It was with a gasp and a scream that the Egyptian girl woke up from her nightmare, sweat dripping, glistening on her skin. She looked around tentatively, wondering why the room was so dark... But before she thought of anything else, a surprisingly clear thought rang in her mind.

Something's wrong. Am I still dreaming?

((OOC: Prior post isn't showing. That's odd. If a mod sees this please, any way of fixing it'd be niice.))

In the instant Saira thought that thought, a voice rang out in the silent dorm room. "You figured that out so quickly. I'm very impressed."

Two piercing blue lights shine from the center of the dark room. The shadows deepen around it, darken into a vaguely human form with two points of light for eyes. "I was considering leaving you in the dark, so to speak," it says in a voice as deep as the bottom of a well. "But in respect for your intelligence, I will come clean with the truth. I'm afraid I have invaded your dreams tonight, Miss Nejem."

Saira stared on, into the dark, into the blue eyes floating there. She shuddered a little in fear, but... At the same time, she got a new burst of confidence. What did it matter to her? This was still her dream... And now that she knew it was?...

"Hmph. You don't even want to try in waking life like the others do? Isn't it that, because I know I'm dreaming, I'd be able to fight back?"

...She didn't know exactly if it worked that way. It probably didn't. But still, she sat in her bed, confronting the beast... with probably not enough fear in her heart.