Discordance In The Balance (Nightmare and Dream x Corrupted! Reader)

Prologue

Warning:

Dark Themes

Violence

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All Stories Start with a Tragedy

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Once upon a time in a multiverse there was a single, special little universe called Dream tale. Dream tale was quite a unique universe that held one of the most precious of assets to the whole multiverse and it's inhabitants.

The tree of feelings. . .

The tree of feelings allowed people to have a balance over their negative and positive emotions. To bring peace to it's and any other realms in the grand scheme of the multiverse. For if the tree ever came to harm the balance would tip and chaos would rain out across the multiverse. At first the tree had only one protector, Nim. Stern and patient, but especially protective of the tree, they would never let any mortal touch a single fruit of the tree in fear they would use it to tip the balance or for their own selfish, greedy needs.

As Nim suspected, one day a group of mortals came to the tree trying to take the sacred fruit for themselves, Nim denied their begging and pleads for the fruit. The mortals stubborn in their ways battled the protector, Nim, until the mortals ultimately lost their lives, but not without a taste of revenge.

Poor Nim, wounded beyond healing had began to loose their life. With the fear of the sacred tree being left unguarded and to the ways of mortals, Nim had come to a decision to go through the agonizing pain of splitting their own soul to make two completely new and healthy beings. Nim was able to do so creating two identical sons with their own souls. The soul splitting in two to make Dream the guardian of positive feelings and the golden fruit of the sacred tree. Then Nightmare the guardian of negative feelings and the black fruit of the sacred tree.

Both had taken to their duties immediately and although they were identical twins, they were far different from each other, complete opposites in fact. Dream was kind, outgoing, and oblivious to the harshness of life, wanting to explore and make new friends no matter how big or how small. Taking the exciting and more adventurous part of Nim's soul. Whilst Nightmare was introverted, quiet, and brooding, wanting only to fulfill the duty as a guardian of the tree and to protect his brother from mortals like their mother figure, Nim, had done before them. He had the other half of Nim's soul with more strict ideals and a more protective attitude.

So when a town was built near the tree Nightmare warned his brother to be very cautious of the townspeople and their intentions towards them and the tree. Dream waved off Nightmare's concerns, believing it to be a new opportunity for them, a new way to gain friends and not be cursed with the solitude of each other and the lone tree on the hill. As days went on the townspeople constantly took Dream away from the tree to play the day away, to explore the world he was ignorant of. Meanwhile Nightmare was left behind to watch over the tree and it's precious fruit by himself, refusing to leave it to the possibility of someone rocking the balance by taking it's fruit.

The townspeople had grown to love Dream, finding his positivity pleasant and soothing. However it was a complete 180 for Nightmare, the mortals despised Dream's twin brother. The town thought that Nightmare was the reason behind all negative feelings in the world. That he was behind feelings of sadness, grief, anger, or anything negative. They could not see the reason behind feeling negative emotions at all, ergo no reason for Nightmare to even exist. So as Dream would be pulled away from the tree by his "friends" he wouldn't notice the harsh glares they would send to his brother. He didn't notice the hostility the townspeople would have at the mere mention nor sight of his brother Nightmare.