Time Warp: Boogeyman Blues (OPEN)

[Zebadiah Hayes]

Fall 1997

Zeb had been at Hammel for two years and his sister was still his only friend. It didn't help that he was only twelve so all of the older students (which from his standpoint seemed to be at least 75% of the school) ignored him just because he was younger. It also really didn't help that he still had only a basic grasp of his ability.

Luckily the housing situation at the time allowed him to have his own room so his chance of entering someone else's dreams were lessened. Still it also helped to make him even more of an outsider. Who would want to hang out with the kid that was so freaky he wasn't allowed to sleep near anyone else? Especially since he'd accidentally changed a few students dreams and earned the nickname "Boogeyman". Though he was also known as "Nightmare Man". One thing about kids, they were creative in the ways they hurt each other.

On this particular day, Zeb was dragging himself to his next class, half asleep from not sleeping well the night before. As he was walking a few students rushed by him, knocking his books out of his arms and shoving him into the way. "Havin' a bad dream, Boogeyman?" they taunted over their shoulders as the raced down.

Zeb just sighed, leaning over to collect his things off the floor. He was past caring at this point. He was just too tired.