The sun was rising in the horizon, the sky turned into beautiful shades of pink, purple and blue and birds began to chirp. A boy with golden blond hair, blue-green heterochromia eyes and pale skin, wearing a ripped red-white t-shirt, worn brown jeans, a brown oversized coat over his shoulders and a wine-red beanie on his head and had scars, bandages and plasters everywhere on his body. Around his neck, he had a green worn bandana and a compass with a piece of tape on it which said "Your Tubbo".

The boy's name was Thomas Theseus Innit (Tommy or Theseus for short) and currently he was stuck at the island he had called it his home the past few months. There was no way for him to return to his original home, since he wasn't allowed to leave nor had he any memory of which direction his home was, due to being stuck living on this island for so long, with only 1 or 2 people who visited him regularly. These people's names were Ghostbur and Dream and they would always keep him company on this damned island.

Mostly Dream would visit him, destroy the process he had made and eventually hang out with him. Tommy was so used to losing his daily process, that he had now made a chest with a sign on it which said: "My stuff", which contained the stuff he had crafted, collected and smelted. Dream was pretty much impressed of how obedient Tommy had become, that he would sometimes treat Tommy to a special meal or give him a special gift he had specially made for him. Tommy always gets excited when Dream does these kinds of surprises and feels like Dream actually cares about him, unlike the other people back at his original home, they didn't even bother to come and visit him, expect for Ranboo, Techno and Quackity, who had visited him once. But what Tommy didn't know, was that today his life will change forever...

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Dream walked through the nether portal, carrying a small bag in his left hand, hidden under his shield while he held a bow in his right hand, looking for Tommy while the sunlight was shining on him, giving his enchanted netherite armor an extra glow to it. It wasn't long until he found Tommy, sitting on the beach near the shore, touching the water with his bruised hand. Dream walked over to the shore, taking off his shield, putting it down along with his bow and sat down next to Tommy. It took a while for the boy to notice that someone was sitting next to him and looked over to see that it was Dream "Oh... Hey Dream... I didn't notice you sitting there..." He said, his voice was quieter than usual, something the masked male had noticed immediately. "Are you alright, Tommy? Your voice is quieter than usual." "I'm alright, Dream... Don't worry about it..." Tommy said, looking to the sea, but Dream didn't believe his bullshit, he knew that something was bothering the golden blond-haired boy.

Dream got up from the sandy surface, brushing off the sand from his clothes, grabbing his shield, the small bag and his bow, putting both his shield and his bow on his back. Dream held his right hand out, motioning Tommy to take his hand, which he eventually did after hesitating for a few minutes. Once he had grabbed the hand, the masked man pulled him into a hug, telling the boy that he was safe and that no one was ever going to hurt him as long as he was around him, hearing that made the boy cry hysterically into the man's green hoodie. The man rubbed the boy's back gently, comforting him the best he could since he wasn't used to comfort someone.

Tommy had eventually fallen asleep in Dream's hug, Dream carrying him to his small tent and putting him down on his bed, taking his jacket and his shoes off in the process. Dream glanced at the boy's body, noticing all of the scars he had on his body, mostly located on his legs and arms. Dream knew that Tommy went through a lot when he was a child, being a soldier for L'Manburg when he was only 9 years old, not being able to have a proper childhood at all. He knew that he couldn't blame Tommy for acting like a child, even tho he was 15-16 years old, something which was a common result of childhood trauma, just like he had watched his older brother figure die at a young age. Dream knew that this wouldn't justify Tommy's actions by the slightest, but he suddenly began to feel the urge to protect Tommy with all costs, he wanted to be that what Wilbur was for him before he died and he knew that Tommy needed someone to rely on and he already knew what he had to do...

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Tommy woke up on his bed, not knowing how he ended up there, until he looked over to the edge of his bed, where he saw Dream leaning against the bed, asleep, at least that's what Tommy thought. Not wanting to "wake him up", Tommy put on quietly his jacket and shoes on, readjusting the beanie on his head and walking out of the tent, heading towards the remains of what used to be his former home "Logstedshire".

Tommy smiled as he felt a calming breeze hitting his face, he loved these kinds of days, where the wind was calm, the sky was a beautiful blue color and the sun and the clouds visible in the sky. He remembered how he always sat on the bench near his house and played one of his discs during days like this, that he started to feel sad about that he was now stuck here, but at least he wasn't alone, Dream was always there to keep him company and make him not feel lonely or abandoned.

