I leant forward. There was something pulling me in, calling me, putting me into a kind of trance. “If I could just get a little bit closer…” I fell through the eyes as if they were not there at all and I landed in a strange bubble.

Where was I?

My eyes flew open suddenly and the dream was cut short.

 “OH COME ON!!!”

 I cried as I attempted to fall asleep again but then a thought occurred to me. What if the ‘dream’ wasn't a dream at all. If my theory was correct, I wouldn’t have to sleep at all. I decided to try it. All I would have to do was relax and close my eyes and as I did, the world slid from view, my thoughts drifted away and the dream continued.

 Wisps of colour danced and shimmered around me in one direction to form an arrow. I absent-mindedly decided to follow and as I trudged further and further into the mystery place, I heard a voice shout my name. It became louder and louder, closer and closer, stronger and stronger and then…

“Oh no…”