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The Power of Hopes and Dreams

a fanfiction of Netflix’s show “The Sandman” by Laura Vázquez

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters Morpheous/Dream, Lucienne, Matthew, Lucifer, Desire, Death, John Dee, Johanna Constantine, Corinthian, the Fates etc. Some characters, situations, character arcs, dialogues that i have taken literally as they are in the show belong to Netflix and Neil gaiman alone. I have only used them as a means to express my story, I claim no ownership over them.

Also, some lines of dialogue and the mirror of Merlin have been taken from Harry Potter. They are J.K. Rowling’s creation and hers alone.

Finally: the pictures used to illustrate the story have been taken from Google images. The pictures of Raina belong to the game “Shaiya Light and darkness”. The image of the dark faerie is Etayne Goddess of darkness from the same game.

The image of Jack Frost and Elsa is fanmade and I found it on google images. No ownership claimed.

The white dragon is property of Ciruelo Cabral.

And lastly: the pictures of Dream/Mopheus and the Dreaming belong to Netflix and Google images.

Dream had been trapped in the magical crystal prison on the basement of Burgess Manor for a hundred years. His captor hadn’t meant to trap him but his sister Death. During his captivity, Dream didn’t say a word. His only confort was the thought of freedom and vengeance. Alex, his new captor, was an old man in a wheeled chair. He came to negotiate with Dream once again but received only silence in return.

What Alex didn’t notice was that he broke the magical circle of protection with his wheeled chair. Things were about to change.

Raina was in the throne room. Like every night, she entered the Dreaming in her sleep. She admired the oniric beauty of this place. Once again, she admired the arquitecture, the columns, the starry sky above and just for a little while the pain of her loss receded. Like every time she came to the Dreaming, she was wearing her Goddess of the Moon attire. White and golden, sexy and beautiful, her hair a cascade of gold, her big grey eyes full of wonder.

She was staring at the stars above. She didn’t notice the presence of the Dream Lord sitting on the throne.

Dream was staring at the intruder, curious to know how she entered his realm.

He couldn’t help but notice how beatiful she was, her heart-shaped face, her eyes, her body…

It had been eons since Dream had felt such desire… But he had more pressing matters to attend to.

A deep, sensual voice came to her ears.

- Dream : - Do you like it?

Raina was startled. Every time she came here the place was empty. Who was the Dark Lord talking to her?

- Raina: - Yes. It’s beautiful. Like a Dream…

Dream rose from the throne and started walking towards her. As he approached, she walked away from him. There was something about him that repelled and attracted her at the same time.

Dream: - who are you? How did you enter the Dreaming?

Raina: - I…

She looked straight into his oceanic blue eyes and then turned around and ran away.

Dream ran after her through the maze-like pattern of the palace and guessed where she was headed.

Raina reached a room with only one door. She looked at it, tried to push it but it was useless. There were shapes engraved on the black stone resembling stars, a comet and the solar system. The door of space.

The only figure that had colour was the sun. It stood at the exact centre of the door and there was a yellow orb made of topaz representing the sun. But Everything was out of place. Raina tried to remember her junior high lessons on astronomy to remember what the solar system looks like.

Ok, let’s go.

There was a small crystal table near the door and there they were: the planets, the moon, a comet and two stars made of the most radiant precious stones she had ever seen.

Raina: - Come on Raina, you can do it.

She first grabbed a smokey quartz sphere and placed it on Mercury’s place. She turned it clockwise and it clicked.

Then, it was time for the fire opal. She placed it on venus and it clicked.

Next, azurita for the Earth. Click. And, a shiny pearl for the moon.

The red ruby for mars and citrine for Jupiter.

Raina: - Come on, come on!

Sapphire with diamonds for Saturn, turquoise for Uranus and amethyst for Neptune. Yes!

Now, the stars.

First, pink quartz for the Halley comet. And then… she had no idea which stars these were. One was big, the other one small. She closed her eyes and a sweet voice whispered in her ear: the clock in Vega…

Ok, she had to decide. She placed a small diamond in the small star and a round moonstone for vega.

Wait,,, there was another star, and no more pieces. She had been so close…

Above all the others, there was a big eight- pointed star. Tiny engraved snowflakes clustered it round.

Raina: - snowflakes, snowflakes!..... Ah! Polaris! The frozen star!

Dream was fast approaching and she could hear his deep voice: there’s nowhere to run.

Raina dismissed his voice, grabbed the eight-pointed star pendant she wore around her neck, placed it on Polaris and turned it clockwise.

Clack!

The contures of the door started shining white and the door opened. Raina entered and all morpheus could see was Raina’s shape dissappearing into the gloom.

She went through a dark hallway for about ten minutes. Then, she emerged on a desolate landscape, under the starry sky and full of mist. She started walk8ing and walking and suddenly she encountered a gigantic mirror.

