Mally: “When I was enjoying my breakfast, I was playing around with my necklace. I accidentally tapped it twice to bring out a book. I thought what I was experiencing was a dream… Although I felt it was a dream, my body refused to believe that… When I felt my body repeatedly, I don’t know if I’m dreaming or not… When I looked in the book, I found no content in it… I spent the whole morning trying to figure it out. I will demonstrate to you what I learned so far.”
She tapped her book pendant of her necklace twice with her finger. The pendant grew into the size of a book. The string of the necklace disappeared in the process. The book landed on her lap. Mally’s book had a purple cover to it.
Amazement was expressed on the faces of her friends. Martin took off his glasses to wipe them then placed them back on to still be disbelieved.
Mally: “This is how I summon out my book. I just have to tap my book pendant twice. To show you how to place this book back into necklace form…”
She tapped the cover of her closed book twice. The book started to minimize into a necklace pendant in the shape of a book. The string of that necklace emerged from the pendant. It moved around her neck soon snapping in place. Mally’s friends turned to each other then back at Mally.
Mally: “This is how I change my book back to its necklace form. I just have to tap the center of my book’s cover twice. It works when my book is closed. Your necklaces should be able to function similar to mine.”
Theodore: He held his book pendant while looking at it. “You’re right... It’s amazing that you could do this here... Is this a dream? It has to be, right? Shawn, what do you think?”
Shawn: “I’m surprised... In all of my paranormal research, I’ve never witnessed anything like this before.”
Mally: “I know we are awake. I examined this when I first woke up.”
Martin: “Then how could something like this be possible?”
Mally: “That is something I am trying to figure out myself…”
Unexpectedly, her book pendant started to glow white forcing everyone’s attention to it.
Theodore: “Mally, your necklace is glowing white… It was the same thing that happened to me this morning…”
Mally looked at her glowing pendant of her necklace with curiosity. She instinctively tapped it twice to summon out her book again. The only difference was that her book was glowing white. As she carefully opened her book, she started to see words written in it.
Mally: “This is amazing… It seems there is something written in my book.”
Theodore: “What does it say?”
As Mally could speak, her book started to speak.
Book: “Hello, Mally.”
Everyone looked around the environment to see who said that.
Book: “It’s me. Right here.”
Everyone looked directly to Mally's book with a sense of shock on their faces.
Kathleen: “Did your book spoke?”
Book: “I did Kathleen.”
Theodore: “How weird…”
Book: “Before I can introduce myself, why not you all summon out your books. By having all your books open, I could transfer my consciousness from Mally’s book to all the books here. It would help me to show you what I need to reveal to you.”
The Dream Club Members continued to look on with surprise on their faces.
Mally: “I think we should do what my book says.”
Performing the same action like Mally, they summoned out their books in a variety of colors. Theodore's book had a green cover. Kathleen had a pink cover. Shawn had a blue cover. Martin had a yellow cover. Penelope had an orange cover. They happily looked at their books and observed the empty pages they contained.
Soon, their books soon glowed white just before the same words that was in Mally's book were in their books. They each were seeing what their books had to reveal to them.
Penelope: “This is some strange stuff… Are we really awake…?”
Book: “You are all awake. I was able to find a way to make it to you in this existence. Since you all have your books opened, I could share to you what you need to know. First off, I am called the Awakening Book. I am a living book that is here to assist you on your journey. You know how to summon me but you have yet to know how to fully use this book.
In this book form, I can answer questions you have and keep you entertained as well. Don’t think that I am all-knowing and all powerful. I am only an extension of your soul that is learning as you learn. I was always here with you since birth. I lay dormant until your experiences of being on the World of Transcendence awakened me. That is how I was able to manifest as your book necklaces. As for me becoming a book itself, it is because the laws of the physical existence don’t affect me.
For right now, you have no powers but I assure you that in time you will discover them. Once you awaken your powers, I will be of greater service to you. With that, you will be able to discover more functions of this book. Learn from the vision of heaven you were given. It will shed light on what you need to do in order to begin your destiny.”
The Dream Club Members looked on amazed by what they heard.
Penelope: “We have powers but we don’t know how to use them yet… That’s great. I could truly be a greater fighter than I am now.”
