Cody Martin groggily moaned, as he slowly faded out of the darkness and back into consciousness much too early in the morning. Feeling ridiculously tired, he opened his eyes for a split second, not taking in the view before him, then closed them tight again, trying to get back to sleep. He ignored his dry throat practically screaming for water. After all, sleep was now more important than thirst.

Why am I so thirsty at now of all times? Cody asked himself. Especially after what happened last night? He would never forget what happened the night before, and he was still angry at Zack for pranking him. All he wanted was a delicious, refreshing banana smoothie to reward himself after spending so much time on his history project. Yet before giving him the smoothie, Zack apparently put some extra hot and spicy jalapeno sauce in it, as a little "joke". And the moment Cody took his first sip...FLASH! His tongue was on fire, and he couldn't stop screaming. He had to drink at least 5 glasses of water before the burning in his mouth finally died down.

Cody guessed maybe the burning had returned and was at his throat right now. It was, after all, feeling very hot in there. He decided to go get some water so this sweltering would go away. But the moment Cody opened his eyes to get up, he noticed something was very wrong.

This wasn't his dorm.

Where am I? Cody wondered, now very worried. His eyes opened wide to look around and see where he was.

And he found himself in his and his brother's old room. In his own bed.