This was no normal mirror, for it shows the beholder their deepest and most secret heart’s desires. Raina approached it and stood in front of it.

Jack and her in their wedding attires danced with closed eyes.

Suddenly, she dissapeared .He placed both hands on the mirror and she did the same. Her forehead touched his and she closed her eyes. She forgot about Dream and everything else, all she wanted was to be here with him. But then, the mirror changed: Jack was pale and greyish like a corpse and the bullett wounds were pouring his lifeblood until it was too late.

She started breathing heavily, all the old love, longing for him and the anguish of knowing that he had died to save her came back to her all at once. She started breathing harder and harder until she refused to take it anymore.

She summoned Excalibur, the ancient sword that can only be wielded by a person with a fair heart, and destroyed a part of the mirror.

Raina: - AAAAAHHHHHHH

Jack dissapeared from it and then something happened that Raina did not intend: her reflection on the damaged mirror was Morpheus.

Raina: - What’s this supposed to mean?

And then, Dream’s reflection said:

Dream’s reflection; - Always and forever, I know that in the altar of my own personal faith you’ll always be the mirror where I look upon myself.

Raina took a moment to assimilate the words and then kept on running. towards the distant Ivory Tower.

Clarification: (the name Ivory Tower and this picture belong to the neverending Story movie).

She descended a dark spiral staircase, crossed the room full tapestries of magical creatures

( Sight', c1500 (detail), from the series 'The lady and the unicorn', Musée de Cluny –)

to the crystal gates and went out into the garden.

Dream was about to reach her but she summoned the ancient sword that can only be wielded by someone with a fair heart: Excalibur.

Dream guessed what she was going to do and extended his hand. Lightning came down from the sky and hit the sword and made it dissapear. Raina was terrified.

Dream: -There’s nowhere to run…

Dream grabbed Raina and cornered her against a wall of rock and placed his hands on either side of her face. His face was really close to hers and his eyes were locked on hers.

Dream: - Now, where were we? Ah, yes, who are you and how you entered the Dreaming.

Don’t be afraid, I feel it too.

Raina: - I… my name is Raina. I don’t know how I do it, it just happens.

His eyes were locked on hers.

Dream: - You’re telling me the truth. I will not forget this.

Raina: - I will never lie to you.

Dream: - Have you any idea of the things I can do to you for entering the Dreaming without permission?

Raina: - Oh yes? What will you do? Send me a nightmare every night to remind me that I couldn’t save the one I love? That has already been happening for the past six monts.... Or no, even better! You’ll send me to hell! I’ve been living in hell every single day since he’s gone. Except when I come here. You cannot make me feel any more pain than I already have.

Raina pushed Dream aside and started walking away. But then...

Raina: - You weren’t here before. Who are you?

Dream: - I am Morpheus, Dream of the Endless.

Raina: - Morpheus? The Lord of Dreams?

Dream: - Yes

Raina: - You built this place…

She was looking at him in awe, unable to grasp what kind of being he was, when suddenly the ground shook.

Raina: - Do you know what that is?

Dream: - Yes

Raina: - The NOTHING! RUN!

She took his hand and they headed to the throne room. Raina looked up at the sky and saw the nothing devouring the stars.

Raina: - Do something!

Dream: - I can’t! I am prisoner in a magical prison! If you want to save the Dreaming you will have to save me!

Raina: - How? Tell me!

Dream: - Destroy my prison!

Raina: - Where are you?

Dream: - In Burgess Manor!

The ground on which Raina stood cracked open and she fell into darkness…

Raina woke up on her bed filled with sadness.

Raina: - The Dreaming…. Burgess Manor.

She rose from her bed, it was four in the morning. She turned on her computer and browsed “Burgess Manor”. There it was, and there was a sign of “guards wanted”.

She had an idea.

Ten o’clock in the morning, Raina stood in front of Burgesse’s manor front door wearing her Security Guard costume and her fake curriculum vitae on her hands.

She knocked on the front door and waited for it to be opened. The butler welcomed her and showed her in.

Alex read her impressive curriculum and hired her to be Dream’s new guard.

He took her to the basement and showed the naked prisoner to her. Dream and Raina crossed glances but neither said anything. Dream’s glee and anticipation could be seen in his eyes.

Alex warned Raina not to touch the magical circle. Raina gave him a Yes, sir! And Alex went to sleep upstairs.

Apart from her there two other guards with whom she chatted amiably.

At the hour of the wolf, the two guards were bored. She offered to bring them a drink and they accepted.

Raina poured three glasses of Coke and poured the sleeping powder she had brought with her on two of them. She went down the stairs to the basement and took the glass she knew had no powder. The guards drank the Coke and ten minutes later they were deeply asleep.

