Chatterbox: Down to Earth

Weird Dreams.... Post your weird dreams here.

Ahem. Here I go. So this morning at approximately 4:43, I had a really cool dream that would make a great novel or something. There was me and 11 friends, 6 girls and 6 boys. Some people's names were changed though, one girl was called Blossom (what the heck?) and one boy was called Collis (like Collin but not). Oh and Blossom's brother in real life wasn't her brother, but two other guys were. And the whole thing pretty much took place at my old elementary school.

So I'm just living my average middle school life, all hunky-dory (don't you love that word?) but there is suddenly this new procedure thingamabob (don't you love that word too?) that occurs at recess. Very routine, you have to stand on this platform for a few minutes with a couple of other people, nothing suspicious at all. You have a turn every few days. Run by the goverment. Starts when you're in fourth grade. Nothing suspicious. But by the time the dream started, somehow our little band of 12 had figured out that the platforms are making kids grow older quicker and at the exact same rate. It also changes their personality. Girls become your steroptypical shopping/puppies/boyfriend loving type, while boys become your sterotypical video gamer/music lover. The sterotypical teenager. But one of us (I'm going to call him Jack, he's Blossom's "brother" along with Collis) figures out that by standing on the edge of the platform, you don't get "washed" (that's what the procedure is called). From there, we figure out that the goverment is injecting hormones into children to make them grow up faster. So of course, we have to go and stop this.

We've all been trying to avoid our "washing" turns but 3 of the guys are kidnapped and have to be "washed", but the effects wear off in a few days. So we figure out that the "washing" isn't permanent so it has to be done over and over, but it builds up a lot. Later, I get caught and and I have to undergo the "washing". This is such a terrible feeling as you can feel your personality changing, but I feel like I'm turning into another one of my friends who doesn't happen to be in this dream, which makes me start laughing. Instantly, the effects vanish. Laughing stops the hormones (don't ask me why). So I end up regularly attending the "washings" but I laugh inside so I'm fine. We've found a personal cure, but now we need to help everyone.

Blossom's  brother in real life says he knows an old neurologist who lives near his house, so we set out to meet the neurologist (why are we looking for him? I don't know.). He tells us that the goverment's plan is to make sure that all children grow and develop at the same rate, so there will be less bullying and fighting (hey, this is just a dream.).  He has created a solution that will stop abnormal hormone growth. I, being the most spylike, sneak into the underground chamber under the platforms and switch out the hormone solutions. Then we head back the old neurologist's house and he tells us something disturbung: laughing during the washing not only stops the artificial hormones, but hormones you have in your body. Less than 20 times will stunt your growth, but more than 20 times will stop you growing and developing all together. The others have been "washed" 6 times, so their growth will be stunted a little, but I've been "washed" 23 times. And because I've laughed during each of them, I will stop growing. But we are not going to lose hope! We end up blowing up a bunch of factories that produce the artificial hormone, and destroy the blueprints. Every one on Earth has had their memories erased about the "washing" except for us. At the end, I'm reflecting how in the past year we've all grown up so much (while some really reflective studio Ghibli style music plays in the background). And I know that I am growing too. Not physically, but mentally I have grown much and can continue to grow.  

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