Luminescent Alliums.

Chapter 25 - Cycles

"What are we?" Tommy whispered. Dream took a deep breath in.

"We, being all of us, are dreamons." he said, Tommy felt an odd sensation run through his body at the mention of the creatures.

"Dreamons are powerful creatures. But not only are we far more powerful than the average player. We have certain traits, one of them is our desire and possessiveness. It's in all honesty very hard to control and can lead to very violent tendencies, threatening and other forms of harm. We are capable of doing anything to get our way. Even threatening and even killing those we love and care about, for our gain in the long run" he gazed at Tommy with broken apologetic eyes. Tommy tried to ignore them.

"So is it just a coincidence that your name is Dream and the god of this server is Dream XD?" he asked. Tommy shook his head.

"Dream XD is also a dreamon, albeit a far more powerful one, he's my brother, our brother. Dreaming is his name, XD is the shape of his mask. My name is Daydream. We were told apart by this, he became Dream with an XD mask, I was Dream with a simple smile mask" he said.

Tommy felt uneasy, the fact that he was so willing to give them this information, to gain his trust. His suspicion kept his guard up, but his curiosity was far stronger.

"How did we come into the picture?" he asked. Dream looked out of the cave.

"We were hunting a rogue dreamon in the end, when we came across its offspring, a half dreamon, half enderman hybrid. At first, they wanted to kill it, but were convinced by a certain someone. That the chances of a dreamon/end hybrid were 1 in 1 million, the infant hybrid was placed under the care of the laboratory, but in favour was subjected to testing" he gazed at Ranboo. "They tested their powers, communication, fighting and other skills such as languages, they didn't want to get too attached to them, so they simply dubbed him, Room 4, Nightmare division 8, 0 unauthorised personal operation, somehow that was abbreviated to R4-N-8-0o" he said smiling lightly, before turning to look at Tommy. "A few months after, the lab began to get ballsy. They knew that dreamon numbers were low. Hunters were evolving fast, faster than expected and they knew we would be at war soon, so they wanted to test cloning. They wanted to use a dreamon with strong genetics and powers. Basically a good bloodline. You can only guess who fits the criteria down to a T" he joked. "So, My Dna was taken and used to become a clone. Don't ask how they did it, I don't remember. It took around 4 months to develop a proper embryo and an additional 8 months to be a fully formed baby. The first full blooded born dreamon"

"What?" Tommy gasped. Dreamon nodded.

"Most dreamons are sired- turned"

"Like a vampire?" Tommy asked, Dream nodded

"Like a vampire, anyway, once this dreamon was fully developed an able to leave it's incubation chamber, I was tasked with bonding to it. I was asked to name it. But only I was allowed to use the name. I chose Theseus, as a warning to be careful who you trust and to not always play the hero" he nudged Tommy, who couldn't help but crack a weak smile. "So they dubbed my Theseus, Theseus - Room 03, incubation chamber 34, test 1, project newfound nightmare, intellectual test subject. Shortened down to T-0334-1-n-n_IT" Dream concluded looking between the two.

Ranboo raised an eyebrow.

"So what happened?" he asked

"Hunters found out about the lab. I was tasked with getting my clone and the other test subject that had a probability of surviving out. We spent ages, it's fuzzy to even me how long. I left everything behind. Oneday, I left, we were so low on food" Dream stopped taking a shaky breath before continuing. "I left for three hours. Exactly three. It took four for me to lose Ranboo. It took me nine more to finally find you again." a low rumble was heard, something that was akin to thunder.

Tommy would have thought it was thunder if he didn't witness Dream's Adam's apple bobbing as he heard the sound, did Dream just purr? Tommy glanced up from the ground to meet with the toxic green eyes gleaming with a furious possessiveness as the orbs flicked between him and Ranboo, Dream hadn't purred. He had full out growled. Another low rumbling began in response this time lighter, less threatening and it didn't come from Dream, Tommy looked to the side of him. It wasn't Ranboo.

The noise stopped when it hit him. Tommy stood sharply, it was like a fog had lifted.

This wasn't right, this couldn't be right. He shoved Dream away, watching him stumble, his eyes growing cold. Matching the intensity of the fury ignited in Tommy once more.

"You are so full of shit Dream, you might have fucked with Ranboo's head, but you will not fuck with me, I'm not a bad guy. I am not programmed to like you and to prove it. I'm going to kill you." Dream sighed, the sound of a sword being drawn was heard from the left of Tommy, Dream held his hand up, as if to buffer the deranged enderman.

"Tommy" he said calmly, his eyes gleaming maniacally. "You are," he said softly.

And that was all it took, it was so simple.

Tommy swung his bony fist, colliding with Dream's jaw sending the taller man sprawling backwards. A flash of gleaming deep purple, now glinting at Tommy's exposed throat. The blade reflects Ranboo's eyes as he seems to restrain himself from plunging it straight in.

"If I didn't need you Tommy, I would let him do it" the cold calm voice came as Dream pushed himself from the floor. He stood beside the tallest of the three, who still hadn't moved from his stance. As if waiting for the fatal order.

"Now clearly, you won't listen. I tried to tell you the truth, I tried to explain-"

"You tried to manipulate me," Tommy spat once more. Dream continued to speak louder to drown out the younger words.

"Yet you are so caught up in your hero facade that you are so desperate to cling to. Clearly You won't listen to me. So maybe you'll listen to him" he gestured to the looming shadow leaning on a sword as if waiting for his dramatic introduction. "This was supposed to be a reward, but it seems that Wilbur here is more of a leverage than I thought."

Tommy swallowed. Hard.

A/N

hey guys, sorry I'm not normally one for author notes. But I just wanted to apologise for such a late chapter. I recently started my final year of high school and it's a bit of a doozy. so i'm still getting myself organised. I promised I haven't abandoned my fics. I'm just really slow. 

I'm hoping to update whenever I can but have a set schedule of weekly or fortnightly. 

hope you are all well.

-ETM