Martin: “This might be the start of something very interesting... Far more interesting than ordinary life…”
Shawn: “I think that our real purpose has come to us. We will be able to grow into spiritual warriors that strive for the light.”
Kathleen: “Also, the path we are going to take in life would help benefit everyone.”
Theodore: “I think this will make every dream experience from here onwards an awesome experience!!!”
Mally: “I’m very skeptical about this but with what I’ve experienced so far, it is too real and convincing for me to doubt this book… I wonder what type of technology this is that could defy physical laws...”
Awakening Book: “You are all amazed by what I am and what I said. You will be amazed the more you are adept in using this book. I also have something to show you and unfortunately, it’s not pleasant news… It involves the dark visions Theodore had experienced. His book would be able to reveal this for you to see.”
Theodore went serious as his friends appeared curious.
Theodore: “Really? It can do that?”
Awakening Book: “Of course. I’ll show you from Theodore’s Book what Theodore had experienced.”
As the Awakening Book spoke, the Dream Club Members were shown images that point to what the Awakening Book was talking about.
Awakening Book: “Since your high school days, you have committed to dream experience practices such as lucid dreaming. Through your practices, you were able to develop yourselves enough to become aware of a higher existence. This existence is known as the Dream Existence. It is an existence that could be accessed through physical death or when people become very lucid in their dreams.
The issue is that for most, they haven’t developed their dream abilities to become aware of the Dream Existence. For this reason, they end up in a dream world. It is a world created by their minds.
Once you gained complete awareness of the Dream Existence, something you achieved in your senior years of High School, you were able to have very vivid dreams. It was from this point that Theodore started to experience dark visions 5 months later.”
Theodore: “That’s right. Tell us what they mean.”
Awakening Book: “The dark visions you’ve experienced in your dreams showed a dark reality. The creatures you have seen were members of an order called the Impure Order. This order embodies nothing but corruption, impurity and evilness… Given the visions Theodore had witnessed, they may have established operations in order to harm Humanity and the Earth. When you see the Earth itself, do you feel uneasy about it? Their actions could bring about the end of the world as you know it.
Theodore, Shawn and Martin had gone to a park yesterday. In that park, they saw an audition that showcases peoples’ talents to an audience. A lady by the name of Bellamy preached to the audience about the end of the world and the coming of a Worldly Awakening. To most, it might appear that the lady is crazy or has lost touch with reality but I see differently. I feel that her words and what Theodore had experienced from his dark visions are somehow connected. I have yet to know what the Impure Order is doing in those operations. Whatever it is, it would serve to fulfill their Impure Plan thus bringing about an Impure Age possibly in this world.”
Theodore: “Then it shows that this Bellamy lady isn’t a nutcase after all… I’ve seen creatures invading Mally’s college… It wasn’t in the physical world but in some other existence… The creatures told me that it was the Earthbound Existence. Know anything about it?”
Awakening Book: “The Earthbound Existence is an existence that bridges the Dream Existence with the Physical Existence. This existence is a place where spirits who once had physical bodies roam. The type of spirits that dwell there are people who had unfinished business or who has strong attachment to the physical world. Crossing over is very difficult for them to do. As Shawn has witnessed in his dream experiences, he saw such spirits.”
Shawn: “That’s right!! It was terrifying… I kept having such experiences everyday…”
Theodore: “It was too bad that you weren’t at Mally’s College. I would have met with you there.”
Mally: “It is strange that the creatures are present in my college… I suspect that they might be roaming this entire world right now in that existence…”
Awakening Book: “You are the people that would one day save the world from this threat. Only through your dream experiences you will be able to learn how to awaken your powers. With your awakened powers, you will be able to stop what the Impure Order is planning to do. This is all I have to reveal to you at this moment.”
Their books stopped glowing white leading to them returning back to normal. The Dream Club Members reflected on the experience.
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Penelope: “Whatever this Impure Order is, they are sure a threat.”
Shawn: “I am terrified of what I’ve saw... Are we prepared to handle such dream experiences?”
Theodore: “Well, we worked so hard throughout High School to become lucid in our dreams. It would be a step into a much greater world that a few people have ever experienced.”
Martin: “I’m with Theodore. This is what we wanted to achieve as the Dream Club since day 1.”
