Locked After Midnight

Chapter 10

Dream opened his eyes, he was sitting by the tree of feelings.

* Dream are you okay..?

He didn't even bother to turn and face the voice. It wasn't real after all.

* Dream...?

* This isn't real, so you might as well just stop talking to me.

Silence.

* I've done something wrong...I'm sorry Dream, please don't be mad at me...

Dream still remained cold.

* Please don't hate me, please..I-I promise it'll n-never happen again!

* I don't care anymore.

Footsteps were heard and then a scream. Dream immediately turned around, watching a group of villagers beat up his brother.

* D-DREAM?!

He just sat up, unmoved.

It's inevitable, no matter how much you try to prevent it.

But this time, you're not doing anything.

Finally showing your true colours.

You never really cared.

Dream felt himself lose control of his movements and mind. Nightmare's voice filled his head with thoughts he had no choice but to listen to.

Everything was your fault.
You think I'm the villain?
We just saw you watch me get beaten up, TORTURED.

But now, you'll listen to me.

Dream opened his eyes and everything felt...blurred.

* So he's working with us now?

* As long as I have this crystal, yeah.

* Finally, no more battles for a while!

Nightmare looked at Dream's white eyelights and grinned.

* Go make us dinner, Dream.

He couldn't help but nod and obey. He did exactly what the others told him to do and by the end of the way, even though he was beyond exhausted...he had no control.

On the other side of it all, Ink, Blue and Amelia were confused.

* So he came back, and now he's gone without a trace-

Amelia nodded.

* Definitely Nightmare, who else would it be??

* But do we really wanna go back to their base?! We almost got trapped in their games!

"I could go alone, the only reason why he controlled me yesterday was because I was distracted."

* I really don't think this is a good idea..Dream's powerful, I'm sure he can find a way...

"We had to save him the first time."

* Right-

Amelia tried her magic again, but Dream's aura wasn't found.

"Okay let's assume it's not Nightmare, where would he have gone?"

The others shrugged.

The day after midnight...

Dream woke up, feeling increasingly achy. What had he done yesterday? He sat up and blinked.

The cell.

Was this a bad dream?! Dream quickly got up from his awful 'bed' and looked at the mirror opposite him.

Shattered wasn't there.