I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 3
# Chapter 3 Max began to feel lightheaded. He blinked, fighting the odd sensation that he was floating up to the ceiling. He looked at the floor, confirming that he hadn't moved an inch, despite what he was feeling. He turned to say something to Alva,...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 2
# Chapter 2 Max ended up drifting off to sleep with this confusing menagerie of emotions still swirling through his mind. He awoke the next morning before dawn, as he usually did. For a moment, he thought he needed to get up if he was going to make it...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 1
# Chapter 1 The communal bunkhouse was quiet, save for the occasional snore or gentle mumbling from the tens of other workers occupying the rows of bunk beds. Max listened to it quietly as he lay on his own bed in the dark room, fingering a small...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 15
# Chapter 15 Max screamed as he woke up in the session room, gritting his teeth when he realized he'd been duped again. He covered his eyes with his hands, working hard to hold back tears. He felt a strong hand on his back. "You okay boy?" Max...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 14
# Chapter 14 Max felt he was unlucky to have it be the wasp dream again. Of all the nightmares his Alius had made him live, that was the one that bothered him the most. Even now, after having experienced it several times, he awoke twitching at the...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 13
# Chapter 13 Max awoke, to his surprise, to find himself back in the dark forest from the first week of sessions. He turned around slowly, half-expecting to find that twisted mask behind him. He didn't, though. There was nothing but the eerily quiet...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 12
# Chapter 12 Max slept better that night, if only from bodily exhaustion as much as from any other benefits of the Balance. He was at least thankful for it to stretch out sore muscles after the session. He did notice that, having done it, the crawling...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 11
# Chapter 11 Max found himself again in the featureless stone room. Remembering what the stranger had promised him last time, he looked up at the ceiling just in time to see the first wasp nest fall through the trap door. Then another. And another,...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 10
# Chapter 10 It took little time for Max to fall asleep, though he still woke up just before dawn. At first, he felt a wave of dread that he'd likely be facing the wasps again today, but the dread was pushed to the back of his mind when he realized...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 9
# Chapter 9 When Max awoke again, he found himself not in the small cage that he was used to, but in a featureless stone room bathed in the warm glow of one of the Academy's strange round lights in the ceiling. He looked around himself, finding that...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 8
# Chapter 8 Unfortunately, the training sessions didn't get better. The next four sessions were the same nightmare, with small variations he presumed was to keep it scary for him. The worst was when they threw bunches of rotten fruit and vegetables at...
I Dreamt of Wasps - Chapter 7
# Chapter 7 The next day, Alva was late waking up. They were also surprisingly subdued throughout breakfast, barely saying anything to Max as they picked at their food. In class, Max and Alva both stared at their vials of Focal for longer than they...