Mally: “I believe that we should be cautious about going deeper in our dream experiences. Shawn could help us to provide us further dream knowledge that would help us to prepare.”
Shawn: “That would work. I also suggest that we work on cleansing ourselves of any negative thoughts and feelings. It would help us to make sure that our dream experiences are a positive one. It would be also necessary to call on The Source’s strength as well to protect us from the Impure Order.”
Theodore: “We could do that through our meditations before we go to sleep. This is some very serious stuff we have discovered here. As the Dream Club Members, we have never faced anything like this before. How about we make a game out of this? How about we go to sleep at the same time? Like at 11:00 pm? I want to know if we will end up together in the same dream.”
Mally: “I’m too interested in seeing if such an experiment could work. I’m in.”
Penelope: “I would like to meet you in a dream experience. I’m also in.”
Kathleen: “I would find it enjoyable and fun to see us interacting in a dream experience together. I will also join you.”
Shawn: “If we face any danger, at least I’m not facing it alone. I’m in.”
Martin: “This would lead to us exploring what the Dream Existence has to offer. I will join in as well.”
Theodore laughed while moving his arms.
Theodore: “Cool! Then it is settled. See you all in my dreams!”
At 3:17 am in Theodore’s bedroom, Theodore was in his bed sleeping. He slowly woke up to look up to the ceiling. He went into sitting position to check his surroundings. Everything around him appeared the same when he went to sleep. He then looked at the time appearing disappointed.
Theodore: “Awwww... That sucks... I thought I will be able to meet my friends in my dreams... Oh well... Normal dreams are better than nothing... I guess...”
He went back into his bed to hear the entrance door open then close. The sounds of footsteps were being heard someplace close. Expressing a sense of worry, he quickly moved up to sitting position.
Theodore: “Who’s that? Is it my parents...?”
A hit of fear was shown on his face as he slowly got up from his bed. He grabbed the door knob firmly. While taking a deep breath, he opened the door. On the other side, he saw the hallway that took him to the living room.
He slowly walked quietly pass the apartment room entrance to where the living room area was. In the living room area, there was an entrance into kitchen in front of him. To his left concealed from view was the dining room where his parents and he eat their meals at. On the other side was the living room. It consists of white sofas, a TV, cabinets containing discs to songs, a computer and other things. The entrance into the balcony was located from the living room that could be accessed through a door. The living room appeared comfortable and neat for the most part.
What Theodore paid attention to wasn’t the living room but the creatures that were walking around the area. They appeared to be inspecting the place. Soon, their eyes detected him. Seeing the troops dead in the eyes terrified him. As Theodore was about to move backwards, one of the troops spoke.
Troop 24: “Yeah you... Human, come over here...”
Theodore’s eyes were filled with fear.
Theodore: “Not you again… What do you want...? What are you…?”
Troop 24: “We are here to capture the people in this apartment who will serve us well... Hahaha... As for us, we are known as the Impure Troops... That’s all you need to know... The rest will be clear once you are converted...”
Theodore: “Converted...? Into what...?”
Troop 24: “Enough asking questions and come over here now...”
Theodore looked at them who had evil intentions for him. He quickly ran to the apartment entrance to quickly unlock the door. The troops started to run towards him. As they could reach him, he was able to open the door. Once he did, he bolted off down the hallways.
The Impure Troops followed right after him. They started to summon out their weapons.
Troop 24: “There is no escape!! Come with us to become a better human!!”
Theodore looked at them for a moment before going to where the elevators were. In the area where the elevators were located, he saw three elevators to his left side. To the other side where he came out of, there was another hallway that contained apartment rooms for tenants.
On his right, he saw a large window revealing the dark night sky. It revealed the entrance area of the apartment building. There was a roundabout area where people drop off and pick up passengers. There were pathways that led to other areas of the building and one that led a person to the main street. At the main street, it had a few vehicles driving by. Beyond it, laid another neighborhood full of old-fashioned houses.
At the bottom of the windows was a wooden ledge that reached up to an average height of a person’s chest. The ledge was wide enough for people to rest their stuff on.
He rushed over to the elevators then started to repeatedly click on the buttons 10 times. He then walked back waiting agonizingly for the elevators to reach his floor.
Theodore: “Come on elevators!!! Hurry up!!!”
