Dream's POV

The mist ties me in a blanket. It does the same with Dalilah and Encre. I can't move once I wake up. I look around, lost in confusion. Encre keeps crying, his cries explaining everything. The mist carries us through a portal and to a light grey castle. It soars in through the tallest tower's window.

"Ah, good job my beautiful mists. I see your missions were successful. So good to see. And you brought Sire's Plan K L and M here! Wonderful!"A lady says, bringing us close

I take a good look at her.

"Hello, little ones. Welcome to your new home."She says

Encre keeps crying. This lady snaps and a mist muffles him.

"Now, hopefully Kage gave my king the right advice to take you three in. Maybe you'll last longer than A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,& J."She says

Now, I don't know much about babies but allow me to take a wilf guess. NOBODY. NOT. ONE. PERSON. OR. BABY. WANTS. TO. HEAR. THAT! Especially as their first impression! "Oh, maybe you'll live!" Hell no!

Dalilah starts to cry but gets muffled as well.

I feel chills go down my spine. I feel terrified right now. But I decide to use that to my advantage.

Brother? Nighty? Sorry if I'm waking you.

DREAM! Thank the stars! Are you okay? Is Dalilah ok? Is Encre okay? 

Ok...You seem pretty awake. We're ok....But Dalilah and Encre are being silenced by some mist lady that serves a king. We are apparently his Plan K,L, and M. Not a good sign...Why do you sound worried?

Bro, you were taken in your sleep. OF COURSE I AM GONNA BE WORRIED! But hey, now I can tell two worried babybones that you guys are okay.

"Now to wait for the King to check in."The lady says, setting us aside

I get placed between Dalilah and Encre. I reach out and grab each of their hands.

Yep, but I'm sure you can sense their emotions.

Yeah, but let's help you by being positive. Remember the codeword?

Yes.

Use it now.

NightDream.

Ok, I got you. We'll track you guys down. Just buy us some time.

Distract them?

Yes!

Pfft, consider it done.

Just like Cross and Fallacy killing them.

Huh?

Nothing.

Okay....

Encre slips out from being muffled, turning to me.

"Pssst, Dweam. Look what I found!"Encre says, holding a small orb thing

It looked like the Snitch from Harry Potter, just without the wings and was 3 colors:blue, black and red.

"What is that?"I ask

"I dunno, it was with me when the mist took me."He says

"It looks like Fallacy if he were a small little sphere thingy."Dalilah says

Encre smiles.

"It does...I'm not gonna let this thing go. Whatever it is. Anything that reminds me of mon amour I will keep."He says

This gets me curious.

Bro? Did something happen to Fallacy?

Yeah, the mist seemed to have taken his vampire qualities away. Why?

Encre found a little orb that reminds him of Fallacy.

What is he gonna do with it?

Keep it. Anything that reminds him of Fallacy he says he will keep.

Aww, good. I'll tell him, that will make him happy.

^Dream!

Gah!

What's up Dream?

^Are you ok?

Bro, I think Cross found the tree and dropped in for a surprise chat.

^Sure did!

Pfft, I will let you two fiances talk then.

^Allsun! 0///0

Okay, go have fun with your Kills.

^Dream...Killer was taken.

Oh! Brother I'm sorry!

It's okay. Talk to you later.

Ok...

^Dream, are you ok?

Yes....It seems we were a backup plan given by Kage to the King here. Or should I say backup of the 9th backup plan. 

^Why do you say that?

This lady welcomed us by calling us Plan K, L, and M. ANd she said hopefully we last longer than the last few plans....

^Oh no....We're on our way!

And by we you mean?

A door opens.

"Welcome your highnesses."This lady says

^Fallacy, Palette, Chara and I! We'll come! I'll come to protect you!

You sure that's safe? I don't want you and Fallacy to become plans N and O or something. And who knows what these people are capable of.

^We are coming and that is final. Just buy us-

"Aww! What adorable babies!"A crowned lady says, picking me up

"Yes, they are truly adorable."A crowned man says, picking Dalilah up

Most likely the King and Queen.

Can't talk right now.

Okay, just buy us time.

Pfft, Cross. You're telling a BABY to waste other people's times with distractions. Consider it done.

