💛𝓓𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓮💜

💛Chapter 1💜

Nightmare's pov

I woke up to the sun shining, the grass lightly swaying, and the leaves on the tree rustling. The same thing, but instead of sleeping beside Dream on the ground, I slept on a branch inside the tree. Yesterday... a lot happened.

Dream and I discovered a small town nearby here, because of a stupid dream I had. I regret leading Dream to the town. The way those people looked at me... full of judgement, disgust, hate... what did I do wrong?

"Nightmare? Are you awake...?"

Dream asked softly, looking up into the tree, his gaze landing on my small figure.

"...yeah."

Dream and I had our first argument yesterday. I felt so... awful when everyone liked Dream, but everyone seemed to just... hate me right off the bat. I tried telling him how the people glared at me, but then... my own twin brother... he called me a liar. He called me jealous too.

I then climbed up the tree, and cried myself to sleep. I'm not feeling much better, but that's okay. My increase in negative emotions won't affect anyone else, right?

"Brother... come down please..."

For some reason, Dream's pleading voice angered me. Doesn't he care about how I feel? Being up here... It's better than being down there honestly. It's more comfortable.

"Maybe I like being up here! Besides, why would you want to be with a liar? Huh?"

I snapped. I... didn't mean to let that out. I covered my mouth. Too late. Tears slid down Dream's face, and he ran towards the town, sobbing. I felt a pang in my chest, and it felt as though it was weighing my entire body down. I should go after him.

I climb down the tree and run south. I don't see Dream in the distance yet. Well, he's a really fast runner, so that makes sense.

I make it to the town. I ask a wolf monster if they've seen Dream.

"Leave Dream alone you filthy rat! You made him cry, you don't deserve to be his brother!"

Nobody has ever said anything like that to me before. I stand there in shock, and watch the wolf monster glare at me one more time before turning away and leaving. Tears form in my eyesockets. I feel the burning gaze of eyes on me, watching my every move. Those eyes... so full of hate and disgust... why? I look at the group of people watching me, and their noses scrunch up in disgust.

"Why are you treating me like this? What did I ever do to you?"

I say. Some people burst into laughter, And some simply continue to glare.

"Isn't it obvious? You're the reason why we feel such awful emotions! Dream makes us happy, and you make us feel angry, sad, depressed, despair, vengeful, and other awful things! So many horrible things happen... and it's all your fault!"

I... I can't believe what I'm hearing... so my existence really does affect other people... I look to the side, and see Dream laughing and chatting through a clear box shaped thing on the weird larger box these people live inside of.
(Window on a house)
He's not sad anymore. Has he forgotten about me...?

A heavy wave of sadness clouds my mind and makes my body feel heavier. I turn around, and feel a sharp pain at the back of my skull. I whip my skull around, and see some people holding small rocks. A human male throws one at me, and I dodge and run as fast as I can back to the tree. I make it to the tree and collapse, my face hitting the trunk.

Tears stream down my face as I wail from all the negative feelings overloading my system.

"WHY?! WHAT THE HELL DID I EVER DO TO THEM?! I CAN'T HELP THE WAY I WAS BORN...!"

I continue to cry. My wails eventually turn into sobs, which eventually reduce into sniffles. Then, I heard a soft voice coming from within the tree.

"My child... I know things are hard, but... you NEED to stay strong. For the sake of Dream, the people, the universe... you can do it Nightmare. I believe in you..."

Then, the voice faded away. Was that... was that... mom...? The one who made us...? She's... in the tree...? If the people in the town knew about us... there has to be more information. I should go back to the town and look.

I stand up and give the tree one last look, before turning around and walking back to that hateful place. I've only known those people for one day... why do they hate me so much?