Summary: Dante wakes up from a nightmare and runs to the only person that can save him.

Nighty, Nighty

He was in darkness and trapped in with nowhere to go. The only thing he could do was run and run until his legs would give out. Something was chasing him. Menacing laughter came from behind him with red twinkling eyes gleaming with amusement. The little boy cried out in pain as he fell on the ground. Something was wrapped around his ankle. It was chains.

"Daddy!" the little boy cried.

"Daddy can't rescue you now," the stranger said. "You're going to die; son of Sparda."

He screamed.

Dante bolted right up in bed with tears running down his eyes. The nightmare he had was still fresh and new in his mind.. There was no chance that he could go to sleep right away. So Dante got up and walked towards his bedroom door with his teddy bear still in his arms. He opened his door and stepped out in the dark hallway. The hallway was empty and the moonlight from the windows cracked some of the darkness away for the young devil to see. Dante quickly ran to his twin brother's bedroom and flung the door open.

His brother was asleep comfortably in his bed. Dante shut the door behind him and climbed up on top of his brother's bed. He didn't want to wake his brother so Dante got under the covers and hugged his teddy bear to his chest.

"Dante…" a voice said.

"Vergil?" Dante said as Vergil opened his eyes.

"Can't sleep without me?" Vergil asked as Dante's face reddened.

"No I had a nightmare again about the boogeyman," Dante said as his brother pulled Dante's teddy bear away from him. "What are you doing? Give Mr. Teddy back!"

"No," Vergil said as he saw fresh tears brimming at the corners of his brother's eyes.

"Why?" Dante asked as his lips started to tremble. "Why won't you give me Mr. Teddy back?"

"From now on I'm your teddy bear. You hug me if you're ever scared," Vergil said.

"But what about Mr. Teddy?" Dante asked as Vergil almost laughed at his brother's childishness.

"He can watch," Vergil said as he pulled his brother into hug.

"Vergil?" Dante said.

"Yes Dante?" the blue devil said.

"Is the boogeyman real?" Dante asked.

"He's always in the last place you look," Vergil said as he ran his fingers through his brother's hair.

"Will you protect me?" the red devil asked as Vergil grinned.

"Always," Vergil said. "Let's go to sleep."

"What do you think?"