Lucid dream failure

After returning home from a very long day involving a very long bike trip, I showered and plopped into bed. Within a few minutes of closing my eyes I was in a white hallway of a house with a small flying lizard creature with sparse blue, red, and yellow feathers. I furrowed my brow and thought deeply about the situation. This was probably not real. At that moment I realized I was in a dream, and since I knew I was in a dream, I could take control and do whatever I wanted. This was very exciting.

My first order of business was to investigate the lizard. I reached into my pocket and got a piece of maple candy to feed to it. The lizard was very disturbed by this and tried to fly away, slamming into the walls. I sprinted after it so it would not escape into the living room. It was now shrieking in a tone slightly deeper than one might expect from such a small lizard creature.

In one final leap I brought my hands together around it, but just as I was about guffaw in victory, the lizard turned into a thick purple cloud. I woke up.