Iwoke up in the middle of the night, I heard some whirring sounds coming from outside, I looked through the window and saw the sky lighting up and glowing.

I first thought it was a party or some celebration, but wanted to check it out, so I sneaked outside and followed the light. When I got a little closer, the image became clear — it was a flying saucer! I hid behind a tree and watched.

Suddenly, the saucer with the bright lights landed on the ground, I saw some people, no wait — they were aliens! They were really ugly and unpleasant creatures. They saw me, I knew it, because their bright yellow eyes were continuously staring towards the tree I was hiding behind.

Then they started whispering to each other. It was an audible whisper, but I couldn’t understand what they were talking about because they spoke a different language which I couldn’t understand.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t realise they were approaching me. I ran away from them as quickly as my little legs could. Then I reached a dark alley, I thought I had lost them, but I soon saw their glowing eyes in the darkness. They were so close to me that I freaked out and dashed. I didn’t know where I was going but I wanted to get as far away as I could from them.

Then, which felt like forever, I didn’t see them anymore. Suddenly, I saw a pair of hands, stretching towards me, I tried to escape, but it had grasped and slowly. The hands started moving, backwards and backwards, then I was face to face with the aliens. They held me tight, whispered something (in their language) and then the hand wound around me.

I pushed the hand away and sat up with a jerk. I thanked God that there was no alien around me, but then I realised that I was in my bedroom and it was all a dream.

Published in Dawn, Young World, July 3rd, 2021