Okay so I know I said I was working on my D&D story, wich I am, but I had finally finished this OSD idea that @thegreatpapyrus759-blog had from the Nightmare tournament. They commented on @calcium-cat post about how they would like to see someone make a fic about OSD Nightmare taking care of Dream and passive Nightmare. So I wrote my Idea of how I think it would work out.
Disclaimer/Background info: In my interpretation this passive Nightmare is the "manifestation" of Midnight's lie to Dream. Basically this Nightmare/Nighty had to deal with the villagers chopping down the tree and being taken away from Dream, but it also didn't play out exactly how Midnight described it. I already planned out a few chapters but I'm not 100% sure if I'm going to turn it into a full series. Also the, I guess I would call it a preview of Chapter 1 happens after Chapter 8 and before Chapter 10 my reason for before chapter 10 and not 12 all goes back to how I already planned a few chapters and there's a certain character from chapter 10 that would really help me flesh out Nighty's personality and relationship with the other Characters and would help explain his reaction to later advents example being the advent in Chapter 12.
Now with that out of the way I now Present to you (Still working on the title) OSN a OSD AU.
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Waiting for Midnight and the gang to return is dull, and Dream’s ability to keep himself busy is mediocre. He had colored enough to fill an art museum; playing by himself had already gotten boring, and he hadn’t dared to touch the board game he and the guys were playing.
“Midnight!” Dream excitedly exclaims as he promptly sits up to the familiar sound.
Dream rushes over excitedly to see the guys, but his excitement is short-lived as there is just an unfamiliar-looking portal in the middle of the room.
He called for Dusty, Kiki, and Rory but still no response.
Dream waited for a bit, but no one walked out. Dream started to get anxious; who or what was on the other side? Why are they taking so long to exit the portal? Is the person good or bad? Are Midnight and the guys on the other side, and if they are, were they in trouble… was he going to lose them too?
These questions kept spinning around in his head until he couldn’t take the uncertainty; he walked up to the portal fully prepared to walk through… except he wasn’t fully prepared, it was more half prepared. He stopped just a few inches from the portal when new questions formed in his head.
What if it’s dangerous? What if the portal closes behind him? Would he be trapped on the other side? Will Midnight get mad at him for leaving the castle again?
Dream paused for a second before coming up with a brilliant idea. He doesn’t have to fully walk through; he could just poke his head through, so he is technically not leaving the castle.
So that is what Dream did.
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In an instant, a gust of cold air hits Dream’s face; he looks around, barely able to make anything out past the portal’s light. The only thing illuminated was the cracked, mossy stone brick floor.
Dream opened his mouth to call out, but someone spoke up.
“I already said I don’t know.”
The voice sounded desolate, somber, and timid. Like whoever said, it had lost hope, but most of all, it sounded… familiar.
Dream took a step out of the portal.
“N-nighty?” Dream felt a bit hesitant.
After a moment of silence, Dream heard a creaking noise, like someone was standing up from a creaky bed. A figure, around the same height as Dream, stepped forward from the shadows.
“D-Dream?” Nighty sounded shocked
“Nighty!” Dream exclaimed as he ran over to “his” brother to pull him into a hug, but Nighty stopped him, backing further into the dark.
Dream paused for a second; why did Nighty back away?
“Through there” Dream pointed to the portal before looking back at Nighty, trying to look closer at his facial expression.
The shadows cover up most of his face, but based on how dim and wavy his eye lights are…
"Y-you have to go." Nighty's anxious-sounding voice snapped Dream back into the conversation.
"You have to go, Dream." Nighty sounded a bit more stern, "It's not safe."
"Well, I'm not leaving you here." Dream grabs Nighty's hand, causing him to flinch as he gets pulled toward the portal.
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Nighty shields his eyes from the sudden change in lighting; he shifts his feet against the hard floor. We’re not outside.
"Nighty!" Dream's voice shouted, sounding concerned
Nighty flinches quickly, opening his eyes, ignoring the stinging pain as he looks around; I knew they wouldn’t have made it this easy; of course, they would...
I’m… What? Nighty looked at Dream, holding his scarred arms; Oh right… Nighty was relieved that it wasn't the villagers.
"I'll be right back." Dream interrupts as he lets go of Nighty's arms, leaving him alone.
Nighty moved his arm to try to stop Dream, but he was too fast. He looked around the room he stood in the middle of. There was a couch and some other stuff unfamiliar to him.
He looked behind him where the portal would be, but it wasn't there.
"I'm back." Dream announced as he walked over to Nighty with a small box in his hands. "I found the band-aids."
Nighty watches as Dream takes a small handful of dino band-aids from the box and starts to open them, placing each one over every scratch, scrape, and scar.
"Thank you," Nighty mumbled once Dream was done.
"You're welcome." Dream grind, he looked at Nighty’s expression, pain. Dream wanted to hug Nighty, but…
"Where are we?" Nighty mumbled, quickly looking away from Dream.
"We're in Midnight's castle," Dream answered, pretending he didn't notice Nighty avoiding eye contact.
"Midnight?" Nighty's tone shifts sounding apprehensive, eye lights glace toward Dream
Dream nods as he starts to talk about Midnight and the guys and how nice they are.
Nighty waits until Dream is finished. "Where are they?" His tone doesn't change
"They went out, but they'll be back."
Nighty doesn't say anything; he is still scared.
"Do you want to play?" Dream asks, feeling more anxious to help Nighty
After a few seconds, Nighty nods.
Dream smiles and takes Nighy's hand showing him to his room.
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So this is basically what I have so far, if I do end up making this a series I'll probably edit it if I think it needs to be, also I don't really think I need to explain this but I'm going to just incase, the words in italics are when a character is thinking, I don't use italics for every thought I just use it on the ones that the Narrator/I don't mention is a thought.
I'm still working on my D&D story I'm just currently working on the notes and revamping/changing the character sheets, notes, and world building. I'm hoping it would make my job a lot easier when writing the story.
Also I drew a quick little drawing of Nighty to go along with the story and there are some lore in the drawing as well as hidden details that connects to the lore.
(Teal Words: Chiped Tooth, Arm Scars and Palette)
