Nightmare's Little Brothers [ShatteredDreammare Story]

The Ocean

Every time I read the title of the last chapter, I think of this song because of the line "Hold me closely, grow to know me"
So I just had to add this song up here, even though it has nothing to do with ShatteredDreammare.

  

   After I grab some fresh clothes, I close the bedroom door behind me and sigh deeply.
   I've been away for far too long. Shattered is exhausted and likely can't walk...
   If there's any time to escape, now would have to be it.
   If I fail, then this is gonna hurt.

   First I go take a cold shower to clean  off and also wake me up a bit more.
   I wasn't lying about wanting to be clean.
   I change into my fresh cloths then quickly clean up the mess that we left behind in the hall way.

   All of this, is to stall some time.
   Shattered needs to be in a deep sleep for this to work properly.
   If only I had a fucking clock in this hell hole, I could know how much time is passing!
   I quietly seek into the bedroom where Shattered snores softly as he sleeps in the bed.

   I sit next to him on the bed. I can tell that he's in a deep sleep.
   I hate to do this when he looks so much like my Dream. I'm not even entirely sure if this is going to work.

   Even though my magic is still so weak. My negative aura will always stay.
   I can use my aura on someone who's fast asleep and give them a nightmare. From there, I can turn other people's negative feelings into magic that I can use.

   I lightly stroke his cheek with my thumb, feeling pity for Shattered.
   Especially since I'm not able to control what kind of nightmare Shattered is going to have, people who have gone through a lot of trama, or have nightmares on a regular basis anyway. I could accidentally give him a night-terror.
   Which will give me more power... But I'd rather not do that to someone I care about.
   Even though Shattered is a bitch.
   It's not really his fault he's like this...

   I focuse my aura on Shattered. Making his sleeping body twitch in his sleep.
   I watch his sleeping expression change as his eyes start crying and he starts whimpering in his sleep.
   My heart stings, but I can't afford to fuck this up.

   I hope that he stays asleep in the nightmare as I start to absorb his negative feelings.
   This really isn't the greatest way of gaining power. It's incredibly inefficient, but I only need enough to open a portal outside.

   I don't know when he might wake up, so I can't waist my time here just in case.
   I get enough magic to open a portal, so I quickly teleport outside.

   I take a deep breath in, outside finnaly.
   Fuck.
   I hear the sound of waves crashing against the shore. I walk away from the shity looking cabin in my bear feet in the dark of night.
   Only a few trees grow on the relatively small island in the ocean. The moon shines brightly as the only source of light I have.

   I wonder around the island as quickly as I can, trying to find a boat, or something that connects this stupid island to the main land. But nothing, accept that stupid dock.

   I walk down to the dock hesitating for a second to even step on the cursed thing. I hate this.
   I walk along the dock, eyeing every wooden board that I step on in case it tried to defy me and break under my feet.
   At the end of the dock, there's still no boat, but not that far away from it is the main land, that appears to at least have a few houses on it.

   I look at the dark ocean water, then back at the main land.
   Suddenly it looks a lot further that I first thought. And the more I think about the stupid idea I have, the further away it looks.

   "I c-can pro-probably s-swim that..." I mutter with a frog in my throught.
I've never swam before. But it can't be too hard. I can figure it out... Just just kick and pull or push, or something.