I was in a wonderful deep slumber when a noise outside my room woke me with a start. To my surprize a light had been turned on outside of the room. Soft footsteps could be heard slowly creeping down the hall. With each step, my heart rate increased. Why did I not just jump out of the bed and go out the window to safety? Panic rose inside of me with each footstep. From the dim light under my door I could vaguely see around the inside of the room.
Where did the portait come from? I had never seen this picture before. A large portrait was hung over the bed. In the portrait I was strangely attired in a wedding gown and standing next to a man in a suit. The sight of the picture confused me even further. How could I have already been married? I am only a child. Was I dreaming? Is this a small glimpse into my future? Staring at the portrait had almost made me forget about the intruder that had been slowly encroaching on my bedroom. Slowly I turned my gaze back to the light under the bedroom door.
The shadow could now be seen from under my door. The intruder was just outside my room. Would they pass by my room or would my door be opened? The shadow of the intruder crept closer and closer to the door until the only thing I could see was it's shadow acrossed the floor of my room. From the shadow an image of the intruder slowly started to appear.
The intruder appeared to be a strange looking creature. It appear to be a headless man dressed in all black. In the spot where his head should have been were two glowing dots. Blood was slowly trickling from his neck down his body. In one of his clawed hands was his head, which was also dripping blood onto the carpet of the room. I slowly looked at the head and it appeared to be gazing back at me and then it began to talk,
"I have come to teach you the path of your destiny. In time I will teach you many things. You will learn all this world and the others have to offer you. The pain as well as the pleasures." the intruder stated to me.
After he had finished speaking with me he vanished. With his disappearance I decided to try and go back to sleep. In the morning I woke to find myself back in my real bedroom. I guess it had been a dream after all. Many of these dreams were to come to me over the passing years. The intruder came to me many times. He showed me world in which I could have never even immagined would be possible.
The one lesson that he gave me was that of the One. I was to spend many years searching and preparing myself to be the perfect bride for the One. Many times I found myself in disbelief that the One was real. How could anyone be like him? The perfect soulmate.
