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«Lindsay, now! We have to fight off these snakes!» my mother handed me a stick and proceeded to knock down the snakes that enveloped the whole place in our house in Quebec.

«What? I…» I didn’t immediately understand what was happening. The house was literally covered in snakes.

«Don’t just stand there!» I heard Lizzie yell, who was also trying to fight off the reptiles.

I clutched the stick in my hands and started waving it in the air. But I noticed that the snakes didn’t touch me anyway.

«Hey, take the fire!» I turned around at the unfamiliar voice. Or rather, a familiar voice. It was the same guy I’d often seen in my sleep, but who I’d never seen in my life. To be honest, I had long dreamed of meeting him in real life, but it was more like a pipe dream.

I snatched the torch from his hands and started waving it around.

«Go outside!» my mother shouted at me.

«What? Why?» I didn’t understand.

«Your help is needed there.»

I clutched the torch even harder and ran outside. It was no better there. There were snakes everywhere. Even in the snow. Some dog ran up to me and started licking my legs.

«Get away from me! Now is not the time!» I yelled at the animal. But it didn’t listen and went on licking my legs.

«Leave me alone!» I shoved the dog away from me. It squealed and hit a rock so hard that its neck broke.

«Oh, no!» The torch fell from my hands, and the snakes started crawling toward me, but I didn’t pay any attention to them. «What have I done?!» I ran up to the poor animal and palpated him. – Does it hurt?

«Yes,» the dog barely answered me in a man’s voice. Meanwhile, the snakes were almost at my feet.

«Now, honey, be patient. I’ll save you,» I tried to lift the dog in my arms and looked around our yard. I noticed that there was a wooden structure in the corner that had a lot of animals in it. I don’t know why, but the first thought that crossed my mind was that it was a veterinary clinic.

I lifted the poor animal into my arms. The dog grunted in my arms. Shit, I’m such a bitch. I almost killed an innocent creature. No forgiveness for me.

I ran through the curly bodies of the snakes toward the sanitarium. There were all kinds of animals at the entrance, from squirrels to bears. When they saw the panicked me, they parted ways.

I ran inside and saw a girl in a white coat and gloves.

«Hello!» I tried to catch my breath. «Help me, please!» I put the dog down on the cot.

«What happened to him?» calmly asked the girl doctor..

«I kicked him and broke his neck. Please help me. I don’t want him to suffer because of me. I really didn’t mean to,» the words poured out of me in a torrent.

«Calm,» the girl began to examine the dog.

«Is he going to be okay?» I didn’t let up.

«Yes,» the doctor looked at me. «It wasn’t your fault. He came to you with his neck already twisted.»

«What?» I didn’t understand.

Turururu-turururu! Turururu-turururu!

Damn alarm clock!

I looked up. There were the same annoying orange walls and Lizzie sleeping peacefully on the couch.

I dropped my head on the pillow and rubbed my face with my hands.

«Phew! That’ a dream…» I muttered.

«Let me sleep!» I heard Lizzie yell from the couch.

I turned on my other side and wondered what my dream could mean. I wouldn’t have paid attention to it if I hadn’t known that all of my dreams were prophetic.