She took off her shoes and went straight to the magic circle. She erased a part of it and grabbed one of the guards weapons. She shot the crystal prison five times and shattered a part of it. Blue light came from inside it and Dream came out from it. Dream was free.

He was completely naked, but she didn’t notice. She smiled with joy but at the same time a sense of dread filled her heart. Would he punish her for entering the Dreaming without permission? Would he take out his anger on her?

Dream stood in front of her looking in her eyes.

Dream: - After a hundred years of imprisonment, you extend your hand in friendship to me. What reward do you want for the immense favour you’ve done to me?

Raina: - Reward?

Dream: - Yes

Raina: - You’re not going to send me to hell?

Dream: - I could never do anything to hurt you.

Raina started thinking and came up with an idea. But it was impossible.

Raina: - Something impossible. It can’t be done.

Dream: - What would it be?

Raina: - One more day with my husband. To properly say goodbye.

Dream’s face approached hers.

Dream: - Granted

He opened his hand and golden sand engulfed Raina. She passed out and Dream carried her bridal style to the portal and both of them appeared on the Dreaming. Raina was sleeping…They reached the outer doors of the Dreaming which opened and Dream was greeted by Lucienne.

Dream laid Raina down on his bed and told Lucienne he had to punish his captors. He asked her to make sure that nobody disturbed Raina. He went to Burgess Manor and punished Alex with eternal sleep.

He came back to the Dreaming and entered Raina’s fantasy.

Raina and Jack were having breakfast. Morpheus watched everything but had decided not to intervene.

Raina and Jack spent the day together as they had for so long. They had lunch, ate chocolate mousse, watched their favourite movie and went to the park.

Raina made dinner and then they made love. Dream felt a pang of jealousy and couldn’t watch.

Raina tucked him in and they went to sleep. She woke up in the middle of the night and when she checked the other side of the bed he was gone. She sat in bed with her legs crossed and started crying copiously. She had lost him again.

She was still crying when Dream spoke.

Dream: - I’m sorry

Raina was startled. She got up from bed and approached Dream. She placed her hand on his face and looked at him.

Raina: - Don’t be. You’ve done the impossible. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to be with him one last time.

Dream was about to cry, he had never known such a generous person.

Raina and Dream locked eyes and she held him tight. Dream held her too and placed his head on her shoulder. What was happening to him?

Raina started crying again and Dream couldn’t stand it. When she stopped her eyes were red. She looked Dream in the eye and told him:

Raina: - I cannot ever repay you. I cannot thank you enough… What happened to the Dreaming? Did the Nothing?...

Dream: - you can see for yourself.

He took her hand and took her to the throne room. It was in ruins.

Raina felt a sadness she could not explain.

They reached the center of the throne room and Dream tried to repair it, to no avail.

The stones started floating in the air but the effort was too great for Dream.

Raina felt so sad she was about to cry again. She looked at Morpheus and an idea occurred to her.

Raina: - They say that in dreams you can be whatever you want. She closed her eyes and the Moon Goddess attire covered her body once again.

She opened her eyes and smiled at Dream. She knelt beside a wall and touched it. She closed her eyes and white light started coming out from her. The stones started floating in the air and they started placing themselves on their place. But this effort was too great for Raina as well. Half of the throne room was rebuilt but the other half was rubble. Raina started feeling weak and Dream caught her just in time.

Raina: - I can’t.

Dream: - How did you do that?

Raina: - I don’t know

The mystery surrounding Raina was getting on his nerves. He wanted to know really badly.

Raina: - What are we going to do?

Dream: - I have to recover my artifacts. Will you help me?

Raina: - Anything you need.

And for the first time in a hundred years, Dream smiled.

Dream didn’t know where his artifacts were, so he summoned The Fates to ask for their help. Raina stood away from him, she didn’t want to interfere.

Hecate, the one-who-is-three answered Dream’s three questions. But before leaving, they turned to Raina. They approached her slowly, smiling.

Hecate: - Look, sisters, he brought a friend. Hello child, how are you?

Raina: - Greeting your Majesties. The one-who-is-three.

Hecate: - Good gracious, you don’t know who you are!

You will find out soon enough. Do not leave him, no matter the cost. You are fated to each other. We’ll meet again, Child of the Moon!

Hecate disappeared. Raina repeated to herself: Child of the Moon…

Dream and Raina and Mathew the raven went to hell. A demon showed the way. As they approached the door of damnation, Dream encountered the soul of his former lover Nada. She asked him to free her but he said he hadn’t forgiven her. As Raina passed the place were Nada was, she looked at her. Nada took her hand and begged her to make Dream forgive her. Raina said she would try.

Lucifer and Dream battled, playing an ancient game. Lucifer declared she was a bacteria. Fream chose to be a world, life giver, Mountains, lake and forest. Life…

Lucifer was a nova, world destroyer, life consumer, fire… and blood.

