Once Upon A Disneytale {Prinxiety, Logicality, Dukeceit}

Chapter 2 ~ The Dream Void

"THOMAS?!"

Said YouTuber whips his head up to look at who called him.

"Roman? Remus?" He asks questioningly.

At realizing they weren't in their usual attires, Roman swiftly snaps his fingers to cloth himself and Remus in their respective outfits.

"Yeah, it's us." The Duke answers back, his eyes narrowing as he stares suspiciously at Thomas, "Why are you here?"

"No, more like how are you here?" Roman interjects, joining his brother in interrogating their host. They both had their arms crossed to their chests, looking like a pair of bodyguards who were about ready to kick out an unauthorized person from entering a club, "You're supposed to be asleep, Thomas!"

"I am!" The 30 year old defends, but then trails off, "At least, I think I am..."

Normally (well, as normal as being able to sink into one's own mind can get), Thomas isn't able to enter the Mindscape unless he was fully conscious. But seeing as he's now stood in the Imagination with the twins, he was beginning to question his own mind and being.

As if on cue, Logan pops in with a disgruntled expression.

"Thomas, didn't we previously discuss the importance of a healthy sleeping schedule? Why are you still awake? And in the Imagination, of all places!" The logical trait scolds, huffing as he makes eye contact with the twins, "Don't tell me these two are making you stay up again with their ideas?"

Remus gasps dramatically, "You think this is our fault?!"

"Well, who else would be the cause of this?" Logan quirks a brow.

"Uh, I don't know, a certain Anxiety?!"

Like a sudden lightning bolt, the anxious Side appears in a quick flash.

"What the heck is up you guys' butts at two o'clock in the morning?!" Virgil yells angrily.

He receives three different replies collectively.

"Why would there be something up my buttocks?"

"I can tell you what WAS up my butt a few days ago!"

"Mi amor! I've missed you!"

You can probably tell who said what.

While the princely trait engulfs his emo boyfriend in a hug, Logan decides to summon the two remaining Sides who haven't yet arrived to the T-party.

"Aye! Are there 7 people in here, or is it just Thomas?" Patton jokes the second he catches sight of everyone's presence.

"That was a terrible joke, Patton." Janus lies, not entirely liking the joke, but also appreciating its cleverness.

Logan then goes to approach the deceitful trait (the only other Side with a working brain cell), but is beaten to it by a certain trashman who tackles the snake-faced Side to the ground.

"Jayyyyy!"

"Remusssss!" Janus hisses in surprised panic as they end up sprawled on the grass.

Huh, the gang's all here. Thomas notes.

You know what that means.

Something definitely is wrong with him.

"Guys!" Logan bellows, evidently done with all the shenanigans, "Now is really not the time for intermissions."

Noticing his partner's frustration, Patton begins to rub circles on the small of Logan's back to ease his nerves, enough to calm him down when things don't entirely go as planned.

"Thank you, dearest." Logan whispers gratefully to the moral Side, who only smiles warmly in return as if to say "anytime, honey."

"Alright, now that we're all here... What's going on?" Virgil finally speaks up.

Roman is the one to answer, "Thomas here seems to have gotten himself lost in his own mind." He explains while gesturing to the sheepish man beside him.

"I'm not really sure how I got here, nor do I know how I can get out." Thomas admits, avoiding the scrutinizing stare his logical Side was giving him.

"That's preposterous, Thomas." Logan tells him, "All you would have to do is to simply open your eyes."

"That's just it, Logan." Virgil senses the anxiety building up within their host.

"I can't open my eyes! I'm asleep!"

"Falseho-"

"He's not lying, Logan." Janus interjects, silencing everyone around him.

Roman and Remus could only think of one plausible explanation to their current situation.

"Have you guys ever heard of lucid dreaming?"

"Are you referring to the phenomenon wherein a person is aware that they are in a dream and may have some amount of control in it?" Logan asks.

"That's the one, Specs." Roman nods.

While the Sides go into a discussion of what lucid dreams are, Thomas decides to stray away from the conversation, in favor of inspecting his surroundings.

The Imagination was huge.

In the distance, Thomas could clearly make out the outline of a magnificent castle hidden behind a fantasy forest.

And oh, was that a sparkly floating void headed straight (gay) towards them?

That doesn't look good. The YouTuber thinks in worry.

"Uh... Guys?"

No response.

"Guys..."

Still, nothing.

And oH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS IT'S GETTING TOO CLOSE NOW!

So in an act of panic, Thomas does the only thing he could do...

Scream.

"AAAHHHHHHH!!!"

By the time Roman catches sight of the Dream Void, it was already too late.

They all end up getting sucked into the void.

Never to be seen again...

Well, until the next chapter is published.

So keep a look out for that!