Promise Me...

Ch. 1: The Tree of Feelings...

Once apon a time…
(Nah! I'm just kidding! I'm not gonna that kind of shet! Or will I? Anyway! Back to the story!)
There was a village that surrounded a tree. The Tree of Feelings. It was the most important thing in the world and to protect it, it needed guardians. And the sole purpose of those guardians was to protect the tree with their very lives until the day they died… or if they got too old to protect it. The last guardian had deceased due to an unknown reason. She had two kids a few months before she a passed away. They were pure emotion themselves.
Their souls were different, yet the same. One had a golden apple and the other had a black apple. The one with the golden apple soul was pure positivity itself. His name was Dream. The one with the black apple soul was pure negativity itself. His name was Nightmare, but most people called him "Night" for short. Both of them were able to feel the opposite feeling, but it would cause them to grow weaker if they do.
Positivity and dreams make Dream stronger. Negativity and nightmares made Nightmare stronger. Due to the death if their mother they were next in line to protect the Tree of Feelings. It was considered an honor in their world to protect the tree for if it were to die… Well… Nobody knew what would happen if the tree did die for it had never happened before. And nobody had ever believed that the tree would die. The people of the village lived near the tree just because.

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"Psst. Hey Nightmare. Hey Nightmare, wake up!" Nightmare opened his eyes only to see Dream right next to him. Dream asked, "Do you remember what today is?" Nightmare thought for a few seconds then nodded.
"Today's our mother's birthday."
"Mmhm!"
Nightmare smiled a bit, hiding the fact that his 'Dreams' were foretelling the future. Little did he know that they were. Only he knew was to happen to the Tree of Feelings on three weeks. Only he knew what he would do to the people of the village. Only he knew… that he would become the King of Nightmares. Only he knew he would most commonly be known as the God of Negativity and Nightmares. Nobody knew. Not even Dream. It scared him, but he has gotten very good at hiding his fear so he would not worry his brother.
Nobody must find out… I'll forget about my visions someday… I won't anybody find out of the people I shall encounter in the future… I must keep this a secret… or it could be my head on pike…
He quietly sighed and got up, patting away any dirt he may have gotten on his clothes while he was asleep. "Are we going to do the same thing as we did the last couple of years? Put some of her favorite flowers on her grave, put a photo of us by it, or both?" Nightmare had always asked in case Dream had decided to things differently. "I was thinking that we could do both and maybe put something that we both really like by it as well", Dream had said cheerfully. Well this is a nice change of pace. All Nightmare had said was, "Alright".

Nightmare did not know that he would meet the love of his life two years later and that meeting would only be the beginning…