Dream tried to shield his face with his arm but the nov burned him badly. Raina began to feel anguished. The world was consumed by the flames and Dream fell to the ground, eyes closed. He took a moment to recover but couldn’t move. He looked at Lucifer from the ground and said:

Dream: - I am… a universe. Life encompassing, light and darkness intertwined. The power..of creation… in all its glory…

Lucifer remained silent for a moment and then…

Lucifer: - I am… anti-life.

Dream didn’t know how to counter this. He was laying on the floor, pale and weak. Raina was desperate, he couldn’t lose. She sat on the floor beside him and placed his head on her lap.

Lucifer: - The game is over

Raina: - No! Please Your Majesty, one minute.

Dream! Dream! Don’t give up! Dreams don’t die!

Dream: - I cannot beat her Raina. What can counter anti-life?

Raina: - Anti-life…

She started thinking hard, trying to find the answer.

Lucifer: - Your time is about to run out.

Raina shook her head. Her eyes went left to right, left to right. Then suddenly, the answer hit her. She stared at Lucifer with a look of triumph on her face.

Raina: - You wanna know what can beat anti-life? The ONE THING not even YOU CAN DESTROY!

She started whispering secret words on Dream’s ear until he got up and faced Lucifer.

Dream: - I am, HOPE.

A beautiful yellow light shone through the window and Lucifer recognized her defeat. She told one of her demons to return Dream’s helmet and Matthew, Dream and Raina returned to the Dreaming. With the helmet back on his possession he could repair another portion of the castle.

The leather pouch with magical sand was in the hands of Johanna Constantine’s former lover. The sand was not made for humans and it killed the woman little by little. Dream recovered the sand and granted the woman a peaceful death. Johanna thanked him and left. The most difficult part was about to begin.

John Dee had Dream’s ruby, the magical stone that makes dreams come true. He had been imprisoned on a psychiatric facility for ages.

When he finally broke free, he was hellbent on creating a world without what he perceived as lies. Dreams were included in this category as well.

Morpheus found John Dee in a restaurant, torturing its guests and employees and using the ruby to induce them to give up their dreams and commit suicide.

John Dee called Morpheus King of Lies. But Dream counter attacked.

John Dee: - This is the truth of mankind.

Dream: - No. THIS is the truth of mankind.

John: - They’re lying to themselves. All lies.

Dream: - Not lies John. Dreams. /…/ Their dreams inspire them. Their dreams kept them alive. But if you rob them of their dreams, if you take away their hope…then yes, this is the truth of mankind…

John opened a portal into the Dreaming and attacked Dream with the ruby. He said the Dreaming belonged to him now and that he would be the new Dreamlord. The Dreaming started burning. Raina came running and grabbed John’s hands with hers. The white light started engulfing john, but the ruby was too powerful for her. The red light sent her flying in the air and she hit her head on one of the columns.

Dream started feeling the murderous rage he had been trying to control.

John: - Your kingdom is mine now!

The red light started consuming Dream.

John: - Your life and your lies end now!

John destroys the ruby…

Everything exploded in white light and then John was standing on the palm of Dream’s hand.

Dream: - Thank you, John.

John: - But I killed you…

Dream: - You destroyed the ruby and released the power inside it. I would have never thought of that. I’d forgotten how much of myself I’d placed in the jewel.

John: - Are you going to kill me?

Dream: - I could. Perhaps I will. But the Dreaming was not made for mortals. Good night John.

Dream brought John back to the looney bin. He kissed his forehead and bid him good night.

Raina laid unconcious on the Dreaming floor. Dream carried her bridal style to his bed. He couldn’t help but admire the courage she had shown by confronting John.

Dream took her hand and told Lucienne not to worry. He caressed her hair and her face. He kept on holding her hand until she woke up.

Dream had all his power back now. Raina shed a tear of happiness. They raised from bed and hug each other tight. Raina smiled and so did Dream.

Dream: - Ready?

Raina: - Yes

They went into the throne room and with their forces combined restored the Dreaming to its full glory. Raina and Dream couldn’t stop smiling.

Raina took Dream’s hand and ran to the garden. Raina placed her hand on the earth and the garden started blooming. Iridiscent flowers, butterflies and a waterfall illuminated by the moon gave the Dreaming Garden a supernatural aura.

Raina looked up at Dream and took his hands. She intertwined her fingers with his and she placed his other hand on her waist. Her right hand went to his shoulder.

Music that seemed to be sang by angels started sounding in the garden. They started dancing slowly at first and then faster, describing circles on the floor. He looked at her as if he couldn’t believe his eyes.

Dream grabbed Raina by the waist and lifted her in the air. She smiled and looked at the stars. They described a few more circles and he lifted her again.

The music went on and Dream encircled her waist with his arms. Raina placed one ofher hands on his neck and the other one on his face. They kept on dancing until the music died. Dreams’s eyes were dark with desire, love and longing for her. He had never wanted something so bad in all his long existence.

