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    A unicorn prances by, its shiny pink mane glowing 

softly in the morning sun. The brightness of the 

green grass beneath me feels like a soft green pillow. 

The unicorn stops a few feet away from me, so close 

I can feel its breath on my face. It utters one word 

and runs frantically away. "Soon." I spiral into 

darkness.

    As I awaken all I see is a bright white light... 

everywhere. I vaguely wonder if I was blind. 

Suddenly an object darts into my field of vision. It 

looks... squishy. I hear a voice. Great, now I'm 

delusional and hearing things. I focus on the voice.

"Your name is now Shelly and you are my turtle. I 

will keep you in a box as my little shelly!" wait-

what? I shook my head. 

"wh-who are you?" The silence that followed was 

deafening to the point where I began to consider 

if it had ever existed at all. Suddenly the voice 

was back and I almost wished it had been in my 

head. "Excuse me for not introducing myself! My 

name is Tod but you can call me Tod. Tell me 

Shelly, do you know what a cell is?" I consider the 

situation and whether or not to respond. This was 

a strange dream indeed. 

I remembered something about cells from my 

science class.... "Aren't they like the brick walls 

that make up living things?" "No silly! living 

things aren't made of bricks! a cell is not a 

chunk of clay at all!" I tune out of what he's 

saying, its a dream after all. What is this? 

When will I ever wake up? I stare blankly at 

the blueish squishy object in front of me. I had 

never really had dreams like this before... it 

felt so real! Almost like I really was in a 

strange white room with a crazed lunatic of a 

cell. I brushed the thought off... it was 

impossible. 

Suddenly with a flash the room around me 

changed! Bewildered I looked around to 

discover that I was in a cell itself.... I vaguely 

recognized it as a plant cell from science class. I 

now regret dozing off in science class... 

Panicked I tried everything I could think of to 

wake from this terrible nightmare, ranging from 

pinching myself to throwing myself at the 

strange, pulsing blue walls of the cell I somehow 

found myself in. 

verything around me was moving, pulsing, 

squirting, sucking, flying, it reminded me of a 

big clock my grandfather had given me long 

ago. 

"What is this?!? Where am I??" I looked around 

frantically, now desperate to see the familiar 

squishy object Tod, no matter how eccentric he 

may be. 

"You are inside of a cell my dear Shelly, as I 

just explained this is the cell maze! To pass 

through and get home, first you must complete 

some tasks. I doubt you can though..." The 

voice paused thoughtfully. "Perhaps you would 

like to just give up now and become my little 

box Shelly? Save yourself the trouble? It would 

be so much easier..."

"No you lunatic! Get me out of here!" I growl 

in frustration, desperate for an escape from 

this increasingly maniacal dream. 

"Very well then, don't say I didn't offer! Now 

then, the process of leaving this place is 

simple. You get to tour this cell, and if you give 

me all the right answers you get to leave."  

And with that the tour began. 

Looking around I waited impatiently, but 

nothing happened. 

All of a sudden a giant knife came out of 

nowhere and bore down on the green thing 

before me, slicing it like butter on a hot 

summer's day! Bewildered I looked around for 

the source of the knife but it disappeared just 

as fast as it had came. 

Before I could react, my body started moving 

against my will, I was walking outside of the 

cell! I had absolutely no control over my 

actions now. What was happening?!?!

I screamed for help but nothing came out but 

a hoarse whisper. For the first time in the 

whole night I felt true fear, was it really a 

dream? My breath quickened. Scolding myself 

for believing in such nonsense I focused on 

where I was going, what I was looking at.

I kept walking outside the now half cell until I 

was looking right at the edge, then I stopped. 

All I could see now was a sort of jelly fish like 

wall, with intertwined, stringy, pulsing webs of 

life. It was a little creepy. 

Out of nowhere a small floating orb floated 

over to the cell wall, then passed gracefully 

through a small tube in the seemingly endless 

wall. I watched fascinated as it whirred around 

through the cell and eventually left out another 

tube. I heard the voice again, and for once I 

was grateful to see; or hear rather; something 

familiar in this ever confusing place. I 

remembered that the cell wall was meant to 

keep out viruses and only let in the good 

things. I didn't even know I knew that! 

"Now, can you tell me what that little squishy 

was?" Tod's voice had taken on a more serious 

tone. I was in a plant cell.. What was it again 

that Mrs.Teashar had taught us? Then it 

clicked. 

"Its protein?" 

"And what does it do?" 

"Protein powers the cell?"

"Correct." Tod's voice now sounded a little sad, 

he didn't want his Shelly to go. 

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