I opened my eyes from a deep slumber,
breathing heavily, body drenched in sweat. I must have had a very bad dream, I
told myself. But as my eyes slowly came into focus, an unknown fear gripped me.
I was in total confusion. For a moment,
I thought that it was a continuation of my nightmare, but no, I was wide awake,
but had no idea where I was. Where were the rest of the beds in the dormitory,
my wooden cupboard? Why couldn't I hear our house master waking us up?
I jumped out of my bed, frantically looking
around the room for something I recognized, some clues as to how I got there.
Had I been kidnapped by some aliens, who put me in this unfamiliar place? It
was an appalling feeling; there was nothing in the surroundings that I could even
faintly recognize. Am I dead, is this life after death? I was trembling from
head to toe.
