Peanut butter…

He jumped off the yellow tree into a puddle of peanut butter and ran. Something scared him and he could just feel it go after him. Something dangerous and dark. At least he tried to run. He could feel his legs move but he couldn’t get away, he was stuck. Was it the peanut butter?
He looked down to check but he saw 4 cats licking his shoes. So it couldn’t be the peanut butter. But he couldn’t feel the danger anymore so he must have escaped it somehow.
He slowly walked towards the little shed behind the tall hedges. He was hungry and he just knew that there would be Doritos. Almost starving he reached the row of hedges that protected the shed with the life saving food but he wasn’t able to pass them, there were so many hedges and when he took a closer look he realized that it was a labyrinth. There had to be a way out but the entrance was gone, hedges everywhere. How do you escape a labyrinth? One that changes all the time. There was a trace of colorful dust on the ground and he decided to follow it never looking up. If he couldn’t make it through this maze he would probably die. The dust was the answer. It was bright and sparkly and changed colors. What could it be? Star dust? What was it doing here? He ran into a wall and hurt his head. A white cats was licking up the dust. “No, don’t do it. I need this.”, he shouted. The cat ignored him.
What was he supposed to do now? The hedges were massive brick walls now and it started raining. What was he supposed to do? Staying here was too dangerous so he continued his search for the shed. The shed would save him. A few meters ahead stood another tree. A giant and dark tree without leaves and this tree seemed to be responsible for the maze. Owls were sitting in the tree, one on each branch. They didn’t move, just observed, stared at him and saw his fears. What were they planning? Whatever it was, it couldn’t be good so it was time to get out of there. Again he tried to run but couldn’t. Running never worked, just because he stepped in the peanut butter earlier. He turned his back on the mysterious tree and saw the shed but it wasn’t the shed. There was no shed, it was bait. No life saving Doritos, no shelter. Just a hole in the ground. It started raining again but it wasn’t water, it was the glowing, glittering dust. It was everywhere. He looked up to see where it came from but there was nothing, no clouds, just the ceiling of the world.
“Jonathan.” a voice behind him called out to him. It was a familiar voice, a comforting voice.
He turned around. There was nobody.
“Jonathan.” Once again a voice behind him. He turned around again and saw a man. A man he knew so well. “Gary?”
Gary stood there in a beautiful field of flowers, dressed in white. Smiling his smile.
Jonathan walked towards him, happy to see him again. He couldn’t believe he was here. What was he doing here? They hugged each other tightly and then they kissed.
They were suddenly disrupted by the sound of an explosion, so loud it was deafening. Jonathan opened his eyes but Gary was gone, the flowers were gone. A swarm of terrifying dragons flew overhead. But they weren’t important right now, he had to get to class, he was late already. Not again. If he failed this class he would be expelled, what would his parents think? He was lucky, the school bus arrived and he jumped in, he would be on time, everything was going to be fine.
And then the alarm clock went off…