For some reason, my parents were telling me about Metallica's guitarrist who had died. I went to see him with my dad. Out in the middle of the forest/fields, he was just laying there, DEAD. He had died years ago, but he was just there. like he'd just fallen on the ground. My dad told me to look through his pockets, and, fascinated, i did.
I found around five small rocks of different colors, all of them smooth and opaque and either light blue or red. And several rings. they were all inside a small pouch, but i ended up leaving the pouch itself behind (and regretting it later).
I was so enthralled by his story. He was learning alchemy. In alchemy (in my dream) there are rocks of three levels of power. One starter spell is to cast one world into a level one rock (the blue rocks). But the guitarrist had been researching, and found out how to cast several worlds in a three level stone (the red ones). It was illegal, i believe he was persecuted for it, and perhaps that's why he died.
I visited one of his worlds briefly. People with dragon wings flew boats to steal like pirates. It was a really short visit.
I couldn't stop thinking about the guitarrist. He plagued my every waking thought. No one knew him like i did. I just wanted to see him again. Lying there in the mud, near the crops.
Eventually, that urge won and i went to the place where he died again. I'd convinced myself i just wanted the pouch to keep my rocks.
But, there were people there. Because it was a school and his friends were there. In the place where he died, someone propped him up sitting, his friends were pretending he was alive. I didn't want to interrupt, after all i had no business with this man. I simply learned about his life story, but these people were actually part of it.
I kept the rocks and the rings and went out on a walk with them. At this point, i came to the conclusion i was in love with the guitarrist. I listened to his band, bought merch, yet in the end i just wanted to go there again. See his body.
The rest is foggy. I think i visited him once or twice more, but i don't remember.
I started slowly waking up and i felt disappointed that he or the rocks were not real. I remember vividly thinking about the surreality of being "in love with a dead guy who was never born".
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guitarrist description: he was somewhere not too far from my house. He laid face down in the mud and his long brown hair covered his face. He had a great nose. I dont remember, but i think his friends had a bone to pick with me.
I should note that i don't listen to Metallica, couldn't recognize any of the band members in a crowd, and whoever their guitarrist is, they're definitely not the same as the guy in this dream.