Chapter 20
Dreamscapers
While sleeping, Arisa woke up someplace strange in her mind.
"Huh? Where am I?" Arisa asked.
Somehow, she found herself in a white void space while in her pajamas.
"That's what we would like to know too," Arisa heard some familiar voices.
She turned around and saw Felicia, Usagi, Makoto, and Miru with her too. They were also in their pajamas.
"Why are you girls here?" Arisa asked them.
"I don't know," Felicia answered.
"All I can remember is going to sleep after that girls day out together," Makoto said.
"Me too," Usagi replied.
"Same here. More importantly, where are we?" Miru asked the same question on everyone's mind.
"The dream world," another voice answered.
The girls turned to see Junko awake. They could tell because her beautiful yet menacing violet eyes were open.
"Holy Carrot! Really? We're in the dream world?" Usagi asked Junko a lot of questions while hopping in confusion.
"How can you tell?" Arisa questioned worriedly.
"Because I spend most of the time sleeping so I'm familiar with the dream world," Junko explained.
"That does make sense," Felicia understood as the girls nodded in agreement.
"Why we're all here together is what I don't know," Junko stated.
"Oh," the girls were unhappy that she didn't know that.
Suddenly, the whole area began to shine as something was about to happen.
"Everyone, cover your eyes!" Junko yelled.
The girls did as she said and covered their eyes as the area around them began to change.
-My Hero Academia-
Once the flash was over, the girls uncovered their eyes and found themselves somewhere else.
They were in a large rocky area inside a large cave lit by candles hung on the walls. There were also various cave entrances, a large spider web in the center, and smaller spider webs around the cave.
"Where are we now?" Arisa asked fearfully as she and the others looked around.
"No where good. That's for sure," Junko answered. "I think whoever or whatever is behind this brought us here for a reason."
"Holy Carrot! If that's true, how we do get out of the dream world?" Usagi asked the question that was on the other girls' minds.
"There are two ways," Junko began explaining. "One way is to stop the thing or defeat the someone who is behind it. The other way is to somehow shock ourselves so much that we wake up in the real world."
"I think it would be quicker and safer if we did the second option," Felicia suggested.
"Yeah. How do we shock ourselves awake, Junko?" Makoto questioned her.
"Well, we can..." Junko started, but was interrupted.
"Wait, everyone," Miru warned the girls as she had her eyes closed to use her Quirk. "Someone else is here."
Miru opened her eyes as she and the girls looked around to see who or what was coming.
Suddenly, a web shot out of the ceiling and stuck to Miru's head as she was quickly pulled up to the ceiling.
"Aaaahhhhh!" Miru shouted as she was taken.
"Miru!" The girls exclaimed in worry.
"Okay. No one takes one of my friends and gets away with it," Makoto got ready for whatever was there with them.
"Dice R..." Makoto began to say, but was stopped when a web shot from the ceiling, covering her mouth and head.
"Makoto!" The girls exclaimed as she was about to be taken into the darkness of the ceiling.
"Hey, let go of her!" Usagi shouted as she, Felicia, and Arisa held onto Makoto.
They tried to pulled her away from the web so she wouldn't be taken. Unfortunately, more webs shot from the ceiling as they stuck to Usagi, Arisa, and Felicia.
"Aaaahhhhh..." The three girls screamed as they and Makoto were taken.
"Girls!" Junko exclaimed.
Another web shot from the ceiling, but Junko side-stepped and cart-wheeled away to dodge it.
"Alright whoever you are, show yourself!" Junko declared angrily.
"Well, it seems we have an unhappy face in the audience," a voice announced as Junko searched for the source.
Suddenly, a spotlight shined on the giant web, revealing the girls wrapped in spider webs like cocoons stuck to the web. The only parts of them visible were their eyes and noses.
Then the spotlight moved up to reveal the mysterious creature. It was a monster with its top half as a human woman with white skin, long black hair, two black spider-eyes, two white arms and clawed hands, and black shirt. It's bottom half was a white and black spider abdomen and eight spider-legs.
"Who are you?" Junko questioned the creature with a glare.
"Why I'm the one and only main attraction of the dream world. I'm the Dreamweaver!" the creature, identified as Dreamweaver, revealed herself.
"What do you want with us?" Junko demanded.
"I just want some information from you children," Dreamweaver explained. "But first, it's time to send your friends to a private show."
