Ascending to Keep a Forgotten Promise

"You…..promised..."

"A voice?"

"You…..promised..."

"Who said that?"

"You promised."

"What did I promise?"

"You promised."

"Who are you?"

"You promised."

"Where am I?"

"You promised."

"WHAT DID I PROMISE!?"

"You promised." the voice echoed growing louder.

" JUST TELL ME WHAT I PROMISED!"

"YOU PROMISED!"

"WHAT DID I PROMISE JUST TELL ME!"

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…

"You…..promised."

With the sun shining through the window, a young man wakes up sprawled across his bed. His sheets were on the floor, and his head wasn't even on the pillow.

"Ian, you promised that you would wake up early to help me on the farm," a young bright red-haired girl said.

The young man looked up from his bed to see the young woman standing at the door. Her blue eyes stared at him with an annoyed face.

Still half asleep, the young man replied, "sorry Ellie, I guess I overslept. I did stay up late last night, but man did I have a weird dream".

"Enough with the excuses just get ready to head out," Ellie said while walking out, not giving Ian a chance to speak again.

Ian finally lifted his body from his bed so he could sit on the edge of the bed. He looked around his mostly empty room as he thought to himself, "What was that dream that I had last night. I know I had one but what was it". Ian continued to try and remember what his dream was, but could only come up with the word promise.