A Hayu's Dream

by Beth Hoyer

hospital because it was near time for her to have the baby. Christian asked the doctor if there was an extra bed for him to stay with Maureen. Mitch told us the bed is for two people. So after lunch, which was, green stuff and green drink (Tastes like chicken) Mitch, Maureen and Christian left to the hospital. They packed their stuff in backpacks and then they walked to the hospital. I asked Bruce about going to the store and looking at stuff. I wanted to look around. Bruce showed me a credit card. Told me there were two thousand credits on it. We went to the store. I looked around for clothes for my expanding girth. I didn’t find any. Oh well. After the store we went back to the hotel to pack our stuff. Bruce and Heather led us to the boarding house. We walked down the street to another street. The streets were labeled in foreign language. I can't wait to be able to read it. It might be nice to be fluent in the foreign language. It does look eerie. The boarding house was a three story building. It had porches. We went inside and knocked on the door that said "Manager" in English. An old man wearing black pants, a white t-shirt and gray vest answered the knock. He told us the number sign for the doors. Then he gave us credit cards that were keys. Bruce had a hard time finding our apartment. We couldn’t read the door numbers. They were in a foreign language. I knocked on the manager's door and he answered my knock. I explained I was from a different town that used a different language and politely asked him to point out the door number for me. He was rude. Told me to look for the number I and then he slammed the door. A Mesan’s Curse appeared and gestured Bruce and I to follow him. He led us down the hallway to a door and gestured to the door. Bruce swiped the card and we went inside. I think the being helped the others find their rooms. There was a living room that led out to a porch, with a small kitchen that had a refrigerator and an oven with and a bedroom with a bathroom. Both rooms were furnished with furniture. The furniture seemed Native American. There were Native American designs on the sofa and on the blankets on the bed. I told Bruce about getting a job. He thinks he could work in the store. He's not sure. I wandered on the porch and I could see a mountain in the distance. It was very peaceful here. A Mesan’s Curse came and handed me a book on foreign languages. Bruce and I invited the others to our apartment. Then we spent the rest of the afternoon reading and discussing it. Learning languages is easy for me. Bruce had trouble. We taught each other the alphabet. The number on my door reads B2. Then around dinnertime Bruce and I wandered outside to a building next door. It was a restaurant. The restaurant was three levels. On level one was a cafeteria with a many food choices. Bruce and I didn't explore the other levels. We got our food and ate in silence. The food was green cream with green drink. Tastes like vegetables. Then after eating we sat talking about the baby. We made sure no one was sitting near us to overhear our conversation. Heather came by with Annia. Heather told me to go back to bed. I asked Heather if she was going to get a job at the hospital. Heather told me she'll think about it. Bruce and I left the cafeteria to the store. I found a nice old lady working there. She had a smile on her face. She seemed nice. I asked the lady for stuff for our teeth. She explained it wasn't necessary because the food we eat has toothpaste in it. I wandered around the store. Bruce talked to the lady. Their discussing jobs around here. I saw clothes, food and other items that were very weird and not recognizable. I didn’t touch them for fear of setting them off. I joined Bruce and the old lady. Bruce told me the lady wanted some help with her job. He added that she accepted him to work starting from the afternoon to nighttime. Bruce will be working. He told me to go home. I walked home. I saw some men ogle me in my chest area. My chest has gotten a little bigger. Luckily the underwear I'm wearing is stretchable. I got to our apartment. I met Annia on her way out. Her apartment is next door to ours. I went inside the apartment. I'm not sure. I hope Bruce will be home soon. The sun has already set. It is dark outside. There are different constellations in the sky. I tried to find the big dipper or Orion's belt but couldn’t I can't wait for Bruce to come home. I'm feeling a little tired. I think forty winks will be fine.

