In Eleven's ear, her mother's affectionate voice echoed, "Sweet girl, mom is going to get you ice cream. Stay here and wait for me to come back."
The little girl stood there, watching her mother slowly fade into the distance until her entire world began to spin around her.
She couldn't see anyone else, nor was her mother returning. Eventually, she crouched down, burying her face in her knees and cried bitterly.
"Mother..."
In the quiet classroom, everyone turned their head towards the source of the noise.
In the end, the professor slammed his textbook onto the podium and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Whoever at the back, wake up! No sleeping in my class!"
The student sitting in front of Eleven turned around and poked her hand with a pen.
Eleven was abruptly woken from the nightmare that filled her with fear.
