A swirly cloud of something that looked like fog filled the room, and then faded into the night. A man lay sleeping in a bed, covers pulled up to his chin. The clock next to him showed "6:59", then quietly flipped to "7:00" and began to beep.

Jim was asleep, and right in the middle of a very exciting dream, when the loud beeping of the alarm woke him up. He blinked his eyes a few times, rolled over and turned off the alarm. He lay there in bed for a moment, remembering what he was supposed to do today. Whatever it was, it had to be better than yesterday, he thought - today is a brand new day!

After laying there quietly for a moment, Jim:

Jim woke to find himself on top of a beautiful, flower covered hill. He looked around, trying to fight the building terror to see where he was. At the base of the hill was a large country fair, complete with ferris wheel. He could also see a small town down the other side of the hill and a deep, dark forest all around the south side of the hill. Jim decides to...