Realization came in Steve's sleep. It always had, too. That was the only time when he could be sleepy, but also be asleep. So as Steve laid in his red bed, and as he rested his head on his blue pillow, he thought. He thought long and hard about the meeting with Billy and his sleeping problem. He thought about the beautiful butterfly he had seen earlier today. He thought about how awesome Mayor Seth is, but most of all, he thought about Wanda. He though about her long brown hair; the way her eyes sparkled. He thought of the way she looked at him with disappointment, and the way Billy just watched.
"She's totally in to me." Steve agreed with himself.

Steve woke up the next morning feeling refreshed and alive. He ate a complete breakfast, and made sure to grab a banana for a healthy snack. As he walked out the door, his mind was set on Wanda. Steve rode the bus to town hall, then walked to the factory where he worked.
Steve worked as a pillow engineer, and he LOVED his job. He was more of a pillow tester than a pillow engineer, but Steve didn't complain. He was getting paid to sleep, and sleeping is something Steve was very good at.

When Steve walked into the factory, he heard whispers of something strange. Steve couldn't make heads or tails of any of it, but he heard this-
"It's ten feet tall!"
"No, no, it must be twenty!"
"Hey, it doesn't matter, it's just big!"
"Yeah it is. I hear it's green and slimy too."
"It ain't slimy Dave, it's gloopy."
"Whatever."
"Last I saw it was rampaging towards Helenhoma."
"Oo, that sounds bad. Mayor Judah won't be ready for that thing."

Steve was very confused by these comments. And though Steve was sleepy, he wasn't dumb (Most of the time). He didn't know of any big, green, and gloopy animal in Mapdonia. It didn't matter though. The thing was all the way in Helenhoma, way, way, Northeast. He had nothing to worry about. Steve continued to test the pillows, and during the test of one very soft pillow, Steve had a strange dream.

Everything was a black, smoky, wasteland that smelled of burnt hair.
A bent sign read, ' Helenhoma, a peaceful place to live'
It was peaceful; not a thing moved or made a sound.
Every crumpled building had a trace of green sludge.
The dream continued, only to show all of Helenhoma destroyed.

The dream showed homes destroyed, cars crushed, families gone.

Then it showed a trail of green gloop heading towards Suelatro, and town closer to Avacot.

The dream faded out, but suddenly a green face appeared with a scream so high and loud that Steve woke panting. He felt drops of sweat rolling down his cheeks. Steve, who was no longer sleepy, didn't know what to do with what he had just saw. Apparently, a green ...person... thing was slowly heading to Avacot.
"I'm probably just worrying to much." Steve said to himself. But Steve wasn't too sure. Just keep working. Steve thought.

~~~~~~time skip brought to you by Mayor Seth and The Butterfly~~~~~~

The work day was finally over, and though Steve was still a little worried, it had been a good day. There weren't to many defective, deformed, or bumpy pillows.
"And that's good, because the pillow code says Avacot makes the best non-defected-or-deformed-or-bumpy pillows in all of Mapdonia." Steve recited happily. He loaded up the few bad pillows and put them in the Smusher 7,063. The machine smooshed and smashed and ripped and tore. Soon the only thing that remained of the awful pillows was a fine dust that was soon blown away by a fan. Usually Steve enjoyed watching this process through the viewing window, but today he was still a little shaken by his dream.

~~~~~~time skip brought to you by fuzzball~~~~~~

When Steve finally got home, it was 9:13. He microwaved some leftover pizza and went into his room. Steve ate a few bites and then fell asleep. He slept for about 11 minutes, snores in all, then suddenly sat strait up in his bed.
"I'm hungry!" He said. So Steve turned on the tv and started eating his pizza again. Señor Fluffy, Steve's gray tabby cat, came and sat on Steve's lap. Steve flipped through some channels and stopped on the news.
"Earlier today, in Helenhoma, a green man, roughly 10 feet tall, rampaged through the streets, leaving a trail of green slime wherever it stomped." A news lady started. "Our sources tell us that a trail of this slime is headed straight toward Suelatro." Steve was petrified. The news lady continued, "Citizens are advised to take shelter under ground and wait until further notice." Steve didn't hear that part, though. He was too busy freaking out. Don't worry... Steve thought. The thing is all the way in Suelatro... There's nothing to worry about...
"OH WHAT THE HECK!!!! I HAVE EVERYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!!!!!!!!!" Steve shouted, sounding distressed.
"MEOW!!!" Señor fluffy jumped with surprise."A HUGE GREEN GOOP MAN IS HEADING TOWARDS AVACOT!!!!!" He shouted again. Then sleepy, hungry, Steve had a realization. "Me." He said, staring off into space. "I must save Avacot and all of Mapdonia! I can predict what will happen through my dreams! I can warn people! I - I - I.... I'm Sleepy... The Steve fell over, leaving Señor Fluffy as scared and confused as a newborn goat.