Second Best

A few nights ago I dreamed this rather unsettling (yet enlightening) dream:

My siblings and I were in a bedroom in our first log cabin in Cosby, TN. We were standing around a full size bed with a quilt bedspread. The roof was low and the room cramped. My mother appeared and all of us panicked.

She was different.

She had black holes in place of eyes. She couldn't see, but she could hear like it was her superpower. We were all afraid of what would happen if she caught us so one by one we sneaked around her and ran downstairs to get out of the house and away from her.

I realized I didn't have any pants on and knew I couldn't go back upstairs. I grabbed a folded set (a pair I still can't find in real life) and raced out the door. We got on horseback and road away down the street, away from our screaming mother.

We decided to live at a mall/flea market because there were so many people there that our mother couldn't possibly zone in on us. We stayed there long enough for my sister to make a friend (his name started with a J). Then we realized that there were cameras everywhere, and while my mother couldn't see us, someone would tell her where we were.

We raced out to the parking lot and stopped when my sister and I realized we were the only ones. "What happened to Ethan and Andrew?" I panted. Somehow, we discovered that my sister's "friend" was a kidnapper. We found his car and there were my brothers, wrapped in dark plastic sheets and tied with ropes.

Unfortunately, a crowd of people were running toward us and we knew we were out of time. And then Castiel (yes, Castiel from Supernatural) appeared. He got into the driver's seat and we hid in the backseat with our brothers as Cas drove our getaway car.

Later, Cas took us to a small, beautiful farm in the middle of nowhere. My friends were there - Kyle, Patti, William, Davey, Shane. We were all hanging out in an above-ground pavilion (I have no idea, my brain likes to imagine itself up high) when I noticed that everyone (excluding William) was surrounding my sister, talking to her, flirting with her, wrestling, etc.

I watched as they all laughed about which guy should marry her, and they said, "Well we can't all marry her - someone has to marry Kate!" and then they went, "Hahaha! Ew..." I stomped toward them and screamed, "WHY AM I ALWAYS SECOND BEST?!" and ran away. I found William (who was loitering by himself on the staircase down) and told him about the dream...I thought I was awake.

Later, we were at my godparents' house and there were a man and woman who said they would help us get away from our mom.

I found out that they were actually in contact with her and were going to hand us over. I flew into a rage that we had been betrayed and that I could trust no one. I grabbed the redheaded woman by the hair and knocked her against the table, twice, until she blacked out.

And then we ran.