Wake Up

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"Wake up now." They say. I unwillingly lift my eyes open, astonished to find myself staring up at a bright pink ceiling with glow in the dark stars on it. There's a light dimly glowing above me, whereas I find that there is no light streaming in from the window that's by my night table. I turn my head over to where there ought to be light, wondering if I've been woken up in the nighttime, and am astonished to find myself gazing upon a luscious lavender coating, where there should have been glass, and a view upon the grand wooden deck with a stairway attached, leading down into what they often referred to as hell.

"I SAID WAKE UP!" they shout. My brain is mush and I can feel my stomach churning, so fast that it's probably turning the milk I had last night into butter. I place my hands on my bed, but that only makes it worse, because there are clean, soft blankets on it that are unfamiliar, and yet ring a bell to me all at once.

"Touch your cheeks." They whisper, soothingly. I do as they say. My skin feels baby soft, and I realize that for once, it isn't wet. The tears are gone. Then I remember. This is the real world.

I walk over to my bedroom door and press a button to notify an official that I am awake, and soon enough, they come streaming into my room, breakfast tray in hand. As soon as the guard enters, I pounce on them and wrestle them to the floor, rushing to freedom. I am cut short by a sharp pain in the back of my neck, and then everything goes black.

"Did you not hear me? WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!"

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