Theodore looked at the hallway from where he came to see if the troops were there. In a few seconds later, the troops emerged. They started firing arrow shots forcing him to move all around the area to avoid getting hit.
He soon saw one of the elevator doors opening up. He immediately ran into the elevator then quickly clicked the first button he saw. The elevator doors were in the process of closing. As the troops could reach him, the elevator doors completely closed.
Theodore placed his back on the wall appearing relieved for a moment.
Theodore: “That was a close one... Those weird-looking creatures mean business… Better find a place to hide... I just hope my friends aren’t in a similar mess...”
In a few seconds later, the elevator doors opened up revealing a different floor similar to the last. Looking outside, he was at a lower floor than where he was. He checked to one hallway then the other while hearing for any noises. When he assumed that the coast was clear, he decided to journey to the hallway to his left.
While running down the hallway, he soon stopped in his tracks to observe a group of Impure Troops socializing with themselves. He quickly ran to where the stairwell was to hide behind a wall to avoid being seen. As he peeked out, he saw closely that the troops were near a group of shady people socializing with themselves. When he saw one of the troops move their hand through a person’s head, he figured something out.
Theodore: “I’m in the Earthbound Existence again… This means those people can’t see them…”
He observed one of the Impure Troops summoning a scanner from his pockets. The troop started to scan each person’s body. When the troop was done, he gave off an approved look. Theodore moved in closer to overhear their conversations.
Troop 77: “These people will serve us well. I found evil and dark intentions within them… They will be a great asset to us… Our work on this floor is done…”
Troop 74: “Excellent… We have checked three floors so far. There are a lot of people here that will serve our cause… Some embody depression, anger, hatred and fear… Something that the Impure Order embraces…”
Troop 41: “Soon, these same people would help us to make Humanity serve the Impure Order…”
Theodore backed away from them then started to quietly run the opposite direction into the stairwell. Emerging out on another floor, he looked around for a moment before running onwards deep into a hallway. He started to hear the sounds of feet hitting the floor quickly.
Troop 24: “Hey you!!! Stop!!!”
He quickly turned around to see a group of five Impure Troops chasing him.
Troop 24: “I order you to stop now or we will use force!!!”
In a state of panic, Theodore stopped where he was to see laughing Impure Troops coming to him. They were no longer running to him but were slowly approaching him. With their faces alone, Theodore knew that they were dangerous. He began to move his body away when the Impure Troops approached further.
Troop 24: “Don’t you try it...”
Impulsively, he ran off away from them. The troops quickly summoned their weapons then fired at him. Their arrows damaged the walls and floor of the hallway. He had to jump and move unpredictably to avoid getting hit. Three arrows were able to rip his shirt in different areas. Seeing his shirt ripped up, he knew the troops were serious.
The path led him to janitor room door. He tried to open it but realized with fear that it was locked. Fear started to show on his face as he made many attempts to open the door. He tried to break the door knob to ramming his body on the door repeatedly. Despite his efforts, his attempts proved unsuccessful. He then turned his attention to the troops who were closing in on him with weapons drawn.
Troop 24: “Put your hands up now or we’ll shoot!”
He glanced at the five Impure Troops with their arrows pointed directly to him. Looking around, he realized there was no way out. He looked at his pendant for a while before catching on to something. He reflected how the Impure Troops were able to summon out their weapons. When he reflected on the troops even more, he discovered something significant.
Theodore: “These creatures carry book necklaces just like me… If that is the case, I wonder if this would work…”
Theodore started to place his fingers on the top and bottom of his book pendant. Then he started to spin his book pendant causing it to reform into a sword. He grabbed the sword then looked at its features with shock on his face.
Theodore: “So, that’s how to summon my weapon!! Cool!! This is like me in my comic book series but for real!!”
The Impure Troops looked on with anger on their faces. They started to fire at him forcing him to counter their attacks. He does so by moving his blade in a way to protect himself. The troops’ attacks were being blocked or deflected to other parts of the hallway.
He went from expressing fear to expressing happiness. When he saw an opening, he rushed in with his blade. He managed to slash a troop three times for that troop to go down to the ground unconscious. The four remaining troops stood back with shock. They looked at their comrade injured then back to Theodore.
Troop 24: “Why you!!! You will pay for that!!”
