Hello wonderful people who have decided to read this fic, here some things you should know:

- There will be no swearing (You guys can swear, its just I don't write swearing)

- No shipping. No. Just no. No offense meant to anyone, just personal preference.

This is the first fic I've ever written, and the writing gets a lot stronger and better as the story progresses.

I hope you enjoy :D

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Highest Rankings Ever Achieved: (Will be updated, will only includes rankings above 5)

#1 bittersweet - Jan. 30th 2021

#1 hermit - Dec. 22th 2020

#1 xisuma - Dec. 30th 2020

#1 hermits - Dec. 30th 2020

#1 evilx - Jan. 4th 2021

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Dream yawned, his face illuminated by the ghastly green of holographic code that floated steadily in front of him. He paused, studying the letters, then frowned, typing quickly, his tired fingers flying across a glowing keyboard made of the same floating, half-transparent material as the letters. They were made of an admin's powers, sustained by his willpower.

Code.

The fundamental thing that made up the world. There were constant bugs, errors, and cases of code glitching, which is exactly what Dream is on the lookout for. He discovered a small flaw in the code, which would have caused a few blocks to glitch and vanish whenever someone bred a cow, and carefully rearranged the glowing letters, adding and deleting a few. 

Satisfied, he yawned again and formed a fist with his right hand, the code and keyboard vanishing into the inky darkness. He looked around him, noticing for the first time how dark it has gotten outside, crystal-like stars glittering coldly on a sky as dark as the void.

He sighed. Admin duties were tiring, and he was often kept up late, but he enjoyed it. The power. The thrill of being able to tell his friends in the morning that he had fixed the code. The satisfaction of perfecting a piece of code. Oh - and of course the fact that no one else has wanted to do it. But that was fine.

He stood and stretched, his fingers aching from so much typing, nearly smacking Sapnap in the face.

Sapnap gave a startled yelp and jumped backwards.

"Sapnap!" Dream protested, trying to calm his racing heart from the unexpected jump scare.

"Dream!" Sapnap snapped right back. "Is that how you apologize for almost beheading a friend?!"

Dream laughed. "Beheading? First of all, you are the one who snuck up on me in the middle of the night, and second, that wouldn't have even scratched you!"

Sapnap chuckled, then frowned. "In all seriousness, you should be sleeping. It's not healthy to be staying up this late."

"I needed to. To fix the code."

Sapnap rolled his eyes. "Well now I feel guilty. Thanks a lot."

Dream blinked. "What?"

"I uh- noticed a bit of a glitch."

Dream frowned. "That's not good. Where?"

"I'm not telling to until tomorrow Dream. Go sleep."

"But-"

"No buts! You are going to work yourself into the ground! This is ridiculous! If you don't sleep, I'm going to tell Techno - he's an admin too!"

Dream fidgeted nervously. "Alright but please don't tell Techno. Last time he tried to fix some coding issues for me he ended up accidentally turning the entire chunk into a potato farm."

"Oh yes-" Sapnap agreed, amused. "Accidentally."

Dream sighed. He had been unable to get Techno to learn any admin powers, apart from one simple command. A summoning command, that gave him his enchanted diamond sword, his trusty weapon that had won him many, many fights. Dream hesitated, glancing at Sapnap who was glaring at him with a mock angry expression. "I still think I should fix the code right now. The earlier it's caught, the easier it is to fix."

Sapnap refused to budge. "Nope," he disagreed cheerfully, nudging Dream towards his bedroom. "No coding. Sleep."

Dream stifled a yawn. "Fine..." He grumbled trudging sleepily towards his bedroom. Some sleep would be good, he relented in his mind.
Besides, it was just one small error. A tiny glitch.
He could fix it tomorrow.

Sapnap grinned victoriously and headed back into his room as well.

As the glittering stars flickered across the sky, the minds of the Dream SMP were at rest.

Unaware of the hidden corruption tearing through their world.

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Future chapters will only be longer, this is one of the shorter ones! 

Chapters are named after colours that I think fit the mood/plot, also they will spell something out at the end :D