Junko watched as Dreamweaver took Usagi, Miru, and Makoto, and threw them into separate cave entrances, where they disappeared. The spider monster then took Arisa and Felicia and threw them into the same cave entrance.
"Where did you send them?" Junko angrily asked.
"Right now, they have front row seats to their nightmares. I admit I'm surprised you know about the dream world and dodged my web. Before I get the information I require, I'm going to deal with you first," Dreamweaver pointed to Junko.
"Bring it on!" Junko declared as she posed for battle.
"Very well," Dreamweaver accepted as she spat webs from mouth to attack her foe.
Junko jumped and back-flipped away from the web blast to dodge it.
"It seems this is going to be interesting," Dreamweaver commented.
She and Junko glared at each other to battle again.
-My Hero Academia-
In the cave entrances, the webs trapping the girls faded as they found themselves in various locations.
Usagi was inside an old-run down house. There she looked around as she wasn't sure where she was and why she was there.
"Where am I?" Usagi asked aloud.
"Eeeeeeh, what's up kid?" a female voice asked her.
Usagi looked behind and saw an older rabbit woman wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, and pink jacket.
Usagi was shocked to see her because of how similar they appear to be. They both have the same color of light-brown for their fur, rabbit ears, rabbit feet. They also have pink hair, but Usagi's hair is medium and the woman's hair is long. As for their eyes, Usagi has black eyes and the woman has blue eyes.
"Holy Carrot! Mmmmm...Mom?" Usagi questioned her in a shocked way.
"That's me kid," the woman responded.
"I'm so happy to see you!" Usagi exclaimed.
Just as she was about to approach the woman, Usagi found her arms and legs chained to the ground.
"What's going on?" Usagi was confused by the chains on her.
"Well, see you kid," the woman said her farewell as she approached the door.
"Wait, aren't you going to help me out of these chains, mom? I thought you wanted to be with me," Usagi told her.
"Why would I want to be with you?" the woman replied, which confused and saddened Usagi. "The reason I left you at the orphanage is because you're not worth my time, and you mean nothing to me."
The harsh words the woman told Usagi left the young rabbit girl shocked and sad by the revelation.
"No, no, you can't mean that!" Usagi exclaimed in tears. "Please come back!"
Her words were ignored as the woman left through the door, leaving Usagi crying and chained up.
-My Hero Academia-
Miru was in the cafeteria at UA High School. She found herself alone at a table.
"Okay, why am I in the cafeteria at school?" Miru questioned where she was.
All of a sudden she saw her classmates coming through one of the entrances.
"What are you guys doing here?" Miru asked them.
Once Miru got a closer look at them, she saw that they had expressionless looks on their faces.
"Is there something wrong?" Miru asked again, but they didn't respond.
Suddenly, more students came through the other entrances, and they also had expressionless looks.
"What's going on here?" Miru questioned aloud.
Then bright lights came on and were aimed at Miru, forcing her to close her eyes.
"Aaahhh... These lights are too bright." Miru complained, laying on the ground and covering her eyes with her hands as she tried to get away from the bright light.
With her eyes closed, she began hearing all the various thoughts that the students had on their minds.
"Aaahhh... Too many thoughts!" Miru complained as she stopped moving around because of the headache she was getting.
She was squirming on the ground in mental pain as the crowd of students surrounded her.
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Makoto was somewhere in the Conflagration Zone of the USJ.
"How did I get here?" Makoto wondered as she saw fire and burning buildings around here.
She saw some UA High students stuck under some burning rubble.
"Don't worry, I'm coming to help," Makoto declared.
"Gin Rummy!" Makoto shouted.
Suddenly, her elbows had cylindrical tape dispensers on them.
"What? The Tape Quirk isn't useful with all these fire," Makoto complained.
Then she heard the sound of the burning rubble over the trapped students starting to break.
"Help!" the trapped students yelled.
"I've got to try again. High Roller!" Makoto shouted.
The tape dispensers on her arms disappeared. However, she grew rabbit ears out of her head and had rabbit feet.
"Come on! The Rabbit Quirk isn't helpful for this situation," Makoto complained.
"Aaaaahhhh..." She heard the trapped students screamed as she saw the rubble break off and fall on them.
"NOOOOOOO!" Makoto screamed for the loss of the students.
"Why? Why? Why couldn't I get the right Quirk in time?" Makoto wallowed in pity as she kneeled down in shame.
