The Mikaelson Twins Return

Dream Demons

Hope came back from the room after checking on Landon and I said "Do they seriously not remember?" she said, "Let's explain everything to Ric and see what he wants to do." I said "Fine." so we headed to his office, Hope retold our little adventure and then said "And that's it. This brings me to my question. What do we do next?" Ric said "How am I supposed to know? I don't remember doing anything you just said." Hope said "You'll know because you always know. Because you're a good headmaster in spite of all the things that I say." he laughed softly "Well, in that case, I think the only question we should be asking ourselves is: Why do you two remember?" I said "I don't know. But I can't imagine that it's good." Hope sighed "And I can lie to Landon about all of this, but I'm sorry, Dr. Saltzman, I just can't lie to you. 'Cause I really need your help. Speaking of, there's one more thing." She pulled the urn out making him say "I take it that's the urn I don't remember." I said "Yeah. We figured it was better to have it here than to leave it laying around." he said "So what happens now?" and like it was a queue it began to glow I said, "I think we're about to find out."

It was two am and we were in Ric's office as he pulled books. Hope said "How long do you think it'll be before the next monster shows up?" he said "It's hard to say. I've never actually seen an artifact glow before. Where did you hide the urn, by the way?" Hope said "I'm not sure I should tell you." he said, "Excuse me?" I said "Isn't it safer if only one of us knows where it is?" he said, "Then that one of us should be the adult." Hope said "Funny, because I thought it should be the one of us with high-level superpowers. What do we tell everyone else? We should probably warn them before a cyclops crashes exam week." he said "It's usually best to start with some form of the truth." she said "What about those times the truth is the one thing you can't say?" he said "Are you sure you want to keep all of this from Landon? I mean, I understand you wanting to protect him, but..." she said "He's been wondering about his mother his whole life. He finally meets her and then she dies. If I can keep him from knowing what that feels like, then it's worth it. Look, it's my secret to keep, Dr. Saltzman. Please." he said "Okay." she said "Thank you." he said "The trick is to give everyone the right amount of information without giving away too much. We've been through this before with the knife, so it shouldn't come as too much of a shock. This is our chance to do things differently, more responsibly." he immediately called an emergency meeting. 

By morning Hope, Raf, and I were in Ric's office, I was examining the handprint on his arm he said came from a dream. Ric said "This happened to you in a nightmare? Are you sure?" Raf said, "Look, I know that it sounds crazy, but I was studying and fell asleep, and then I just started dreaming about..." I said "About what?" he became nervous and said "Um... Um... One of my old, uh, foster dads. He was in the library, and he had this old belt that he used to use on me." I said "Do you remember anything else?" he said "Yeah, there was, there was this woman there, too. She was wearing an-an old, black dress and-and a veil. And she told me, "You know what I want." But..." Hope said "The urn." Ric said "Sounds like our next monster showed up. You know, every culture on Earth has legends about creatures that only appear in dreams. But a woman in a black dress and a veil is pretty specific." Raf said "So, does that mean that she can, like, control what we see in our dreams? That she can put stuff in our, in our heads, right?" Ric said "It's possible. Does that look familiar?" he nodded so we had yet another meeting and Ric said "Our latest monster is a Night Hag, a malevolent spirit trapped on the astral plane that can only interact with us through dreams. In this case, nightmares." MG said, "So, like Freddy Krueger?" 

Ric said "Well, in the sense that what happens to you in your dreams seems to also happen to you in real life, yes. But the good news is we're safe, so long as we stay awake. I've lined up more evacuation shuttles. They should be running all afternoon, so please, for those who don't want to stay and fight, take advantage of them. All right, that's all." I headed up to my room and grabbed my books and headed outside to sit in the sun and study. I just really needed some time alone. My phone buzzed ~Hey, just checking on you. Whats up?~ -Bonnie B. I smiled ~Well the newest monster attacks in our dreams, so that's fun.~ -Ember ~Well let me know if you need any assistance.~ -Bonnie B. ~Trust me, not sleeping isn't my problem. Thnx though~ -Ember I heard Ric announce "The senior witch faculty have mixed together a batch of energy herbs to help you stay awake. So, for those of you who are not getting on the evacuation bus, for lack of a better term, please dose yourselves responsibly." I continued studying.

I was minding my own business when Landon gathered me, Hope, and Ric and took us to the library he said "Let's pretend for a second that the research isn't wrong. Maybe the Night Hag can't hurt us in real life. Maybe the Night Hag can't leave the astral plane and get ahold of the urn, so maybe we are not dealing - with a Night Hag." Ric said, "Well, if it walks like a Night Hag, and talks like a Night Hag, what else could it be?" Landon said, "That's exactly what I was wondering, so then I started going through all these books, and boom." I said, "What's an Oneiroi?" Ric said, "It's a black-winged shapeshifting dream demon from Greek mythology." Landon chuckled "Yeah, of course, he knows what it is." Hope said "Why would one monster disguise itself as another monster? The Oneiroi sounds freaky enough." Landon said, "Because if we knew what it actually was..." Ric said "We'd know how to stop it. Hope, kiss him for me." I giggled as they became rather awkward. We gathered the boys on the super squad and explained the monster. Kaleb said, "A black-winged what?" Both Hope and Landon said "Shapeshifting dream demon." 

Hope said, "I know it sounds bad, but now that we know what the creature is, we can fight it." Raf said, "How the hell are we supposed to kill a dream demon?" I said, "Leave that part to Hope and me." Hope said, "But since I can't fall asleep without compromising the location of the urn, I need someone else to pull it out of the dream plane and into our waking reality." MG said "So, Freddy Krueger. Like I said." Raf said, "Wait, how the hell are we supposed to do that?" MG said, "If it's anything like the movies, we just grab and pull." Kaleb said "Yeah, okay. Is it too late to get on the, uh, evacuation bus?" I said "No. I mean, we're not gonna ask all of you to stay for this, it has to be your choice." Landon immediately said, "I'm not leaving unless Hope does." Hope said "We already know the answer to that, so..." Raf said, "I'm not leaving Landon behind." MG stood up "I'm a founding member of the Super Squad, so I can't bail." Kaleb said "Y'all gonna get yourselves killed. But if MG stays, I stay. No child left behind." I grinned "In that case, it's naptime."