I was sleeping peacefully and deeply...

but something woke me up from my dream; as a matter of fact my eyes began to open as I rolled to the other side of the bed to look at the hour on the alarm clock.

"J-Joshua?" I called for him still half asleep but no response came; it was all quiet, no noise. Strange I thought. I know very well that when asleep you sleep only but as Joshua fell asleep in my bed as a consequence he should be seen next to me; well, at least he has to be but in that moment "should" was the appropriate verb because he wasn't any more there on my... wait... where was my bed?

In that way from being half asleep and with semi-opened eyes in a second I jumped to see a surreal landscape around me. No bed, no walls, no desk... nothing nothing; it was like my bedroom disappeared like magic and I found myself who knows where. And the first thing I did was checking myself and luckily I still was with pajamas; good but not the best.

I stood up and looked around to have at least a general idea of my surroundings.

"What on Earth is this place?" I was totally puzzled.

Looking around myself I noticed I was on an island floating probably in the universe ( as there was only void and myriad of stars in a space of many breathtaking colours) like many others. And where I was, but also in the other bigger detached areas there were huge and ancient portals and each of them looked different; for example the portal, that was standing enormous in front of my eyes, seemed to be an entrance of an old Greek temple. For its enormous size I stood there speechless but I got even more amazed if not mesmerized by observing the mystic vortex that created a passage... it had a surreal motif and kept on changing and it was all wonderful. It was a pity I didn't have with me the mobile phone to capture the image because if I had had it, I would have taken a photo in that instant because such a scenery was unique and rare it had to be immortalized; and I noticed also that the islands were connected to each other with with smaller island as stairs or with normal staircases.

For quite a while I stood there admiring until the silence scare me a bit. It was too quiet and little by little I began to worry.

"I start not to like this quiet" I grumbled. "What do I do all alone? Where am I?".

"Joshua where are you? I'm feeling scared" I told out loud and then I crouched down on the grass until when...

a touch on my shoulder caught my attention and when I raised my eyes to see who could be a smile formed on my face as I saw in front of me and recognized Joshua. I dashed into his arms.

"I was scared of remaining in a godforsaken place all alone" I told him.

"Where were you? What is all of this?" I asked him parting from his hug once I felt safe. However, when I took a look at him I got even more confused; well, truth to be told more embarrassed than confused.

He was shirtless and only wore a long plain brown skirt that was held up by a brown leather belt on the waist; and when I looked at him I, well, felt a rush of heat pervading my body to then burn my cheeks. And he had to wake me by waving his hand in front of my face.

"Everything ok? What are you looking at?".

"I... ehm... I was... hum... Never mind" I stuttered while shaking my head as if to wake up from a dream or better to make me stop eyeing him up and down.

"On the other hand... what is this outfit for? What is all of this?".

Joshua cleared his throat and ruffled his hair, clear sign he was hesitant on what to do and say.

"Don't worry about telling me the truth" I smiled and grabbed his hand gently to assure him. "Let's sit here and talk. We have all the time of this world".

And by my suggestion we did so; we sat down and I waited for him to talk.

"It's a bit hard to explain but I'll do my best" he began but a second after he returned silent. He was unsure about what to say and not finding the right words he stood up in silence and took a deep breath; apparently he was mustering up courage to tell me everything... and then....

"I'M A GOD Y/N!" he blurted out shouting with eyes closed. "I... I am a god y/n... and this is the world of the dreams.".

Silence returned sovereign but it happened because he was feeling too embarrassed for what he just screamed out loud while I was shocked for what I heard.

"Wait.. Whaaaat??" I exclaimed and a moment after I took a deep breath and tried to compose myself.

"I.. I know.. I'm sorry I never told you this. B-But I had to in order to keep you safe; if the others had known I told you the truth I, first of all, would have been punished.. a-and I couldn't or better wouldn't imagine what they would have been able to do to you". He confessed but then he noticed I was spacing out and busy admiring again the landscape in utter awe.