-My Hero Academia-
Arisa and Felicia were somewhere in the midst of Musutafu's streets.
"Where are we?" Arisa asked in a scared tone.
"It looks like we're in Musutafu, but it's eerily quiet," Felicia answered.
They looked around and saw that there was no else around.
"Aaaahhhh!" The girls heard someone scream.
"What was that?" Arisa questioned worriedly.
"I don't know," Felicia said. "But it sounds like it came from this direction."
Felicia pointed north as she and Arisa followed the sound of the scream. Once they turned a corner, they found Kai crouched on his knees in pain as his body glowed green and his head was down to the ground.
"Kai?" Felicia questioned.
"Kai?!" Arisa was surprised as she approached her classmate.
Felicia followed her friend as they reached Kai.
"No, stay back," Kai warned the girls as they stopped a few feet away from him. "It's dangerous to be near me."
"No, it's alright Kai. Felicia and I are here to help," Arisa assured her friend.
"Indeed," Felicia agreed.
Kai was silent for a moment, but then he started laughing eerily.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha," Kai's laugh made both girls worried and confused.
Kai then lifted his head to look at the girls, who were surprised that his eyes were glowing white.
"That is not the real Kai," Felicia pointed out.
"Definitely not," Arisa agreed worriedly.
"Neither of you can help me," Kai explained as he looked at Arisa. "As a matter of fact, you can't help me, Arisa. How can you? When you can't even help yourself."
Kai then laughed again as his glowing eyes suddenly got brighter. Felicia and Arisa covered their eyes until the glow dimmed down, and then Kai was no where to be found.
"What was that about?" Felicia questioned.
"I think..." Arisa started, but then she and Felicia heard a cracking sound.
Arisa looked down and saw the bracelet on her right wrist suddenly cracking. Both girls were shocked as the bracelet eventually broke off into pieces and fell to the ground.
"What?!" Arisa was surprised. "No, no, no, no, no, no!"
"What's the matter, Arisa?" Felicia was concerned.
Suddenly, Arisa crouched to her knees and shut her eyes in pain as she was surrounded in blue energy.
"Aaaahhhh!" Arisa screamed in pain.
"Arisa!" Felicia tried to get close to help her.
"No! Please stay back! I don't want to hurt you with my Quirk!" Arisa shouted, making her friend stop in her tracks.
Felicia saw her friend was in pain and really wanted to help when she saw tears running down Arisa's face.
Just as Felicia was about to approach her again, she heard some evil laughter.
"Bwahahahahahah!" Someone laughed from behind the girls.
Felicia turned around and was shocked and surprised with fear by what she saw.
A tall troll with greyish-green skin, small red eyes, badly maintained teeth, clawed hands, and slicked-back, spiky, brown-orange hair. His outfit consists of a dark green onesuit under a lighter green vest, large brown shoes with springs on the heels, and a black cape designed like bat wings.
"Spring-Heeled Jack?!" Felicia fearfully questioned. "I remember hearing about you from tales as a child, but I didn't think you were real."
Felicia slowly stepped back from the creature as he approached her, not even bothering with Arisa.
"Yes, my dear. I'm here and real. Now it's time, for my meal," Spring-Heeled Jack spoke in a British accent and sinister tone.
He jumped towards Felicia, who looked very scared of him.
"Aaaahhhhh!" Felicia screamed as she started running from the troll.
"Bwahahahahah!" He laughed as he chased her by making big, metallic jumps.
That left Arisa alone, to deal with her pain.
'The energy really hurts, but I can't let it hurt anyone,' Arisa thought as she kept holding it in.
-My Hero Academia-
In the spider lair, Junko was dodging web blasts from Dreamweaver.
"I'm surprised you've lasted this long against me. Though you're making this show last longer than expected," Dreamweaver complained as she kept firing web blasts from her mouth.
However, Junko kept dodging those blasts will her flips and jumps.
"Hey, Dreamweaver, why don't you come down here and fight me head on. Unless you're scared," Junko taunted the creature.
"Hah. Taunting won't work on me. I know that your Quirk requires you to come into close contact with your opponent to use it. That means in long-distance fights, you don't stand a chance," Dreamweaver explained.
Junko glared at Dreamweaver for figuring her out.
"I will applaud you for putting up resistance against me and my power, unlike your friends. Speaking of which, perhaps you'd like a peek at what they're going through right now." Dreamweaver shot a big web blast at the ceiling, creating a giant web that lowered down halfway to the ground.
