..In this dream, I was in opposition with a man who was evil. He was seeking a special stone in order to gain access to this great power which would allow him to take control of all things. I did not know about this stone, at first, but I was soon met by this somewhat tall female with long, black, frizzy/curly hair.

  It was not until then that I even knew I had the stone, and it was on a keychain (how fitting) I had with me. Her stone was on an identical chain.  They were in disguise as keychain ornaments...

  The power in this dream represents the power of self-direction.  There are many parts to the self--the good, the bad, the masculine and the feminine, all of whom you have dissected in your dream.

  .. Both stone were identical in size and shape; rough, about an inch long and half an inch wide one way, and less wide the other. The shape was generally rounded and oval, but the surface was rough, and they looked kind of plastic.

  Her stone was white, and my stone was a sort of amber/butterscotch color....

  Here, the feminine is cast as the Spiritual, and the masculine as the intellect.

  ..Oddly, all of this was taking place in what seemed to be half a mall food court and half the bathroom of my house in the dream. There was a large rock wall with a flat front..  About shoulder high, on the wall, was a sort of a circular area with two holes, but the circular area stuck out, and the holes went in from the sides, in opposite directions, and in a circular manner.  Think of the yin and yang symbol, though that's not what it was...

  This part speaks of the basic human needs for security, safety, food and sex.  The rock wall suggests a challenge in regard to some aspect of the various parts of the self--and actually, the yin/yang would be a very good (in spite of the abstraction) symbol for what the dream is saying, as it refers to the aspects of the self.

  .. The stones were to be put into the holes, then they would be sucks into them further, and this would unlock the huge wall, allowing the person or people access to whatever this great power was...

  This is another statement referring to the union of all parts of the self providing the power to control the challenges that one faces.

  .. I noted that this female (who was also then to be my permanent companion) and I were fully able to have this power for ourselves, but we both understood that we were not deserving of the power; that no human was ready to use the power wisely enough. Which is why we were chosen as their guardians...

  This part suggests that there is some element of fear with regard to accepting all parts of the self.  Recognizing that they exist is one thing, allowing them to act in unison is another.

  .. All of this happened in what felt like about one or two minutes.  Things jumped around. Some things were more impressions than vivid actions.  It was a cool dream though.

  Actually, I now remember that this dream was preceded by one of me at my grandfather's house, and the very, very beginning of the stone dream took place in his enclosed back porch.  That's where I first met the evil man, who looking to acquire the stone from me in a nearly aggressive manner, then everything kind of phased into the other setting....

  This part suggests that you learned of your "evil" side at a young age.  It's actually quite literal, as we learn right and wrong when we are young.

  .. Also, this was a particularly fascinating dream for me, because of other things that were unusual (to me) about it.  The thing that stands out the most is the fact that the female was supposed to be, in essence, my mate, yet she did not look like any of the other females I had dreamed about, who were my mates, or were even at least attracted to.

  First of all, though she was still around my height, she was taller than the other females, she had long curly/frizzy hair, and her face was kind of plain, though not unattractive.  She possessed a genuinely strong spirit, which was apparent, not only by dream knowledge, but by her actions.  In many ways, as far as her spirit goes, she was extremely desirable as a mate, and I'm going by my real life standards...

  Hmmmmm.  It's kind of odd that you should see this woman this way, but apparently there is something in your psyche that is connecting with the feminine side of yourself to represent her in this way.