A dog barked. That was the first thing I heard when I woke up. Not a human voice, not a chirping bird gracing the world with it's voice but a dog barking. Wow! How bad can it actually get? I allowed myself to open my eyes and observe the world around me. For a moment, I was cautious not to be back in the dreamscape. I did not want things to play out the way they did back there. Whoever put k there preyed on my deepest feelings. So, it will not be wrong to say that I was a bit skeptical about this new world when I first saw it. I tried to stand up but I felt a terrible ache on my back. Infact, all of my body ached. My muscles were sore, my lips dried. I rolled my eyes, trying to recall events from the previous day's if there was any. But there was none. All I remembered was the dream, it

