AN/: Can y'all wish Blue a Happy Birthday? He's the best.

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Everyone tensed when the figure disappeared.

Deceit grits his teeth, narrowed eyes scanning for any sign of the figure. He then side glanced at the Fairy, a quick enough motion to be seen by her but nothing that could completely hinder his view of the window. "This entire cottage is hidden under an illusion right? How safe are we here?"

Fairy Godmother exhales, "we are quite safe here dear serpent, it's near impossible to find my cottage if you weren't invited at least once. I can count on you knowing just what it would mean to enter a fae household uninvited right?" She smirks at him, walking towards the window "my illusion currently remains unbroken and even if that were to happen...", She pauses to pat the giant fly trap; it purrs, but remained facing the window, "Fifi and her siblings will make quick work of any intruders"

The Serpentine side didn't look too convinced.

The Fairy sighed and snapped her fingers and all the windows shut with a gust of wind; they glowed with a surrounding magic that was akin to an electric field. "There, that should assuage your concerns", she said, "nothing gets in or out without me knowing"

"But what about that thing outside?"

Everyone looks at Thomas. The Host was paler than usual and clutching onto the unconscious Anxiety with dear life. "If that thing is here does that mean that those Ink monsters know we're in the general area? And what about them?" He gestures with a sweep of his free hand at the downed Aspect and Sides.

Fairy Godmother gives him a sympathetic look.

"I am Sorry Master Thomas, but I can not do anything about the former, not without giving away our position that is. The illusion will hold so long as we all remain inside-"

"Wait", pipes Logan, "what's stopping them from finding us then? Just because something is invisible, does not mean it isn't there. What happens if one of those creatures simply walks into a wall?"

"Ah, well," the fairy picks at her finger nails somewhat sheepishly. "I suppose calling it an illusion is not quite accurate then. Think of it this way, What they can't see, does not exist"

"What?! That doesn't make any sense at all-"

"Oh! I know!" Patton jumps in excitedly, "It's like those cartoons, when you run off a cliff, you're fine until you look down!"

Fairy Godmother blinks then shrugs, "that is a crude way of explaining it but essentially that's the way my domain magic works. So long as the door remains closed that is"

Thomas sighs, that was the best he was going to get he figured. "Ok, I guess that's good enough for now, but what should we do about these guys?"

"Now that I can help with", smiles the Fae. She waves her wand and suddenly the room glows a pale pink...

When Thomas and his three conscious Personalities open their eyes, they find nothing different...except, that they're all clean. Not a spec of the previous day's dirt or grime could be seen. Unlike Remy, no one else had the chance to have showered. Sure they had washed up before eating the roast- with the exception of Remus and Janus- but that was obviously different.

Deceit looked down at the unconscious twins and his mind flashed to when the Roman just barely managed to save Remus when he was moments from fading. Biting the inside of his cheek the serpent tried to focus on the present. Things had moved rather quickly, all things considered. It could be rounded up to a mere solid three hours that they were present in the fae's cottage and in that time, there had been maps, painful healing, origin stories, food-that-was-likely-made-by-magic and four unconscious members of Thomas' mindscape.

Great.

"Come along", calls Fairy Godmother, moving forward, "we will take them to the rooms. But do leave the door open should one of them wake."

"Wait why?" Questions Patton behind her.

"Oh! All my rooms are soundproof my dear".

That explains why no one could hear me scream, thought Janus.

Thomas lifted Virgil bridal style and was about to move. Patton attempted to do the same with Remy but the Sand guarding him refused to allow the Prominent near its Master.

Logan frowns. "Why does it keep doing that to you, Patton?"

"Yes Morality", intoned Janus sounding somehow both curious and somehow sinister at the same time. "Why would the Dream Keeper's Sand dislike you so? Have you done something to him?"

"Enough of that!" Chides the Fairy, " the prominent has done no harm to Remy but his ability is to split and destroy units. Sleep, here, is an Aspect, a unit able to be destroyed easily in comparison to a personality. The sand is just trying to protect Remy"

"Agh, well, I just want to help Remy-", Patton reaches forward, but the Sand hisses at him again.

