I am at a clinic with
drexle , having an ultrasound because I am pregnant. The baby seems to be developping faster than normal, and something feels very odd about this baby. It moves around a lot more than it should. I look at the baby on the monitor, and it frightens me. It does not look human. I wake up, or at least, I think I wake up. I am in my bed in Illinois. My room is exactly as it is in waking life. I turn to my left and I see a blue light near my window. An alien appears. Instantly, I know that this is an alien baby. The alien takes me into space, and I am able to see a full-view of the universe. At the other end of the universe, farthest from Earth, is a planet called Solaris. This is the alien's home. This is where a more hopeful future lies.
My child is about 5 years old. He is a beautiful little boy, with pale skin, black eyes, and golden hair. He wears a little black coat. He talks to me like a scholar, full of wisdom, as though he is fully of aware of all there is to know about the universe. Though he is sweet and dear to me, he does not have the joy of a child. He is not gloomy per se, or empty, he just does not behave as an Earth child. The alien gives us the opportunity to go to Solaris and live. It is where we belong. I do not know if we actually get to go (it seems that way, though), or if I am allowed to bring anyone else with me (I probably bring my mother).
drexle makes no reappearance after the ultrasound.
Interesting note: I used to be plagued with scary dreams of black teardrop-eyed aliens when I was younger. They frightened me to the point that I was paralyzed when I woke up the next morning. I used to go to bed hoping that I wouldn't have an alien dream, because they felt so real, and buying into sci-fi beliefs, I felt like there was no way of ever knowing if the encounter was real or dreamt (like dreaming of waking in my real bed). This dream did not scare me in the same way. Like the haunted house dreams, I was at peace with the circumstances. These dreams are a part of me, and I accept them, eerie or not.