Nightmare || WIP

Dear Journal,

People are disappearing. It's been happening for months now, but now it's happening more frequently. Not only people in L'Manburg, but even people from The Badlands and the outskirts of the country have disappeared. Nobody knows who or what is doing this, and I'm terrified for my friends' lives. Every day when I wake up, a new missing person's file is reported to King Eret. It's terrifying, and I don't know how to keep the people safe.

I've also been getting these excruciatingly painful migraines every night before I go to sleep. It only happens when I'm half-conscious, about to drift to sleep. Though I'm barely awake, I can feel the pain surging through my head. It hurts so bad, but it doesn't wake my body up. For some reason, it almost helps me sleep.

The migraines spawn these disgustingly detailed dreams about these disappearances. Sometimes I see myself committing violent acts against the people who've gone missing. It's torture for me, and I don't know how to stop it. I may consult with Wilbur tomorrow for some potions for better sleep.

That's all for tonight, I can already feel the beginning of the soon-to-be migraine as I grow tired. I'll head to bed now.

- Dream

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A nightmare, also called a bad dream, by definition is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong emotional response from the mind, typically fear but also despairs anxiety, or great sadness. However, psychological nomenclature differentiates between nightmares and bad dreams; specifically, people remain asleep during bad dreams, whereas nightmares can awaken individuals. The dream may contain situations of discomfort, psychological or physical terror, or panic. After a nightmare, a person will often awaken in a state of distress and may be unable to return to sleep for a short period of time.

What happens when that nightmare becomes a personified being who seeks wrath on everything that its host loves?