Humankind, fragile, small and weak beings. But they have always dreamt, hoped and feared. There were not many of them in the start, but enough of them to create me. Their dreams were full of colors and hopes, but also darkness and fear. I manifested from their dreams, I was born from the human minds. I was nothing but shadows in their sleep, but I watched over them, my small fragile creators. But they gave birth to so many children, their race expanded rapidly. And so did I have to expand what I was. I took the souls of dying humans, and transformed them into what I was, manifested dreams with minds of their own. We watched over humanities dreams, and nightmares, kept them safe from the darkness at night.
But then the Angels and their "Apocalypse" raged war onto all of us. Almost all the angels wanted to eradicate human kind, only a few was against it. A lot of humans were killed, forcing all of us to start feeding on the humans that were alive, to not get destroyed ourselves. I refused to do it, I was created by their hopes, and their fear, and I would not turn on them and consume them. The human souls that ended up in hell turned to demons. So instead of feeding on human essence, I had to consume demons instead, feeding of their foul essence, to stay strong enough not to get killed in the angel's war. I began to look like the demons, instead of being a beautiful and different being of dreams; I became what I would call a Dream Demon. I had the abilities of a demon, but also my powers of dreams.
I heard that one of the angels against killing humanity had begun to make deals with some humans. Their souls for giving the angel power enough to protect humanity. The angel was said to be fighting armies of angels by itself. I only cared to survive to protect the dreams of the humanity that would be left. So I consumed more demons, taking their powers and their essence. But something split inside me; my original being disliked what I was becoming. So I decided to split into two; The Dream Demon, and the pure dream being that I had been. The pure dream being was separated from me, but that also meant it could not feel what I felt. It was a dark being, it was nightmares. There was no hope in this new being, it was only fear. I dubbed it Nocturne, meaning eternal night, or nightmare. I told it to be patient, and to protect humans while they slept, but it wouldn't listen. It ran away, escaping into the minds of sleeping humans. I was left alone; I was now a new creature, half dream, half demon. I gave myself the name Evelyn, meaning little bird, or desired one.
I took care of humanities dreams and nightmares, consuming more demons in the process. All the other dream creatures had gone crazy, feeding off everything living that dreamt. But I had to be careful, being as powerful as I now were, I could not stay in a humans dream or mind for very long, without starting to feed on them. So I had to find another solution, and soon.
The angel's war was coming to an end, leaving one angel standing alone. The one who had become stronger from human souls, had slain all those who sook to destroy the human kind. The angels who had fought on its side had been killed, so it was all alone, the last angel.
After some time of thinking, I had found my solution, to merge with a human. If I merged with one completely, it could keep me alive and I could still be protect dreams, and the human would live longer, get stronger and most likely get some of my demon and dream powers. It was a good solution, but I had to find a human I could trust, one that was not selfish. Humanity had evolved a lot over time, and their race was now the largest of all on the earth. Many of you had learned how to have lucid dreams; I didn't need to protect you that much anymore.
I felt her dream, it was so full of hope, and the colors were so bright. I visited her in this dream, spoke to her. She was shy at first, but I could see hidden fire in her eyes. Her name was Eve, she was living on her own in this new town, she had just moved away from her parents. She had a passion for tarot cards and cats; she was a special human in my eyes. I offered her a deal, if I could merge with her, share her body and mind, I could make her strong, make her confident, and protect her. She was scared at first, but when I told her about my mission to protect humanities dreams, she seemed less scared.
She accepted.
