A Dream Within A Nightmare.

[ iii ]

~ Recollection of Thoughts ~

Summary: In which you tried to calm yourself and collect your thoughts. While also devising a plan to stop the original plot from happening and having a hard time adjusting on being a proclaimed 'brother'.

Everything's going to be alright, I can do this!-- But how??, you thought grimacing to which on instinct your eyes or rather eye sockets now, narrowed. Clearly stressed and having an anxiety at the same time. Although, before you were having your episode, you could faintly have some information about the Dreamtale that you were currently in.

First and foremost, it seemed like the Mother Tree (Nim, the guardian, aka your 'mother') just merged with the Tree of Feelings along on creating the new guardians of the Tree of Feelings. Which is Dream and Nightmare, of course your name isn't really Dream but since you are reborn to it, then. . And now you have another list of problems, identity crisis.

But shaking that thought off as you made way your skeletal hand to your chin in a thinking manner. You already looked far out of the distance while still keeping near the Tree of Feelings. There weren't any village nor villagers yet, which meant that monsters are still going to build a village sooner or later. And when that time comes you have to be extra cautious since. .You knew that Nightmare suffered from harsh treatments of the villagers, and you wouldn't want that.

Second, there would be slight problem considering that you didn't know as to how the Dreamtale Twins (Dream and Nightmare) had known that as soon as they were brought into this world would immediately guard the Tree of Feelings and learning about their mother. Either you couldn't remember what happened in the canon comic of the Dreamtale or it didn't happen at all and just go with the flow vibe thing.

Third, how would you prove that you are Nightmare's brother? In other words, gain a recognition from Nightmare himself that you are his brother and along with vice versa. I mean you can't just say, 'Oh, I'm Dream. Your brother!'. Yeah no. It needs to have something that trigger on being known as brothers. By trigger not in the bad way.

Fourth, you can't switch positions with Nightmare, with you being the Negativity Guardian instead of him. I mean let's be real here, you are wearing a light colored clothing and you're supposed to be a Negativity Guardian? Plus, not to mention that your tone and cheerfulness (courtesy of personality from the former Dream) would backfire immediately from just that. You can't switch clothing either or you'll dubbed as weird or something.

Fifth, you're aware that you can't leave Nightmare by himself. Even if it was the slightest second, villagers would start giving harsh treatment to him once they know he is a Negativity Guardian while accusing him for all the bad things. Unless you weren't there to witness it. So staying by his side would also meant the villagers won't do anything. But they'll also try to take you away from him to do it.

Not to mention that there is a possibility Nightmare would also be blamed for influencing you on not joining them or anything in that topic. Which that is a foul play of theirs, but their greedy alright.

Even attaining the golden apple that contained powers to strengthen or make someone powerful, that it also meant they are going to try on having your favor. Seeing that you are the 'Positivity Guardian' of those invincible apples and has the direct connection to it.

Sixth, even if you thought of eating an apple to save Nightmare it won't do either. Considering there is also an AU that possibility happening which are the Dreamswap and uh. . You forgot the other one but yeah. But you couldn't also ignore that the original plot was well written enough to have it hard to be altered in the first place.

Seventh! The same idea as the first thought that would be your advantage is that, Nightmare nor anyone hasn't known as to what the new Dream's (aka you) personality would be. That means the personalities can be switched such as you would look after Nightmare as if you inherited his former personality and older brother standards as well while Nightmare would be the same as the former Dream!

Which that thought is a little bit confusing if you were being honest. But that would be an excuse to cover-up as to why you are looking after Nightmare and to avoid him to have suspicions on you having an idea that he was being bullied in the first place by the villagers, which didn't happen yet mind you.

Okay, wow that's a lot. I might stop it here. . You thought as you just noticed that you had a lot of information stored in your skull, despite not having a brain on being a skeleton in the first place. Glancing to your side to see Nightmare himself, sleeping peacefully as if nothing was happening. Or you should call as Passive Nightmare, aka past.

But you also can't believe how much influence the villagers gave to him that made him into a corrupted and proclaimed as the King of Negativity in Multiverse, in the future. You wouldn't lie but you were intimidated by the Original Corrupted Nightmare the first time you saw him in some fandoms. Although you wouldn't let it happen.

You swore (not literally but figuratively) that you'll do everything to prevent it from happening and giving Nightmare the best experience he could ever have in this past life of his. He deserves happiness after all, like everyone is. . Huh, guess you just got into Dream character. That's a nice start, you noted to yourself. You wonder if you could create a portal now, but you guessed that it wouldn't work since you were just rebirthed and created just now.

Sighing to yourself before you made your skeletal arm towards the other skeleton. Hesitating a little before shaking that thought off as you reached out on him. "Hello~ Are you awake?" You called as you could hear a groan before the purple attired skeleton shuffled from his position and opened his eye sockets albeit slowly.

It was blinking a few time before the pair of purple eye lights stared at you with your own pair of yellow ones. You chuckled lightly before you stated, "Sorry for disturbing you." Nightmare seemed to stare at you for a good amount of seconds before shaking his skull as he was sitting up from his position. And you supported him to keep himself from falling, considering he just woke up.

"It's alright." He replied as you looked to him who was having a shy and innocent expression before giving him a close-eyed sockets smile at his response. Before you perk up when an idea came into your skull, thinking this would be the best time to have this kind of conversation, a classic one that is. Despite you knowing the information and all but still.

"The name's Dream! What's yours?" You introduced having slightly releasing positivity to which you know that he felt it but it wasn't intentional that you did that. It was just your emotions releasing positivity. He seemed to smile sheepishly before looking to you properly as he also returned the gesture that you had made not too long ago. "My names Nightmare." He said while still having a smile to which you stood there frozen in your place.

Nightmare tilted his skull cutely questioningly at your abrupt silence before he almost yelped when he was engulfed in a hug. He hesitated a little since he was confused at the sudden gesture but returned it nonetheless. Feeling rather contented on the gesture or known as hug that you started as both of you engulfing on each others embrace.

While you had a main mission that registered in your skull for many years and hardships to come that would keep you motivated along the way,

Mission: Protect Nightmare's innocence and preserve his happiness from now on.