They landed on some smaller clouds, a much softer landing than their last crash landing.

"What happened when your train of thought uh...crashes?" Tavros asked, looking up at the train. Eridan patted his shoulder.

"Sorry buddy." Feferi stood up, shaking clouds out of her hair.

"How much longer do we have, Eridan?" She asked. He pulled out his timer again.

"about 20 minutes." He sighed, putting it away. Tavros looked around. There was a river of what appeared to be milk and various cloud bushes. Little cloud cats would fly by every now and again. Eridan walked over to the river, sticking his hand in it.

"Wwarm milk. Tavv wwill definitely be able to dream here." Eridan wiped his hand off on a cloud. Feferi pulled Tavros over to a cloud and laid him down.

"Try to go to sleep Tavros." She ordered. Tavros closed his eyes for a few moments, but stood up again.

"The ground is all uh...rumbly. I can't sleep." He sighed. Eridan nodded, looking in the direction they had come from.

"I hear it too. The Darkness is getting stronger." He sighed.

"Let me hear it too!" Feferi scurried over to where Tavros was standing.

"Fef wait!" Eridan grabbed her arm after she tripped on a cloud cat, nearly falling into the milk river.

"Careful Fef." He mumbled. Feferi blushed a bit.

"Right. Sorry. Anyways, if you dreamt up a world of cats and clouds and tea, then who is taking care of them?" Feferi wondered, looking around. They suddenly heard laughter and they all dove behind a cloud bush. Two large figures approached. One had black and dyed-red hair and wings and the other had short black hair and white glasses. They were holding hands and laughing.

"Here kitty kitty kitty" The man's voice rumbled. Hundreds of cloud cats scurried over to the figures, who fed them. The trio backed away slowly as the figures and cats were distracted, before running away.

"Those looked like my parents." Tavros said quietly when they were far away.

"They seemed happy together. Is that one of your dreams too?" Feferi asked. Tavros thought for a moment.

"When I was younger... I dreamed I had a family that really loved me." Tavros remembered. "But it uh...hasn't been coming true lately." He said sadly. Feferi gently put a hand on his shoulder.

"Most dreams don't come true on their own. You have to make them come true. It's not always easy, and takes lots of hard work. But it's not impossible." She said softly.

Meanwhile...

The Handmaiden scowled as she walked, the two Noirs beside her, sniffing the air.

"I hate mountains. I hate the sun. I can't wait for when everything is just darkness." She muttered.

"Still empty-handed? Man you are pathetic" The Handmaiden twitched before turning around to face the digitial face of her boss.

"If you are all-powerful, why don't YOU find him?" She snapped.

"That's YOUR job, not mine. Do It, or you'll walk the plank!" There was a beeping and the Handmaiden looked down at her scanner.

"Someone is dreaming..." She smirked.

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"Alright. You'vve had milk, you'vve had cotton candy clouds, it is time to sleep." Eridan said, folding his arms. Tavros walked over to another cloud bush, lying down on it.

"I'll uh...try." He closed his eyes, trying to relax. Feferi and Eridan stood by him.

"Go to sleep." Eridan repeated firmly. Tavros winced and Feferi smacked Eridan upside the head.

"Not like that! Sing him a lullaby!" She turned back to Tavros. "Dream dream Dream dream~" She sang. Unfortunately, it wasn't very good. Tavros stiffened at the sound and she stopped. Eridan snorted a little and Feferi glared at him.

"Oh yeah? You try then!" She said with a huff. Eridan sighed.

"Close your eyes, shut your mouth, dream a dream and get us out, dream dream dream dream dream dream." He sang, much better than Feferi. Tavros relaxed, starting to drift to sleep.

"Keep going" Feferi whispered. Eridan didn't seem very eager but he did anyways.

"Hit the hay, fast asleep, dream a dream you little...bleep. Dream dream dream dream dream dream." Suddenly there was a bright light and a white wand appeared in front of Eridan. His eyes widened as he picked it up.

"Wwhoa" He stood up, starting to practice.

"It's working! Keep singing Eridan!" Feferi clapped her hands, excited. Eridan grinned at her, now more willing to sing.

"Just relax, lay about, or my fist will put you out. Dream dream dream dream Dream dream." His little dances to the words was making his cape swirl, causing Feferi to giggle a little.

