The Wedding Gift

My dream begins at a wedding. I am there with my friends John and Phil, and the wedding is celebrating one of Phil's cousin's union. I am not feeling well, and this is when the two of them come over and ask if I'm alright. I say that I am but that I just need a moment to rest.

Also in celebration of the wedding Phil's grandfather is having a large building being built in their honour. Exactly what it is would be revealed upon completion. I go to talk to Phil's father, and when I say him name he corrects me, and tells me he has changed his legal name for protection purposes. I want to ask him more about it, like protection from what? but events of the happy occasion distract us.

Later that night, after the party had since moved location and died away, Phil and John and I are returning to the House on the Hill. At the foot of the hill is the construction for the newly-weds, but the tarp has been removed. It turns out it's a Wal-Mart. The tarp seems to have been removed due to vandalism. There are guys spray painting, breaking windows and stealing. We want to do something but they all come over with exacto knives and threaten us. Phil and John beat some of them up and they tear away, but the leader remains and he is on me. He also has the biggest exacto knife. There are pieces of broken exact knife from the others, so i pick a piece up as my only protection. The leader of the gang is a big jerk. I grab his hand which is holding the knife, and i use my little piece of blade to cut his forehead. "What good that does!" he laughs, "I bearly even feel that. You think you can win?" While he is distracted I take the knife from his hands by twisting it out.

At this moment, Phil's grandfather arrives. He sees the vandalism and he sees us. Despite the fact that I am fighting one of the vandals, he believes us to be responsible for the damage and is angry. The last vandal has run off. The grandfather never speaks, but his eminent disapproval hangs over us.

By the time we reach the top of the hill, it is evident that something is wrong. Apparently, monsters have been unleashed, and are terrorizing the village. We lock up the whole house to ensure our safety. In one room Max is there and i tell him to stay put. There is a door that leads out side, and Rebbecca is banging on it frantically. I open the door cautiously for her, and when she comes in, we realize Max has already been affected by the monsters. We lock the door and run to another room which has a mirror/window that faces south to the Wal-Mart and two doors which face the hall way (west). We lock both doors, and the monsters are banging on the other side. I protect the door by the couch, and Rebbecca protects the door by the window/mirror. I want to wedge the doors, because I know it's only a matter of time before the monster learns how to unlock the door from the outside. I look around and conjure up the removable legs from a foot stool I own. I am about to wedge this under the space in the door frame, when the monster unlocks the door. I push with all my might to close and lock the door again, giving me just enough time to wedge the door. I hear the monster say "That is one strong human."

However, the monster still manages to unlock the door and get in and i cant resist her this time. She comes in, and sees the grandfather in the window mirror thing. She points and says "this is who we came for." "What? Phil's..." "His father!" she interjects. Now I see why the father had changed his name. He knew that the monsters were coming and abandoned us all to save himself. He changed his name, so that the monsters could not find him. Because the grandfather had the same name they thought it was him they were after. To try and gain the grandfather's approval again, i use the exacto knife i got from the vandal earlier to stab the monster. But many stabs don't seem to affect the monster too much, even if I stab in the eyes, stomach, arms etc. It won't be slayed.