Connor P.'s Story

Emily was sitting in the dream world Connor was doing his own thing tonight Emily and Lala were sitting together watching him on his own little adventure. Emily enjoyed watching Connor be happy she didn't really know what he was like out side of his dreams but she could only imagine that he was a amazing hero, brave, popular and everyone worships him. "Hey Treyn what's Connor doing now?" she stood back up and sat next to Lala. But all of the sudden there was a loud cracking noise behind them. Emily quickly turned around to see a large black crack in the sky. "Nightmares are here." She stared closer at this crack in the sky "What is that it's not a normal nightmare." All of the sudden it opened much larger and Emily started to float up into the air. She looked over at Lala and she was floating with her up into the air she reached to grab Lala but they both were sucked into the crack leaving the dream world.

Emily sat up in a hot sweat. She looked around frantically her ears perked up. Her nerves calmed when she saw Lala laying down next to her but she still didn't know where they were. She stood up and looked around she was in a bed room Lala was still asleep and so was whoever was in the bed. She decided it would be better to leave the room and not wake any one up yet. She opened the bedroom door witch lead into a kitchen she smiled. "What a nice place to end up in." She glanced around the room there was a small tv on the counter and a calendar above the oven. She walked over to the calender "June 14 2024!?" She was confused normally the date was empty in the dream world it caused stress to know what day it was. She turned around and herd a bang on the door.

She opened it up and saw a boy ride away on his bike and a news paper on the doorstep. The neighbor hood was amazing lights everywhere the sun was so bright. The houses were separated evenly and they all looked similar no creativity. That disappointing her what world would have no creativity. Then Emily looked down and saw the paper she picked it up and read the title. New threat approaches in our small city of Lipton Mississippi. She didn't really think much of it she was more worried of where she was. She threw the paper on the counter and started to search around for evidence of who that person was in the bed.

Connor dreamt soundly in his sleep. He was dreaming about fighting, not exactly sure what it was but he knew it was evil in his mind. He swung a few times with his sword angering the beast. He then quickly grew wings and flew up and slashed at it's eye blinding it. The beast squeeled and slammed it's fist into him but Connor held it up using his emmense strength. Truley in this world he was a suave, brave, strong, hero on the opposite to his real life. He heard a whooshing sound and saw a crack. He was immediately whisked inside and he was awoken.

He woke up in a cold sweat panting. "Oi" he said between breaths and he clutched his chest wanting to go back to sleep. He looked at his alarm clock which read 5:16 a.m. He had a good two hours until school but he might as well get ready. He jumped put of bed wearing only a blank white t-shirt and a pair of black gym shorts. He never went to sleep naked nor in his boxers because of him always getting too cold in his sleep.

He went towards the door but noticed a girl asleep when he started to walk out. He knelt beside her and immediately noticed the ears. He tried to pull them off but they seemed to be glued or something so it was best to leave them alone. He shoved her abit. "Hey wake up" he said nudging her but he stood up at the sound of movement coming from the other room.

He opened the door and crept inside to see a girl with pointed ears and a tail. He raised an eyebrow and walked inside. "Um h hello?" he asked shyly. "Who are you and why are you in my house?" he asked shaking slightly thinking about how two women could get inside his house and why one was sleeping on the floor in his room.

Emily opened up the fridge and saw a egg. She smiled and set them out on a plate. She stared at them for a while. "Why aren't you cooked?" All of the sudden she herd a voice from behind her.

"Um h hello?" he asked shyly. "Who are you and why are you in my house?"

She turned around quickly and instantly recognized the face of her creator. "Creator!" She jumped and grabbed his leg her tail wagging excitedly. "I don't know where I am and I'm scared! The eggs are just sitting there and..." She stood up and looked at him. He had a white t-shirt and black shorts. He was nowhere near his normal buff armor covered self. "Puny.. What type of dream is this." She looked around and shrugged. "You know who I am! I am Emily Vetress, at your service, creator." She smiled and looked back up at the boy. She stood strait up and looked around her smile went away. "Where are we..." She looked back at the boy with her creators face but not his body. Could this be a nightmare! "Who are you?" She took a step back from the boy.

Then it hit her could this be reality was that why there was a date on the calendar and the egg wouldn't just magically cook itself. She walked back up the the boy. "Please tell me where we are!" She was scared and she just wanted this boy to be her creator that is all the comfort she needed was to know that she was safe with her creator. "Please sir tell me you are my creator." Her eyes were filled with hope that he was her creator. "Please..."