"These two will surely be plans K and L. Our last plans."The Queen says

"Agreed."The King says

"Where were they found?"The Queen asks

"Kage says they should either be at an old house or on the streets."The King says

"Aww, so we saved them!"The Queen says

"Sure....saved."The King says

"I'm sure the babies are very excited for their new future now! Isn't that right, lil Plan K?"The Queen says, rocking me up and down

Bruh, how do you just avoid how suspicious that was? Don't forget Encre! And what kind of names are Plan K for babies?

I puke and end up puking on the King's face. 

"Okay, no up and down."The Queen says

I giggle, liking the look on the bad King's face. He seems shocked but also speechless and unresponsive. Like he is questioning his life choices. Dalilah follows my lead and pukes on the Queen.  

"Well....Okay then. Guess they had a rough time getting here."The King says

"Or they're hungry! Let's go feed them!"The Queen says

I climb out of the blanket and jump out of her arms. I crawl over to where Encre was placed, wrapped on the floor. I hug him tight and protectively.

"Oh, there's a third."The Queen says

"Right, let's check this one out."The King says

The Queen comes over. She picks me up, tearing me away from Encre.

The King leans over, looking at Encre.

"This baby has something."He says

Then he snatches the orb from Encre.

"Mine now."He says

Instantly, Encre starts crying again. That was the only thing keeping him calm.

"Ugh, what an ugly and annoying baby. This one will definitely be Plan M."He says

I snatch the orb from him and once again escape the Queen's hold. I crawl over to Encre and return it to him. He stops crying. He hugs it close to him and pulls me close as well.

"I don't think you should steal that, honey. It may be a toy, like his rattle."The Queen says

I hug him close to me.

"I'm scared, Dweam. What are we gonna do?"Encre asks

"We just gotta buy some time. It will be ok. Twust me."I whisper

"What can I do to help?"He asks

"Keep that orb with you at all times. Hide it fwom these two."I say

He nods. 

The Queen scoops us both up.

"Maybe once we feed them they'll behave."She says

CLEARLY they don't know anything about babies, or kidnapped babies for that matter.

They were so naive and oblivious of what's coming.

Over the weeks, I was nothing but trouble for them. I puked, spit, catapulted food at them, broke things, vandalized things, crawled away, did what Killer does and steal knives; ruin their clothes or drew on walls, anything to upset them or keep them busy. I even led riots with Dalilah and Encre to escape, but we were always stopped. 

They put the blame on Encre and isolated him. They don't like him crying so they would muffle him by putting pacifiers or even socks in his mouth. 

Worst parents ever. 

The king got annoyed that Encre wouldn't give up the orb so he would whip Encre. That's right. He would hit Encre, a BABY, with a rope like a whip until he released it. But Encre never did. I would always intervene with Dalilah to protect him. The Queen would come in and see what he was doing but believe his lies when he told her it won't happen again, even when she caught him multiple times after that.

The King keeps trying to hide Encre from us, but finding Encre is easy. Just gotta listen for a baby crying in French.

One night, I was crawling around by myself. I think it's April 9th by now. I look around for Encre, but find an odd closet instead. I go in it and find coffins. And I don't mean cozy vampire coffins. I could see babies or kids in each one. Each one was labeled. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. They were full. But then I find some empty ones. K. L. M. They were ready for us to die. Then I see two more coffins labeled N and O. They plan to get more!

"I see you found my secret stash, huh? You plan on telling someone, don't you? With your lil baby talk? I don't think so. Time for you to be put in time out."A voice says

I turn around, seeing the King. He frowns and comes over, picking me up.

"Who are N and O?"I ask

"Oh, just your brother and close friend. My assistant just needs to wait for that window to open again. But you won't be able to stop me. I'll come back when that bottle is empty and if you're still alive, I will finish the job."He says

He puts me in a coffin labeled Q, shoves a milk bottle in my mouth, and shuts the coffin on me. I pound on it, trying to get it open, but it was no use. And the coffin was so small that the coffin lid was pressing against the bottle, making sure it stayed in my mouth. And it did not taste like any kind of milk, not even stale milk. I'm stuck.

Brother!

What is it?

Be careful! They are after you and Cross! Keep that window shut at all times! They....

Oh no. Cross just left to get you.

They are not good! They have killed the other babies before us!

Are you okay?

I'm trapped in a coffin. A-And...they gave me a bottle with weird milk.......I don't feel so good.....

Dream! No! Stay with me Dream!

I start to close my eyes, unable to do anything but sip the bottle and lay in this cramped coffin.