In the web holes, Junko and Dreamweaver saw each of the girls in their nightmares.
Usagi was chained to the ground and crying.
Miru was squirming on the ground in mental pain.
Makoto kneeled down to the ground in sorrow.
Arisa was on the ground in pain.
Felicia was running from Spring-Heeled Jack.
Then those images disappeared.
"You won't get away with this!" Junko shouted and glared at the creature.
"Oh, I think I will. Once I get you and your friends out of the way, I'll get exactly what I want!" Dreamweaver responded and laughed evilly.
In that brief opening, Junko quickly ran to side of the cave. She jumped on and off it, gaining momentum and rising towards the Dreamweaver, ready to attack her in close combat.
Dreamweaver quickly noticed the attack and shot a web blast from her mouth, but Junko moved her head to dodge the attack. Then Dreamweaver shot two web blasts from her hands at Junko, who was surprised. The web shots stuck to Junko's body, and the force from it sent her and stuck her to the recently made giant web.
Junko tried to get out of it, but to no avail. Dreamweaver then jumped on the web Junko was on and crawled to her.
"Now that I have your attention, I'd like to know how is it that you can fight against me in the dream world?" Dreamweaver questioned.
"If you must know, because of my Quirk, I've had to learn about Chi and how to manipulate it in people's body. Chi is the vital life force that flows through all living things and unites the body, spirit, and mind. I learned to control my own chi within my body, spirit, and mind. Meaning your powers against me are useless," Junko explained.
"Well, with that nugget of information, it looks like sneaking a peek in your mind is impossible," Dreamweaver realized.
"However, I've still got a whole audience of minds to invade," she told Junko.
Dreamweaver jumped back to the first web and began to crawl up it when she stopped for a moment.
"Just so you don't get bored while I'm gone, here's a little entertainment," Dreamweaver then shot web blasts from her hands, creating a giant web that lowered down near Junko.
She saw in the web holes the images of her friends in their nightmares reappeared.
"Enjoy watching the curtain fall on your friends while I do some mind perusing. Ha ha ha ha hah," Dreamweaver taunted and laughed at Junko.
The spider creature then crawled up to the ceiling and disappeared into the darkness.
That left Junko stuck to a web and watching her friends in danger.
"Please, girls. At least one of you has got to get through your nightmare," Junko hoped aloud.
-My Hero Academia-
Felicia was still running through the city away from Spring-Heeled Jack. When she saw a corner coming up, she quickly ran to it. When Spring-Heeled Jack turned the corner, Felicia was somehow gone so he stopped jumping for a moment. He searched a bit and found only buildings and alleyways.
"Wherever you've gone, I can't tell. But I'll find you, Felicia Marvell," Spring-Heeled Jack proclaimed as he returned to jumping to find her.
After he left, Felicia came out from hiding behind a garbage can in one of the alleyways.
"At least I got away from him for now," Felicia stated to herself. "If only I had my paint brush and paint tube, then I can use my Quirk to capture him or something."
She then thought about having both objects in hand. Suddenly, her hands glowed brightly, which caught the attention of Spring-Heeled Jack as he went to the light.
The glow died down, and Felicia saw that she had exactly what she thought of in her hands.
"How did I do that?" She questioned as she was confused with having what she needed.
"So here you are, and I didn't have to look far," Felicia looked up and saw Spring-Heeled Jack across from her.
"Oh no, not you," Felicia fearfully said.
"Yes, it's me. How terrible for thee," Spring-Heeled Jack stated as he began to take a deep breath.
Felicia knew what was coming. She then opened the paint tube, put some paint on the ground, and began to paint something quickly.
Spring-Heeled Jack then exhaled a long, white and blue stream of fire towards Felicia. She finished her painting of a fire extinguisher as it came to life, aimed the nozzle at the fireball, and activated the extinguisher. The stream of extinguisher foam was powerful enough to put out the fire and reach the troll creature's mouth. The foam got into the troll's mouth, which made him cough as he tried to get it out.
Felicia used that opening to quickly paint a cannon with a short fuse and a matchstick. When she was done, she aimed the cannon at Spring-Heeled Jack, struck the matchstick on fire, and lit the fuse.
