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This was unexpected.
Standing atop the bookshelf overseeing everyone and everything in their zealous gathering, I had the advantage of the high ground. Even if one of them did a cool backflip and tried to slice me with a laser sword, I'd easily be able to defend and return to sender.
But this wasn't a galaxy far, far away.
This was reality.
Yet, I refused to believe what was before me.
The moment the leader threw off their hood, my mind ceased. Time itself was so shocked it had to pause as well.
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"Heh..." I made a noise, my arms growing sore in the position I held the makeshift gun.
What was this? Why was this? How was this?
Could it be that the exposure to the elements messed with my perception? I had to be seeing things. I was delusional!
"Hah..."
My facial muscles twitched uncontrollably, the words trapped in my throat.
All the while, they were looking at me. Staring back. Awaiting my next move.
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I couldn't do anything.
Something had to happen or I'd gather a layer of dust.
Fortunately, it did.
"Johnny-"
"Shut it," I cut them off, startled by that voice.
Yes, I had to be imagining things.
First, their species was revealed to belong to the canid order. Second, the robes concealed the rest of their appearance, so I wouldn't have guessed they were female. Third...
Ah, of course.
It was the egg sandwich.
It had gone bad. That's it. I ate an expired sandwich and was now suffering the consequences.
Seriously, if this was real, it'd fit in a circle of hell. The devil couldn't be so cruel as to do this to me...
"Johnny-kun, it's not safe up there."
I didn't get to cut them... her off again, entranced by the illusions I was experiencing.
Since this was a hallucination, I pinched myself to wake up.
In the past, there were few times I dreamed lucidly. I learned from the second experience that if I wanted to leave that place, all I'd need to do was cause harm to myself.
Easy peasy.
So, why wasn't I back in my room?
I thought that this was my subconscious worrying about the showdown – a nightmare before the last day.
But I was still there, atop the bookshelf.
It didn't work.
It should've worked.
Why didn't it work?
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My teeth were about to shatter under the exerted force.
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FanfictionA time past. A lost race. A missing piece of the puzzle. Life is a fickle thing, everything comes and goes, all animals can agree on that. In a world where carnivores and herbivores struggle to maintain peace and order while fighting their inner bea...