Connor blushed a bright red when the girl grabbed his leg. "Creator! I don't know where I am and I'm scared! The eggs are just sitting there and... Puny.. What type of dream is this."The girl stood at about his level but she seemed much more childish. "You know who I am! I am Emily Vetress, at your service, creator." "Creator?" he said in his head.Then it hit him. "E Emily?" he kept repeating then walked forward and ran his fingers through her hair feeling her ears. They were real but he didn't get it. He made her about twelve years ago when he needed a friend and he came up with her.

"Please tell me where we are!" Connor kept looking at her amazed. She was a dream and this was reality. "I I think were in the real world. I mean you are with me, but how did you get out of my head?" he then remembered the bunny girl and it hit him as well. "Lara" he said in his head. "I I am your creator." he said then smiled. He knew he had to calm her down on account of her able to beat most things in his dreams then again he was able to beat anything in his dreams so he was unsure about her strength.

Emily's tail started to wag again with excitement. "I I think were in the real world. I mean you are with me, but how did you get out of my head?" She looked at him "I just remember a giant black crack in the sky. And then me and Lala were sucked up into the air." She looked around and picked up some salt. "Reality huh?" Emily pulled out a chair and sat down in it. "I thought you would have a bigger place than this creator?" She stood back up and walked over to the counter where the news paper was laying on. "What is this suppose to mean?" She pointed at the head line New threat approaches "Is this a nightmare?" She put it back down almost instantly forgetting about it when blaring music started playing from out side. "Oh whats that!" She ran over to the door and opened it up and saw a boy in a car playing music with no instrument!? She slammed the door. "There's a magic man out there." She whispered "I can take care of him don't worry." She grabbed a small pan from the counter and sat on the side of the door just waiting for him to walk in.

Connor was curious as hell of how she is actually in the real world. "I just remember a giant black crack in the sky. And then me and Lala were sucked up into the air." Connor pulled out another chair and sat across from her. "I thought you would have a bigger place than this creator?" then it hit him. Everything she knew about him came from his dreams. That meant she thought of him as a brave, strong, chivalristic knight. Far from his reality which was him being your average nerd with the advantage of him being smart.

"What is this suppose to mean? Is this a nightmare?" "Um no not really it's just a case of paranoia probably." he said taking it then looking it over. "Yeah it's simply about..." he saw her grab a pan and hide by the door. "There's a magic man out there. I can take care of him don't worry." Connor jumped up and pulled the pan from her grip. "No he isn't magic he's my friend Tyren. " he said then put the pan up. "Look let's play a game." he said remembering heralways being somewhat like a puppy, playful and willing. "Okay you go and hide and in a few minutes I'm gonna see if I can find you okay?" he said hoping he could hide her long enough to where he could get Treyn to go away and he could figure out why she was here and what the black crack in the sky was.

Connor grabbed the pan out of her hand and scolded her. "I'm sorry creator don't be mad." She only wanted to protect her creator not get him angry. He was definitely acting differently than her normally would. He used to be so calm and easy going but now she can't even hit a magic man with a frying pan!

"Look let's play a game." he said remembering her always being somewhat like a puppy, playful and willing. "Okay you go and hide and in a few minutes I'm gonna see if I can find you okay?"

Emily's ears perked up when she herd the word 'game' "Game game game?!?!?!" She was jumping around the room "Ok but you can't look I'm going to go hide now close your eyes!" She walked over to Connor and waved her hand in front of his face. Then she ran towards the closet. She looked back to the door then at Connor she closed the door and moved a coat in front of her. "Ok I'm ready come find me!" She closed her eyes to feel more comfortable she was scared of the dark actually terrified but she loved to play games so she would put up with the dark just for her creator. She looked threw a small crack in the door to see what was going on out side.

Miki huffed and glared to her blue painted room, noting, for the umpteenth time that she hated the color. Her father was singing again, one of his musical ballads, the lyrics hardly ready and his singing never going to make it to Hollywood, said by Simon Cowell himself.

It was past six though and Miki had to be to school a bit early today. Huffing yet again and blowing a strand of red hair out of her eyes, she stretched and began her routine. Once her teeth were brushed and hair combed, she glanced down herself, remembering she had never put on pajamas and had only slept in underwear. She shrugged though. It happened more often than not, but she was rather cold now.