Just as Spring-Heeled Jack got all the foam out of his mouth, he noticed the cannon aimed at him and the fuse about to go out. He was too late to get away as a cannonball was fired from the cannon and hit him with in the gut with huge force as he was launched away from the alley.
Felicia got out of the alley and saw Spring-Heeled Jack knocked out from hitting a wall as there were cracks in it.
"Phew, at least he won't bother me for a while," Felicia was relieved. "Now I have to find Arisa."
Felicia quickly ran back to her friend. After a little running, she found Arisa still crying, covered in blue energy, and kneeled down to the ground in pain.
"Arisa!" Felicia approached her friend.
"No!" Arisa shouted, and that made Felicia stop. "Don't come near me! I don't want to hurt you!"
"What do you mean by that?" Felicia asked as she kneeled down to Arisa. "Please tell me."
Arisa lifted her head and still crying as she looked at her friend and began to explain.
"When I was in middle school, I accidentally used my Quirk and it hurt someone. That person was fine, but I was so terrified by what I did with my Quirk that I decided I would never use it unless necessary," Arisa started.
"Oh, right," Felicia realized. "You did mention that once before, but it was a while ago so I forgot about it."
"That's why I'm a pacifist," Arisa continued. "Then after seeing what happened to Kai in the Sports Festival, and hearing about what our friends said about him, his Quirk, and his problem with it, I was worried for him. The reason is because he's my friend and I can relate to his problem. If even Kai has problems with controlling his Quirk, what chance do I have with controlling my Quirk?"
"So, you were worried for both Kai and yourself?" Felicia questioned.
"Yes," Arisa admitted. "I'm worried for Kai and what might happen to him and everyone if he can't control his Quirk. And I'm scared of what might happen if I can't control my Quirk. I don't want anyone to get hurt!"
Arisa was surprised when Felicia suddenly hugged her, despite her pleas for her friend to stay back.
Felicia then let go of Arisa as she looked her friend in the eyes.
"Arisa, I don't know what it's like to lose control of my Quirk. But I do know that you can't let your fear from the past stop you in the present," Felicia reasoned, which stunned Arisa.
"If you let what happened back then stop you now, then you won't go anywhere. Don't let your worries get the best of you. Remember, your Quirk comes from you, so you have control of it. It doesn't control you," Felicia explained.
Arisa was still stunned by what Felicia said, and wiped away the tears from her eyes.
"I don't know if I can," Arisa was unsure with a small frown.
"I know you can because I believe in you," Felicia reassured her friend. "Also, I figured out that in the dream world you can do anything you can imagine. So, if you think you about having control of your Quirk, then you will."
"Really?" Arisa asked with curious look.
"Yes," Felicia responded with a smile.
"Okay, I'll try," Arisa believed in her friend.
Arisa then started to think about making the energy within her smaller and easier to control. After a few seconds, the blue energy around her a dimmed down and she wasn't in pain anymore. Felicia lent her a hand and Arisa accepted it as she got up.
"See, I knew you could do it," Felicia said.
"I guess I can. Thank you, Felicia," Arisa replied.
"No problem. That's what friends are for," Felicia stated.
The touching moment was then interrupted when they heard some familiar evil laughter.
"Bwahahahah!"
The girls saw Spring-Heeled Jack jumping towards them.
"Who or what is that?" Arisa asked in surprise.
"My fear," Felicia responded with a frown.
"You knocked me down, but not out! I'm still here, that is no doubt! Now I'll feast on two girls! I don't think that much meat will make me hurl!" Spring-Heeled Jack taunted.
The troll creature then shot out white and blue fireballs every time he jumped high in the sky.
Felicia and Arisa were lucky those shots missed them, but they caused the ground to shake when they hit it.
"Arisa, do you think you can attack him?" Felicia asked.
"What? But I don't want to hurt anyone," Arisa was concerned.
"Remember, this is a dream. No one actually gets hurt here. Plus, if we want to get out of here, we have to stop him," Felicia pointed to the troll creature, who was getting closer to them.
"Alright, I'll try," Arisa decided with a small smile.
Arisa then focused on gathering a lot of energy within her hands as Spring-Heeled Jack got closer. Once she had enough energy stored, she took aim and fired a powerful beam at Spring-Heeled Jack, who was surprised by it.
"Aaaaahhhhhh!" the troll creature was hit dead on target while in the air.
The beam sent him into hurtling far and high into the sky. As soon as he disappeared. there was a small twinkle in the sky.
