The Villain's Second Chance To Repent [Discontinued]

CHAPTER 2: XD

“What’s going on!? I’m dead, ain’t I? Why are you still here with me? And where the hell are we!?”

Dream assumed that this was the afterlife, but if Dream was with XD... here... and what did he mean he wouldn’t let him go!? Didn’t he just die from his magic?

”Technically, yes, you are dead,” XD said to him. “There is no life inside the body you left behind. However, I managed to snatch your soul from going to the afterlife.”

”What!? Then why the hell am I here? Why won’t you let me  join Schlatt?” He demanded.

”Because I know well enough that dying is not what you truly wished for, Daydream. It never was.”

He froze.

“I have no clue what you’re trying to get here, XD.” He said, standing his ground. “I wished to die, and I got it. That’s it.”

“Death was something you yearned for to put you out of your misery, but it was never something you desired to do in the first place.” The god insisted, damn him for being a god to completely see through Dream. XD floated closer to Dream, tilting his head to the side. “Although you are the most foolish of mortals I ever encountered, you still are my most favored among them all. George coming second.” The God lifted his mask a little to show that he smiled at Dream.  “Daydream, tell me your wish.”

“My wish... “ he repeated.  

... 

He thought about his former friends—the old Dream team. 

He thought about the minors. 

He thought about himself, and how he got into this mess in the first place.

With  a shuddered breath, he spoke. ”...XD, I want to apologize... I... I want to scream at the top of my lungs and tell them how sorry I am about all this. What I did to them, to Tommy! Wilbur! Sapnap and George! I want to admit to them how badly I screwed up. But... but I can’t because they won’t believe how regretful I am. They’ll just dismiss my apologies, and leave me to rot.”

He grabbed his forearms harshly, his nails digging the skin as the tears fell from his face.

“I should have never manipulated people! I should have not gone so extreme with my methods with attachments! I should have not been so prideful and arrogant... because I lost everything... I’m a monster... I deserve death. Now... everyone would be safe from me, now they can live in peace”

XD observed him as he cried silently. He reached out, wiping Dream’s tears away.

”There is a possibility that you are blaming yourself a little too far because of a certain duck’s torturing. I would say that his work has rather affected you psychologically, as much as it has done physically."

“No—XD, it’s all my fault!

“Not everything is entirely your fault, Daydream. You have made some grave mistakes, yes, but other mistakes were placed on you by others. In other words, you were the ideal scapegoat for them to escape the consequences.” XD wrapped his arms around his frail body, comforting him. “You are wrong. Do you genuinely believe that your death would lead to peace for the entire server?”

Dream sniffed, blinking in confusion. “Of course it would. Everyone hates me! Even my mother disowned me!”

”Technoblade and Philza Minecraft had never resented you.” XD said, rubbing his back up and down to soothe him. “While Wilbur Soot sees you as his hero and savior, there are few who never truly held a grudge against you, unlike Tommy, Sam and Quackity, and a few others. You could say that... they were furious with your actions and decided to lock you up due to the heat of the moment. During your fourth month of imprisonment, I would say that they had started to miss your presence dearly, but never admitted it out loud. Did you know that George started visiting me only because my appearance looked similar to yours? Although I am a little offended, I feigned ignorance to his true intention and spent time with him in order to satiate my curiosity about humans.”