The next day

The King and Queen waltz around an empty throne room, holding little Dalilah in their arms. The King makes her very uneasy, while the Queen comforts her. She may be a naive, stupid queen, but she is way nicer than the king and has no part to play in what the king has done. Dalilah is very worried on this morning. She hasn't seen Dream or Encre all morning, she can't find them either. And these royal "parents" don't exactly seem concerned that two of their "precious kids" are missing.

There is suddenly a loud banging noise. Then, the grand doors burst open. Cross and Fallacy come crawling in quickly with Palette following with his roller.

"Dweam? Dweam where are you? Dweam!"Cross calls out

"Encwe!"Fallacy calls

"What is the meaning of this?"The Queen asks

The King is silent, eyeing the two new babies that crawled into his throne room

Dalilah looks at them, shaking. She silently pleas for help through a soft whimper. The King was tugging at her from the Queen, taking a stance that was ready to run.

Palette knows he can't call Dalilah his aunt right now, that would be weird and not believed. He has another idea.

"Hand my baby sister over now!"He says

"Sister? That doesn't explain a thing!"The King says

"Yes it does! My sister there was in my home but one of my parents left the window open and some mist kidnapped her and my brother! I tracked the mist to here to find you with her! So it does explain a lot! So hand my family over to me now!"Palette says

"But he said that she was found in a house with her brother."The Queen says, looking at the King

"That house was MY HOME!"Palette says

The Queen looks at the King, questioning him with a glance. She looks back to Palette.

"Why should we believe anything you say?"She asks

"I suggest you leave now before there is trouble."The King says

Palette calmly walks over, standing in front of them. His roller arcs over them as a warning, makint the royal duo uneasy.

"Sister? Dalilah?"Palette says

"Bwother!"Dalilah cheers, playing along and leaping into his arms

He catches her and she just starts crying, glad he came before something went wrong. She lets out all her fear, worry, relief and joy out, hugging him and not wanting to let go.

"See?"Palette says

"You LIAR WITH A CROWN!"The Queen says, slapping the King

The King stumbles back and gets tripped by Fallacy who had placed himself behind the King to trip him. Fallacy crawls away before he hit the floor though. Cross crawls onto the King and slaps him again, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt.

"Listen here, bub. This can go two ways. The easy way or the hard way. The easy way is where you just tell us where you put our fwends and then everything is fine. Sunshine and rainbows and that good stuff. You want that wight? Wight. But the hard way is where you are a stubborn jerk and we use our own....methods, yes let's call it dat, to get you to fess up. The choice is up to you."Cross says

"He put Encwe in the attic last. I dunno where Dweam could be though."Dalilah informs them

"Take us to Encwe."Cross says, taking out a picture of him

"Oh! Plan M! The ugly, stupid, annoying baby!"The King says

"You did not just say that."Palette says

"He did."The Queen says

Fallacy looks pissed.

He crawls over and towers over the King's face.

"You called my Encwe ugly? Stupid?"He asks with a venomous tone

The King nods.

"Nobody calls my Love, my Encwe stupid!"He snaps, then slaps the King, taking his crown and slashing him with it

"Should have kept your mouth shut about your stupid opinions on Encwe. Should have taken the easy way."Cross says

"Fine! I'll take you to Encre!"The King says

The King gets up with a paint roller to his back thanks to Palette. He leads them to a small room and unlocks the door. He opens it and all there was inside was a blanket wrapped up in a ball in a crate. The ball rocks side to side and muffled cries came from it. Fallacy crawls quickly over, bending the bars and reaching through.

"Encwe? Encwe? Is it you? I'm here!"He says, trying to unwrap it

The cries stop. The movement stops.

"Encwe?"Fallacy says

He unties it and the blanket unfolds. Tears fill his eyes.

"Encwe...."He says softly

Palette and Cross look at Encre.

"Those look like marks from rope....."Palette says

"What did you do to him?"Cross asks

"He wouldn't listen to me and give me what I want, so I tried to discipline him."The King says

"He would whip Encwe to let go of an orb...."Dalilah clarifies

"You whipped a baby?! What is wrong with you?! And PLAN M?!"Palette snaps

"I'm finding many things wrong with him. Plan M was his nickname for Encre, he was a plan in case the other two fail. All the others have run away. Your sister was Plan L and brother was Plan K."The Queen says

Sure, run away. She could call it that. Or not.

