requested by Over_Write
(i did my best but know i don't like this ship)
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Today was the day. The Empire of the Moon's army was facing the Empire of the Sun one at the border. Dream and Nightmare are facing, on each side of this border.
"I never wanted that."
"If you didn't want, you wouldn't do what you did."
"I was so pissed. My anger took over. How can you even control that ?!"
"I'm used to be pissed. My Brother never saw how much I suffered. Never saw how much people threatened me. You let me self-destruct."
"and I'm the only one to be blame for my stupidity."
"Before we begin. Know that I know what's love and happiness. I clearly don't want this to happened but you didn't give me the choice. Dream you have kids, how could you begin a war that might take your life ?!"
Dream looks at Nightmare, very confused. By the past, he's the one that used to say that to his corrupted brother. Thinking about families broken by the wars. What happened to be in this situation where it's Nightmare that doesn't want to fight and give him a lecture about having a family and should take care of.
"Do you have a family Nightmare ?"
The dark king stares at his bright brother calmly.
"I have two kids waiting for me at the castle."
Dream lets a shock sound. Nightmare stares at Dream with a sorry and angry look.
"they're 8 and 3 years old. And my husband is here with us because he didn't has the choice, nobody knows about them but my best henchmen, and they're all there too. I hope you'll regret starting this."
Dream's face is pale and Nightmare feels the negatives feelings from his brother. He turns around and come back to his army, Dream staring at him.
Nightmare turns around to face Dream from his spot. Dream saw Nightmare's lips move, but didn't heard him. But he knew when he saw the army rush to him and his own army.
The bright king scream to attack back and both army collapse in a mix of dark and bright colors.
Dark and bright fighters mix but none of each side step back, just collapsing. It's like seeing stars disappear. They're here and disappear without a warn.
Nightmare isn't fighting. His husband Cross was next to him, as well as Dust and Killer. Being married too, the two killers didn't split and prefer fighting together. But now, they're protecting the King. Horror was fighting Blueberry and his favorite blaster hammer and Error blocked Ink.
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The war surround them. Dream was approaching them calmly for a positive person in the middle of negative everything.
"Nightmare."
The dark skeleton look at his twin he didn't saw coming. Dream stares at him intensely.
"go home."
"If I do, my army will come with me. Nonetheless, you're still responsible for the family you destroyed by provoking this."
"you know I'm ready to take responsibility of everything, just to stop you."
"you know I stopped abusing of my powers. You know the balance will tip if you kill me."
"I know and I'm not planning on killing you."
"what are you up to ?"
"bringing you back to your old appearance."
"a war for only that ?"
"I'll do everything for that."
A gasp is heard and Nightmare turn his head to see Cross backstabbed. He fells on his knees but his wound seems not this worst. Nightmare tries to not to panic.
"if I turn back, you'll leave ?"
"I just want things to be like before..."
"you know they'll never be... we can't reunite the kingdoms like that from the day to tomorrow. But we can make a truce."
"I want us to live together again."
"huh... Dream, we are grown men, and I have a family. And you have too. I gave you peace and didn't attacked anymore. Why are you like that now ?"
"Remorse."
"not shocked about that. But if you want, come at the castle whenever you want. As long as you're doing nothing wrong."
"can I at least hug you in your passive form ?"
"it's not a good idea to do that here."
At those words, Cross, Horror and Dust shield Nightmare being around him. Nightmare notices and soon, his goop is getting away, living a smaller white boned skeleton with lilac eyes. Dream immediately hugs him, and begin to cry of joy.
Nightmare does circle moves on Dream's back. Dream pulls off of the hug and notices the ring at Nightmare's left hand. He's saddening a bit more for missing such an important event.
Nightmare lays his hand on Dream's shoulder.
"go home brother. We will see each other later."
"I already miss you Nightmare."
"oh come on big baby... Cross, call back the army."
He nods as he began to scream the retreat. This awaken Dream that began to ask the retreat too. Nightmare stares at his white and black husband shouting at the army, finding him handsome.
If Nightmare was distracted, one of Dream's men were not.
Cross is walking toward Nightmare as the King was walking to him. Dream was watching with a smile his brother walking to his husband, yeah, Dream noticed the same ring as Nightmare on Cross finger.
And everything went low...
Nightmare was still in his passive form.
An arrow. A loud gasp. And screams.
Nightmare collapses in Cross's arms, eyes closes and barely breathing. Cross stares in shock the big arrow staying in Nightmare's back, right in the soul.
Cross kneels unconsciously on the ground to better take Nightmare's body in his arms. Blood is coming out of his mouth slowly, marking his white bones.
He looks peaceful like that.
Dream lets out another scream, tears coming out of his eye sockets. He couldn't believe what's he's seeing. It's couldn't be real...
Seeing Cross slowly crying as he pulls his forehead against Nightmare's. All the battlefield strangely become silent. And in this silence, a soul broke.
As well Dream.
Ink catches the bowman monster that shoot in Nightmare's back. And this guy knew he going to die. The mapmaker gives the killer to Nightmare's men that gladly take him.
His pleads fall in the crowd as he taken away, deep in the army.
Dream couldn't stop to cry as well Cross. Their hands tightened on the only two items left under the dust, the cloak and the crown...
The Wind come and throw the dust through the air, accompanied by leaves and flowers above all the battlefield, only letting Dream keeps pleading to let his brother coming back.