Hurriedly she slipped on her school uniform, adding her little flares here and there as she always did everyday. A smiley pin on the short sleeve, two extra purple bows on the buttons down the shirt, three necklaces clinking together to hide the hideous tie, and of course her bright purple knee high socks. Socks were basically the only thing not on the school dress code list, so she was going to take advantage of such a typo until someone noticed.

Skipping downstairs, she waved to her dad at the piano, his wispy hair and rectangle glasses in place as always. "Off to school already?" he questioned, voice noticeably accented from England.

"Have to stop by Connor's place, then try to sign up for the writer's club again." Miki, having lived with two native English speakers, spoke somewhat the same.

"They still haven't let you join?" The piano music stopped abruptly, ceasing Miki's toe tapping as she waited for her toast to be ready to take. Miki faced her father as he approached, an over dramatic face of outrage forming on his scrunched eyebrows. Before he could explode however, Miki smiled and kissed his cheek.

"It's okay Daddy," she assured. "They just don't like me very much."

"And why not?"

"I told you. It's run by Selia and Stefon. The wanna be poets. They get to decide who joins. And its all fan fiction, wanna be writers who sit around talking about Twilight all day."

Her father cocked an eyebrow. "So why would you want to join?"

Miki shrugged, but wore an evil smile. "To defeat one's enemy, one must infiltrate the ranks first dear father."

He laughed and hugged her close. "Such an evil little thing."

"I know, I know," she laughed and jumped up as the toast popped. "I'll be home late too. Probably hang out with Connor."

"No surprises there," he teased and she stuck out her tongue.

"Love you dad."

"Love you too honey."

Whenever it was just the two of them at home, since Miki's mother was performing in shows in the city all week, it was quieter. Miki sighed, not liking it much, but she pasted on a smile and directed her bike to Connor's house. It had been a few days since she had stopped by and she hoped he was ready for class so they could ride to campus together. However, when she arrived, a car pulled into the driveway with the stereo blaring. Miki skidded her tires to not ram into the backside of the car, staring as the driver cut the engine, and the music, and got out.

She had seen him before...the new guy, right. Connor had taken to hanging out with him. Which was why Miki hadn't seen him the past few days.

"Hi," she offered, trying not to glare. She set her bike up against the garage door and hurried to the front door before the new guy could. The morning air was cold where her bare legs showed beneath her skirt and she shivered slightly on the front step. Ringing the doorbell, she glanced behind where the new guy was, folding her arms and again resisting a glare. Steal my friend will you?

Connro was about to open the door when he heard a shout, “Creator! Oh, I’m so glad to see you!” Connor turned to see a girl in rabbit ears hugging him tight. She then backed off a bit and looked at him. “Why are you so… different, creator? Is this magic? Did you make yourself this… small? Was it a nightmare? Did they do this to you? Oh, you poor dear!” Connor was then constricted by the rabbit girl. “Don’t worry, me and Emily will fix this. We’ll find the nightmare that did this and bash him until he turns you back to normal. There are people outside. Should I get rid of them for you?” Connor shook his head. "No, no okay um okay me and Emily are playing a game right now. You need to go hide and I'll go look for you okay?" he said hoping she would comply. She wasn't nearly as childish as Emily but she was still playful and protective. She should comply but he still didn't know.

Connor jumped as he heard him scream. When he walked in he smirked at him "Hey, bro! What's up? Huh, what? I didn't hear any yelling. What are you talking about? Yeah so, no, we didn't hear anything. So, what's up?" Connor rolled his eyes. "Well I was getting ready and then someone decided to yell." he said cockily. He then looked over and saw Miki "Hey Miki" he said then waved with a grin. He looked down and noticed he still wasn't dressed. "Um give me a few minutes to finish up and I'll be right back out. " he dashed in his room and saw Lala rocking on the ground. He decided even if he was rushing it was best for him to at least try to comfort her on account of him being her creator. He crouched beside her and rubbed her head trying to calm her. "Hey sshhh it's okay I promise you'll be safe. I have to go for a few hours but when I get back we can do whatever we want to okay?" he said then walked to his closet and pulled out a blue western plaid shirt and pair of jeans. He wondered if it would be okay to dress infront of her even if she was a dream, technically. He thought no then walked to his bathroom. He finished getting dressed and dashed out. He looked at the girl again. "Emily is hiding somewhere if you need her and tell her sorry I had to do something and we'll continue our game later." he said then walked out of the room. He saw Tyren was still there unsurprisingly. "Okay done." he said cheerily smiling at the boy in a cocky style.

