Flash of the Eye (March 3rd, 2008)

I was on a forest path winding criss-cross up a very steep hill or mountainside. There were trees and other vegetation most places around the path. It was a very untidy path in many ways, many roots and stones in my way.
Anyway, I was with this gang of youths. And the gang of youths, myself included, were very afraid of the leader. This leader sometimes looked humanoid, in human form that is, but I will not go so far as to say he was entirely human, that would be an exaggeration.
I know there was a lot more to this dream, but I'll at least tell you what I remember, the least foggy bit.
One of the boys in the gang had fallen and hurt himself. It wasn't really off a cliff, but a really steep hill with rocks and bushes by the side of the path. He rolled quite far down, and knocked his head and whatever else got in the way of the scattered stones. When I found him he looked bruised and dusty, but also southern. With dark hair and skin, quite handsome, really, a few years younger than me though. And it was my job to go get him apparently, and I must have been strong, 'cause I lifted him as if he was a child.
This was one of the times I saw the leader. But this time he was more a creature, or a force. As I was climbing over the edge onto the path, dragging the injured boy along, I saw the leader's eyes in a flash. Really. His eyes were divided horizontally, and the lower parts flashed bright blue when he was angry. This is like something out of a cheap fantasy novel, so I can't believe I came up with this. But I did.
Anyway, the leader didn't want the boy to be saved.
This leader never lead us, but rather "checked up on us" by scaring us.
And later there was this "line up" further up the forest path. People in masks and costumes had lined up in a turn of the road. And I walked past all and tugged at their masks, looking for the leader in disguise. Some wore masks over the eyes, some wore full masks, some beaks, and another two pyramid-like points coming out of her face. In other words, many different disguises.
Under the masks I found boys and girls, even children, until I came to one in red with lots of small buttons and lights on it. The whole person was dressed in some sort of metallic red colour that changed when he moved. And I tugged off the mask and actually kept going because I didn't recognize the face. But then I saw a blue flash behind me, and everything got scary. I don't remember much more, but I do believe there was a riot or fight shorty after this incident.