out by Skye one night, and Eli finds out after eavesdropping on this conversation. Eli also mentions Trevor's aversion to blood and injury, though he is a klutz like her. One interesting thing about Trevor is that he knows how he will die but not when, after an angel (Clockwork) tells him what will happen. Oddly however, Trevor does not seem to be afraid of this death, and seems to personify it as freedom. Trevor is short for his age and stands about five foot one, only a little taller than Eli. Eli frequently likes to call him by the pet name Trev. His biggest fear that people will find out that his mother is abusing him, and feels like it shouldn't be anyone else's problem but his own. He has messy blond hair that is almost curly, and green eyes like Luke, Skye, and Sidney. Luke is his uncle and Skye and Sidney are his cousins.