Emily saw everyone talking and Lala run in to Connors room. Then some other people looked like they were his friends talking to him. She gasped "Its that the little magic boy in the dream world!?" She was shocked he was much bigger and looked larger. When Connor left the house Emily jumped out of the closet and ran into his bed room. Without saying anything she opened the closet door and grabbed some cloth and threw a pair of pants at Lala. "Put those on we are gonna follow Connor." She ran out of the room and into a bathroom and began to change. She put on a baseball cap and a white T-shirt with jeans. She ran back into the room and grabbed Lalas hand and ran out threw the back. She tucked in her tail "Alright if we jump in the back car maybe they won't see us." She didn't wait for a answer before jumping over the fence and running behind the group. She slid behind the back of the car and looked around and then she jumped threw the window and lied down on the floor hoping they wouldn't see her. She peeked out the window and waved over Lala. "I'm so sneaky." She said to herself quietly.

"Well, hello there miss Marin. You look absolutely ravishing this morning. How are you?"

Miki rolled her eyes but answered, "Perfectly fine." She didn't bother returning the question.

What followed had her eyes widened crazily, a gun in Treyn's hands?! "What the hell...?" Backing off, she stared wide-eyed and nearly stumbling off the steps. She caught herself though just as Treyn made a movement with his hands and the door opened to reveal a less than clothed Connor. Blinking, she wondered what had happened. Treyn was acting like he had done nothing wrong and robotically Miki agreed that she hadn't heard anything. Was she going crazy?

Eventually the group decided to finally head to school, though it seemed Connor wanted to ride with Treyn. Fuming and muttering, Miki took up her bike again, not even asking if Connor would ride with her. She did cast a glare to Treyn as he slipped into his seat of his car, the music blasting again as soon as he turned on the engine. She rolled her eyes and began to pedal away, down the few blocks to the school.

Her eyes were burning with sudden tears and she wondered why she was so upset. She should have seen this coming. With the new best friend at his side, Connor wouldn't have time for a silly girl like her.

She skidded her tires as she slipped into the bike rack area, ignoring another student's shouts about taking his spot. Flipping her hair back and turning around, she faced him with a pink face. "You really want to do this right now? So early in the day?"

The boy gulped and shook his head.

Miki nodded, still frowning. "Good."

With that, she stalked to her locker, grabbed her bag and stormed to class. She didn't even bother sitting where she usually sat with Connor in the middle of the rows. She opted for the back and leaned her head against the wall with a long sigh. The boys would be arriving any time. She would be sure to ignore them.

Emily sat up and smiled at the boy that gave them the free ride with Connor.
"You do realize that I am not stupid, correct? So, when did you get here? Huh? Who is your creator? If you are nightmares stalking Connor, so help me God, I will destroy you!"

"Well we just go-..." She was cut off when he pushed them against the back of the seat. Her eyes widened she was terrified but he seemed to be trying to protect Connor also. He finally let them go and apologized and kissed them on the forehead. Emily stuck out her tongue she didn't like any boys except for her creator she thought they were gross. "Hey I know you! You're that small kid that follows Connor around like a puppy dog." She realized that she was a puppy dog and that was a bad example. She looked over at Lala and then back at Treyn "Can you sneak us into the school I want to watch over Connor with you?" She could smell evil and she didn't know why but there was definitely something wrong.

Connor shrugged as he was dropped off infront of the school. He tried his best to ignore the insults that were thrown his way. He had gotten used to the abuse he was put through but always had it worse when he was truly alone. He crept to his locker and got out all he would need for his first few classes.

He hurried to class wanting to avoid the rest of the bullies and jocks who picked on him. They didn't mess with him if either Treyn or Miki was with him. A different reason for each, Miki would get their minds of off him and onto her the second they laid eyes on her, uh cleavage. Treyn was one to keep away because of what could happen. He looked like a badass and wasn't too far from one at that. Just a glance in your direction sent fear down your spine if you didn't know him.

Connor eventually made it to the class unscathed. The class was basically empty at the moment other than the exception of Miki and a few other girls who didn't even bother to look in his direction. Miki was sitting in the back of the room with her head on the wall an unusual place but Connor didn't mind. He sat down next to her and smiled softly at her. "So is the wall more or less a pillow?" he said laughing slightly at his own joke.