"Y/n? Y/n!!" he called for me to catch my attention back. "For god's sake did you just hear me? I told you I am a god! A supernatural being! Are you not scared or angry at me for having hidden my true identity to you?".

I grabbed his hand. "Joshua... I am nor scared nor angry.. You are you and I love you because you are you. I don't care if you are a god; well... it's amazing to be more unique and fantastic but to me you already are" I smiled at him.

"But are you not even surprised a bit? I imagined so many scenarios of this moment and this wasn't one of them" he looked a bit down and for that I took his hands into mine.

"I am.. I am really surprised. A god, woow! I didn't expect this.. I could expect many other things from you but not this" I smiled. "What god are you?".

"Morpheus, Greek god of dreams" he presented himself and it left me both surprised and confused at the same time.

"God of dreams? What does it means? What do you do?". I wasn't able to imagine such a thing that I looked at him intrigued.

"For this it will be hard to explain with words only" he pointed out in advance and after that he took my hand gently.

"Not be scared ok? I'm with you" he assured me with a smile while we approached the portal.

"Join me" he invited me and still with a smile on his face he accompanied me through that magical passage while I grabbed onto him with eyes closed.

Until...

"We arrived sweetie. It's all okay now you can open your eyes" I heard him talking to me.

And when I opened them a fantastic view was in front of me and it left me completely thunderstruck.

Together with Morpheus I was standing on a hill that had a narrow path that led the way to the shore of a vast lake right in front of us that was formed by a great river that crossed that huge expanse of grass with woods. Pines and other trees covered great part of the meadow and surrounded the water area to then continue expanding over the territory beyond the city on the shore of the lake opposite to us. The city was really big and many huge buildings were to be seen from afar and at its end, on the background, there were mountains where isolated castles overlooked the land; also the mountains were covered in woods and also a valley that some mountain ranges created.

It was a wonderful landscape, one that really deserved to be called "dream landscape"; but that wasn't everything. Between the trees I was able to catch sight of animals running free in the forest but what took my breath away was a giant island floating above the lake and everything else; it formed an epic shadow on the land below and it was marvellous!! on it there was a building that for its style, its dimensions and its form reminded me of the Colosseum; and right when I had my eyes towards the sky I saw dragons and other winged creatures flying above that structure and among the clouds.. and seeing them landing on that island and the other smaller floating islands I thought that building was maybe an arena. Everything was possible I thought and while I was admiring the scenery I couldn't believe my eyes; at the marvel, that was extending in front of me, my eyes shined like diamonds in the sun, my heart beat faster and somehow I felt peaceful inside.

I let out an exclamation of awe.

"T-This... a-all of this.." I wasn't even able to talk properly as I still was shocked.

"This is your dream world my love" Morpheus showed me. "I am its keeper as well as of many others and through dreams I deliver messages from the other gods".

I could say for response only WOW.

"I-I'ts all amazing" I shouted for excitement and as happy tears blurred my sight I jumped into his arms to hug him close.

"I can't still believe all of this... the fantasy world of the dreams actually existing and you being a god" I began crying and as I start sobbing into his chest I felt his arms wrapping my body in a sweet embrace.

"It's like my life just turned upside down.. It's really a lot to bear and also to get used at" I confessed.

"I know... I know... but calm now.. I am with you and as long as you are with me you will learn everything and you will enjoy" he comforted me and cupping my cheeks he wiped my tears away to then smile and giggle to make me laugh; and indeed I chuckled looking at him acting all cute.

"I love you and I will never let you" he told me and then kissed my hands. "How could I abandon such an amazing girl like you? I would be a stupid".

I chuckled "I love you too".

We stood quiet for a while until when Morpheus took again my hand.

"Come on now" he urged "Let's go".

"Where?".

"Around... Let's see and venture in your dream. Don't you want to see with your eyes your dream world?".

I nodded and excited I joined him for an adventure.