"His name is Dweam!"Cross snaps

Fallacy takes the pacifier out.

"Green stuff."He says, seeing a green liquid lining the pacifier that was not saliva

Cross snatches it and examines it.

"Chemical...."He says

"Were you seriously poisoning a baby or something too?"Palette says

"No, I was simply using a beverage to make him lose control and make him easier to use."The King says

The Queen slaps him.

"That's the definition of intoxicate, stupid! And that is the same as poisoning!"She snaps

Fallacy looks at the King with a deadly glare. He sets Encre down, going to teach this man a lesson, but Encre grabs him gently.

"No....Don't go."He pleas with a soft voice

"Encwe?"Fallacy says

Encre slowly opens his eyes a bit. His eyes were pale grays of their usual colors, but at least he is awake.

"Don't go, pwease."Encre says

Fallacy puts Encre in his lap with a grin. Encre hugs him. 

"Wait, gotta check!"He says, digging into his sleeve

He pulls out the small orb. It hovers in his hand and glows brightly, lighting up the dark room. Then it rams into Fallacy. Fallacy's fangs grow back in, his eyes glow again and a small pair of vampire wings extend from his back.

"So that's where my vampire side went."Fallacy says

Fallacy smiles.

"Now, love...I think now would be a good time to-"Fallacy says, leaning in

"Wait."Encre says, stopping him

Fallacy looks at him.

"Must find Dweam first. He pwotected me, so I pwotect him. I heard him cwiing and whimpering. I think he is in a closet the mean king kept secwet from the qween."Encre says

Everyone looks at Encre, dumbfounded.

"Secret, huh?"The Queen says

*The King feels his sins crawl down his spine*

"Come on!"Encre says, crawling out the door

He crawls right to the locked closet door.

"King?"He says

The King doesn't budge.

"Palette?"Encre says

Palette flings paint onto the door, making the door melt like it was acid. Encre crawls through. There are coffins of dead babies and kids in there, with wounds like Encre's. The Queen is shocked and very displeased with the King at this finding.

"Where is K?"Encre wonders, seeing the empty ones

Back to Dream

I could hear people coming into the closet.

"Dweam? Dweam?"Encre calls

"Dweam! Where are you? Make a sound! Give a sign!"I hear Cross shout

"Dream has to be in one of these."I hear Palette say

"Start talking, bish."I hear Fallacy order

I start to pound on the coffin and make some noise, but it just results in light tapping sounds and for the lid to shake the bottle. This makes more of the disgusting "milk" force itself into my mouth. I start feeling weaker and weaker, so I stop my tries.

Brother.....I love you......I love everyone. I can hear them but can't make a sound.....the bottle is nearly empty......

I feel pains in my soul.

"Bwother!"Dalilah calls

I check and see that it is cracking.

Soul is cracking.....

No! Dream! You stay with me! Stay with us! We are so close! I can't lose you now! We can't lose you now!

I can't do anything.....But he did not put me in a coffin labeled K....

"Guys! We gotta find him! Unclemare says that he is most likely getting posioned with a milk bottle! The bottle is nearly empty!"Palette says

Help is coming!

"Uncle says he is not in coffin K!"Palette says

I hear some tapping on the coffin lid. I fight the pain and weak feeling, giving soft taps in response. Then the lid opens. I see Encre looking in.

"Dweam!"He exclaims

I struggle to keep my eyes open.

"Over here guys!"Encre calls

"Dweamy!"A voice shouts

The bottle is yanked out of my mouth right before it got completely empty. I turn my head away and force myself to puke anything I swallowed back out. Not much came out though.

I feel two arms wrap around me. Then I get lifted from the coffin.

"Dweam!"A voice cheers

I look and see Cross holding me in his arms. I look at him and smile. I look back at the coffin and see it growing. Cross starts hopping happily while it makes outlines saying YOU GO HERE and CROSS GOES HERE.

"Cwoss! Stop! Pwease! Don't go in the coffin!"I plea, crying from fear

"Why would I go in there? I'd never do that or put you in there."He says

I see something start reaching from the coffin.

"Shut it!"I cry

Encre slams the lid on top. I grip onto Cross tightly, crying.

"This milk has the gween chemical. But a lot more gween."Encre says

"Dweam, you're ok now. You're safe now. I'm here."Cross says

I whimper, not able to express how I feel.

"Aww, come on. Where's that cute smile I know you have, Dweam?"He asks

I feel my face burn.

