Once again I woke up in a dream, but instead of in a crumbled city I was in a cave. It was dark and damp, making me want to move from the cold. I decided to walk around and explore the place, having nothing else to do, and besides, even if I get lost I'll wake up.

After about a mile of walking around and randomly deciding which way at splits, I realized that his whole time I was going down. The cave opened up into a huge room enveloped in darkness. The moment I walked in, candles on my right and left lighted up one by one until the entire room was lit by a dim, shivering light. The center was raised in steps, attracting anyone who stumbled upon the room to walk up them. And yes, I did just that.

At the top there was a tile on the floor that had weird depictions of what looked like the history of some civilization engraved into it. Above it there was an indent in the floor that looked suspiciously like a button. And like any sane inexperienced person, I pressed it.

The floor Promptly spit out the poor beautifully engraved stone tile with no mercy. I brushed away the dust from the crumbled tile and saw water that looked cleaner than any water I've seen. I cautiously took a sip and instantly regretted it. My body was getting hotter and hotter, it felt like I had just belly flopped in a pool of lava.

I woke up and got up out of bed, my body felt lighter?

I put on my school uniform, but it was several sizes too big?

I looked in the mirror but found pieces of glass all over the place!

I left the apartment with my 6th grade uniform and got the usual stares & whispers, but this time they felt different?

I walked onto school grounds and saw several girls faint?! (“I know I'm hideous, but am I really that bad?!”)

I strode through the halls to homeroom and bumped into Victor! (“Uh Oh!”)

“Hey man, wassup?” Victor asked me as if I was his bro or something (“Is he teasing me?”)

“Ya new here dude?” I shook, unable to bring up the courage to respond.

“Well, either way, just remember to hang out with the right kind of people, OK?”

He patted me on the shoulder and walked off. “What just happened?!”

“Hey, can I sit with ya?” said Victor to me?

“Uh, no.” I instinctively replied.

“Oh, o..k...” He moped back to his usual spot. (“I never thought there would be a day when I would see Victor asking to sit next to me as if I'm his bro and then mope as if he really wanted to hang out when I turn him down. No, really, what is going on”)

I got home and sat on the couch, reading a book about some kid who hated his world from his bad upbringing and, with newfound powers, destroyed it and created another world where he would have the best life ever...

I had fallen asleep on the couch.