Circles, circles, circles, circles....Flying in circles too much makes you feel funny. I laughed and slammed into a wall by accident, making me laugh more. I was bored, so I threw a handful of cards up into the air and watched then fly down. Wheeee fun...I stared at em then threw the rest up in the air too. Once they all were flat down I started to build them into a house of cards...Yayness...

I hate Reala. I hate him. He's evil and stupid-looking...Grrrrr....He locked me in here...Only NiGHTS cared....And now I sort of wished I could speak that funny squeaky language the dreamer spoke...see if it cared too....

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NiGHTS had lotsa questions for me. He and...Reala...let me stay in Spring Valley because it was the sunniest and I liked it best. I chased those weird little cone headed angels, and spun my two tails so I could fly after them. NiGHTS thought it was cool how I could fly so differently from everyone else here.

I was so much happier to be outta the dark...But...I didn't really like Reala watching me...Oh well. Laughing, I chased the little fairy-blobs. It was lotsa fun. ....Still...I wanted to be home. I wanted to be back with Sonic.

NiGHTS called me over. "Tails...don't you remember what happened to you..? There's gotta be reason for you to sleep this long..."

I shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe I'm just tired...?"

"No...no one sleeps this long...and no one I have ever seen slept in the Dream World...."

"Naw, I'm sure its nothing..." I took another step or two and....there was....

....water...?

FWOOOSH! ....I was encased within a big bubble full of water...I didn't fear at first...this was the dream world....Maybe my mind was merely taking a new course...?

It didn't FEEL like a dream. I could feel the water pressure and the sort of lesser-gravity...And...I...couldn't breathe.....

My lungs just took in a lot of water.

Can't....breathe....

I didn't even see anything right anymore. My eyes just filled with a dark blankness. My mind was only thinking about one thing....

...Can't breathe!!!!

C'mon...it was a dream...it couldn't do this...!! But no...I was drowning here....

...Can't....breathe....need to breathe....!!

God...I was choking...no air...just water...I would do anything I possibly could right now even for a little breath of it....My mind was getting frantic.

....Need air...Can't...BREATHE!!!!!

Couldn't last...I was gonna die...All I could think about was air....

.....Choking....Need Air.....

...Can't....BREATHE!!!!!!.....

Suddenly the water dissappeared and I collapsed onto the grass in front of NiGHTS, taking heavy breaths....

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Pitiful dreamer....I smirked.....

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I...had NEVER seen anything like that before...NEVER. Of course...I wasn't really one of the wizest of 'maren...but Reala was apparently aware of what had happened. I rushed to ails' side and looked at him worriedly.

He choked and coughed for a little while, and I had no idea what to do.

"Tails...I need to know what's happening to you..." I said softly. "I just want to help you...please try to think for me...Of the Waking World...."

He looked up at me tearfully. "I don't remember...I...can't remember any of it really..."

"Try...please..." I ignored Reala grinning in the background.

He looked at the ground, the tears on his face dripping down and his pointed ears flat back. He was sobbing quietly, and it looked as though he was trying his best to think...

"I remember...I remember running....and...." He closed his eyes apparently concentrating. "....And....then....lots of pain....and...Sonic screamed my name....and...." He sobbed hard. "I...didn't see anything else..." He got onto his knees, hugging himself, crying. "Am I dead...?"

I felt hurt for him. "Of course not! You wouldn't be dreaming...Now if only I knew what was wrong..."

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