"i-i just touched her wrist and she freaked out!" i heard a muffled voice.
"did anything weird happen before that?" another said.
"well, her eyes went red and she blacked out, that's what dream said." another voice added.
"oh! i remember this! that's a memory! she had a memory, and something in the memory must've been a trigger for her, so she freaked." a fourth voice added.
i had a pounding headache.
"oh, schlatt? he got away. though, we did do some damage to him." said... techno. yes, i can recognise the voices. tommy, wilbur, dream, phil and technoblade are here.
i slowly sat up. the heads turned to me. "y/n! you're ok!" phil hugged me. "we were so worried after you... yknow.. freaked out." wilbur added. i moved forward, so i was on the edge of the bed.
"because of you, i had to sleep on the floor!" tommy shouted from behind, before placing his two hands on my shoulder.
the image of... schlatt..? came back to my head.
i screamed.
"N-NO! PLEASE- don't touch me.. there.." i slowly stopped shouting halfway through my sentence. i was now standing, facing tommy, with my arms out like i'd pushed something.
i looked around slowly. everybody was looking at me.
"y/n, what exactly happened..?" phil asked me, calmly. i broke down in tears, and fell against the wall.
"i'd rather not talk about it.." i cried.
dream walked over to me.
"don't worry. we can talk about this later if you want.?" he said to me, without touching me or anything.
i smiled slightly.
"ok now everybody leave my room!" tommy yelled. some chuckled.
"i'm hungry." i said to dream.
"niki's bakery?" he asked. i nodded.
"Y/N! ARE YOU OK?" Niki jumped the counter and hugged me when i entered. "i missed you so much! and also - will told me about what happened. he came here this morning." she held both my hands, and smiled sweetly. "come, take a seat. i'll get you your favourites!" she jumped the counter and ran into the back.
i patted the table to tell dream to come and take a seat with me. i could tell he was smiling through his mask.
niki came back a few minutes later with my favourite items, and something for dream.
"if you don't mind, could you tell me what happened? it's completely ok if it's too triggering for you that you can't talk about it! i just want to know incase there's any way i can try help." she said, in her soft, calming voice. i told her everything.
she nodded for a few seconds. she gave me a few words.
"i could get you in contact with my dear friend puffy. she's a therapist. she's really good at what she does. i promise. if therapy isn't your thing, understandable, though, you really should meet her. she's a great friend too." she added.
"i'll think about it, thank you, though." i responded to her offer. she smiled.
me and dream ate, and i placed a bag of coins on niki's front counter.
"thanks again, niki! i'll be back soon, promise!" i smiled and waved. dream was already outside.
me and dream spoke as we walked slowly back to the castle.
"you're so weak." i said to him. "i could easily beat you in a fight."
he scoffed.
"what? it's true! i'm the strongest one in this kingdom."
he laughed.
"you were! until you get kidnapped! you're still recovering! you're much weaker than you were before!"
i fake gasped, like i was offended.
"it's not like you're much stronger." i scoffed back to him.
"oh really?" he said, his voice was deeper and raspier when he said that.
"really! i'm much weaker than you and could still beat you in a fight!" i said to him.
"wanna bet on that?"
"bet." i said.
though i couldn't see his face, i could tell he was smirking.
suddenly he pinned me against the wall and had a small knife against my throat.
"still think you're stronger?" he said to me. i was flustered.
i reached to my thigh, and pulled a knife from under my skirt, i help it against his chest.
"i don't know, am i?" i said, when i suddenly flipped our positions.
my dagger was now help to his throat, his hands were by his side and he'd dropped his knife.
i moved slightly closer to him, so my leg was in between his, and i could whisper into his ear,
"still think you're stronger than me?"
it took a few seconds for a response.
"ok fine - you win. you're stronger!"
he said, crossing his arms. i hugged him.
"aww come on, i was messing with you! you're only slightly weaker than me!" i heard a small laugh from him, then he patted my head. we continued walking towards the castle.
as soon as we got there, we saw phil standing at the entrance, arms crossed looking mad.
"where have you two been?" he asked.
"we went to niki's bakery! i got food from there and said hi!" i smiled.
phil nodded and let us walk in.
"how could you say that and pretend what happened on the street didn't just happen!?" dream whisper shouted to me.
"pretend what didn't happen? we went to niki's bakery, she told me to go to therapy and that's it."
"y'know the thing with the knifes-"
"sorry dream. i don't know what you're talking about." i smiled.
"y-yknow when..." he got quieter. "when i p-pinned you against the w-wall and you pinned m-me." he stuttered slightly.
"i'm sorry, i couldn't hear you, what was that?" i messed with him some more.
"when i pinned you and then you pinned me against a wall... with knifes!" he basically shouted.
"OKOK- SHUSH SHHH SHHHHH!!" i shushed him slightly, then laughed.
we made it back to our room, and he locked the door. i sat on my bed when he took his mask off.
"can you pass me my book?" i asked him.
"which one? the one you're reading, your dream journal or your memory diary?" he asked me.
"uhh.. the memory one and the novel i'm reading. i have to write down some things.. about.." i shivered slightly. "s-schlatt." it pained me to say the name.
dream nodded sternly before passing me the books.
memory diary
entry #09
i was babysitting george, we went out to the garden.........
once i finished writing , i closed and locked the book. i noticed dream was fast asleep on me. how didn't i notice sooner?
i slowly got up, and walked out of the room. i wanted to go and read in the garden.
will was there, playing on his guitar.
i sat down on the bench, he was on the floor with his legs crossed.
i read, he played. we didn't say a word to each other, we both just enjoyed the peace and quiet.
