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And I can't get it out of my head. It freaks me out every time I think of it.
In the dream, I was reliving a party I had been to recently. There was a large, black, friendly dog at the party in real life, and I imagined seeing the dog again in the dream.
Only for some reason, this time the dog was becoming increasingly upset. It started growling and snarling at nothing, and a certain point, it stood stock still with a frustrated, angry expression on its face.
Words cannot describe my horror at what happened next.
The dog's eyes suddenly turned from a natural brown to an opaque alien green; the pupils completely disappeared. At the same time, the dog's white teeth suddenly became black, large and crooked, protruding from the corners of its snout like a crocodile. But the dog--the same size, but now practically a monster--just stood there, panting quietly and growling quietly, leering at nothing. No one dared to touch it.
Frightened, I asked the owner what had happened to it. "Oh," she said casually, "it's gotten a bit confused; all the blood has flowed out of its brain. He'll go back to normal in a few seconds." And sure enough, as I watched, the eyes darkened and the pupils returned; the teeth returned to their original size and color and reverted back into the dog's mouth. Suddenly, he looked like a normal, friendly dog.
I turned back to the owner. She smiled at me with the smile that pet owners reserve for those who don't have animals.
"You see", she said, "this happens to all dogs from time to time. There's nothing anyone can do about it..."
And then I awoke, tossing and turning. It's been two days now, but I can't remove that dog from my consciousness.
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