The Black River

In DreamCity there are many places. One such place is The Black River. It's a place mystery and fear. It is where my subconscious go to die.

So I was told.

One night while lucid dreaming, I decided to follow a subconscious of mine, to see what he would do or go, and he went behind a building into an alley. And and to the edge of the wall sat an open pipe that went under the ground, the pipe large enough to hold a canoe, and for a group of 10 to sit in it.

As I followed him, he then got into the canoe and I attempted to board it also. And I was very surprised when all my subconscious on the boat pushed me off the boat furiously.

Confused, I asked why can't i get on the boat. The one I followed spoke and said thus.

"The boat leads to The Black River, it is where we go to die. If you get on, you will also die"

I stuck me so curious, they were defending me from death. I have died before in Dream. And in so many ways. How could this be any different.

After they left, I didn't follow. Not that I could. The dream continued, but after this curious incident, I remember nothing else.

I had 4 or 5 dream about The Black River. The other was about my conversation with a higher being. A subconscious most likely, he knew more about me then I did.

His name was Jonas. And the most curious thing about him was his third eye. I could clearly see it with my eyes. But I couldn't force myself to stare directly into his third eye. I spoke with Jonas, and I was asking him about me, and my mind. And I remember him telling me very enlightening things, yet I no longer remember all that he told me.

The only thing I do remember, is that he told me the same about the black river. That If I reached the end, I would die.

I knew Jonas for only 2 dreams. In the second dream he let me board the canoe to the black river. The river ended in darkness to a void on open water towards the beach. The last stop the river passed a very dead looking Forrest. And Jonas told me that this was goodbye. He grabbed me by my shirt and tossed me to the Forrest close to the shore. I yelled at him as he entered the void. Asking him if i would ever see him again.

Maybe he said. And he was gone.

I was both curious and fearful of the water. This wasn't the shores of dreamCity, this was farther away. In DreamCity, you can see a horizon. Far off. Where the sky meets the water. Here, only 20 meters in front of me, lied a dark void that was death to the subconscious of my mind.

One more dream I can recall. Really 3 dreams, all with the same goal.

I took to the river again. The water under the river, was deep and spacious, and under it I found an orb of light at the bottom. As I got closer to this orb. I felt fear.

Whatever this orb of light was, it was valuable, and it was guarded.

From the darkness I saw a giant squid, coming for me, beak first. Once it reached me, I woke up. Sweating like mad. The fear. Kills.

But once I saw that orb. For some reason. I knew there were 3 of them. And I believe that if I could find and collect all 3. I would learn something. I don't know what. But I needed to know.

The next two dreams were of the same.

Finding the orbs and evading the giant squid. At most. I collected two of the orbs of light. Once I had two. It became impossible to hide from the squid, like they became omniscient. They knew where I was, and I could hide no longer. They'd find me. And I would die.

This is The Black River. The water was black, the water, while under it. I could see clearly up to 30 meters ahead of me. The void at the end. My subconscious refused to let me ride to the end. Why were they protecting me? Why? From what? Why did the squid protect these orbs of light? What were the orbs? Why did they shine? It was a blazing while light. Who was Jonas, and will I ever see him again?

It's been years since I last seen the black river. My dreams take me on old and new adventures now. But I never forgot The Black River.

I would forever fear the question.

Would I have really died?