A/N: I'm still conflicted between "Here Comes the End Again" by Eyeshine and "Dreams" by the Cranberries as a theme song. "Here Comes the End Again" has the upbeat and rock feel like most Rider openings. "Dreams" fits in with the concept of this fic. Oh well, time to start the chapter.

So far on Kamen Rider Dreams,

"I ended up in a cave area. There was a bridge. I was on a cliff, and on the other cliff, Katie and some guy with a smiley face belt buckle was there. I ran across the bridge. I almost made it to the other cliff, but you and a giant bed bug fell through the ceiling and broke the bridge. I fell down with you. Then after a few events, we were almost-"

"Eaten by the giant bed bug?"

"Yeah. How did you know?"

"Same dream."

"That's very strange."

"Don't leave me alone with a 6 foot cockroach."

"Hey, what's that?" A female student asks. The other students look at the window. Creatures are approaching. "Everyone please exit the building walking in an orderly manner." The Principal over the loudspeaker orders. "You expect us to walk outside of the building where all the monsters are in the pouring rain?" Lannie yells with his voice cracking.

"You expect everyone to run in an orderly manner?" Barry asks. "Yes! They can stampede over the monsters!" Lannie flails his arms.

Lannie looks up to see a figure with a black helmet. A white trim goes down the middle of it. The mouth plate is a 2D version of a fly. There are two compound eyes in the color of green. There are two antennae sticking out from the top. It wears a white scarf as well. Its outfit had a black triangle with a sun in the middle. Under the triangle was the rest of the shirt. Dark gray with an even darker gray 6 pack plate. Its boots were white, and its pants were black.

"I am Kamen Rider Dreams. The original."

"Those things are called Nightmares. They are the physical embodiment of one of your worst nightmares."

"You will take on the mantle. You will become the new Kamen Rider Dreams."

Lannie wakes up in Katie's arms. "Lannie! You're awake!" She smiles. "Yeah I am. I think." Lannie checks to see if he is. "I am. Where's Barry?" "Those monsters took him." "Like, he faded away?" "No, they actually took him. Kidnapping." "Oh."

They run outside to find where the Nightmares might have taken Barry.

Lannie, still in Dreams form, and Katie chase after the Nightmare that has Barry. "Hey! Let me go! You're giving me a wedgie! Aw shit that hurts!" Barry curses. The Nightmare holding him is basically a crocodile walking on two feet. Yeah. It's that ridiculous.

"Hey! Stop!" A voice yells. Barry sees Dreams. "Hey! Smiley face belt buckle guy!" Barry gleefully shouts. "I have a name you know!" "What is it?"

"Kamen Rider Dreams!"

"Lannie?"

"Shut up! Secret identity stuff!"

"Oh, sorry! Are you gonna save me now?"

"Yeah!" The Nightmare raises its arm. Giant spiders and books appear. "Spiders!" Lannie yells in a horrible British accent. "Those spiders and books are the common nightmares of students. They make up the small fry." Original Dreams's voice echoes in Lannie's head. "Books? Really? Oh no, a book. I'm so scared. It's gonna kill me!" Lannie sarcastically dances around. A boy in the background is crying over the fact that there are giant books attacking.

Lannie notices this. "You're kidding." He and Katie say. "Paper cuts!" The boy yells. "Either way," Lannie cracks his knuckles, "I have to fight." He starts fighting off the spiders and books. He manages to grab one of the books and uses it to squash the spiders. Once all the spiders were taken care of, they explode. One of the books catches on fire and proceeds to accidentally catch the other books on fire. Then, they explode.

Katie and the boy show looks of disbelief. Lannie does the same, but only inside his helmet. Katie and Lannie then go after the Nightmare and Barry. Lannie's phone rings. It's Barry. "Shoot." Lannie tells him. "Okay, so I just randomly felt my legs again, so I punched the Nightmare in the face." Barry explains. "Where are you?" "At a parking lot near the bank near the school." "I'll meet you there." They hang up.

"Where are they?" Katie asks. "Parking lot." Lannie answers.

"Where?"

"Near the bank near the school."

"Specifically."

"There's more than one?"

Meanwhile, Barry has fallen victim to the mist and is fast asleep. However, he is not in the abyss. He is not even in the Dream Realm. He is in the Nightmare Realm. A world where Nightmares live. Specifically, he was in Nightmare Palace. This is where the great leader of all Nightmares resides.