He pressed Raina against one of the rocky walls and pressed himself against her. They kissed with such a passion that he breathed with difficulty. They kissed for a while and then he went down on his knees. Raina touched his face and looked down at him. There was a plea in his eyes. He extended his hand and asked:

Dream: - Will you be my queen?

Raina: - I… who was that woman? The one trapped in hell.

Dream: - Her name is Nada, we were lovers 10.000 years ago, but she defied me and I condemned her to hell.

Raina: - What? You condemned someone you loved to hell? What kind of monster are you? Would you do the same thing to me?

Before he could answer she pushed him aside and started running to the throne room.

When she reached it, she summoned Excalibur. Dream got to her in the nick of time, but she was determined to run away from him. She extended her hand and white light started coming out from her. The light was so intense that Dream had to close his eyes. With one swift movement Raina used Excalibur to cut the fabric between the worlds.

When Dream opened his eyes, she was gone, but he knew where she had went. Raina’s words echoed in his head. What kind of monster are you? And indeed, Dream started wondering, if she wasn’t right about him.

Raina had returned to her home, where she had lived with Jack for so long. But, even though this place had been her whole world once, she felt out of place.

She was washing the dishes with her back to the door when the familiar voice came to her one more time.

Dream: - Why have you returned here?

Raina was startled by his deep voice and didn’t answer for a while. At last, she looked at him and said:

Raina: - This is my home.

Dream: - is it? An old house full of memories of a time that is never going to return.

Raina didn’t say anything, she knew he was right.

He extended his hand but Raina didn’t take it.

Dream: - What can I do to restore your faith in me?

Raina: - Release her.

Dream closed his eyes and a moment later opened them.

Dream: - Done.

Raina: - Are you going to do the same thing to me?

Dream went down on his knees and extended his hand again. His face full of love and longing.

Dream: - You said I’m a monster and it may be so. Can you love a monster?

Raina stared at his extended hand and walked three steps towards him.

Dream: - Do you remember what I told you when we met?

Raina: - That you could never do anything to hurt me.

Dream: - I keep my word. This I promise you.

Raina extended her hand slowly until their fingers intertwined. She pulled him up and they kissed over and over. Dream embraced her and Raina placed her hands on his face. The longing for each other was so great that they couldn’t think.

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Dream pushed her against the wall and touched her face with his hand. The other hand touched her leg and started going upwards. There was no escape now.

Dream started kissing her neck as the hand on her leg reached the desired spot. He carresed her gently and Raina’s breathing accelerated, just like Dreams’.

He shoved a finger inside and she moaned. His breathing was hard. He had never felt more fascination for anything or anyone. He started moving his finger and she started moaning louder. Then, suddenly, he stopped.

Raina: - What?...

Dream: - I will not take you like this.

He extended his hand once again and asked her:

Dream: - Will you be my queen?

Raina smiled at him and answered:

Raina: - Yes.

She took his hand and they kissed. As they did, he opened the portal. The entered the Dreaming hand in hand and ran to his bedroom. Magical sand removed their clothes and they kissed and carresed each other for a while. Then Dream laid on his bed and extended his hand to her. Raina smile and accepted the invitation.

She sat on top of him and as she did, she grabbed his member with her hand and guided him inside. She opened her legs for deeper pentration and grabbed his shoulders with her hands. She started mobing and he grabbed her hips with his hands. He pushed towards him over and over and they started moaning. She closed her eyes and gave in to the immense pleasure he was giving her. Dream stopped her and half rose. They kissed and then he turned so that she was underneath him. He opened her legs wide and penetratedher hard. He grabbed her hips and started punping inside her. Her eyes closed and with her hands she grabbed the pillows. He started pumping harder and harder and the two moaned loud. She opened her eyes and grabbed his face with her hands. They locked eyes and kept going. He felt he was going to come too soon and stoped. He laid on top of her, the two of them locked in a tender embrace.

Minutes passed and Dream felt his desire inflaming again. He got off the bed and stood behind her. He made her turn her back on him in four legs. He penetrated her alowly, little by little. He then grabbed her hip with one of his hands and with with the other he grabbed her shoulder. He asked her if she was ready and she said yes. He started pumping inside her harder than before and the moans turned to screams. He took everything from her and gave her everything he had. The screams receded giving way to tears. He came inside her with a gasp of absolute pleasure and he stood still. Raina gasped for air for a while. He was about to pull off but Raina said no. She started moving in circles, inflaming his desire one more time. He penetrated her again with all his strenght. He came for the second time inside her, filling her with his seed.

