The Nightmare Cat

Ever since Covid19 has come; everyone became cautious and lots of things had changed since the New Year of 2021, and yet things were in a delicate seesaw of a balance. I was feeling bored one day sitting at home, watching TV with my Dad and dog Bailey, it felt too mundane for some reason.

So I put on my shoes, grabbed my hat and was out the door for a walk; luckily it was warm out to go without a coat. I walked up the hill of King Street, crossed the road at the top and entered Grandmother's Garden; a small valley park.

There was still some snow on the ground and it was muddy; there weren't a lot of people about, it was quiet and peaceful with the occasional car driving by overhead, it was the perfect place to walk and think. I was soon standing on the bank of a small river still a bit frozen and enjoying the view; when I heard this very strange meow behind me.

I turned to see a very strange black cat slink from the bushes between some trees; its body was long/sinewy and lean, the cat's neck was serpent-like and its head was cat-like mixed with human features with large unblinking yellowish green eyes set in lidless eye sockets, needle-like teeth peeked from thin lips and its fur was black as tar. Its legs were long and thin looking with long sharp claws; it moved almost like a puppet without strings with a twitch and I could hear the joints of its legs pop with every step it took.

I stood frozen in fear for this creature was of nightmares that anyone could imagine just to scare them-selves silly. I felt my-self twitch as I looked left and right; it was near twilight, no one was around and I felt frozen in place as I couldn't decide on where to try running.

The Nightmare Cat knew this as it opened its mouth to show a black void and released another chilling meow as it slowly closed its mouth. My reaction had gone numb and I felt trapped with only the small frozen river behind me.

By the time I blinked...

The Nightmare Cat sprung at me, hitting me in the chest and knocked onto the ice of the small river; I broke through the ice but instead of hitting the bottom, the small river suddenly became very deep as I felt my-self pass under the ice and began sinking like a rock. The last image I see was the creature sticking its head underwater and unblinkly watched me sink as my vision went black.

I found my-self floating in an endless void and I thought I was dead; until a glowing woman appeared and she wore a flowing veil that hid her face. Beneath the veil I could make out a crown of glowing moonlight upon her brow and she wore a flowing green robe embroidered with dapples of gold and white.

About her hips was a belt of glowing starlight and she held a glowing scepter of sunlight; the woman removed the veil but I never saw her face as it was thrown over my own head and my whole body from the crown of my head to the bottom of my feet felt on fire. The veil became a cocoon of white light surrounding me and I felt my-self fading but I heard a mysterious woman's voice speaking to me...

I have chosen you to be my Daughter; I am giving you a new life, you will face many challenges and be put through many trials. I reveal to you the history of the dimension you will be reborn into...