Fairy Godmother shakes her head and goes to pick up Remy instead. Logan goes to help Deceit by picking up Roman while the snake picks up Remus .

"I wonder what they're dreaming of", mumbles Thomas.

The Dream sand rises, in a tendril it extends to the Manifestor and then explodes into a shower of dust and a flash of gold.

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Anxiety wakes up shaking in his room.

He blinks, his bed sheets feel real and everything is how he remembered it.

Wasn't he with Thomas?

The room then immediately changed, well not really but the walls had suddenly started projecting images.

There was himself in Thomas' arms, Roman in Logan's, Remus being held by Janus and Remy being carried by Fairy Godmother.

In a blink the room returned to normal.

Right.

So he was in a dream? Or a memory?

The Youngest personality bit his lip, he couldn't quite figure out what exactly was going on.

Exhaling to keep himself calm, Anxiety sat on the bed and tried to remember how he got into his current predicament.

Dream Sand...

A voice?

The Emo opened his eyes, a voice, that's what got him here. He remembered a voice that he shouldn't have been able to.

It was as if remembering had triggered an effect. The wind suddenly picked up and began howling. He didn't know if he was just imagining it but the shadows that usually resided in his room had taken on a particularly thick viscosity and looked no less than blood dripping down his walls.

A solid wave of dejavu hit him, he recognized this memory. He was in a memory-

"Come home young one~"

That voice, that was the voice that haunted his nightmares! Quickly he runs out of the room and is instantly plunged into darkness.

He wakes up in the car with Thomas.

"Come home young one~"

*Honk* *Honk* *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*

Eyes wide, Anxiety grabs the wheel from Thomas and turns it hard; flipping the car over.

The inside flips. He's upside down, with everything flying around in dead quiet and in extreme slow motion. The Car tumbles and breaks into pieces, evaporating into nothing and Anxiety rolls out onto his knees on dead grass.

The poor Personality has barely a moment to blink before he finds himself in a familiar dead forest.

There's silence.

Eerie silence.

Anxiety stands, brushing himself off.

He's warry, if this is the memory he thinks it is... then he's really in for it.

A bush behind him rustles and he jumps back, just in time to dodge a Ink pike coming at him. All he could see after is a sea of black ink and sharp teeth, the creatures were poised to attack and with so many of them, he didn't think he'd be able to fight them... one howled and they charged.

The Emo runs, jumping over dead roots and ducking under low branches as the ink monsters start chasing him, each one screaming and screeching. "Come home! "Come home!"

Growling he turns to face them.

He swings his arm out as he attempts to fight but his shadows don't come to him. Instead they fused with the Monstrosities and they reformed into one big mass. The thing was tall- freakishly so - with shadowy skin, a huge face and rows upon rows of sharp teeth. Its eyes were a terrifying yellow and its claws- scraped the ground as it ran. Long, sharp and drippy with some type of ooze, one he could only assume was a type of poison.

"Come home! Little one "Come home!" It cackled, ear-piercing as its rows of teeth rattled and echoed the sound.

"Come home! "Come home!"

No other choice left Anxiety runs.

The Creature chases him...

Right off a cliff.

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"Well I didn't ask for advice from the peanut gallery now did I?" Huffed Roman as he cleared vines and brambles away, using his Katana as a machete.

Remus cackles behind him, "I'm more like the pee and nut gallery if you ask me-"

"And that's why I didn't ask you. Keep your weird kinks to yourself"

"Excuse me? You're kink shaming me? How dare you Roman-"

"Kink shaming is my kink-"

Remus paused and then burst out laughing. "Ok, point for using my favourite vine but still...just a little maiming, as a treat?"

"Oh my goodness, no! You are not going to hurt him, at all! You don't get to touch him! Do I make myself clear?"