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They were exshausted this time and laid on the bed gasping for air. They slept more peacefully than they had in years and they dreamed that they wore amazing outfits and danced and danced in the garden…

Desire was looking at them dancing trough his/her mirror on the Threshold. He had never seen his older brother smile as Dream was smiling now and his/her red lips spread in a malicious smile.

Desire: - So he has found his fated love. Jjajajajajajaja

Raina slept peacefully and Dream observed her. The tenderness in his face was incredible.

He instructed Lucienne to look after Raina and went to see his sister Death.

Dream was feeding the pigeons in a park. Raina made him happier than he had ever been but a lingering sense of emptiness crept in his soul.

Dream was feeding pigeons in a park.

Death sat beside him and expressed her concern about him. Dream confided in her this feeling of lacking a purpose. Death told him to accompany her and he observed her doing her work. Death was the kindest of the endless siblings, even though he had the toughest of jobs. Each person she took with her took her hand and she took theirs. In this way, they didn’t feel lonely. Dream realised he had been a fool and remembered there were dreams and nightmares wreaking havoc in the waking world and decided to bring them back to the Dreaming.

Legend claims that Time and Night created the universe. They had seven children who are known as the Endless.

The seven siblings represent aspects of human experience and each of them has a purpose and a task to perform. The seven siblings are: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair and Delirium (Delight). They affect human life in many ways and sometimes, they argue with one another.

Legend also claims that the endless aren’t the only creatures who affect human life. Magic comes to those who believe in it.

Eons ago, Moon Goddess and Sun God fell in love with one another. Moon Goddess is the embodiment of light, magic, the uncanny, sorcery and guidance. Sun God is heat, power, life and destruction.

They were happy for eons but Sun God’s fiery temper led him, as they argued, to direct harsh words at her. He told her she was nothing without him and that she couldn’t shine on her own.

Moon Goddess answered “we’ll see”, got on her silver chariot and dissapeared into the night.

After brooding for a while, Sun God realised the bad mistake he had made and started looking for Moon in the night, but she was always a step ahead.

The legend says that whenever there’s an eclipse, Moon and Sun fall in love again and they conceive a new child. And legend also claims that one day the youngest of Moon daughters will harness a power so immense that not even the Fates will be able to stand against her. But this is just a legend, you can believe it or not.

As Dream spent time with Death, Raina tended the Dreaming garden. She was watering the rhododendrons but suddenly she felt someone was observing her. She turned around and there he was. A tall, handsome man elegantly attired with sunglasses covering his eyes. Raina didn’t know why but something told her she should be aware of him.

Corinthian: - So, the new queen of the Dreaming. Greetings your majesty.

He gave her an appreciative look from head to toes and Raina felt disgusted.

Corinthian: - I have to say Morpheus is a lucky bastard. I wonder what you did to him to take his life by storm.

Corinthian: Are you afraid Child of the Moon?

Suddenly, the Corinthian summoned a dagger. Raina summoned Excalibur and the fight began. Raina tried her best but he was too cunning. He cut the hand that was holding Excalibur and the sword fell to the ground. He grabbed Raina’s arms and made her show her back to him. He hit her on the neck with all his might and she passed out. The Corinthian grabbed her and opened the portal into the waking world.

They arribed in a luxurious hotel where the Ceeereal Convention ( a gathering of serial killers to “share their experiences).

Raina’s hands were tied with a rope that hung from the ceiling so that She was suspended.

The Corinthian approached her and lightly carred ser golden hair.

Corinthian: - I’m sorry. I have nothing personal agains you. But I’m going to enjoy seeing his heart shatter as you die, knowing he couldn’t save you.

Dream came back to the Dreaming with an uplifted heart. But as he entered the throne room he knew something was wrong.

Dream: - Where’s Raina?

Lucienne: - She has dissapeared Lord. We Can’t find her.

Dream closed his eyes and started searching the realm for some sign. His mind went to the garden and he felt it.

Dream: - There has been a disturbance.

He ran to the garden and with his hands started feeling the fabric that seprates the worlds. He found the place whaere the portal had opened and opened another one.

He landed on the hotel conference room whaere Raina was held. He walked towards her but the Corinthian stopped him.

Corinthian: Not so fast boss.

Dream: I’m going to make you dissapear. No one will remember you when I’m done.

Corinthian: - Oh, yes? I’d love to see you try.

Corinthian grabbed Raina’s leg and sunk his dagger in it.

Raina woke up with a scream of pain. Morpheus walked towards them but two men grabbed him and put magical shackles on his hands that can hold even and Endless. They brought him to his knees.

Dream: - Corinthian, why are you doing this?

Corinthian: - Maybe I want what you have. Maybe, I want to believed in!

Corinthian summoned a supernatural spear that could even kill the endless . The attendants entered the room and filled it complete.

The Corinthian addressed the crowd and announced that today, dreams would die. The crowd cheered.

Corinthian turned to Dream and smiled.

WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!! EXPLICIT VIOLENCE AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Corinthian: - I’m going to enjoy seeing your heart shatter as she dies and then I will kill you too.

Corinthian turned to Raina. She was trying to undo the knot on the ropes but it was too tight. The Corinthian pointed the spear at her and penetrated her body with it just under her heart.

Raina: - Ah!

Raina garped in pain but the torture was not over. The Corinthian turned the spear forming circles until the spear went out thrugh Raina’s back. Her scream of pain delighted the audience. Dream was trying to brake the shackles but it was useless. With a swift movement of his hand, Corinthian released raina who fell hard on the ground. Dream was going to explode of anger.

Corinthian turned his back on Raina to face Dream. Raina breathed with difficulty, her eyes closed. She opened them and Dream’s connected with hers. She grabbed the spear and drew it out of her body. With great effort she got up, one hand in the wound which was pouring blood.

END OF VIOLENCE

Corinthian looked at her with a little admiration.

Corinthian: - You still wanna fight? Ja! So…weak, so…vulnerable.

Raina: - You’re the weak one and you will never know love or friendship and I feel sorry for you.

Raina closed her eyes and pictured an image of the moon in her mind. She whispered a prayer to her mother.

Raina: - Mother, please, give me the strenght.

She didn’t know if she could do it in the waking world, but she had to try. At first nothing happened but then a white eight-pointed star floated above her chest. The star started getting bigger and brighter and Dream closed his eyes for he knew what was coming. Corinthian tried to attack Raina but it was too late, white light came out from Raina and it grew stronger and stronger until it exploded in a huge explosion of white light. Corinthian passed out and Dream’s shackles dissapeared.

The light dissapeared and raina fell to the ground. Dream hurried beside her and opened the portal.

He laid her on the throne room’s floor and covered her wound with his hand. Raina moaned as the wound healed. When Dream finished, there was no sign of wound or blood but the danher wasn’t over, she had lost too much blood.

Dream: - Lucieeennneeeeee

Lucienne was carrying the instruments for a trans fusion. Dream gave her his endless blood and her breathing started normalizing. He laid her down on his bed and started for the throne room, anger boiling up inside him.

Corinthian was still uncouncious and when he woke up he saw Dream looking at him, his face dark with vengeance.

Dream: - You dissapoint me Corinthian. You and these humans you’ve inspired and created dissapoint me.

Corinthian: - I’ve done my best to be what you’ve made me.

Dream: - No, you’ve done your worst. Which was in so many ways what I had hoped. You were my masterpiece. A dark mirror made to reflect everything humanity would not confront.

Corinthian: - That’s what I am. That’s what I’ve done.

Dream: - No, look at you, walking the Earth for over a century infecting others with your joy of death but what have you given them? What have you wrought? Nothing! Just something else for people to be afraid of, nothing more.

Corinthian: - So what now? Are you gonnakill me?

Dream: - No, way worse.

Dream extended his hand and Corinthian started dissapearing. Dream sent him to the Nightmare cells of the Dreaming, condemning him to be assaulted by his own fears day and night.

Dream turned to the audience.

Dream: - And you, you call yourselves “collectors”. Until now you have sustained fantasies in which you are the victims. Conforting daydreams in which you are always right. But no more. The dream is over. I have taken it way for this is my judgement upon you, that you shall know from this moment on exactly how craven and selfish and monstruous you are.

That you shall feel the pain of those you have slaughtered. And the grief of those that mourn them still and you shall carry that pain and grief and guilt with you until the end of time.

Dream left the hotel and returned to his bed. He held Raina tight trying to shake off the horror of almost losing her…

It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea that Caliope, daughter of Zeus and muse of poetry met the Dream lord. They fell madly in love and got married. From their union, Orpheus was born. For twenty years, Dream was happy, but his child, now a man, fell in love with Euridice. The day of their wedding, Euridice was bit by a snake and died.

Orpheus sank into deep depression but when he recovered he decided to descend to the Hades to recover his beloved.

Dream and Caliope tried to convince him not to go but it was useless. He descended to the Hades and almost recovered Euridice, but he turned around in the last minute and she returned to hell.

Caliope blamed dream for what had happened to Orpheus and they broke up.

Demons from the abyss ripped his body to pieces, but miracolously enough, his head remained alive.

Present day

Caliope had been imprisoned for sixty years in the house of a writer who raped her everytime he needed inspiration.

She summoned the Fates but they couldn’t release her. She played her last card: she wrote the name Oneiros in a piece of paper and cast it into the fire. She closed her eyes and said a prayer.

Dream appeared in her room. Caliope looked at him in wonder and said:

Caliope: - You came.

Dream: - You called. After all this years I… Let me help you.

Caliope: - You can’t free me Oneiros. Could you… inspire him to free me?

Dream: - I will do that and more.

Caliope: - What are you going to do to him?

