Oswald woke up in the darkness with a cold sweat. He never had been so terrified in his life! He stared into the darkness for a minute before looking back at the side of his bed and saw his lovely Ortensia sleeping peacefully beside him. He was relieved but he couldn't forget that sudden nightmare where he was a giant monstrous blot version of himself and causing mayhem! He remembered how the inhabitants of the Wasteland tried to get away, how his bunny children cried their little heads off, how mickey...his brother...struggled weakly to grab the paintbrush only to become suddenly motionless. Yet, worst of all, his beloved Ortensia, tearfully begging him to return to being "her Oswald" only to make her inert and crushed her into pieces once she was a statue again. He also saw a hooded figure watching while sitting on what was his throne with a sadistic smile in the background of it all. Oswald placed his hands on his face and began to silently sob for the dream was so real that he didn't want to remember but couldn't easily forget. This nightmare had to be the worst one and he's been having recurring nightmares and dreams for a while now and they haven't gone away. Nor were they this bad. He looked at Ortensia one last time before getting our of bed and heading off to the kitchen to get a cup of water and as he drank that cold refreshing liquid, one of his bunny children, his only daughter, Oswald Jr. The 101st, hopped by, much to his surprise.

"Can't sleep?" Oswald asked her as she silently nodded. "Yeah, me neither."

They both sat on the couch as Oswald Jr the 101st cuddled next her father only for him to scoop her up and cradle her, rubbing her back as she snoozed peacefully in her father's arms. She felt so soft, then again, all his children were. As he sat there, gently rubbing his sleeping child's back he thought of all he had and was grateful for: being a brave and benevolent king, a loving husband, a caring father, and also being a big brother. He sighed calmly but sadly as he looked at his tiny bunny child. "At least you sleep well, because you and all your brothers know that you're loved," Oswald whispered to his daughter's ear as she stirred a little.

'I haven't been sleeping well lately' Oswald thought to himself as he stared into the darkness, until his ears picked up the sound of feet coming towards him and looked as he saw a worried Ortensia come to him as she sat next to him and placing a hand in his and kissed his cheek. She looked so pretty in her white nightgown that he could've mistaken her for an angel, that made him smile all the same.

"What's bothering you?" Ortensia asked. Oswald's smile faded and he looked away. How can he tell her about what that horrific dream he had?

"It was only a dream." Oswald answered simply.

"And?" Ortensia asked. He looked her way and knew Ortensia wasn't one to fool. That's what he loved most about her was that she knew something was always wrong.

"I became a blot-like monster and attacked everyone, mickey, our bunny children...and you." Oswald said, fighting back tears but his voice was breaking. Ortensia hugged him but not to tightly so as not to wake their bunny child still in his arms and placed his face in her hands and as he looked into her eyes, his eyes were starting to get watery but she kissed him on the lips.

"It's only a nightmare, Oswald" Ortensia reassured him.

"What if it isn't?" Oswald asked. " I've been having these dreams for a while now, Ortensia, I just have this bad feeling that something might happen."

Ortensia knew he was terrified but kissed him again and held him close as he relaxed in her embrace as he heavily breathed and let the whatever fears he had melt away. Being in his wife's embrace always made Oswald feel strong and brave.

"Let's go back to bed." Ortensia said gently as she kissed his forehead and he nodded.

"Can I sleep with you tonight?" Oswald Jr the 101st asked sleepily, getting the attention of her parents, as Ortensia scooped her out of Oswald's hands and kissed her.

"Of course, you can." Ortensia said lovingly before she took Oswald's hand and guided him back to the bedroom and into their comfy bed as they snuggled up together. Oswald kissed Ortensia passionately and closed his eyes. "Maybe they are just dreams," Oswald said to himself.

(Yen Sid POV)

If only Oswald knew that these dreams were signs of what was to come for dreams and nightmares are like letters from the universe, always giving good or bad messages of the future or glimpses into the past so as not to repeat a mistake. It is said that when you repeatedly have the same dream, the universe tries to warn you of something to come, whether it be good or bad, yet had my young apprentice known, he would've been better prepared for the darkness that would arise and threaten Wasteland once again.

(Yen Sid POV ends)

Out of the chasm, arose the Spinner with the corpse woman still clinging on. She slid off the mechanical beast and groaned as she moved. All those years in a coffin and being reduced to being a corpse has made her body stiff and hard, making it difficult for her to move, feeling like pins and needles were constantly all over and it felt irritatingly painful!

"Look at what Yen Sid turned me into!" The corpse woman cried out in a combination of agony and anger as she tried to walk, but her legs felt numb before falling to her knees and let out a painful groan. She looked all around and her surroundings and saw that she was at what looked like a distant shore or a beach that was littered with mechanical parts and various objects of many sizes. Even mechanical or disassembled rides lay across the sand or just above the open sea, rusted and forgotten. She shook her head in disappointment.