Barry was in the throne room. There were torches lit on the left and right walls. There was a red carpet that led from the front door to the throne. The throne was red velvet, and it could roll like an office chair. Barry was in the middle of the room. Only the top part of his body was tied up. He could escape using only his legs, but the Crocodile Nightmare was blocking the door. Plus, Barry felt that he shouldn't leave just yet.

A black and purple mist appears on the throne. "What's that?" Barry asks. "Shut up." The Nightmare answers. "Meanie." The mist forms eyes and opens them. It would've been less creepy if they were cartoon eyes, but they were real eyes. No wonder why he's the Nightmare Great Leader. Nothing is scarier than a floating pair of human eyes engulfed in a dark mist. Both Barry and the Crocodile are freaked out.

"Who are you?" Barry asks. "I am the Great Leader of Nightmares." The Great Leader answers. "I have a mission for you." "If it's something evil, count me out." Barry walks to the door, but is kicked down by the Crocodile. The Great Leader starts chanting some mystical chant. The Crocodile joins in as well.

Barry is trying to resist the spell, as it is being forced upon him. He eventually falls to the spell's power. He winces and closes his eyes. He stops moving. "Now, as I said before. I have a mission for you." Barry opens his eyes. They are now pure black. He stands up and asks, "What mission do you have for me, Great Leader?" "I want you to remember a phrase."

Katie and Lannie arrive at the parking lot. They just came back from defeating the remaining Nightmares at the school. Everyone has evacuated and is being sent home. They see the Nightmare and Barry lying down on the ground. "Oh my God." Katie gasps for air. "Is he gonna fade away like all the others?" "I dunno." Lannie answers. "Think happy thoughts, Barry. Think happy thoughts."

The Crocodile Nightmare fades away. Katie holds Lannie who is scared. She drops him. He crawls to Barry. "Hey! Wake up! Baron Bugger wake up!"

"They will only activate once you hear the phrase in reality. Then, you can use them whenever you want." The Great Leader explains. "Now, when you wake up, you shall stay evil until you see the face of someone close to you. The spell will be put on hold until the phrase is uttered."

"I'll try not to let that happen." Barry bows. He hears a voice yelling at him, telling him to wake up. Barry stands up and looks around. "Someone's telling me to wake up." "Go right ahead."

Barry opens his eyes. "Barry! You're awake!" Lannie gleefully yells. Barry socks him in the helmet. Both get minor pain. Barry stands up and begins to fight Lannie. Lannie blocks most of Barry's attacks. "Dude! Why are you-" Barry grabs Lannie and throws him at Katie. They both fall to the ground.

"Get off of me!" Katie pushes Lannie back onto his feet to continue the fight. "Barry, I don't want to fight you." Lannie says while blocking a punch. Barry kicks Lannie. "I don't know who you are, Rider..." Barry then flips Lannie. "...but you shall be destroyed. Nightmares will rule the world, and Dreams will be no more."

Barry picks Lannie up and throws him in front of an oncoming bus. Lannie reverts back to being Lannie as the driver stops the bus. "Call 911." The driver tells one of the students. The driver rolls Lannie over, and Barry sees Lannie's face. Lannie looks shocked, loses his balance, and collapses to the ground.

The ambulance arrives to pick up Barry and Lannie. Katie hops in and calls her parents to tell them where she is going. "I'm going to the hospital. Barry and Lannie go into an accident involving a stick, a fight, and a bus." There is a brief pause. "I'll be home later. Bye."

The driver resumes driving the bus to drop the students off, and the ambulance drives away.

Barry and Lannie wake up in a field. "Dream Realm." Lannie tells Barry before Barry could ask. "Why'd you have to go ahead and throw me into a bus?!" "Oh, is that why you were on the ground?" Barry asks. "Yes! You! Threw me! Into a bus!"

"I don't remember doing anything like that."

"Well, you did. And it hurt. A lot."

"Well, I'd think so considering that you were thrown into a bus."

Original Dreams appears. "What do you remember?" He asks Barry. "Who are you?" Barry asks. "The original Kamen Rider Dreams. I passed my powers down to Lannie." "Ah, well, I knocked the creature out and called Lannie. Then, he woke up and exhaled the mist, and I fell asleep. He must've too because he was in the castle. I met the Great Leader of Nightmares, whatever they are, and then it all went blank. Before I knew it, Lannie was lying on the ground, and I was awake for about 10 seconds."

"The creatures attacking the school were called Nightmares. Nightmares are the physical embodiment of our worst nightmares."

"I'm not that scared of crocodiles to have nightmares about them."