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  Yawn,

  Liz

  July 13, 2384

  Dear Anne,

  Yawn I fell asleep on the couch and woke up in bed. The couch was made out of wood and had pads. I think I passed out for Bruce to carry me to the bed and leave me there. Bruce woke me up with a kiss on the cheek in the morning. I got up and stretched. My back felt sore. My ankles were feeling sore. I had a throw up feeling in my throat. I hope I won't throw up. I've been lucky holding down food. We ate at the restaurant. We had to pay for our food. Bruce is working for eight standard planetary hours according to him at the store. He is a good lip reader. He's a whiz on lip reading. I can understand people half the time. Breakfast was pancakes. I love pancakes. I ate four of them. Heather came and she told me she's working at the hospital as a nurse. I hope I can find something to do. I’m a little bored. I feel there's nothing in the town just usual boredom. I'm tired. I feel I'm cranky and irritable. I went back to bed and slept until Bruce woke me up at lunchtime. I asked Bruce why he was here. He told me the lady gave him a thirty-minute break. Oh we walked to the restaurant to eat. Lunch was steak and milk to drink. It's been awhile since I ate steak. The steak tasted funny like chicken. The milk tasted like milk. I'm surprised that there are cows on whatever planet it is. The waitress was nice. She tried to show off her chest to Bruce. Bruce explained we're married. She told us she doesn't see a necklace. I showed her my necklace. She was interested in it. I explained it was a gift. She assumed Bruce gave it to me to marry me. They give necklaces to each other for signs of marriage. Bruce had a chain necklace on it. Then after lunch Bruce walked me to our apartment. Then he went back to work. I'm feeling bored. I'm sitting on the bed. The bed is made out of wood. The rooms seemed to be made out of wood but their painted a gray color. The bathroom looks different. I found a shower stall and a toilet. I'm bored. I feel I have nothing to do but stay in bed. Why can't there be excitement around here? Sigh. I looked outside the bedroom window. I saw a ship fly up in the air from behind the mountain. It was very weird. I wonder what's with the ships. Yeah. I think I'll go back to bed and snooze. I'm bored. I should be in bed resting for the baby. I wonder what sex it is. I saw another ship fly over town. People ran in the buildings. The ship paused over town then went up in the air and disappeared. Then people came out of the buildings. Sigh. I'm a little bored. Maybe I could visit the store and see Bruce. It might be nice.

  Let me start at the beginning. I got to the store to see Bruce carried out on a stretcher. I ran to the people and asked what was wrong. Bruce was acting crazy. He was changing from Human to Wolf back and forth. It was very weird. He was struggling against the restraints. A horse drawn carriage drove us to the hospital. They put Bruce to sleep. Heather came by and examined Bruce. She took off his bandages and found numeral markings on his left arm. Heather checked my right arm. She found markings on them. I had a half triangle mark on my right arm along with the numeral markings. Bruce has it to and so does Heather. I asked Heather how I got the markings. Heather isn't sure. She thinks it might be a virus or the planet. After she left a Mesan’s Curse appeared and explained that Bruce and I am beings dubbed Amula hen the being disappeared. Bruce is asleep next to me on the bed. I'm sitting on the bed with Bruce lying next to me. There are three markings on my arm that are the same on Bruce's arm. I find them weird. Christian is here with Heather and Annia. Christian showed me his arm. He has similar markings too but no circle with a star in it. I think the circle with a star in it is the symbol for Amula. Heather and Annia both showed their arms. I asked them about the others. Heather told me the others Julia and Jordan who seemed to have disappeared have similar markings but no Amula marks. I wonder about the Amula. I hope we'll be fine. A Mesan’s Curse appeared to us and warned us that Amula are treated like criminals. They are blamed for crimes they didn't commit. He added that Amula are considered servants of evil. Then he disappeared when the doctor came. The doctor was Mitch. He looked
at Bruce and me with disgust on his face. He told us Bruce and I am Amula for life. I asked him if any babies of ours would be Amula. He told us there was a fifty percent chance. I lip read Heather telling me to keep my mouth shut about being pregnant. I didn't tell the doctor about the baby. I waited until he left and asked Heather why. She explained that she found they have drugs to abort a baby. All a woman has to do is take a pill and the baby is aborted. Yuck. I don't know if Bruce and I will be able to stay in town because of what the Mesan’s Curse told us. I don't know if Bruce will have his job. Bruce woke up. I asked him what got him mad. He explained he lip read some men talking about my chest. They were interested in having sex with me. He told them I was married. One of the men pulled out a gun. Bruce knocked it aside and punched him in the gut. The other man hit him on the head with a gun. It made him madder which as a result he changed his form and attacked them. I think Bruce is not going to have his job back. I told him about seeing the