An ancient Chinese myth and trying to escape a house

[ChopstickFox]

I had a kind of out there trippy dream then after waking up a more down to earth one.

My first dream, I was on top of a giant Chinese style tower. I knew it belonged to the dragon Seiryu. (This dream takes from the lore of the four Gods of the four cardinal directions. It is a Chinese/Japanese myth, though other cultures share it as well. I use their Japanese names because they are the most widely recognized. Seiryu = dragon, Suzaku = phoenix, Byakko = tiger, Genbu = turtle)

So here I am in the tower, the dragon is right outside and HUGE, banging against it. I had led another here in a trick. There was someone I was working with. We had led the unsuspecting one there, ticked off the dragon, then we were going to escape, leaving the unsuspecting one behind. Just a little prank, you know? Well, it backfired. My consort thought it had gotten out of hand, so he disappeared (using Suzaku to ride away through a portal) and leaving me behind. I remember him yelling "This is getting out of hand! I'm taking the phoenix! No hard feelings!"

Well, that was frustrating. I was a fox, I hadn't mentioned that. And I knew that the dragon was not going to easily let me go. I lost track of the person I was intending to trick at this point. I was running through the tower looking for a way to get away. I noticed a cat and found out from it that she was a friend of Byakko (tiger). At this point, I was really, just trying to find any way. I flattered the cat and nuzzled her much like a cat myself. She thought it was so amusing that I would act like a cat to try and get out of my mess.

Then the turtle came in. Wow. It was my pet turtle, though I recognized it as so, not as Genbu. Although she was huge. A huge turtle. MY turtle! Someone tossed her off the edge of the tower to the North side. At the bottom was a swamp filled with crocodiles. I was so upset that my turtle got thrown off the edge, I watched as she opened her arms and it created almost like an airfoil. In hindsight it was pretty amusing to watch. Well, I was so upset, I jumped off after her. Because there was water at the bottom, I turned myself into a cormorant, the whole time just hoping that my turtle (aquatic turtle) would land in the water. She did! And I landed after her. Of course, then there were the crocodiles which I literally punched in the face when they tried to bite me. Don't ask me how I did that as a cormorant, but at some point I was human again, so who knows. I know my turtle was safe, but I lost track of her at that point. I ended up making my way to the southern coast (It was more like an island, I think). I was with a few humans, they were probably freaking out by the ticked off dragon. The southern coast was adjacent to the ocean and we were being carried by the waves. It was at around this point that I woke up.

It's funny in that it tied in the four gods. It was also funny that I could see that happening in a Chinese story a few thousand years ago, haha!

My other dream after falling back asleep wasn't as crazy. I was in an old wooden house. It was a few stories tall and really big. I was in the form I usually take within dreams (human-like, but with dragon-like wings, a tail, and taloned feet). I could hear my family from time to time. My mom, my sister, I could hear and my dad was mentioned. But I couldn't let them find me the way I was. Others were looking for me too. There were plenty of good hiding places. I ducked behind something, only daring to come out when I couldn't hear anyone. At one point, a child saw me and I signaled him to stay quiet. He actually stayed and helped me. I packed food, clothing, and some other things into a small back and I was going to make a break for it. There was a point where a woman came into the room and I swear she should have been able to see me, but then I had forgotten that I could probably see better in the dark than the humans so I could relax a bit. All the while, I could still hear my mom and sister periodically yelling for me. I gained courage to walk down the stairs, but as I approached, the light turned on and I scrambled back up. Now was my time to get out of there. My plan was to get outside onto the porch and fly behind the house, but once I was out there, motion sensor lights turned on. (it was night) I was pretty freaked out and I didn't want them to be able to see me. I jumped off the porch and took flight. The motion sensors were all along the house, high and low. I could hear voices saying such as "The lights are coming on! Quick take a look!" I turned around, and tried to quickly make my back around to the front of the house, varying my height so I tried to keep the most coverage. I made it to the front of the house and no one had seen anything. Phew... My journey away began as I woke up. The detail was so much on this one. Everything from the wood grain, what people were wearing (Though I forget exactly what I was wearing as usual), the outside of the house, the neighborhood. It was pretty nuts!

[Bedeekin]

Your turtle became Gamera!!

That's a pretty awesome set of dreams.

[Chaos Mage]

Holee, were you high?  LOL JKS!  Cha, too kewl.  Love that!  Awesome!  Dream free!!  Fly away!!  Love you for it!!

[ChopstickFox]

haha, I guess drugs don't always stand up to the authentic spontaneous stuff our minds can come up with!

Gamera? Maybe in her head!