"Nightmares are exaggerations of our fears. Some minor, others major. As Kamen Rider Dreams, Lannie must pick up my slack. He must battle the Nightmares to ensure world safety. They are powerful, Nightmares."

"How did you even discover the Nightmares anyway?" Lannie asks. "I think that's a story worth telling when that friend of yours is here." Dreams answers. "Katie? Why?" "She is important to this story as well. I can tell you how I made the belt and suit."

"Well, explain that then."

"When the Nightmares first appeared, I created the Dreams Driver. You touch the button and the suit materializes onto your body. What happens is that the belt sends impulses that cause your fingers to go on both sides of your head. I drew a sketch of the suit, intending to sew it later, but my subconscious thought of the suit, and it materialized onto my body."

"Any way to detransform back into your regular person?"

"Just press the button again and cross your arms. Anyway, after that, I battled the invading Nightmares. The rest is the story that I feel that Katie should know as well."

"Well, thank you for that insight on my powers." Barry starts to disappear. "Whoa, what's happening?" "You're slowly waking up. You'll be back in the real world soon enough." Dreams explains. "Oh, okay. See you in Hell!" Barry disappears completely. "What about me? How come I'm not disappearing?" Lannie asks.

"You probably got hit with the bus pretty hard. We should take this opportunity to train you for Dream Realm battles. Nightmares can creep into your dreams, so you're gonna have to battle them if they do."

"Alright. Let's do this."

Katie and Barry watch over Lannie who had been knocked out for 2 hours now. Barry had woken up just half an hour ago. "I never knew you cared so much about him." Barry tells Katie. "I don't." She replies. "He just owes me $10 and a pizza. I'm not letting him die on me."

"He won't die."

"What makes you say that?"

"He always says that he has willpower on his side. He's a strong person. He'll wake up sooner or later."

"I hope you're right."

"I hope I am too."

"So what's that story?"

"I told you already, he won't tell unless you're there too."

"Use your mind to draw a weapon. You can dream this kind of stuff up." Dreams tells Lannie, who has transformed. "I'm not much of a lucid dreamer, but I'll try." Lannie says. Lannie thinks and a rod appears. "Awesome!" He starts twirling the rod and attacking a dummy.

"Good. Now, that's it for today."

"Seriously? That's all?"

"I'd teach you how to fight, but you're fading away."

"Huh?" Lannie looks to see that he is, indeed, fading away. "Oh. Well, later!" He completely disappears. "We'll continue our training after my story." Dreams says before fading away really fast.

Lannie wakes up in an empty hospital room. He checks the time. 9:03 PM. "Shit." He rushes out of bed and trips over the floor. His mom and siblings show up. "Morning!" He greets.

That night, Lannie couldn't sleep. It was the fact that he was sleeping in the hospital. So, he couldn't hear the story just yet. He struggled to sleep, but couldn't. He knew he would fall asleep in class or the next day, so he decided to just read. He was too lazy to get to his computer.

Still, he wondered why Barry couldn't remember attacking him. Maybe the Great Leader did something to Barry. Some sort of spell that caused him to attack people until something happened. Who knows? The Great Leader does, that's for sure.

Lannie was well enough to go back to school the next day. Granted, he still had some band aids on him, but it didn't bother him. What did bother him was the fact that everyone was running at him and Barry when they were walking into the building. the duo ran as fast as they could, but tripped over shoelaces. Luckily, Katie saved them just in time.

"What's going on?" Barry asks. She shoves a newspaper in their faces. "Kamen Rider Dreams. The hero to save us from monster attacks." Lannie reads aloud. "Sophomore Langaw "Lannie" Sagasa can transform into Kamen Rider Dreams to help protect us. We will interview him soon."

"Maybe you shouldn't have transformed in front of all the panicking students and teachers." Katie tells Lannie. "Ahhh!" Lannie buries himself in the newspaper. Barry and Katie pat Lannie's back.

Next time on Kamen Rider Dreams.

"I'd rather just keep it normal." Lannie tells a reporter.

"Nightmares are creatures that can be really deadly or really stupid." Dreams explains.

A giant spider is seen ruining the school hallways. Students and staff are running away."We're gonna need a giant newspaper." Katie fears.

"You'll never survive the wrath of the Spider!" The Spider threatens.

"The Spider? Sounds like a stupid name for a Nightmare to me." Barry quips.

"Henshin!"

Lannie throws cans at the Spider.

A/N: And with that, Kamen Rider Dreams Chapter 2 is at a close. It's really slow. The action isn't very described well. I promise it will get better as time goes on.