"Yeah, yeah, as clear as a fucking condom. Can we just find Remy and go now? It's far too boring and clean here, I can hardly stand it"

"Oh that must be so hard for you", spits Roman in mock sympathy. "However will you cope?"

Remus punches Roman in the shoulder.

Roman punches back....

Just like that, their brawling, arms and legs tangled as they punch and kick-

Roman just happened to be punched hard enough in the jaw to turn his head. There he saw a cliff...and Anxiety being chased off of it.

"Anxiety?" Questioned the Prince.

Remus paused mid strike, facing his brother's line of sight. "Shit!"

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"Shit!" Is all Anxiety could think to say as he turns to face the Creature in front of him.

He's trapped with the cliff edge behind him and the Monster keeps coming closer-

CRRAMSK!

The ground below the Youngest Personality's feet cracks and breaks apart.

He falls from the height, unable to help but scream and shut his eyes. He was about to be a splat on the forest floor- if he even made it to the ground.

He made the mistake of looking up, only to see that the howling Creature leapt after him; it's long gangly arms outstretched and ready to grab him.

Anxiety shuts his eyes again.

Something grabs his hand tight, halting his fall with an abrupt jerk.

Shaking, the Personality looks down to see the ground far, far below as he dangles above it by the mercy of whatever was holding his hand. Swallowing he looks up... and he almost cries.

"Hey Anxiety, I know I'm pretty, but you can't fall for me yet, alright?"

Anxiety chokes out a watery chuckle, "sure thing, Princey"

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Roman had somehow managed to catch Anxiety's hand-

"Hiya Anxiety! Nice of you to drop in!"

Remus was holding Roman's other hand while two of his green tentacles were stretched to the max, holding fast onto a tree.

Anxiety was so past his limit, that it was either pass out or breakdown. Because the former was most definitely not the best idea, the latter was what he went with; whether that break down involved tears or manic laughter was yet to be determined. A choked sob came out in the form of a few chuckles. Ah manic laughter it was then.

He could only manage a weak "sup" to the Dark half of creativity, as he climbed and shakily clutched onto the Lighter half. Roman cooed gently at him, whispering calming words all while he buried his face into the Prince's chest. Later he'd admire the feat of strength that it took Princey to lift and hold him with one arm.

Remus reeled them up and when they were safe on solid ground, then and only then did Anxiety let his opposite go...

Meaning he was now sitting in Roman's lap.

"Soo", grins Remus patting the Youngest Personality on the head with a- surprisingly gentle-tentacle, "what brings you here?"

"Dude, I don't even fucking know?!" Anxiety shakes his head and stands up, accidentally dislodging the tentacle, the Duke pouts, but says nothing as the younger continues. "Like, all I remember is Me, Remy, You and Roman screaming about hearing the dragon witch's voice and then I wake up here relieving different memories but twisted-"

"Wait", cuts Roman, now standing as well, "What do you mean twisted?"

"Like, twisted! They-"

Remus shakes his head as he buts in, "Anxiety how old are you? You couldn't have possibly been formed when She was alive"

"What?" ask Anxiety, completely confused, "Remus, what does that have to do with my memories?"

"Look, twisted is my deal but that doesn't matter, the real problem is that you and Remy can't have possibly met that bitch. Remy especially, it's his fucking Sand that brought us here"

"I never met her- wait where's Remy? You said his sand brought us here, where the fuck are we?"

"In our memories", mumbles Roman as he begins to pace pensively.

Anxiety runs a hand through his messy hair, "I thought that was Patton's job?"

The Prince shakes his head, "Patton holds Thomas' memories, not ours", he gestures around with a sweep of his hand, "this place holds memories of the last thing relevant to your subconscious, its how dreams are made"

"Yep!" Jumps Remus, "we're in dream lite. Whatever you were thinking about before you fell asleep is going to be reflected here"

The Youngest Personality's brows furrow, "I was thinking about the voice, and it showed me all the times I heard it, even the ones I don't remember"

The Duke shrugs, "like I said, subconscious"

Anxiety shrugs, stuffing his hands into his hoodie pockets. "So where's Remy?"