"Cwoss....He was gonna kill me. I don't feel good.....How can I smile? I'll do anything for him to stay away from me."I say

"Anything, huh?"He says

"And for you to stop hopping or I am gonna pull an Ink when he is excited or having strong feelings."I say

"Eww, ok."He says

He stops hopping.

"Consider the king thing done."He says, kissing my cheek

My face burns.

"Thank you, Cwoss...."I say

"Of course. I'm gonna marwy you one day so I want to make you happy."he says

"Cwoss!"I say, feeling my face burn even more

"Aww! How cute!"The Queen says

Cross smiles. He starts taking his first steps with me in his arms. He stumbles like any baby would, but does not drop me. Everyone goes ahead of us. The Queen takes the King to the dungeon.

Cross stops at the throne room. He looks at me and smiles. He leans in and kisses me. I lift my hand and place it on his cheek. His face burns and so does mine. I shut my eyes, listening to anything. But all I hear are our souls racing but beating in harmony. That is, until....crack! 

"Agh! Oww!"I cry, tearing from the kiss

My soul is cracking.

I frown, crying again. Cross checks my soul and sees the situation.

"Palette!"He shouts

Palette comes with Encre, Fallacy and Dalilah. Cross is starting to cry as well.

"His soul is cwacking!"Cross cries

Palette scoops us both up and swings his roller, making a portal. He carries us through and my brother grabs me from Cross' hold in Palette's hold using a tentacle. He pulls me close and wraps his tentacle around my soul. He grips my hand tightly.

"It will be ok, Bwotha."He says

His tentacle pushes and molds my soul carefully until the crack is gone. Then he hugs me, crying.

"Don't scare me like that again Dweam!"He cries

"I'm sorwy."I say

"Go, everyone must be worried. Maybe one of them can help get that poison out of your system and brighten your eyes again."He says

I get up and crawl around, looking for everyone. They hug me, very happy for me to be back. Cross kisses me and refused to let me go. But then Chara lures him away with chocolate. Palette comes over. He hugs me gently.

"It's so good to have you back, Dad. Now, let's fix you up."He says

He grabs his roller and rolls some paint onto the floor. He has me lay in it and it wraps itself around me like a blanket. He snaps and it disappears. He checks my stats.

"You're all good now."He says

"Thank you, Nefew."I say

"Can you go help Unclemare? He tries to hide it but he is really upset. He won't let anyone near him. Losing you, Aunt Dalilah and Mr. Killer really cut him deep all at once."He says

"Sure thing."I say

"And he seems to have gotten a new ability. He has been pulling a Doctor Strange from Infinity War. He has been looking at all that could go wrong or is going wrong for any that ends up alright. He is tearing himself up."He says

I nod.

I go to my brother and find him asleep. But then he jolts awake.

"Not another good end, huh? Palette told me what you've been doing."I say

"No..I don't want to talk about it."He says

"Come on, it's me, Bwotha. You can talk to me."I say

"I just am so tired of losing everyone. If I lost you or Dalilah and Encwe.....I'd be broken. But if I lost you AND Ink and Kills, I dunno what I'd do with myself. I don't wanna lose them. I don't wanna lose Kills....But according to what I've found....It may not be possible for that to change."he says

I could not take the look on his face.

He seems broken.

He cannot handle this.

And I don't want him to.

"Bwotha, it will be ok. Besides, what could possibly be done with Killa of all people? I swear he pwobably could make a knife outta anythin. And he has shown that he would neva leave yo-"I say

A knock at the door cuts me off. Brother doesn't budge. An envelope is slipped under the door. I go over and open it. 

My soul stopped beating for a moment.

OH SOMEONE IS GONNA DIE!

In it was Killer's ring and a note saying Sorry bud, he is taken.

I tuck the envelope away.

"What was it brotha?"He asks

"Junk mail."I say

He crawls over and hugs me.

"Thank you, Dweam."He says

"No pwoblem bwotha. Happy Siblings Day."I say

He dozes off.

I sneak out and crawl to the tree. But of course I don't go to mine to check on Cross. I access Killer's and Brother's.

Hello? Nighty?

Ooooh, you're lucky it ain't him and he doesn't know about the mail. 

DREAM?!

Yes, it's me. You got some explaining to do, buddy. Right now.

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TBC

Fun fact:National Siblings Day is on April 10, so I put it in.