"And then I woke up..."

It's the sort of easy-way-out end to a story that our English teachers told us to avoid using. And yet, just those 5 little words - those 5 little syllables - hold _so_ much creative power, because they grant the author access to the world of dreams. (As many _Inception_ fans will know: it's pure creation.) So therein lies this challenge: Write a story that ends around the basis of waking up from a dream/nightmare. But don't write something bland like: "I met Johnny Depp and the Dalai Lama, and we went to McDonald's, smoked some pot and had a cup of tea..._and then I woke up!_" Your story must be a dream situation that is either: - so fantastically awesome that you don't want to wake up from it OR - a nightmare so terrifying that you're thanking whatever God you believe in that you woke up from it. Remember: in the world of dreams, anything is possible. So write whatever your imagination (and Ficly's character limit) allows you to! *Non, je ne regrette rien...*

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