asteria

It started out pouring down rain and very windy. It was late afternoon, but very dark and gray the whole time. I had a black umbrella that was keeping me reasonably dry. I was in a city (I live in a suburban area) comparable to New York City.

All of my nightmares involve me being chased in some form, usually by a human being. In this particular dream, I was being chased by several men (no idea who they were or why). Sometimes they were in a car, and other times they were on foot. I was doing a reasonably good job of keeping them off my tail, one of my tactics included running across the street right before a car was coming (pretty risky) and hoping they would follow and get hit by the car.

Once I lost them for a good while, I hid in an alleyway and called someone to tell them where I was and to come pick me up. I started to get concerned that if they found me, I was stuck at a dead end and had no way out, so I started to walk down the street again. At this point, the wind blew my umbrella up, but I got a phone call from my aunt asking where I was. I told her and she said that she was at my great aunt and uncles house right up the street (in real life, they don't live in the city, though). Once I got inside, it was warm and there were a lot of vibrant colors. There was a very little girl inside the house on the corner as well, who was crying and scared, and who appeared to have been involved in the whole ordeal. I don't know who she was or what she represented, but in the dream I seemed to know who she was. I hugged her and said, "No one will ever hurt you again."

I immediately asked my aunt where her car was, and she gestured to the street right outside. I told her to go and get it started, so as to have me and the child out on the streets (and visible) for as short a time as possible. Once I saw she was ready to go, I went outside, and all the color drained from the dream again. It was still raining heavily, and I no longer had an umbrella. I was drenched now, and woke up right before getting into the car.