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We've all presumably heard the tale of the two brothers of Dreamtale right?
Well, what if we told you a new version of the tale, a more…..magical version of the tale?
This version of the tale is one of friendship
The very “seeds” of friendship to be exact
Let us begin, shall we?
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No POV:
The sun rose high over the horizon shining down at everything below including a somewhat small village and a tree just on the border outskirts. Sat by the tree was a fairly young skeleton about 6 at the most, dawned with a golden crown with a crescent symbol in the middle. His clothing was almost prince-like with a mix of purple and gold coloring, he sat alone by the tree, seemingly entranced by the book he was reading. So entranced he didn't notice a monster and a human heading straight in his direction……..
It was like a blink of an eye, from him simply reading to his soul's content to him suddenly kneeling in pain covering the broken side of his skull. The two who had done this, that human and monster from the village laughed at his pain as they left the poor hurt skeleton alone.
“Brother!, where are you?” A voice called out, approaching the tree. Quickly the little skeleton looked over towards the owner of the voice, another skeleton the same age as him who wore a similar golden crown came over, his outfit being teal and gold with a yellow cape flowing behind him as he walked. “I'm over here Dream!” the little skeleton called out to his brother waving to get his attention who came rushing over as he saw his brother's condition “What happened to you?!” Dream asked worriedly, looking at his brother's broken part of his skull.
“I'm fine Dream I just…..was a little too careless when I was climbing down from the tree.” He spoke lying straight to his brother's face. He couldn't tell the truth, his brother loved the villagers and constantly helped them. He'd feel terrible if he was the reason his brother stopped doing that even through all the pain he felt.
“Alright, if you say so, Nightmare. Now stay still so I can try and see if I can fix it.” Dream spoke, holding his brother's head still as he examined the damage. He gently pressed his gloved hand to it, a soft green magic coming from his hand onto the damage which was slowly being healed leaving only a bit of the socket having some damage, “Okay that should help it somewhat. I'll try and get some bandages from the villagers, do you think you'll be okay if I go?” Dream asked his brother, concern shown in his expression.
“I'll be fine Dream, you go to the village and get whatever you need.” Nightmare spoke, giving his brother a soft smile. “Okay brother I'll try to be quick you just stay here,” he said getting up and heading right back to the village where he came from once again leaving Nightmare alone with his thoughts.
‘Why do they all treat me like this?....did I do something wrong?’ he thought leaning against the tree as he held the book he was originally reading. He then looked up at the tree, it had two different apples, ones that were golden and filled with positivity while the other ones were pitch black and filled with negativity. His brother guarded the positive apples while he guarded the negative ones…..
‘is it because of the apples? are my apples that bad?’ he asked himself as he stared off into nothing only just thinking…”Brother, I'm back!” His brother's voice returned him to reality as he looked over, giving his brother a smile at his return.
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Time-skip to 12 am
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Nightmare's POV:
It was the middle of the night and my brother lay beside the tree. I could hear my brother's snoring, but I couldn't get any sleep because of all my thoughts keeping me up, all of them just repeating the same thing. Show the villagers I can take care of the apples just as my brother can. I got up from my spot, making sure I didn't wake up my brother, as I stood by the tree.
I took one of the positive apples and held it in my hands. ‘mine are just as good…. right?’ I thought as I stared at it before I saw it start to change. “Wait no, no no no please go back, change back!” I pleaded as I tried to fix whatever I did but it just got worse, the once golden positive apple now turning black with negativity. “Brother?” I heard and slowly turned as my brother stared at me in surprise, “I-I didn't mean to…. I-I was just…” I couldn't finish as I began shaking in fear.
The villagers began coming as well, most likely because of the change of energy. It didn't help my fear though it just made it, and my shaking worse. “I-it’s okay brother, I-i’ll try to talk to them and calm them down so you can explain alright?” I heard Dream say as he tried to calm my worries, but I saw how the villagers glared. It wasn't just full of hate, no. They wanted to kill me. I could see it in their eyes! There was no way he could calm them all down and I was defenseless!, what would I even-
“Eat the apple” I heard a voice ring out from what seemed to be everywhere but only I could hear it. “It has magic, remember? It should keep you alive” the voice said and it wasn't wrong, all the apples did have magic in them ... maybe it could protect me. “One bite shouldn't hurt, right?” It said and I agreed “Yeah just one bite, that's all I need…”
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Dream's POV:
I tried to calm down the villagers as I could see all the panic and rage in their expressions. There was so much sound it was hard to tell where each voice came from as I tried to calm it all down, suddenly it all turned to silence except for one single sound. *crunch*. I tried to move to see what happened but I couldn't as all the villagers rushed forward pushing me to the back till I was behind the entire crowd.
“Brother!” I tried to call out and move back to the front but I couldn't get through the crowd. ‘I can't see a thing!’ I thought as I tried to look over the crowd at what was happening only being able to hear what sounded like my brother coughing and that crunching sound repeating again. When everyone stopped moving I finally was able to get through but stopped when I saw exactly why everyone hadn't moved.
There my brother was on his knees holding onto his head, something was clearly wrong… The part of his eye socket that was broken before was practically gone. What looked to be some form of goop coming out of it along with some dripping out from his mouth as well, four tentacles now protruding from his back along with it all. “Brother?...” My voice was barely above a whisper as I spoke.
“Go Away! Leave Me Alone!” My barely even recognizable brother spoke through struggling coughs. “It hurts, Everything hurts….” Tears streamed down his one functioning eye as I felt myself tearing up as well. I tried to move or help or just say anything, but I couldn't. I felt frozen, just watching my brother as he was in pain.
Yet I also couldn't look away, noticing how many black apples he had eaten. “Brother please!” I tried calling out again, but I was afraid to get closer to him with how those tentacles on his back lashed around. He wasn't even talking to me anymore; it was silent as I saw more of that goop begin to cover his body. Until he started…. laughing. Not his normal laugh but more like a crazy laugh instead.
He then began to stand up. His body was now covered completely in that goop, and his eye which had been broken before, was now completely covered. By the time I could finally move, I had to move out of the way as his tentacles attacked the villagers. My attention moved to him by the tree noticing one single golden apple left, as the rest were all completely blackened with negativity. So I reached for it.
By the time I could finally finish it, he seemed to be finished with the villagers and turned to notice me with a cruel sadistic grin on his face. His now one teal eye light staring directly into mine. “I-I’m sorry brother but I have to stop you, this is all too much” I spoke feeling more hopeful despite the situation. “Oh you can certainly try”
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No one's POV:
Only one stood by the once great tree of feelings, now cut to only the base. His tentacles swayed behind him as he stared down at his work, a grin on his expression. He then looked back at everything behind him, the village lay in ruin, and Dream in stone standing just behind him. He had tried getting the last golden apple from Dream but couldn't. So instead he opted to keep him in stone while he figured out a plan.
He didn't feel any need to stay here, it wasn't his home after all. So he left through a portal, but as he left something seemed to pull away. Now through the other side of the portal, he felt a piece of him almost missing but he paid no mind to it, instead deciding to continue forward.
That now missing piece was the original Nightmare, the one who simply wanted someone besides his brother to care for him and treat him normally. He just wanted a friend and now that's exactly just what he'll get…
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