Dream condemned Caliope’s captor to have too many ideas at a time and feel Caliope’s pain in his own flesh.

The writer opened the door of her room and freed her. Dream condemned him to not have one single idea for the rest of his life.

Caliope thanked Dream and asked him if she could visit him in the Dreaming to grieve their son properly.

Dream said the Dreaming had a new queen and Caliope understood. She kissed his cheek and walked away. Dream stopped her and told her he had the suspicion their son was alive. She said she’d contact the Fates and walked away.

He came back to the Dreaming and told Raina the truth. She felt a pang of jealousy but then understood. She had to accept that, even though they didn’t love each other anymore, Caliope would always be part of his life.

The Fates told Caliope that Orpheuse’s head resided in the isle of ithaca. Morpheus and Caliope went together and Raina stayed behind. This was something he needed to do on his own.

Dream asked orpheus wht was his heart’s desire and Orpheus said he wanted to die. Dream gave him a boon of death and Orpheus used it.

Dream had “killed” a human who had blood of the endless running through his veins. This amounted to a mortal sin. Caliope said goodbye and they never saw each other again.

Dream came back to the Dreaming and found the Fates destroying it. He told them to stop and offered his life in exchange. Raina was stopped by a magical barrier that prevented her from reaching Dream. She placed her hands on the barrier and summoned as much power as she could. She shattered the barrier just when the Fates were about to stab Morpheus with three spears made of fire. Raina pushed Dream aside and he fell to the ground. Raina extended her hand and the spears froze in the air. With one movement of her hand she made them fall to the ground.

Raina: - You… you dare threaten my realm and my beloved. I will kill you if you touch him!

Hecate: - You dare confront your own blood, Child of the moon?

Raina: - Yes I do! Begone! Leave and never come back!

Raina looked up and saw the moon shining down on her. She started shining as powerfully as she never had before. A stormy wind started blowing pushing the Fates backwards. The light became so intense that the throne room was engulfed by it.

Hecate: - aaaaaahhhhhh

An gigantic image of the moon appeared on the throne room and when the light went down, the Fates were gone. Raina and dream were safe, but this wasn’t over yet.

Dream couldn’t believe what raina had done. No one had ever loved him like her.

She helped him get up and they embraced for a long while. Afterwards, he opened the portal and came out in a dark beach.

The Fates appeared and Raina stood in front of Dream, shielding him.

The first of the tree spoke first.

Hecate: - Raina… you have finally discovered who you are. Your power is truly a force to be reckoned with.

Hecate 2: - Your mother must be really proud child.

Raina: - You’re not going to punish me?

Hecate 3: - No, child, you were just protecting what is rightfully yours. Love is not a sin child, it never was and it never will be.

Dream: - What about me?

Hecate: - You commited a mortal sin but by a selfless act as offering your life in exchange for the realm of dreams, you have attoned for it. You’re both forgiven, goodbye.

Raina and Dream were in the garden, trying to assimilate what had happened.

After a long time, Raina stood up. She went to flowery bushes and smelled the jasmins. Then, she walked away a few steps and suddenly white wings sprouted from her back. She looked at him with a playful and mischevious smile on her face and:

Raina: - Catch me if you can!

She started running through the garden and flapped her wings as she did so. She jumped and flapped her wings harder, leaving the ground. Dream smiled and conjured up wings as well and followed her into the nightsky but raina had a little advantage. She went up and up in the sky and Dream followed her close behind. She described a semi circle and flew downwards. Little stars came out from her hands and where they landed they transformed into flowers, butterflies and the garden grew ever more beautiful.

She started flying faster and faster until she reached the montainous area.

She formed a bubble of lightning with her hands and from them a phoenix bird was born, then a white dragon, then a mermaid, then a dark faerie then a unicorn.

Each creature flew away and took up residence where they saw fit.

She touched the surface of the lake with her hand and then flew higher than the mountains. She flew high into the sky and stopped to thank her mother for what she had done for her.

She closed her eyes, suspended in the air and said in a silent prayer:

Raina: - Than you mother, for everything, for fating me to meet him. Thank you. She looked at the moon and Moon Goddess smiled at her.

Dream took advantage of this moment of distraction and grabbed Raina by the waist. His face looking up at her. She placed her hands on his beautiful face and both of them smiled. The sunset clouds engulfed them and when they exploded Raina and Dream were in the same embrace but their clothes had changed. She wore a white and silver dress with no sleeves, flowing around her in the sky. Dream wore a t-shirt, trousers, shoes and his flowing coat but everything was white. They kissed and smiled and then landed at the entrance of the forest. Before they went in, Raina grabbed Dream’s hand and placed it on her belly. She smiled at him and Dream smiled knowingly. They were going to be more than two soon. Then Raina took Dreams hand and they walked away through the forest into the starry night…

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