Dream reacted when he heard something break. It was the pot his daughter was holding that explode on the ground, spilling dirt everywhere and damaging the flowers. A look of horror was on Zita's face as she ran to her father.

"Dad !"

"Zita ???" asked a very anxious voice from the house. "What happened sweetheart ?"

"Papa ! Dad is back !" she shouted back.

A few seconds later, Sugarplum was running down and toward them. His eyes were showing his worry, and they widen at the sight of his boyfriend.

"Starshine, what happened ?" He said as he put Dream in a deep hug. The guardian hugged back, saying he was sorry and that something went terribly wrong. All the family went inside to sit on the couch. Dream sighed, he didn't know where to begin, what to say first. Zita and Plum were curiously discovering the new appearance. Big wings, tentacles, tatoos and his fetish newly broken circlet.

"Begin from where you left..." says sweetly Plum.

"I-... I felt Nightmare... He was dying..."

Plum's pupils shrunk. He knew Dream's link to his twin. He began to understand the scenario and he didn't like it a bit.

"Uncle Mare can die ? I mean, his goop takes every shock." Said the young girl.

"Not all, sweetie. And not this time." He answered, bitterly smiling to her. "Ink is a god, he has his ways."

"Zita, your father was dying too. He and his twin were heavily linked. This is why he was in pain earlier." Said Plum.

Zita's face decomposed. She looked at Dream, expecting him to say the contrary but nothing. He was just sadly staring at her.

"I found Night... he was very badly injured. I couldn't help him, we were both dying. But something unexpected happened. My body dusted to heal Night and our souls fused."

"You mean, there's also Nightmare here ?" asked Plum in slight terror.

"We share the body, we still are two persons inside."

Plum's face was pale. He saw Nightmare once and almost died this day. Dream knew his fear but he couldn't hide the fact they were both in him now.

"I couldn't let myself die. I didn't want to leave you..."

"And here you are. Transformed." Said Lust as he hugged him. "At least you came back.

He hugged him back feeling teary. Zita came to her father too, hugging him. They knew everything would change. Dream released the hug.

"You might hate this... but Night wants you two at the castle. We declared war to Ink for what he did to us, and what he never did for this multiverse."

Plum almost fainted but Dream caught him. He gently took him against him and reassure him on his twin.

"If he offered to moved you, it is so I can still enjoy you, and protect you from Ink. This is his idea and he soften between the time you met him and now.

"I do have kids back at the castle. This is why I understand." Said nightmare's voice.

Plum jumped in fear as Dream looked puzzled. He turned himself toward the voice, finding the mirror behind him and a passive Night speaking. Though, his right eye is purple, the left is turquoise and he wears full black clothes.

"Kids?" asked Dream.

"Adoption. Found two lab rats in a AU Error destroyed. Both kids, both brothers. One used to be a papyrus, but experiences turned him in a sans type."

"That's great of you brother !" said Dream.

"They are not killers. One is the silent type and the other has a lack of feelings from the PTSD. I took them last year, they're 8."

Zita seemed charmed by this. She always wanted siblings, but knowing how hard it was for her fathers to have her in the first place, she kept that. But adoption is cool too.

"What's their names, uncle Mare ?" she asked.

"Asteroidea and Torpedo. But we usually call them Aster and Thor."

"Thor?"

"Torpedo produces his own electricity. They have strange but useful abilities."

"That is cool. Sad for the way they had them."

Nightmare crossed his arms. Using his magic to project his reflect somewhere to access discussion was indeed a good idea. He could legitimate himself and Dream.

"Yeah... once Dream is finished, I'll have to go to the castle and try to explain them."

Zita's face decomposed. She didn't thought of that, but yeah, now they have to fuse two lives. But can they do it so ?

No, Plum didn't want. No when the gang almost killed him for fun. His stare toughen and the twins noticed.

"We're not moving in the castle today. Don't worry."

"I don't want ever. You know what they did to me."

"You should hate me, not them, they were just following my orders."

