{"id":362,"date":"2026-05-05T13:16:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingwizards.org\/?p=362"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:16:47","slug":"the-nightmare-came-true-anika-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingwizards.org\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"The Nightmare Came True &#8211; Anika B."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-30px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u201cGood night, Joey,\u201d Joey\u2019s dad said as his mom kissed him on his forehead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">13 year old Joe was going to bed on a Saturday, but just as he was closing his eyes-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u201cHey Joe, can I sleep with you?\u201d said a soft voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Turns out it was his seven year old sister, Elisa. She was afraid to sleep by herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u201cSure,\u201d he said after he realized it was just his sister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">His sister came in and cuddled with him. His seven year old sister had a small pink unicorn squishmellow. Slowly they both dozed off to sleep and into another world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhere am I?\u201d Joe wondered.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bombs, gun shots, dead people, tanks were everywhere. Technically everything that a war would have on a battlefield.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u201cHELP! HELP!\u201d Elisa shouted. Elisa was tightly holding Joe\u2019s hand and her face was as red as could be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Then a bomb came right toward them. It was as if they had just teleported in a different world, while in their bed, on to a battlefield and a bomb was coming right toward them, while Joe and Elisa were in their bed, frightened as could be. It was like it was their time to die when it had nothing to do with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u201cAaaaaahhhh!\u201d Elisa and Joe screamed. It looked like they were in the same dream but that wasn\u2019t what they were worried about. They were worried about where they were. Where Elisa, Joe, Elisa\u2019s Unicorn, and their bed was.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">They were on a battlefield, like the one in their dream. It was almost exactly like the dream except that when there was a bomb coming right at them, everything froze. Everything froze except Elisa, Joe, and two more moving figures. They thought someone was calling their names but they weren\u2019t sure. The voices got clearer and louder and closer. The figure became visible. Turns out it was their dad and mom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u201cCome on, we gotta go,\u201d their Dad said panting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u201cNot until you tell us where we are, what we are doing here, and how we got here,\u201d Joe said sternly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">\u201cLook, we can only tell one thing, you are in the middle of World War 3. 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