"The Shores of Wasteland," the corpse said. "Anything that ends up here is either used or forgotten. No different than those forgotten toons!"

She slowly rose to her feet as she looked at the Spinner that obediently stood in it's place, waiting for instructions from it's 'Mistress'.

She noticed a long raggedy old cloak and hood just being blown gently by the wind and clinging to a rusted metal piece of what once was a recognizable ride. She walked over and removed it and place it over her as she put the hood over her face and smile a small smile.

"Not exactly what I was going for but what choice do I have." She spoke to herself. "If I had my strength, youth, and magic I could -"

She stopped upon hearing a whirring sound and looked in the distance to see the mad doctor riding his giant mechanical arachnid and followed by ten Beetleworx as they rummage around the shoreline for parts and pieces picking. The corpse and her servant Spinner take cover and observe the mad doctor from a distance, as they watch, the corpse is entranced by the mad doctor and her smile grows.

"The mad doctor!" the corpse woman said astonished. He hadn't changed much and from what she remembered, he joined sides with the phantom Blot during the events of The Thinner Disaster and turned against Oswald. She wondered if the phantom Blot was still around and his minions, too. She questioned if the mad doctor was working with him or working alone. She had no clue what Wasteland was like since she's been in that coffin, cut off from the rest of the world, but if she had to guess she would have to take her chance but she was too weak to confront the mad doctor, her powers were depleted and needed to be recharged. She looked at the Spinner and knew she had to go back to her old home to find her charms and spell book if she wanted to confront the mad doctor and learn of the fate of the Phantom Blot. She climbed aboard the Spinner and ushered it to go forward and as it began to walk away, a Beetleworx appeared in front of it and went off an alarm, getting the attention of the Mad Doctor who moved his mechanical spider over to where the alarm was going off and shines a spotlight and saw a Spinner and a hooded figure.

"Who are you?" the mad doctor ordered threateningly. " Tell me now or I'll-"

"my dear mad doctor, I may not look it but it is I, Lilith." the hooded figure/Lilith spoke in a calm tone, still clinging her hood close to her face. "Sure I've changed but it's still me underneath this rotting body."

The mad Doctor raised and eyebrow and laughed maniacally. "what makes you think I'll believe that?"

Lilith removed her hood and showed her rotting corpse appearance that made even the mad doctor jump back in terror upon sight of her as she quickly put the hood back over her face.

"Lilith?"the mad doctor said astonished but still terrified. "I haven't seen you since The Thinner Disaster, you could've been useful then and had helped me deal with that insufferable mouse!"

"What are you talking about and where is the Phantom Blot?" Lilith asked, furrowing her eyebrows at the mad scientist.

"That blasted Mickey Mouse destroyed the Phantom Blot one year ago with the help of a magical paintbrush and Oswald!" the doctor said as Lilith was surprised to hear this.The Phantom Blot was destroyed recently by this... this..wait! He said 'magic paintbrush'

"Mickey...Mouse?" Lilith asked. She heard that name before. Infact, she remembered Oswald hated him passionately. None of it didn't make sense!

"Tell me everything! I need to know what happened while I was intombed in my coffin!" Lilith ordered as she walked over to the arachnid machine as the doctor lowered it abd helped her up aboard as the two walked off into the night with the mechanical creatures trailing beside and behind them as the mad doctor explained all the events that happened after The Thinner Disaster, how Mickey and Oswald made amends and saved Wasteland from destruction. It angered Lilith to hear that the Phantom Blot was destroyed by the combined efforts of both Mickey and Oswald, which the very mentioned of the two working together made her intrigued.

"Doctor, I will need to go and retrieve my charms and spell book at my old home in order to help you take back Wasteland." Lilith said as the Mad Doctor looked her way.

"Of course," said the Mad Doctor with a twisted smile. "Soon Wasteland will be mine!"

"Ours!" Lilith corrected him. "Wasteland and the cartoon world and soon the human world, too."

"Human world?" the Mad Doctor asked curiously.

"My dear Mad Doctor, there is so much you don't know that I never told you."

"I'm all ears."

"Such knowledge only comes with time," Lilith began. "But I will need to get my stuff first then I shall tell you all you need to know."

The Mad Doctor looked at her in a suspicious way but let it slide as he lowered the machine to let Lilith off and got back on her spinner.

" As soon as you get your stuff, meet me in Disney Gulch. Do you still remember where it is?" The Mad Doctor asked her.

"Of course, even after all these years I still know Wasteland like the back of my hand." Lilith remarked as she and the Doctor went their seperate ways into the night.

"With the mad Doctor's help, revenge against that old magic wielding fool will be closer than I thought possible." Lilith said to the Spinner, even though it was just a machine and obeying orders, that didn't stop her from chuckling to herself.