"They enjoyed it too much that I'm doubting."

Dream went to touch Plum's shoulder but he flinched. They all knew what happened, and the fusion is going to mess the relationship. Dream did the movement again, very slow and sweetly.

"Sweetie... Plum. What should we do ? We can't stay here. Ink is gonna fight back to us and you know his liking to strike beside us to hurt us more."

"I-I..." Tears came up his sockets. "I don't know !"

"Plum. I have a side of my castle unused. You can live there with your daughter without having contacts with the bad guys team."

"Can you guarantee me that ? No contact ? To the point they don't know I'm here ?"

"They know you'll be here, but they don't have the right to contact you. After all... they'll have to know Dream and I are fused."

"I don't want to if they know."

"They know there will be people, not who."

Plum stared at Nightmare's pupils in the mirror. The twin was rather serious about his says. Maybe the protection of his brother was prior to torturing people, and to protect his twin, he'll have to protect his family.

"I don't want any contact."

"Granted."

Nightmare vanished from the mirror. Dream kissed Plum on the forehead, happy they all finished to find a way.

"I'm sorry to impose you that, Plum."

"Well... I'm sorry too for this whim..."

"That's understandable, they almost killed you like you said. And I know for sure, I was the one to heal you."

He hugged him delicately to comfort him. He summoned his magic that enveloped all the house smoothly. Then it began to assemble in small piles covered in magic meshes. Plum seemed to panic.

"W-wait, now ???"

"The fastest we can. Please."

He began to cry but just hugged Dream who stood up with his boyfriend in his arms bridal style. Zita posted herself beside her dad with her eternal sweet smile, using her magic to calm her dad down. Every stack of meshes teleported elsewhere, and the trio disappeared with the last one, a second before someone broke down the front door.

Somewhere, in a far part of the castle, they all appear with all their stuff around. They are in the middle of a living room. It's dusty but it's in good shape. There are sofas around a fireplace, a lower table in front of them. A desk is behind with twelve chairs. Heavy curtains shut the lights from coming and it's the first thing done. Zita opened them.

A kitchen can be seen, since it has an opening toward the living room. Stairs beside the kitchen led to the bedrooms and the water rooms. Water rooms because of old style bath made of stones, with statues, showers on the side.

"Now I feel like a princess." Said Zita.

"Well, kinda." Said Dream.

"You sure they won't come ?" asked Plum.

"Will make sure of that personally. In case, you're allowed to dunk their ass." Said Dream.

"Dad ! Language !"

He just giggled it off, shrugging his shoulders.

"Guess Night and I have influence on each other." He kissed Plum on the forehead. "I'm gonna tell the team, Begin to unpack, choose the best bedroom you want and go relax in a bath. I should not take long."

Dream eclipsed himself in the shadow. In a flash, his right pupil turned purple. They were both sharing the body at the same time. They didn't do this in front of Plum because of his uneasiness toward the gang. But that was a better idea to be both at the same time.

The pupils swirled with both purple and yellow to turn into their neutral blue from the tatoos and then disappeared in the void like sockets.

When Neutral appeared, the gang was discussing the strange view Cross and Killer saw in Xtale. Dust and Horror couldn't believe even if Error told them it was true.

They all shut when Neutral arrived, convincing the two last of the events. The papyrus around Dust began to shuffle around with unease. Finally, two heads rose from the sofa, from Killer's cover. Asteroidea and Torpedo were watching the new person. But they knew. Better than the others.

"Father !" they exclaimed. "So cool ! Are those real wings ?!" asked one. "TAIL !" screamed the other.

They ran around as Neutral raised them in his arms. They discovered the new appearance, from the broken crown to the tatoo, his new black tears.

"Boss, what the fuck happened ?" asked Dust.

"Long story short. Ink almost succeed to kill me. That killed Dream instead."

Their jaws dropped. Neutral explained the wholestory, listening in disbelief at the incredible things that happened, and theextraordinary result standing in front of them