l opened my eyes to find myself walking upon soft wet sand.

I could see the impressions of my feet, disappear behind me as I went and the tiny waves of pure pearly white foam swept over my toes.

The ocean was grey and blue, swirled with sparkles of green and hints of yellow.

"You need to wake up Quirinus".

I could see Imagi coming towards me, wearing a long lavender dress, that rolled in the wind about her like ribbons.

"I wish i could.

I wish i knew how.

Oh my name... isn't Quirinus... by the way,

it's Clifford actually.

It was before i became...a villain".

"You're not a villain, you were just given the role of the villain."

"That's exactly what i said but the sad thing is that I thought i was hero. They made me believe that i was in charge, in charge of my life, in charge of my fate, yet they lied to me.

They used me, they twisted every truth that came my way.

They warped and corrupted my mind, my perception, my whole way of thinking.

They made a fool out of me, a regular old jester placed before them for their own entertainment.

I want to wake up yet there's no way out.

There's no hope in this world.

I can't escape.

There is no escape.

I'm trapped."

"There is always hope.

You'll find a way out, just don't give up at least not yet.

It's only a dream.

You're stronger than a dream.

Remember whatever you do in your dream, no matter how terrible, it will have no consequence in the real world.

I know this sounds horrible but if you have to commit certain atrocities in the Dream World just to escape, then you must do so.

You must do everything in your power to come back to this world."

"Suppose this dream world is real?"

"Perhaps it is real in your mind's eye but to everyone else it does not exist.

However whatever world you're trapped in it certainly exists enough, for you to be sucked right into it.

So in a matter if speaking your world is real but what matters is this isn't the world you're supposed to be in.

Your supposed to be in the world where i exist."

"You exist in this world as well".

"Yes but that's only a part of me that exists.

The rest of me is waiting and hoping for you to wake up right now."

"You're waiting for me?

Where are you waiting?

Why are you even waiting for me in the first place?"

"Did you expect me to escape?

I can't very well leave you, not like this.

You need someone to be there for you.

I think you're so used to living in darkness and lonliness, thriving alone in your solitude, that you've forgotten what it's like to have a friend that's there for you.

You've forgotten what it means to have a friend by your side.

When you awaken I'll be there.

When you open your eyes I'll be the first person you see."

Her form rippled and ribboned into nothingness so the only thing that remained was a small piece of lavender, that flew far into the sky and then plummeted from the vast blue expanse into the grey stormy waters below.

I then awoke to yet another dream, where i rested atop purple silk sheets.

Well that was a wasted effort.

I did manage to actually communicate with Imagi, so perhaps it wasn't completely wasted.

"Oh Imagi, I don't want to commit any atrocities.

I just want to get out of this horrible place.

Tell me what to do.

Show me the way out.

You're clairvoyant so surely you know the proper escapes route out of this wretched world.

I know maybe if i go through with this ridiculous marriage maybe I'll wake up then.

I'll demand to be married.

I'll order a wedding to be held.

Everybody will obey me, all except her but that doesn't really matter because this is a dream and she's not even real.

She's just a character in my story.

I was living a story and if it was my story I should be able to end it yet I still had no idea how."

I was talking to myself yet again and I hoped Imagi didn't hear me; Not the real Imagi but the dream version of Imagi.

She already thought I was a nut job and maybe in a sense I was, at least this version of me was.

The important thing is I had a plan now.

I was going to follow through with it.

There would be a marriage.

She had told me to do anything and everything to escape this dream world and if terrible atrocities had to be committed in order to escape than I'd have to do it.

How about moderate atrocities?

I didn't want to do anything to extreme.

I'd just play my part of the villain and I would carry out villainous orders and I'd follow them off with villainous actions.

I secretly vowed to myself that I would never be a villain when I returned to the real world.

I'd do things that made a difference, more than that, I would make sure no other people were harmed by my superiors.

I'd put a wrench in their works so that their whole industry would explode.

I'd topple their empire, I'd knock down every tower that sent out those wretched signals, I'd tell everyone of their atrocities.

I'd wake up every prisoner and set them free.

I could even create a revolution.

I could initiate a revolt.

I could lead a whole rebellion.

Now don't get ahead of yourself Clifford.

One thing at a time.

You still have to wake up first.

"I will make you proud Imagi and not just in the real world but in this world as well".