Heartattack

The Dreamworld

Even though he was asleep in the real world, Crusher was scared to open his eyes, fearing the dream world would be his never ending nightmare.

"You can open your eyes, Crusher," said Blaze. "Just look around!"

Hesitantly, Crusher opened his eyes and gasped at the sight.

His dream world was basically a city of silver and icy blue. The sky was green with lavender clouds hovering in it peacefully while grass and flowers of multi colors grew from the buildings and streets of the city.

"W-Wow..."

"Come on! Let's go!"

The red truck zoomed off to explore. Crusher followed after him, still amazed by the place.

"I can't believe this is my dream world…"

"Well… the silver and blue gave it away slightly," Blaze laughed.

"The... the reason I say that is because... every night of my life... I've had a nightmare that... I would be all alone..."

"Well… you're not exactly with company here…" Blaze winced before frowning. "But don't worry, Crusher. You know that would never happen,"

"Still…" Crusher sighed. "I expected this place to be a little… darker… and more chaotic-"

Suddenly, lightning fell from the sky, followed by thunder. They glanced up to find dark clouds surrounding the sky.

"Come on... we better take shelter!"

They both zoomed off to try to take cover. As they drove, the city around them began to slowly fade away.

"See what I mean...?" Crusher sighed and shook his head.

"Wait... it didn't start acting like this until you started getting sad again," Blaze realized. "So... what if whatever the dream world represents is affected by your emotions?"

"Huh, maybe…" Crusher gave it a thought. "but I don't exactly know how to be happy at the moment…"

"Well... think about how much Grammy loves you. How much we all care about you."

Crusher took a deep breath and tried to follow his advice, thinking about the happy times he had with Grammy and all of his… friends.

Yeah, friends.

Little by little, the clouds started to clear, and the city started to come back.

"There we go!" Blaze smiled. "Keep thinking about that!"

Crusher smiled as the sun shone towards them. He sighed in relief.

"You did it!" Blaze cheered.

"Yeah… I did," Crusher chuckled. "What a relief,"

"Well, since everything is going fine, let's keep on exploring!" Blaze held him by the tire and dragged him off.

They zoomed through the city, glancing around at the metallic city around them. The flowers all crept up on the buildings, each with different colors, much to their surprise.

"Wow..." Blaze glanced at the flowers and picked the blue one, showing it to Crusher. "I didn't know you like flowers!"

"Yeah, uh, Grammy… she… she and I used to garden," Crusher shrugged.

"Aww... that's really sweet." Blaze smiled.

Crusher chuckled and stared down at the flower, which suddenly turned pink.

"Huh? What's going on?" Blaze tilted his head.

Crusher blushed a bit before throwing the flower away. "Eh… must be one of those… we, color-changing flowers. Let's… Let's just keep exploring!"

"Well... okay."

Blaze nodded and followed after the dark blue truck. As the drove, however, more flowers began to sprout out from the ground, causing Crusher to hiss.

"Wow...  these are a lot of flowers." Blaze giggled.

"Too. Much." Crusher tried to not think about it to remove the flowers.

"Do you think we should go back to check on Grammy?"

"Yeah, that's a good idea!" Crusher immediately agreed.

"Let's go."

Blaze and Crusher both closed their eyes, waiting for Roarian to reverse the enchantment. And when they opened them, they found themselves back in Crusher's house, with Roarian now on the floor, exhausted.

"Roarian!" Blaze exclaimed, rushing to his side.

"I… am alright," Roarian assured him with a smile. "I did say that they spell would take some energy. It is a difficult enchantment, after all,"

"Is there any word about Grammy?" Crusher asked.

"She is still resting, don't worry," Roarian told him. "The spell is still easing her to rest,"

"Um... actually..." Watts said slowly, coming down the stairs, "you might wanna come up here."

"What do you mean?" Blaze questioned.

"I think... the spell is wearing off, and... I think it's time for all of us to say goodbye."