In this dream I was a half-lion. Specifically, sort of like a cat person that you would see in certain types of manga or anime, just that the "cat" part was lioness. I was an acrobat of sorts, travelling with another half-lion, a dear friend named Koku. We were...servants? slaves? I'm not sure. But Koku had been mistreated very badly by his former master. Somehow we had left our former masters, whether we ran or were released, I'm not sure.
At any rate, we reached a certain part of the forest where a mysterious glyph was inscribed on the ground. I didn't know what it was for, but Koku did, and asked me to go nearer to it. It suddenly started glowing and part of the ground sank, revealing a set of steps and a door, all with outlines glowing with purple light. (Koku was delighted! Apparently he had not been able to open the door before, and discovered that there was something special about me that caused the glyph to react.) We walked down the steps, and walked through the door. When we emerged we were in a totally different place, where a circus was setting up. The door slammed shut behind us, alarming us greatly. We went back to try to open the door again, but it stayed shut.
Suddenly a huge full-blooded lion bounded towards us from behind, looking for all the world as if it was about to pounce on and devour us. Koku moved in front to defend me, but we both knew we would be eaten in a second. See, even though we were part lion and were stronger, faster, and more agile than most humans, we were not as strong or as fast as a lion. Our teeth and claws weren't even as large.
Just as sudden as the lion appeared, it backed away, and a lion tamer appeared from behind the lion, laughing jovially and welcoming us to the circus. He took us to the ring master, and lo and behold, it was a man who had been our very first master! Raised us from the time we were infants! He had to let us go some time ago because Koku had dropped me and I had been injured while practicing my acrobatics. The circus just couldn't afford to keep us at that time, but in the time that Koku and I were away the circus had suddenly become more popular, and thus more profitable.
At any rate, I didn't have any hard feelings towards my former first master, because he had treated us well, and the circus had felt like home. I couldn't say the same for Koku, but he had been so distant from me that I had a difficult time telling one way or another. The ring master had to see someone else, so we went into a waiting area, which just happened to include some practice acrobatic equipment. I tried to see if I still had any of my old skills by jumping on them and found that I was just as graceful as ever.
Then, tired of waiting I back to see the ringmaster who was still in his meeting. The man he was speaking with was huge, almost like a body builder, and he looked incredibly mean. He certainly was not happy to see me there, though I didn't know why. The ringmaster was terrified of him.
Anyway, my dream ended around there. :)
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