"Take your time, but beware. For there's darkness in the air. Dream dream dream dream dream dream" His wand let out little sparkles. Feferi leaned close to Tavros.

"Dream about me next, Tavros." She whispered, gently stroking his hair. "I want to be someone special. Not just a clumsy fool, or a useless damsel in distress. Make me someone amazing." Dark clouds began approaching them, and Feferi looked up at them, worried.

"Don't despair, step right up! Glass of water? Here's a cup! Dream dream dream dream dream dream!" The thunder grew louder as Eridan kept singing. Feferi bit her lip, getting more nervous. She looked back down at Tavros, who looked distressed.

"He's having a nightmare! Wake up Tavros! Wake up!" She shook him roughly. "Stop it Eridan! You're giving him nightmares!" She finally stood up.

"Sorry Tavros." She held out her hand and sent her green sparkles. They landed on his back and zapped him. His eyes flew open and he yelped, sitting up.

"Ow! What was that for?" He stood up, rubbing the area where she zapped him.

"...Your nightmare was about me, wasn't it?" Feferi asked softly, looking upset.

"I uh...don't remember..." Tavros admitted. "But I did dream about one thing..." He turned to Eridan, who was still admiring his wand. Suddenly, his ear fins twitched and he looked up.

"Noirs!" He pointed. They followed his gaze. Over the hill in front of them came the Handmaiden, with more imps and two dog-like creatures with wings.

"Hello again. Get them." She waved her hand and the imps charged, the dogs behind them. Feferi pulled out her trident and Eridan pointed his wand. Tavros backed up behind them. Eridan was very pleased with his new weapon. It didn't have the distance as his old gun but it did more damage, going through imps to hit the ones behind them. Feferi charged at a group, swinging her trident and sending sparkles of energy everywhere. But the imps ignored the sparkles like it didn't affect them. Feferi's eyes widened as she stared at her hands.

"My powers are weakening..." She realized. Suddenly, an imp grabbed her hair, pulling her down as others grabbed onto her. She yelped as they began shocking her with their electric rods, struggling to get out of their grips. Eridan kept shooting the imps who were foolish enough to fly at him, kicking away the ones that came on ground. He let his instincts take over again, snarling at his enemies. It took a few minutes for most of them to be on the ground. Even when they ganged up on him, he just took them all down.

"Eridan! A little help over here!" Feferi called over, trying to free herself. Eridan sighed.

"I am a little busy Fef!" He called back, not realizing one of the imps behind him was getting up. It charged, grabbing his cape and yanking it back, pulling him in range of the shock rod. Eridan yelped as he fell to the ground, getting shocked by the imp and his friends, who were taking advantage of the moment of weakness.

Tavros, meanwhile, decided to take a stand. He held up his fists at the imp approaching him. He gave a weak battle cry as he charged. He hit the imp weakly in the chest. The imp looked at him, confused, before shocking him with the rod. Tavros fell back, convulsing slightly with the electricity running through his body, his hair standing straight up.

"Oh for goodness..." Feferi took a deep breath and closed her eyes, trying to focus. She managed to turn herself into a cloud of sparkles, flying out of the grasp of the imps. She flew over to Tavros, who was standing up again, and Eridan, who managed to stumble over.

"Don't havve much fight left in me." Eridan warned, clutching his side.

"Tavros, you have to dream us out of here. We believe in you!" Feferi chirped, slowly getting back in physical form. Tavros closed his eyes, trying to focus.

"shark sub, shark sub, shark sub." Eridan chanted quietly. Feferi gave him a firm look and he went quiet. There was a 'poof' noise and Tavros opened his eyes. A giant banana split was sitting next to the milk river.

"Oh for Cod's sake, really? A Banana split? Still hungry Tavv? Howw about a knuckle sandwich?!" Eridan growled.

"No! It's perfect!" Feferi squealed, running over to the split.

"It's a banana split boat!" She began pushing it into the river.

"Wwell then, let's split!" Eridan and Tavros ran over, helping her push it into the river as more imps approached. The Handmaiden snarled as they managed to get into the boat and sail away from shore before the imps reached them. She pulled out her scanner, smirking.

"See ya later. All dreamers must dream sometime..."