Emily crossed her arms when Treyn stuck his tongue out at her. "Well I normally am super strong but I don't know if I still am." She lifter up her arm and made frown "See they are all weak." She looked over at Lala she was blushing from the kiss. Emily elbowed her to knock some sense into her. She whispered in her ear "We are here for Connor not some tiny magic guy." All of the sudden the car shook and she looked back in the window. There was a man on the back he looked happy so Emily smiled back. "Yeah I want to have fun!" She opened the door and got out. "Let's play a game! Like tag." Quickly Emily jumped out and punched him in the arm "Your it" She noticed that every one was staring at her a little oddly she just stood next to the car wondering what was wrong?

Miki tried hard to ignore Connor. She was mad. Yes. Mad. Mad at Connor. But hearing his lame joke and laugh dropped her defenses. Her eyes flickered over to him and she chanced a smile. Treyn wasn't there. If she had some time alone with Connor, then she shouldn't be sulking.

"More or less," she answered, turning to face him more. "How was the...drive?"

Why she wanted to bring up Treyn was to see if Connor truly was friends with the guy. He turns up out of nowhere and suddenly they're best buds? Connor doesn't make friends well and honestly, why would Treyn want to be friends with Connor. She didn't mean any offense to her friend, but someone like Treyn, one of those dangerous looking guys, didn't seem likely to want to befriend someone like Connor that was...not that.

Connor shrugged. "It was okay. Treyn isn't much of a talker and he just dropped he off at the curb and went to look for a parking spot." he said then sat up a bit straighter. "So how was your day, get into the writers club yet?" he asked smiling. He remembered about how she wanted to get into there but he didn't really get the concept of the club. They wrote poetry which was good if done right but it was always depressing for him to read.

He could probably get in if it wasn't for two things. One was his status which isn't surprising. He wasn't liked by really anyone other than Miki and Treyn so he had no connections for him. He also had horrid hand writing which was why he typed most everything he has had to ever do. He always rushes making the letters come out as an ungodly mixture of cursive and manuscript which was almost completely illegible.

"Ah!" Miki exclaimed at the question, shoulder turning in. "I totally forgot...I...oh my god I'm so stupid."

She had completely forgotten to stop by the auditorium where the club met before classes in the mornings. Being so upset with Connor had warped her mind into having one goal: seeth and mope.

"Ugh...whatever," she sighed, slumping. "It doesnt matter. Should just start my own club but we wont be approved if we already have one."

More students were filing in, one in particular Jack 'Jackie' Channing. His eyes zeroed in on Miki immediately and she sat up straighter with an awkward smile. He had asked her out a few days ago and she had said she would think about it. Having the physique of an Olympic swimmer and gorgeous eyes, to any other girl it would be a no brainer. Glancing to Connor, internally balling her eyes out as she fell down a dark slope of depression, she wondered if moving on would be a good move or not.

Connor sighed. "Oh well I guess its not the end of the world right?" he said somewhat cheerfully. He saw her look at the door and he looked over as well. It was Jackie. In Connor's opinion he was a douche. Then again almost every jock in this school was a douche in his eyes. He did pick on Connor so in so just as most did. "What a douche." he said under his breath. Miki seemed interested though. It was easy to tell because she would always look at him before she looked at a guy. "So you like him huh?" he said barley loud enough for her to hear him.

Emily was watching them fight enjoying it. When out of the corner of her eye she saw Connor threw a window. "Hey Lala there's Connor!" She started to run over there when she saw that he was talking to a girl. This girl looked familiar then it clicked to her. She was in some of Connors dreams! Emily was instantly jealous of her she would steal attention from Emily she stood out side the window staring at them both. She walked away in anger "Stupid girl taking Connor away." She walked back to the others. "I need to get in that class Treyn. There is something wrong in there and I need to protect Connor from all evil things." In her head she was thinking of the girl. Emily wasn't normally a very hateful person but she was almost like Connors daughter so she will do anything to be with him.

She got back with the rest of the group and sat on the dream boy. She poked him in the face "Hey you awake?" She looked at the others "So how we gonna get in the class?" She looked back at the building "Maybe we could just walk in?" She stood back up and walked towards Treyn "Do you think they would stop us I mean I don't know what school is like! No one dreams of school!"