I have been writing down my dreams for a long time. Here are a couple that I had in the same night when I was in my late teens/early twenties:
1. I was a teenager and was with some friends. We were trapped in a place by a large man who intended to rape us. At some point in the dream, the man left the premises. I managed to get all of us outside.
At another point in the dream, I ended up killing our kidnapper (all of the details surrounding this either were not in the dream or were not remembered when I woke up, which I am kind of glad about). I initially requested to ride with my friends, as I was headed for the airport and did not know the way; however, I ended up following them in a separate vehicle. The dream ended with all of us reaching our intended destination. - Hooray for happy endings!
2. I was walking home when a car pulled in front of me. This dream yet again involved a large man, and he stepped out of the vehicle, telling me to come to him. Naturally, I declined.
He grew angry and took hold of me, clasping a hand over my mouth. I broke free and ran to my neighbors' house. They didn't answer despite my cries for help and my pounding on their door.
The man caught up to me, but I escaped him once again. This time, I was able to make it to my own home. I could hear my mother drying her hair. The door was locked, so I screamed at the top of my lungs in order to be heard through the door and over the hairdryer.
My mother answered the door, annoyed with being interrupted. I started to tell her about the attempted kidnapping, but she just shrugged me off and stated that she didn't have time to deal with my problems.
That last bit made me chuckle. So funny what our brains pick out from our time awake and plug into our dreams. I am so curious as to what other people dream about. Perhaps I will put out a forum post asking this.