Chapter 2: Nightmare

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A Pi'illo. Well, that is..... what? Anyway, I want REVENGE. They kept the Dark Stone from me, so they shall DIE. But first, this Pi'illo here. Antasma thought about what he would do to the guilty Pi'illo, while at the same time studying the Pi'illo temple all around him. Soon, he almost fell asleep. Shaking himself back into awareness, he realized something. The dream world! Of course! I shall haunt this Pi'illo in the dream world, and feed on the nightmare. Then, I will use the power from the nightmare to capture the Dark Stone! He had a plan! But his plan relied on the fact that the Zeekeeper didn't know what was happening. If the Zeekeeper caught him..... he didn't want to think about it. It would be slaughter. So, latching on to the Pi'illo, who was still in it's pillow form, while balancing the Zee Egg on his back, he flew. Away from the Zeekeeper Dreampoint.


He landed on the forest floor, and quickly gathered some leaves. Pulling them from all over the clearing he was in, he gradually built a small hill of leaves. He hid the Pi'illo under the leaves, and carefully climbed under the pile of leaves he had constructed. Now for the fun part. He latched onto the Pi'illo, and didn't fall asleep. What? I should be in the dream world by now. Unless I am already dreaming. But this feels real. And something didn't feel right. So, what is the problem? Then, a memory came to him from his early childhood, while he was still being carried around by his mother. "Pi'illo's have the most chance of dreaming the same dream when they are both in a Dreampoint". So, he needed to be in a Dreampoint. "Nobody knows what a Dreampoint really is, but most have something with a dreamy quality." Nothing on Pi'illo Island is more dreamy than the Zeekeeper. And I have a Zee Egg. Burying the Zee Egg under the leaves, he climbed back in, and fell asleep.


Awakening in the dream world, he thought about his plan. He needed to find the Pi'illo. It would most likely be nearby, because traveling in the dream world while you are trying to rest is illogical. He was in a Pi'illo Temple. It had a dark spiral mark on the floor, signifying that the Dark Stone Spirit once sat in this spot. But, obviously it had been moved. So, once again he was denied his gift. But he didn't come into the dream world for that. He came for the Pi'illo. He flew, and almost immediately crashed into the Pi'illo. Am I really this stupid? Well, lets begin. 


He hit the Pi'illo, hard enough to knock a Beehoss out. It transformed out of it's pillow form, and came face-to-face with him. It screamed, and started to run. Knocking the Pi'illo down, he made sure his victim wouldn't escape. He then bit the Pi'illo, tasting the pungent taste of pure nightmare. It screamed even more, and passed out. Sucking terror out of his victim, he grew stronger and stronger. He didn't know how long he did this for, but he was enjoying it immensely. He would have done it forever, if he hadn't felt an extremely painful itch on his back. The pain he felt was so immense that it actually jolted him out of the dream world. Waking up, he noticed his pile of leaves, as well as the Zee Egg was gone. Instead, there were four purple flames.

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