Until a different world met my eyes. I realized the skull was gone, yet somehow I wished my gaze couldn’t wander. The world was the same. The world was completely foreign. Everything was shrouded in darkness and was distorted, as if someone had spilt water over a picture and the colours had bled. I stared at the world in horror, circling on the spot until I spotted a gathering of people on the school oval. I approached them cautiously, expecting more skinless skulls, but they appeared the only normal objects in the ghostly landscapes. The only abnormality was the completely white eyeballs, without a speck of colour. I recognized my fellow class mates, but they weren’t looking at me. Their bodies seemed frozen, their blank eyes locked on an object in the distance. Standing on my toes, I craned my neck, curious to see what could captivate their attention to this extreme level. I saw a red, blinking light. It blinked three times, then a blinding white light blanketed everything. I could not see, hear or feel anything. There was nothing…
Then I woke up.