"You did it, Arisa!" Felicia congratulated her.
"Yeah, I really did it," Arisa replied in shock, but with a small smile on her face.
"I knew you could it," Felicia said.
"Thanks for the support. But, um, your fear is a fancy dressed troll that can jump high and breath fire?" Arisa asked curiously.
"Well, um, he's called Spring-Heeled Jack and he is a creature from English Folklore. He terrorized the people of London, scaring them and sometimes eating them. When I was a child, my friends told me tales about him, and I used to have nightmares about him," Felicia answered embarrassingly.
"Oh. Well, that does make sense," Arisa understood.
"Anyway, we need to get out of here," Felicia changed the subject and got back on track.
"How do we do that?" Arisa asked.
"If we imagine a way out, then it will appear," Felicia suggested.
"Then let's do it," Arisa decided, and Felicia agreed with a nod.
Both girls closed their eyes and imagined a way out. Afterwards, they opened their eyes and saw a brown door a foot way from them.
"Do you think that's the way out?" Arisa questioned.
"Only one way to find out," Felicia said as both girls approached the door.
Felicia opened the door, and a bright light came out of it. The girls closed their eyes as they were enveloped by the light. When the light dimmed down, the girls found themselves back in the spider lair.
"We're back here?" Arisa asked in concern.
"I hoped we would be," Felicia responded.
"Why?" Arisa questioned.
"Because I think we need to stop Dreamweaver. I remember hearing the spider creature call herself that," Felicia remembered hearing the name when she was trapped in the cocoon.
"Oh, right," Arisa also remembered hearing the same thing.
"Arisa! Felicia!" The girls heard their names being called from above. They looked up and saw Junko trapped on a spider web.
"Junko!" Both girls exclaimed.
"I'm glad to see you two made it back okay," Junko saw them below here. "You need it to get me down from here. Dreamweaver can be back anytime."
"Okay," Arisa said.
"Arisa, can you shoot the web that's trapping Junko?" Felicia asked.
"I'll try," Arisa nodded.
"Okay then. I'll paint something soft for her to land on," Felicia stated with the paint brush and paint tube in hand.
Arisa gathered energy with her hands and shot a beam at the web. The blast broke the webbing and Junko began to fall, still trapped. Felicia finished painting a big mattress, which Junko safely landed on. The girls then helped get Junko out of the web.
"Thank you both for saving me," Junko said as she removed some webs off herself.
"You're welcome," Arisa replied.
"Where is Dreamweaver?" Felicia asked Junko.
"She went into our minds, except mine, to get some information," Junko answered.
"What information could she want?" Arisa questioned.
"I think I might know what she's looking for, and I figured out who she really is," Junko stated.
"Really?" Felicia and Arisa were surprised.
"Yes, and before I tell you, we need to decide which of you two is going to wake up," Junko stated.
"Why?" Both girls were confused, and that made Junko sigh.
"Because one of you needs to get back to the real world and tell the police and Speed Girl about what I figured out. While the other girl and I keep Dreamweaver busy," Junko explained.
"Okay. I think I should go back," Felicia decided.
"What?" Arisa was surprised as she looked at her friend. "Felicia, are you sure?"
"Yes, I am." Felicia responded with a nod. "Arisa, your Quirk can help Junko better than mine can."
"I'm not sure," Arisa wasn't convinced.
"Just remember this is the dream world. If you think you can control your Quirk, then you can," Felicia reminded her.
"Um, okay. I'll stay to help," Arisa decided.
"Alright then," Junko joined the conversation. "Now that we've got that out of the way, it's time for you both to know who Dreamweaver really is."
Arisa and Felicia paid close attention to what Junko was about to say.
"Well, well, well." The girls heard from above a familiar voice.
They looked up and saw Dreamweaver crawling down on a spider web.
"Now that I've got the information I needed, it's time to deal with you, Junko," Dreamweaver said.
She then stopped, and was shocked to see Junko freed from the web, and Felicia and Arisa with her.
"What?! You two got out of your nightmares?" Dreamweaver pointed to Arisa and Felicia. "And broke Junko free?"
"Yes, we did," Felicia answered.
"And you're in time for me to reveal who you really are," Junko said as she looked at Dreamweaver, who was angry.
"Go ahead. Let's see if you know my identity," Dreamweaver smugly said.
"You are really... Jouko Gumo!" Junko revealed.
