Forest (Priya)

 When Vyom opened his eyes a strange sensation came over him . He felt his whole body structure was rearranged. The air was hot, humid , totally different from Delhi winters.

He felt he had come in some strange forest. There were fern like huge grass around him. There were huge trees around him. He could not fathom the height. 

He tried to shake his head to get handle over things. You watch too many of those Hollywood movies and strange , useless thoughts fill your head. His Amma would always scold him.

He tried to make way through the grass or whatever it was. There was a constant noise as if he was walking near a high tension wire. The buzzing noise wouldn't stop. He felt something was watching him. He was not used to such long walks. He would have immediately caught an auto.

He thought that this was a prank by one of his friends -they slipped something in his drink and now he was hallucinating. He tried to pinch himself. 

A strange feeling of anxiety came over him. He checked his pockets for something sharp and found his bike keys as well as a pocket knife.

He came to a clearing in the jungle. He could hear growling coming from near by bush. " You better come out. You …" Few explosive gallis came out of his mouth. He thought to himself if this was a prank, his friends better end it now.

Suddenly a dinosaur came out of the bush with his mouth open. It was the size of an oversized horse. Its sharp teeth were showing the creature's murderous intent. Vyom fell back on the ground. A primal fear took over him. He just got up and started running. The dinosaur was behind him with clear intent of killing him. When the dinosaur was close enough Vyom slashed it with the pocket knife.

Vyom thought he fell down but this time he woke up from his sleep in his own bed. His heart was racing as if he had run ten marathons. What a strange dream he thought to himself. He was drenched in sweat.

He opened his closed fist. There was his pocket knife, stained red and besides it was a big, bloody tooth.