Souls in Dreams

This is an original story about creating a shared dream by connecting two dreams from two persons who love each other but face impassable barriers.



On a day in the spring of 36 BC, three strangers have three interwoven dreams at the same time. They are Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty, China, a beautiful country girl, Wang Qiang, who is going to be chosen as one of Emperor Yuan's future concubines, and a dream hunter, Ashik, in Western Asia. Emperor Yuan dreams of Wang, Wang dreams of Emperor Yuan while Ashik dreams of Emperor Yuan and Wang dreaming of each other.



Ashik is once a priest of a dream temple where he meets a one-time visitor, Ruya, who is forced to be the 4th queen of their Khan. Ashik can't help falling in love with her. He has no other way to approach her but to enter into her dreams. Dream hunters can access the others' dreams imperceptibly, find whatever they are looking for but they are not able to communicate with the dreamers. Ashik has been enjoying staying in Ruya's dreams until he dreams of the interwoven dreams when he is in Ruya's dream. The dreams within dreams strike him like a lightning, making him realize that, since people can dream of each other the same time, why not connect their dreams into one, so they can see and talk to each other? In her dreams, Ashik see how lonely Ruya has been all the time but there is no way he could inform her that he loves her. Now, since he is positioned in the center of the dream whirlpool, it must be a reward from the Almighty, pointing to him a way of creating shared dreams. Ashik can tell results by looking at the causes before things actually happen. He knows that the emperor and the girl are not able to live together but they will dream of each other again in the future. If he could catch that moment and find a way to put their dreams together, he would be able to connect his dream with Ruya's once she dreams of him. That will give him the opportunity to talk to her. For this opportunity, Ashik starts a long journey of searching for the emperor who lives somewhere in the far, far east where the sun rises every morning.



At the end of this journey, Ashik witnesses not only the celestial souls in dreams but also bloody royal massacre, murder and suicide.



Ever since human beings came into existence, the door to dream has been open. It could be thousands of miles away or you could step into it at the very next second. We would never know how many loves have happened only in dreams but, luckily, here is one of them.