"What?!" Felicia and Arisa were shocked.
Dreamweaver was angry for being found out.
"Jouko Gumo? The person in charge of the Traveling Cabinet of Curiosities attraction?" Felicia was confused.
"How do you know?" Arisa questioned Junko.
"For one thing, Dreamweaver speaks in the same way Jouko does. Next, when the traveling attraction came, didn't you find it strange that there was no admission fee or gift shop in it?" Junko asked her friends.
"No, because I was focused on helping Arisa feel better," Felicia admitted sheepishly.
"I was distracted," Arisa also admitted.
Junko gave them deadpanned looks as she continued.
"With no admission fees or gift shop, how can she make money? One way to do that would be to steal the money from people. I remembered hearing on the news from a few days ago about some people were in the hospital from being terrified in their sleep, and they somehow had their money from the bank stolen. However, they were no break-ins or hacking. Just that somehow the thief knew the PIN numbers to the people's bank accounts. Jouko Gumo here must have a Quirk that allows her to invade people's dreams so she can steal information from them." Junko explained.
Felicia and Arisa were stunned by what Junko figured out. The girls then heard slow clapping from Dreamweaver.
"Well done. You put the pieces together and figured it all out. I am Jouko Gumo. You're much smarter than you appear to be in the real world," Dreamweaver, revealed to be Jouko, commented. "And this all wouldn't be possible without my Quirk."
Name: Jouko Gumo. Quirk: Dream Invasion. She can infiltrate the dreams of people and manipulate it to her will. She has to know the names of her targets and both she and the target must be asleep.
"Why do it?" Arisa questioned her.
"I got my Quirk ever since I was a kid. However, I didn't think being a hero would be profitable or my Quirk would be useful in being a hero. I never told anyone about it, and so everyone thought I was Quirkless. I carried on the family business of running the Traveling Cabinet of Curiosities and traveling around Japan. Though it was popular, it wasn't profitable, and an admissions fees or a gift shop would only make small money. I created the legend of the Dreamweaver so people would blame it and not me. I used the nightmares I give people as cover so I can invade their minds for their PIN account numbers," Jouko revealed.
"But why didn't the police stop you?" Felicia asked.
"The police did get some info from my victims and traced it back to me. However, they could never find the stolen money, and so I was off the suspect list. If only they searched inside the giant question mark, then they would find all the money. Alas, here I am still getting away with it," Jouko answered.
"You're really overconfident to tell everything to us," Junko retorted.
"Yes, because none of you will be telling anyone about this. Three of your friends are still suffering in their nightmares. And I'll make sure you three are trapped in the nightmare of a lifetime!" Jouko exclaimed in anger as she glared at the girls.
"Felicia, you need to shock yourself awake now," Junko told her.
"Okay, but I need to think first" Felicia decided as she was thinking of how to do that.
"I don't think so!" Jouko shouted.
She shot web blasts from her mouth and hands at the girls. Arisa quickly created a barrier that protected her and the others from the webs. Jouko then jumped down from the web and punched the barrier repeatedly.
"Felicia, please think quickly. I can't hold the barrier for long," Arisa pleaded.
"Okay, I've got it!" Felicia exclaimed. "But I need to paint a few other things first."
"Paint quickly," Junko stated.
Felicia began to paint behind Arisa so Jouko wouldn't see it. Junko saw what was being painted and knew what to do.
"You can't hide there forever," Jouko teased as she kept punching the barrier. "I will get you!"
"Okay, I'm done," Felicia said. "Arisa, drop the barrier, and get down!"
Arisa nodded as she made the barrier disappear and crouched down to the ground. Jouko was about to web blast Arisa, but she saw something that confused her. A large cannon was aimed at her, and the lit fuse went out before Jouko could react. The cannon launched a huge can of bug spray, and it hit Jouko dead on. The impact released a huge cloud of pesticide on her.
"Aaaahhhh! My eyes! They burn! I can't see anything!" Jouko complained as she rubbed her eyes in pain.
Junko quickly ran to the spider monster, and jumped high enough to touch her human skin. Just as Jouko could see again, Junko's touch paralyzed her body.
"No! Now I can't move!" Jouko tried to move, but couldn't.
Though she could still talk.
"Now that Jouko is paralyzed, you need to get out now Felicia," Junko told her.
"On it," Felicia quickly painted a very tall building, and quickly jumped on it as it materialized.