"The one place he never stops thinking about-" said Roman.

"What", snorts the Emo, " Starbucks?"

The Twins shared a look.

Then pointed to the large replica of the Dream Tower a bit in the distance.

Anxiety winced. "We're going to have to watch the girls die again aren't we?"

Roman frowns. "That is a possibility"

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Remus snapped them to the Tower entrance and then immediately dropped to one knee. "Fucking shit, that took a lot of energy!"

"Why the fuck did you do that?" Scolds Roman, picking his brother up off the ground. "We could have done it together, you dumbass!"

"Because fuck you that's why!" hissed Remus as he stood regaining his bearings. "Besides I haven't been able to summon my morning star since we woke up here, you're going to need more energy if you have to protect our powerless asses"

The Prince paused, "wait, you don't have your Shadows Anxiety?"

"Nope", shrugged the Youngest Personality popping the 'p'.

Roman face palms, "fuck, alright. Stay behind me, both of you"

The Duke and Anxiety took a step back without a word.

Remus waggled his eyebrows at the Emo next to him.

Anxiety scoffed and pushed him away, though there was a small smile hanging on his lips.

The three of them stepped into the Tower.

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They find Remy, watching a memory of himself.

He glances at them and gestures for them to come over with a tilt of his head; together they watch the ivory walls burst into color as memories replay like a movie on a screen.

A memory flashed by showing Sleep bandaged on his bed, next to him was Geoffrey. It's seconds later that his memory is waking up in panic "They're here" past Remy says, and then immediately passes out.

The Twins and Anxiety glance at the Aspect but Remy pays them no mind.

The next memory is in the Dream Tower central.

"If you are unable to recognize my voice then you are far too young and naive to be involved"

"I'm young... but 'm not naïve-"

"Hmm, maybe not little one", it purred, "but you are still too young, now sleep~"

The Aspect shook his head and shakily, he pushed himself up.

"I am Sleep"

"You are indeed!" Giggled the voice, as if it were impressed with his actions. "But now, playtime is over little one, so...goodnight!~"

Past Remy could only gasp in pain as he hit the tile and then his eyes rolled back as unconsciousness took him without any hesitation.

"Sleep well my little Dream Keeper" laughed the voice, "your worst nightmares are about to become a reality!"

A black mass forms, tall and Ink-like. It's hand reaches forward to grab at the unconscious Guardian, but before it could, the Dream Sand attacks it, pouring more and more of itself until the creature dissipated into nothing.

Another laugh rings out.

"Oh! How precious~! I think I'll keep you little one!"

The little bit of Sand left, forms into a pillow and thin sheet as it drapes itself across its Master. The Bag, Jacket and Shades are gone.

Remy wakes up later.

He groans sitting up and clutching his head.

"What happened?"

Then memory after, took place on the couch in Fairy Godmother's cottage.

Sleep was texting, his shades were above his head and his red rimmed eyes were in full view.

He suddenly stops texting and places a hand to his head. A voice rings out.

"You can't hide from me little one~"

"Who are-", he tries to answer, but the pain and pounding in his head made it difficult.

"Tell me where you are~"

"Wha-"

"Tell me where you are!"

Past Remy grips his head, before his eyes roll back and he passes out, phone falling on his chest.

The image seems to blink...

"Tell me where you are!"

Sleep wakes up to Remus above him and Roman asking if he remembers his dreams.

Then the next vision is one they all recognize.

Fairy Godmother had just shown them the image of the Dragon Witch.

They can all see the four of themselves writhing and screaming as the Witch's cold laughter echoes.

"You can't hide forever, I will find you!"

Remy loses consciousness and the Dream Sand renders both half of Creativity, along with Anxiety, unconscious.

The visions cleared and the Dream Tower disappeared completely, leaving the four of them in a field of soft grass.

Anxiety frowns, before turning to the Aspect beside him.

"Remy, if these are subconscious memories, and that on was a recent one, that means something is tracking you"

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AN/:Hey guys!

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