The Sailor And His Siren

Sapnap?

It had officially been a month since Dream, Wilbur and Sapnap were gone and presumably dead for the village. Tommy never lost hope though, he was sure that Wilbur was alive there somewhere. But every night and every day there were no sign of returning and he started to lose hope. It was hard to be optimistic when you think your family member has died, it's more devastating knowing that Tommy only had techno and Phil left and they lived away from the village on the outskirts.

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In the morning Dream was just sitting by the water, he was starting to lose hope. The only thing driving him forward was the fact that if Wilbur did not make it out alive Tommy would be devastated, he was probably even devastated right now. Dream knew the Wilbur had to come back, no matter the cost and he was sure that George would help them. Wilbur and Sapnap had started to take turn Finding supply and George would help out with the food part. The island did not grow anything so George would have to go to villages and get food for the three. He never really said where he was getting the food from, but no one ever questioned it either. George would tell them, it's not exactly a secret either.

George was just talking to his father and mother about some stuff surrounding the underwater city. His father really wanted George to find a girlfriend so that he too could maybe someday rule a kingdom or a city, but George never found interest in such things. George never cared about love, never cared about being a kind or a ruler of a place. He wanted to live freely and without care exploring all day, his father denied that possibility. He always said that George would find a soulmate and change his mind, of course that had never happened.

"George." His father told George in a grating voice. "You will be a ruler and that is it. I do not care if you don't want to. And if you don't find a girlfriend soon, I will find one for you."

George thought for a moment not wanting to scream at his father and tried to compromise with him. "Aright dad, I know you want me to marry someone, but what if instead of that I give you a little something and you give me my freedom?" Poseidon was obviously intrigued and listened to George's preposition. He later agreed, but he would grant George his freedom after George's part of the deal was done, and that seemed fair for George, so he agreed. Now, George did not have a while, but there was someone who could luckily help him.

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"WILBUR, HELP ME I FELL INTO A TRAP" Sapnap screeched so loudly. Wilbur ran over to help and found Sapnap in a ditch, a little injured but nothing fatal so that was a great reassurance. "Wait Sapnap, I will go and get Dream for you my dear friend who just fell into a trap."

As Wilbur went over to get Dream he was giggling, both because Sapnap had just fallen into a trap and of the fact that the trap was awful. Who even made that trap? That was not important though, the only thing that was important right now was getting Dream.

"Dream? DREAM ARE YOU THERE?" as much as Wilbur tried to scream, no one answered. He continued screaming Dream's name until he suddenly felt nauseous. "God I feel awful, what was in those berries?", and before Wilbur got help he fell down and lost conscience.

At that same time George came up to speak to the boys and found Dream and Wilbur laying down on the ground, like they were passed out. "Dream?" George called and soon enough he got an answer from dream, well more like a grunt. Dream rolled a bit around until he sat up and looked over at George who was as confused as he was. "What- What happened to me? The last thing I remember was hearing Wilbur scream my name; and suddenly I was out cold, or I guess that's what happened. How long have you been here George?" "Oh I just came and saw you and Wilbur on the ground not far from you, I just said you name to see if you were alive" a little chuckle escaped both Dream and George and George continued: "and well you woke up right after. We should go to Wilbur and find Sapnap to ensure that they aren't dead." Dream agreed and they Dream slowly stood up before he turned around to look George up and down. Dream suddenly questioned George, it was quite weird that he just immediately saw Dream and Wilbur considering the fact that Wilbur could not be seen from the waters, but he had the benefit of the doubt and made up a reasonable explanation for it. Dream let George scout around in the waters while Dream went over to Wilbur to wake him up. He looked to peaceful just lying there, even though he did have sand in his hair which would bother Wilbur a lot. (He was very fond of his hair.)

"Wilbur, wake up I kind of need you to find Sapnap.", there was no response... obviously why would there be? Dream did not lose hope and tried to shake Wilbur. It still wasn't working so Dream checked if there was any pulse in Wilbur's body by putting two fingers on his throat.

There was silence... then a few beats from the heart, but a few beats were just enough for Dream to keep going. The relief he felt was something he had never felt before. When you think someone had died you usually lose hope quite fast, making your world dark and grey as you think the happiness in your life disappears, but then you get a sign that the person is alive, and it feels like your world has just been reborn again into something beautiful and you get hope again. That is exactly what Dream felt in those few seconds, but it was enough for Dream, so he looked at Wilbur, inspecting him closer to see if he had any wounds. Dream turned Wilbur's head a bit to the right and some scratch marks and something coming out of Wilbur, almost like poison. But the wound did not just have some mysterious liquid but also some type of smoke coming out of it. Dream new this was bad news and lifted Wilbur to the best of his abilities so he could go and get him to George, who in theory would help Dream.

Back at the village there was this old lady who was amazing with medicine, everyone always went to her if they needed something of that sort and he would always help; but here there was no one that could help them, Dreams only hope was George. When Dream saw George, he tried to run over to George so he could be treated fast as possible, George saw Wilbur and Dream and looked terrified of them. "What the fuck happened, Dream? Why does Wilbur look.... well, dead?!"

Dream was to stun to speak so he just showed the cut to George, and surprisingly George seemed to know what is happening to Dream. "It's Henbane...", George told Dream while he was looking at Wilbur. "Hen... Bane? What the fuck is Henbane or hellbane or whatever the fuck you said, and can I save him." George took some time to look at Wilbur's cut some more and when he saw and felt Dream get inpatient George finally started to speak. "Well, berserkers used these flower-like plants to poison their enemy in the older times in worship of Odin, the god of war. Now tough, no one really uses it anymore, I did not even know that they still grew here to be honest. Using one of these plants is dangerous, but also deadly. I'm certain that whoever did this to Wilbur did it to kill him, I don't know why or who that is not something I can just know, but be careful Dream... seriously, if it's a berserker than you will need to get of this island as fast as possible."

Dream was now terrified, like over the edge terrified. What was it supposed to mean? What the hell were berserkers? Dream has so many questions and so little time, Wilbur was still out on the floor and Sapnap just... gone. "George, you can tell me later about berserkers, but right now I need to know how to help Wilbur. I can't have him die." Dream looked up at George and teared up a bit making George feel terrible. "You have to get me a red cap mushroom and some water, I will go and get some seaweed and them patch Wilbur up."

Dream did as told; stood up and went in the forest to go and get a redcap mushroom with the thought of finding Sapnap too in the process. He walked for about fifteen minutes or so until he found the red cap mushroom. Dream has always liked them, they are beautiful and red, well no shit.

"Great, now I got to go back and get water.", Dream started to walk back, not running but also not standing. While he was walking back, he started to smell this foul smell, like a dead animal. Intrigued Dream went over, what if it was patches, Dream hadn't really seen her lately either way so that made him a bit nervous. "Patches? Sapnap?" Dream tries to get one of their attentions, but as always, no answer. Then he finally gets to the source of the smell: "...Sapnap?"