After the tall building finished rising, Felicia was on top of it.
"Here goes nothing," Felicia prepared herself for what she had to do.
From below, Arisa looked worried and realized what Felicia was doing.
"Wait. She's going to jump from the top of the building?" Arisa asked Junko in shock.
"Yes," Junko answered calmy. "Don't worry. She won't get hurt because this a dream. The shock from the impact should wake her up."
"I hope so," Arisa was concerned.
Felicia stepped all the way back to one edge of the building, ran quickly, and jumped off the parallel edge. As soon as she started falling rapidly, she positioned herself head-first towards the ground and closed her eyes. As soon as she made impact with ground, her body faded and she disappeared.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Jouko screamed.
-My Hero Academia-
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" Felicia screamed as she woke up in bed.
"Thank goodness. I'm out of there," Felicia was relieved as sat up in bed.
"I have to call Speed Girl and the police, and tell them everything," Felicia reached for her cell phone and began dialing.
Back in the dream world, Arisa and Junko just witnessed Felicia disappear.
"Did she make it out okay?" Arisa questioned Junko.
"She did," Junko responded.
"This can't be happening," Jouko commented, still paralyzed.
Arisa and Junko turned around to face her.
"It is. Your time of invading people's dreams and stealing their money is over," Junko stated.
Jouko glared in anger, but then felt the feeling in body come back to her.
"Let's see about that," Jouko eerily stated as she jumped back to her big web, which surprised the girls.
"If I'm going down, I'll take you two and the other girls trapped in here with me," Jouko stated.
"Starting with you," Jouko pointed to Arisa. "The scared girl who can't attack."
Jouko jumped from the web and used the force from the fall as she prepared to slam her giant abdomen on Arisa.
Junko was about to step in to help, when she what Arisa was doing. With the impending attack aimed at her, Arisa felt scared and gathered a lot of energy in her hands. As the spider creature was almost near her, Arisa unleased all the energy.
"Hrrraaahhh!" Arisa put her hands together and blasted a large energy beam at Jouko.
"What?" Jouko was surprised by what she saw coming at her.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" Jouko screamed as the blast sent her hurdling to the wall.
The beam still kept going as blue cracks started appearing on Jouko's body. The cracks then spread to her abdomen and face as she still screamed.
"Ahhhhhhhh!" Jouko screamed for the last time as she glowed in blue energy and faded away.
-My Hero Academia-
In the real world, Jouko woke up in the tractor trailer part of her traveling attraction. With her plan foiled, she quickly got out her keys so she can drive out of town. Unfortunately for her, she saw outside of her front view mirror that Speed Girl, police cops, and police cars surrounded her attraction. With no escape, Jouko groaned in frustration and banged her head on the steering wheel.
At the same time in the dream world, the spider lair then glowed as Arisa and Junko covered their eyes. The same glow happened around Usagi, Miru, and Makoto. When the glow dimmed down, Arisa and Junko found themselves back in the white void space with Usagi, Miru, and Makoto there too.
"I'm glad you girls are okay," Arisa was relieved her friends were safe.
"Huh?" Usagi was confused.
"What happened?" Miru asked.
"And where's that spider creature Dreamweaver?" Makoto questioned.
Arisa and Junko looked at each other, smiled, and looked back to their friends.
"Don't worry. Everything's been taken care of," Arisa assured them.
"Arisa, Felicia, and I took care of Dreamweaver. You'll know what happened when we wake up," Junko told them.
Right on cue, the girls started fading and disappeared from the white void space.
Then Arisa, Usagi, Miru, and Makoto woke up in their beds quickly. Junko slowly opened her eyes and grabbed her phone to start a group chat with her female classmates.
The girls checked their phones and read a text from Junko. It explained about Dreamweaver's identity being Jouko Gumo and why she went after them. Felicia texted that while Arisa and Junko handled Jouko, she woke herself up and told Speed Girl and the police everything about Jouko. Speed Girl texted Felicia that Jouko was arrested and the stolen money was found, and Felicia texted the group the good news.
Arisa, Usagi, Miru, and Makoto were glad that the villain was stopped and wouldn't have to worry about having nightmares.
'I'm glad the nightmare is over and Jouko is arrested,' Arisa thought. "And now I actually feel better about Kai, his Quirk, and my Quirk."
With that done, the Class 1-L girls went back to sleep. This time knowing that they would only have sweet dreams.