MCYT Short Stories

Goodbye

"Are you sure about this?" The tall creeper hybrid said to the girl in front of him. She nodded and replied "I'm sure Sam...I need to speak to him". Sam then lead her through the necessary precautions until they arrived at their final destination. Before he removed the wall of lava he faced her and said "whenever you want to leave tell me okay?" Dropping his stoic warden attitude.

"I will.." he flipped the lever, "be safe". The platform below her began to move towards the small space where a man was hunched over writing in a book. When she got to the cell the lava cascaded back down, leaving just the two of them alone.

The man sighed," Tommy it's not the 24th yet why are you here?" He questioned, not bothering to look up. "It's not Tommy, Dream" the girl said. He snapped his head up upon hearing the familiar voice and smiling fondly seeing his younger sister. "Drista! It's so good to see you!"

"H-hey Dream.." the man stood and walked over to his younger sister, engulfing her in a hug. He hadn't noticed when the younger seemed to tense up at the action. As he stepped away Drista got to get a good look at what her brother became. He was pale, thinner than when she last saw him. He had dark bags under his eyes and burn marks across his arms.

"So how have you been?" He asked. "I-I've been good... I've been hanging out with Tommy more" she replied, smiling. She noticed how Dream's eyes seemed to darken at the mention of the rambunctious teen. "I see you've been busy" she said, wanting to get to the reason for her visit.

"O-oh yea..you could say that.. heh"

"Dream..." he looked up at the mention of his name. "I want to tell you why I came to visit, and it wasn't because I missed you" she said, getting serious.

Dream looked at her confused, she didn't visit cause she missed him? Then why come?

"I came because....." she paused. "I came because I decided that I wanted to cut ties with you" she finished. Not meeting her brothers gaze. "W-wh-what? Why? Drista-"

"I just- I think this is what's best. I can't continue to say you're my brother, someone I looked up to, when you've done all these terrible things. You've hurt so many people. You hurt you're friends, you hurt my friends. I can't sit by and be idle" she said.

"What do you mean? What friends of yours have I hurt?" He asked, trying not to sound frustrated. "You hurt everyone Dream! I've been hanging out with the people here and they're amazing. But you manipulated them. you.....YOU HURT TOMMY!! THE FIRST PERSON THAT WELCOMED ME HERE!!!" she was angry now.

"WHO CARES ABOUT TOMMY HE'S AN ANNOYING CHILD! WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT HIM?!" He was angry now.

"I CARE DREAM! SO MANY PEOPLE CARE! BUT YOU DON'T. DID YOU EVER CARE? DID YOU EVER CARE ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS?!"

"DRISTA-"

"DID YOU EVER CARE ABOUT ME?!"

He paused. He was silent.

"I- I do care..."

"Sure doesn't seem like it"

She turned her back to him. "Sam! I'm ready to leave!" She moved to the other side of the barricade and the lava was removed. She stepped on the bridge once more and left in silence.