Unsafe Sanctuary

This is one of the first of my drawings in the 'nightmare' series.

During the last year of my time in high school, I found that I was having nightmares at least once every week. However, they weren't the sort of nightmares you could control, and they weren't the sort of nightmares that leave you awake with a vague sense of unease and paranoia. These nightmares were so realistic that I'd remember them in intricate detail days later. For me, this wasn't unusual, however, I've always been able to have some sort of control over my dreams, and it scared me beyond reason to be so helpless every night.

This sketch captures the last sequence of my dream, where I frantically attempted to climb up a tree to hide from the creatures that were chasing me, who used to be my friends. I had a vague impression that I had accidently let loose some type of plague (rather like 'Resident Evil') and that I was the only one left in the area who was uninfected. However, the people who used to be my friends had found me, and I woke up when one of them slowly started climbing the tree towards me.