Dream But He's Dream

What The-

     Dream saw light peaking beneath his eyes. He grumbled and shifted. He found himself pausing in the middle of shifting. It felt... Weird. 

     Dream shifted again. And grumbled again because the sun was back to shining on his face. He could feel... Wait. The sun... 

     He could feel the sun... He was last outside... Crap. He fainted outside, didn't he. Thankfully he had managed to get out of the Arctic before then. 

     If Techno found him he would have never let Dream live it down. Dream found himself grumbling more at that. At least that now he was conscious he could take stock of where he was when he fainted. Dream begrudgingly blinked open his eyes and... 

     He found himself in a clearing. Leaned against a tree in the clearing. Well, leaned was not quite doing it justice. He was more so cradled in the roots of a strange tree he had never seen before. He blinked. He felt there was an awed and loving vibe from the tree. 

     He blinked and looked up and nearly choked on air. Either this tree could somehow grow golden apples... Or someone was playing a really good prank. 

     ...Fundy could code... Couldn't he? Did he... Did he do this? 

     Dream moved to rub his eyes but stopped. He... His face felt weird. He continued to rub his eyes but did so harder. He removed his hands from his eyes and blinked. Then he nearly choked on air again. 

     Dream's... Dream... What on the smp was going on?! His hands... His hands were bones! 

     Dream looked down at the rest of his body and- Well that explained why he couldn't feel his clothes. He blinked again. He had been turned into a skeleton. 

     Dream wasn't on a server where someone could change into mobs last time he checked. Nor was the DreamSMP one such server where someone could. He found himself blinking yet again- How could he blink he was a skeleton for crying out loud- He took a deep breath. 

      Dream needed to focus. He probably ended up in another server on accident- or he was kidnapped- so he needed to find out which- 

     'This tree knows not what a sir ver is, but will try to explain to the young one.' 

     ...Who was that? He got the same vibe from her as the tree and- Wait. She literally described herself as a tree. Should he call it a she? Do trees have gender?! 

     'Please calm down young one. As this tree said, it will explain.' 

     "...Can" Dream startled a bit at the sound of his own voice. He sounded... "Can you hear my thoughts?" He questioned. He sounded younger. 

     'No. This tree can sense your feelings... And the young one has been mumbling to himself this entire time,' the tree said, sounding amused. 

     "I..." Dream wasn't sure what to say. 

     "I'm not youn," he decided. What the heck?! He meant to say young! 

     'Oh? Young one seems to be mistaken' Dream could feel the tree grinning. 

     Dream promptly put away the childish need to whine. He didn't whine. That was something more suited towards Tommy or some of the others on the SMP. He somehow felt if the tree could actually grin, it would be even wider now. He could feel how smug the tree was. 

     Dream startled at how accurate that last thought was. He... had been able to sense how the tree was feeling the entire time... "Did you... ive me your power?" 

     Dream tensed. There had to be a catch. Why else would something be given so willingly. Dream had to fight to stop Wilbur's drug van which somehow he decided to make a country for, Eret betrayed L'manburg to become king, Tommy had to give up his discs for independence, Wilbur and Tommy got exiled because they held an election, Wilbur had to team up with Dream for TNT, Tubbo got killed for being a spy, Dream had to side with Schlatt for the revive book, Wilbur had his own father kill him for blowing up L'manburg, L'manburg got withers set on them by Technoblade for working with an anarchist, Techno almost got killed for trying to retire, and Dream had to help Techno so he owes him a favor. That didn't even cover everything! 

     Dream had learned that everything comes for a price from his server. He also learned that attachments are weaknesses. Attachments can be used against you. Tommy trying to use Spirit's remains against him proved that. Dream has seen many things be used against people. 

     'The young one seems stressed. And yes. This tree did. Would you like this tree to explain?' 

     "I... Yes." 

     'This tree had decided it would like children. This tree found a good body and replicated it, for this tree has great abilities. The young one is this tree's child.' 

     Dream blanked. That couldn't be possible unless... He sounded younger, he somehow turned into a skeleton, and he had the same ability has this tree. 

     "What the-