And almost as quickly, he heard a voice calling his name.
"An..."
It slowly became clearer.
"Dan... Dan! Come on, please wake up!"
He heard a small whine or two and something wet licking his face.
He slowly moved his head before squinting one eye open. "J-Jemma?" He quietly questioned.
The answer was a tight hug.
"You're alright! Oh, thank goodness!" She cried, happily.
The pugs barked and Ellie jumped up onto the couch with Darcie behind her.
Dan groaned as he felt his head. "What...what happened?"
Jemma looked at him. "I was hoping you could tell me. I was downstairs watching telly and then I heard the girls start barking like mad and a loud thud. When I came up, you were on the ground unconscious and have been that way for at least ten to fifteen minutes!" she replied, concerned.
Dan sat there for moment, gently petting the two pugs.
His mind felt confused but he knew for a fact that this dream about being in Minecraft did happen.
"Yeah, I remember hearing the girls...before I passed out..." He said, looking towards the computer.
The computer held an error screen from logging him out of Minecraft for being "Inactive."
It had kicked him back to the menu screen.
Jemma looked at him, concern in her eyes. "Are you sure, you're alright?"
Dan gave a slight nod. "I think so. I feel ok, just very confused about this dream I had."
She looked at him. "Really? What was it like?" she asked curiously.
Dreams were rather strange sometimes.
"It was strange." He said, leaning back in the couch. "I was in Minecraft with Trayaurus, Grim and a girl name Alex...ok it's that not that strange. But I could feel pain!"
Jemma listened. "Have you seen the girl before?" She asked curiously.
That was a kind of a strange dream.
"Umm. I don't think so." Dan replied. "She did tell us how she got there."
"She told you how she got into your dream?" Jemma asked confused.
"I don't think it was a dream." He said and looked at her.
She looked at him. She didn't respond at first. "...You really think you were in Minecraft?"
Dan faintly smiled. "Yes... I admit it sounds ridiculous but it felt so real."
Jemma smiled softly at him. "It sounds amazing yet, terrifying. I wouldn't go so far as to call it impossible but I don't think it's currently possible. I could be wrong..."
"That is exactly what I thought!" He said, now sounding excited. "I don't know how but I was in there."
She smiled at how excited he sounded. "Maybe you can find out by retracing your steps?" She suggested. "Kind of long shot but a good place to start."
"Ok." Dan carefully got up from the couch to retrace his steps. "This should be easy, because I let Ellie and Darcie into the room and went over the computer to log in to Minecraft." He explained while taking a seat at his desk.
Jemma quickly stopped him. "Hold on a minute."
She told him and went and got her laptop and came back. "I'll let you try it first and then I want to see if I can come too." she explained as she sat on the couch.
Dan kind of chuckled. "Are you sure about this?"
"No but you woke up the first time so if you can wake up a second time, I like my chances." She replied with a smile. "I mean, you will wake up...right?"
Her voice suddenly became a little less confident and more frightened by this idea as her smile fell.
"Ahh. I sure hope so!" He said, feeling the fear.
His hands were hovering over the keyboard in hesitation. "Like you said, it's a long shot." He turned around and dragged a pillow over, since it didn't look like Jemma was going to catch him.
"You could come back over to the couch as it loads maybe." She suggested with a small shrug. "I don't know how fast it'll load or how much time till you pass out..."
"Or if I'll pass out." Dan added while signing in.
He felt little bit off but maybe he was being paranoid. Either way, he was going make a break for the couch to wait for it to load. "Make room. Coming to join you."
Jemma scooted out of the way, quickly.
She moved the pugs down as well.
She looked at the loading screen then back at Dan.
He seemed to look fine until the loading slightly sped up.
"Whoa...ok, I believe it's working." He confirmed while dizzily watching the screen.
Jemma looked at him. "Go ahead and lay down then." She told him softly.
Dan laid down on the couch close to her. Just as his eyes closed, he felt himself jerk back awake.