I'm angry, at them, at me, at this child, at..at him...this is his fault. I'm crying, I'm screaming and fighting to get away from the truth, or maybe the bony hands trying to keep me from hurting myself. I don't care, I just don't care anymore. My body goes limp and everything crashes down on me at once and I can't handle it, I'm shaking violently, trying and failing to get a hold of myself. I pass out.

...

I crack open my eyes, just a bit so I can catch a glimpse of my surroundings. I'm back in bed? And where is everyone? God, what if I imagined the entire scenario? I really am going crazy...but then the door creaked open, and in walked all six skeletons, staring at me. Chess looked concerned, Geno looked angry, Serif wouldn't even look in my direction, Ink was muttering something to Blue probably to help him stop crying, and Dream seemed to be fighting back tears himself. What have I done? In a flash of selfishness I made their already hard lives worse, I really am a monster.

"I'm...so, so sorry..." I whispered, swallowing back tears. That got all of their attention, the pain in their faces only destroying me even more.

"Y/n...why we're you up there?" Chess asks quietly, if only I could give him a simple answer, maybe I can?

"Just...wasn't tired!" Even I knew my smile was fake.

"Don't lie to us!" Geno spat, clearly disgusted by my lie.

"Please..." he added on quietly, hugging himself, doing his best to keep the tears from spilling. Serif finally looked up at me, and I could feel the pleads for an explanation, the cries for redemption, for another chance to help, to uncover the truth, the whole truth. And so I start talking.

"I was suffering, I've always been suffering, but as I made my ways to each of you..." I made sure I made eye contact with each of them before continuing.

"Your agony just hit a little to close to home...I guess..." I struggle to find the right words, something that was never a problem before.

"Please...tell us how we can help, you've done so much for us over that last three days, please...let us help you..." Ink begged, the others muttered their consent.

"So tell us, what happened?" Blue finally spoke after drying his tears. There's so much to tell, but I'll try...for them.

"About three years ago, I met a someone...a man that was very special to me. Especially at the time, my parents had just died and the rest of my family is hundreds of miles away, I was so alone...but when he cam into my life, he gave me a reason to be alive again. We did everything together, and we eventually married. We were only married for about two months when I brought up having children, that's when we made the dreaded discovery that he could not produce the qualities to have children. But I remained positive, and as a surprise, I went and had an artificial insemination done as a gift on his birthday." I gestured to my stomach, proof that it was a success.

"What he wasn't telling me is that he'd been drinking and sleeping with other people around the same time. Feeling 'untouchable' when he knew he wouldn't get anyone pregnant." I paused and took a deep breath, his betrayal still stings to this day. The skeletons surrounded me on my bed, Blue rubbing large circles on my back, like I once did for him. I give him a grateful smile before continuing.

"When his birthday rolled around, I finally told him I was expecting, I even showed him the papers. But instead of celebrating with me, be called me a 'cheating whore' and 'was glad he never loved me'. Then, the entire truth finally came out, who he's been with, and for how long. There were dozens of others..." I take another pause, I've never told anyone this story, so hearing it out loud makes it all the more real. He's gone...He was never there, not with me.

"He left that night...He never came home, but I stayed, hopeful that maybe, he'd some back, be the person I though I knew again. But as time went on, my hope dwindled, until I had to get out of our little city apartment, everything reminded me of him, and with no one left to turn to...I came here. I was an old estate that my great grandmother used to own, but no one had been here since her death. Fixing it up, gave me something to take my mind off him, and this became home...and for about a month, everything was quiet until some skeletons shook things up." I says gesturing to all of them around me. A shaky sigh escapes my lips and I cover my face, my body shaking with silent tears. My hands were pulled from my face, I look up and see Dream, he's holding something, it looks like a giant glowing marble.

"What...?" I shuddered, my mind still foggy from the tears.

"This is your last Dream, you had many, but as your Hopes and Dreams die, these little things disappear with them, until you only had one left." He explains quietly, as if I could be shattered at any moment.

"Would you like to see it?" I sniffle and nod my head, attempting a weak smile. Dream takes to gloved fingers and ghosts them over the orbs surface, there is a collective gasp around the room as a hazy projector like screen comes into focus and starts to play. There's a little girl with curley hair giggling and running through a field, suddenly Blue come behind her and scoops her up, putting her up on his shoulders, her squealing along the way. Then, the shot starts to zoom out, and everything starts to come into view. Geno and Chess are playing checkers on the grass and Ink is directing Dream as he attempts to draw something in his sketchbook, and Serif is relaxing under a tree. I walk out the of the house, surprisingly not pregnant, and yell something, causing everyone to get up and gather in the house, just as the sun blankets the entire plane in a golden evening glow. The screen goes dark and retracts back into the orb in Dreams open palm. Everyone is silent, I can feel their heavy gazes on me as they gage for my reaction. I smile, and for the first time, happy tears spill from my eyes, I place a hand over my chest and smile.

"Thank you, I really needed that...that little girl, was she-" the dark room slowly starts to fill with a golden light, coming from under my hand, which was still on my chest.

"Y/n! Your soul!" Chess points to a bright glowing ball that is taking the form of a heart in front of me. It thrums happily before golden strands on its essence slowly detach itself from its middle. There are six total threads, each one wrapping itself around a different skeletons wrist. Once each strand was secure, the heart gently phases backing into my chest, the gold fading with it. I look around and recall everything that has happened. My story, the orb showing me my last dream, by soul...right now as I look at each of them and they admire their golden bracelets, something tingles inside me.

"You chose us, all of us, as soul mates..." Ink whispers. I now know what this tingly feeling is, their words, their comfort, their presence, it all fills me with HOPE.