CHAPTER ONE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE

 

   

  What is the worst nightmare you’ve ever had?

  Was it one of those dreams where you’re taking a test but you forgot to study for it? And you don’t just get a big, fat zero. You get a negative score.

   

  Yikes!

  Or maybe your dream was more like fantasy. Like being chased off a cliff by a zombie poodle, a skeleton, and a rabbit with three heads.

  Those kinds of dreams can really make your heart race!

  My worst nightmare? I’ve had a ton of them! But one of them definitely takes the cake.

  It was the nightmare where I, Andres Miedoso, was stuck in the middle of a never-ending desert.

  See that half human, half camel creature? Yep, that’s me. (I don’t normally look like that, though. At least, I hope not!)

  What am I running from? The giant head shooting lasers out of its eyes, that’s what!

   

  What’s more, the giant head looks eerily like my best friend, Desmond Cole. Terrifying, right?

  You’re probably thinking this is the kind of dream that’s only scary while you’re asleep. The moment you open your eyes, all your terror quickly vanishes, because you know your dream can’t be real.

   

  I mean, come on. Is it even possible to get a negative score on your test? And how could a rabbit have three heads?

   

  And, most of all, there’s no way a kid could transform halfway into a camel!

   

  But let me ask you something. What if it could happen?

   

   

  What if, instead of waking up and being safe and snug in your own bed, your bad dreams all came true when you woke up?

  When you live in the town of Kersville like I do, anything goes. Here, if your good dreams can come true, your bad dreams can come true too.

  Yeah, not so safe and snug anymore.

  If you really want to hear about my scariest nightmare ever, I’d better start at the beginning. Back to the night when all those sweet dreams turned into sweet screams.…