7/7/10
I had two dreams last night and the first is /definitely/ plot bunny material. Even if it was a mix of ‘Witch & Wizard’ and ‘Dune’.
There are 3 kids, an elder sister, the middle brother and a younger sister on run from authority. They are searching for their father who was taken away in some raid/attack. They had had a happy life until then at a wonderful estate. There was a sacred pool (the girl has a phial of the water from it – she was there when attack occurred). They escape their prison/correction camp and go out searching (Somehow they have found out where their dad is) All they have is the water phial, food, the clothing on their backs, a map and a few other necessary (key?) things. There is a pink butterfly that the smallest girl can see that is important. It represents their mother who died. It’s very important. It Hasnt been seen for 8 years – the father (Attreides type Leto father with a Gurney Hallek like second) is in the house of enemy (Faradn kid’s life is spared by Attreides type father because of the pink butterfly). The he and the gurney man are in the garden discussing the boy’s fate while he sleeps in a room – looking through window and then the creeper – he starts stripping it from the walls as he discusses with ‘gurney’ what he is going to do to the family – he is being coerced on pain of his kids being killed. He doesn’t know they have escaped. The kids are in a house. It’s not theirs, but they are staying for a bit of rest. The two young are girls in bed, the brother doing something, elder sister is talking with someone when authority arrives. They are told to hide/run. She gets the brother to start getting supplies (food etc). She goes to wake the girls, tells them they need to move on, that there’s danger – pack what they can and find. (at some point they have picked up another little girl). The brother (quietly) and she go to get and pack supplies. They are given some money from ‘friend’ authority in the house they need to get out of. The brother disappears (he’s very good at surveillance) and the young girls have to be hidden – in bathroom somewhere or a cupboard. The eldest sister takes a dangerous path to confuse authority. She looks through all the rooms and decides to set a trail out into corridoor. One door is open and the people in authority are outside. She can’t go that way. She finds a bedroom with two teenagers asleep – (supposedly anyway) one winks at her and indicates under the bed. She hide under there,and the authority leaves when they find nothing.
This is the point to which I remember in the dream, but I could quite easily see the rest fo the story unfolding- the kids make their way home, and join their father, thus enabling him to utterly defy the authority and thus ensure their safety.
Happy ending all round (except for the authority beings/thing)
In the second dream In the second dream there is a young black stallion that I win (I don’t remember how). I keep him in a field behind a pub. I forget about him. I have issues with mum and her new boyfriend called Mike. Then I remember about the young stalllion. I check on him. He’s ok, cold, shivering, but ok. I walk him, take him to a stable. Then we go back to the field. I go to do something, when I come back he’s covered in snow and won’t let me near him. He has now gone a bit wild, so I drop to the floor and make myself less threatening. He comes up to me and I clean off the snow and he’s grateful, wants to play. I take him to stables, into hay and warmth. I leave him there. I come back the next day and take him out. We go out without a lead rope – he’s following me, being coaxed. We end up in a pub. There are footballers all around. I am thinking I need to give him a toy. The footballers throw the ball around and horse gets in on the act. They are impressed and he becomes their mascot.
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