Soon he arrived and walked inside of the ruins, burn wood crunching underneath the brown boots he wore as shoes. He walked towards a chest that was still intact and opened it, only to find some stuff that he had never put in there and looked like they were placed in there not so long ago. Tommy started to anxious only by the thought that someone might had been watching him since he arrived here months ago. He closed the chest and sat down on the ground, starting to panic and began to cry uncontrollably, he was shivering in fear, hugging his knees tight to his chest.

In the meantime, Dream had woken up from his nap and was searching everywhere for Tommy, with his sword and shield ready to use and his armor shining in the fading sunlight, which was now getting trapped by darking clouds, meaning it would start raining soon. Dream knew for a fact that Tommy couldn't have left the island due to all of Tommy's things were still in the tent, so he had to be still on the island. He thought as he was trying to think where Tommy could have run off until he heard the sound of someone crying, immediately realizing that it might be Tommy who was crying. Dream began to follow the sound of crying and ended up finding Tommy, crying inside of the ruins of Logstedshire, having a severe panic attack at the very moment.

Dream put down his sword and shield and headed towards the crying boy, pulling him into a hug with the attempt to calm him down. "It's okay, Tommy. I'm here now, you are safe now." He said as he was holding him close and rubbing circles on the boy's back. Tommy could feel Dream's presence and hid his face into the male's chest, feeling safe and not alone. Dream smiled underneath his mask as he noticed Tommy's breathing slowly down by a bit and his crying became less and less until it had stopped completely. Tommy looked up to the masked male, his eyes were red and puffy. "Are you feeling better now?" Dream asked as he loosed the hug a bit. Tommy nodded, as he laid his head on the male's chest again, feeling safer than he had ever before. "If you don't might me asking, what made you panic like this? You don't have to answer if you don't feel talking about it." "There are things in that chest that weren't there before and I swear I haven't put anything in there, ever since Logstedshire got blown up!" Tommy answered as Dream looked at him, being as confused as Tommy was. He released the hug he had given Tommy, got up from the ground and checked the chest, noticing the things that Tommy had mentioned just yet... Deciding to bring Tommy back to the tent.

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Rain poured down on the 2 males standing next to a gigantic tower made out of dirt blocks, a tower Tommy had built as a way out of misery, but Dream had stopped him and began to speak "Tommy, you really think that this is a right decision you are making? You really want to just end it all by jumping down that tower and kill yourself, leaving those behind who cared about you. Leaving me behind!" "I don't want to leave you behind, Dream! I just want the pain to stop, to finally feel happy again!" "But killing yourself won't give you that feeling! Do you really want to be stuck in Limbo, just like Wilbur or Schlatt? You are aware that you'll be alone there and that won't be able to leave!" "I don't care! I just want to be free from all of the pain and misery in my life!" "But I can help you with that, Tommy. We could work together instead, imagine what we could do. You and I together, we'll be unstoppable. We could rule the server together, we would be invincible. And you'll be finally able to get the revenge you always wanted! Getting back on those who hurt you, left you behind or made fun of you. So, what do you think, Tommy? Doesn't that sound better?" Dream asked as he held his hand out to Tommy, waiting for a response. Tommy stared at Dream's hand, thinking about he had just said to him and grabbed it, his longing for revenge and causing chaos taking over his body and his decisions. Tommy was done with being treated like shit by everyone he knew and had trusted, thinking that they would care about him. He was going to show them his true potential with Dream's help...

Dream smiled in response and pulled Tommy into a hug, feeling proud about the decision the boy had just made. He knew that he had to play the right cards in order to win over Tommy's trust and showing him that he only needed hm and no one else in his life. Dream guided the boy back to the tent, watching the boy smile widely, realizing that his plan worked. Once arrived at the tent, Dream told Tommy that he wasn't exiled anymore and was going to live at Dream's house now, which made Tommy very happy of course. Dream grabbed the small bag he had taken with him earlier and gave it to Tommy, telling him he could look what's inside of it. Tommy did indeed look inside and squeaked from happiness as he saw the custom-made mask, took it out of the bag and asked the older male to help him put it on, which he did. "This mask looks good on you, Tommy!" "Thank you! I really love it!" Tommy said as he gave the older male a hug, which had surprised him.

The older male hugged the younger one back, smirking underneath his own mask. "You realise that you can't go around like this, saying that you are Tommy, you know that right?". Tommy nodded in response. "So I thought that we should change your name into something different." "Like a code name?" "Yes, like that. And I think that I have fitting name for you already. What do you think of the name, Nightmare?" "Nightmare? I love it!" Tommy said, a smile of his face, which was now hidden underneath a black mask with a bloody red frown on it...

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