The remaining troops fired their arrows to him forcing him to dodge. He was able to go in for another attack. It took three slashes by his blade to force another troop to go down. The three remaining troops moved back to a distance before resuming their arrow shots. They were increasing the speed of their shots as if unleashing their anger and rage onto him.
Theodore accidently tapped the hilt of his weapon for it to transform into an arrow. The troops stopped firing to look at him with fear.
Theodore: “So, that’s how I can change weapons…”
Theodore started to grin while the troops were shaking in fear. He summoned energy in the form of a bow then he directed his arrow towards the troops. The troops went into defensive positions in preparation of his attack.
Theodore started firing while they started firing. Their arrows cancelled themselves out initially. Gradually, his arrow shots were starting to overwhelm the troops. In the end, the troops received many arrow shots to their bodies. Their bodies burst into dark smoke before disappearing from his sights.
Theodore: He gave off a sigh of relief. “Man… That was a close one…”
Theodore observed his weapon slowly starting to laugh.
Theodore: “This is amazing!! I’ve watched a lot of anime and read comic books about people having superpowers!! It is amazing that I have this ability!! Time to wake up so I could tell my friends about this!!”
Theodore was about to close his eyes to wake up from his dream experience but something stopped him. What stopped him was the sound of yells from someone. With those yells, he heard the deep voice of evil laughers. Curious, he went to where the elevators were then looked out the windows.
Outside, he saw what appeared to be many demonic spirits flying around the pickup drop off area of the apartment area. At the heart of it, he saw in concern Shawn on his knees crying out of fear.
Theodore: “Shawn!! Don’t worry pal! I’m coming!!”
Theodore changed his arrow weapon back to his sword by tapping the bottom of his arrow. He then started to run off down the hallway to where the stairs were. He pushed open the stairwell doors then started to run downstairs until he emerged outside the apartment building. He then summoned his weapon to confront the demonic spirits.
Theodore: “Hey bullies!! Pick on someone your own size!!”
The demonic spirits turned to face Theodore before beginning to leave Shawn alone. Shawn looked up to see Theodore confronting the Demonic Spirits. He was amazed by the weapon Theodore was carrying.
Shawn: “Theodore, is it you?”
Theodore: “Yeah pal, it’s me!! Don’t worry, I will protect you from these bullies.”
The Demonic Creatures looked at him menacingly for a moment before flying off into the sky soon disappearing from their sights. Theodore looked on confused for a while before smiling.
Theodore: “I guess that they don’t want any of this…”
Theodore walked to Shawn with a sense of happiness. Shawn was expressing a look of curiosity and relief.
Shawn: “Theodore, where did you get that weapon?”
Theodore: “This is my Awakening Book in weapon form.”
Shawn: “So, our books can be weapons? How did you summon it?”
Theodore: “I’ll showcase this to you when we wake up from this place…”
As they could close their eyes to wake up from their dream experience, a rush of Impure Troops started to appear to them from all sides. They seem to come out of nowhere. Theodore went near Shawn to defend him. Shawn kept close near Theodore not wanting to leave his sight. When they looked out around them, they were about 30 troops. They all had their weapons drawn to them.
The troops started to fire that Theodore tried to defend Shawn. Due to the amount of arrow shots that hit his blade, it started to crack which started to worry him. Another shot was moving towards Shawn that Theodore was forced to block it. As his weapon was hit by the arrow shot, his weapon shattered into many pieces. His shattered weapon reverted back as his book pendant. Shawn looked on with a sense of curiosity and concern.
Shawn: “His weapon is gone… He needs to summon it back or we will be done for…”
Theodore tried to summon his weapon again but it was no use. Fear was gradually building on his face and soon on the face of Shawn.
Theodore: “Why can’t I summon back my weapon? What gives?”
Troop 84: “Give up now or suffer!!! You two will serve to help us with our plans…”
Theodore looked out to the many troops pointing their weapons to him. Out of no choice, he placed his hands up to surrender. Shawn was trembling as he surrendered as well. Four troops ran over to restrain them.
Troop 84: “Excellent... Take them to the Conversion Room...”
The Impure Troops escorted Theodore and Shawn to an unknown designation. A look of fear was on Theodore and Shawn’s faces.