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TDP One-Shot: Night Terrors

646 words, Rayllum, Slice of Life

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It was not the sound of shouting outdoors that awakened Rayla in the middle of the night. It wasn’t the scuffling noises of a fight breaking out, the crashing of bottles, the throwing of fists. Rayla was used to this, and she figured that she would hear such sounds when she reserved a room for herself and the then-disguised Callum at the Badgermole Inn. While she had never been to the inn, it was well known among the other moonshadow elves that fights weren’t exactly uncommon at this inn. So it wasn’t any of that that awakened her.

The sound that made her eyes open was the all-too-familiar noise of a yelp from Callum’s room.

Rayla shot up in bed and grabbed her swords, looking down at her body. Clad in an undershirt and shorts, she was not well-dressed for a fight, but she was still willing to slish-slash anyone who came close to Callum. She slowly and quietly walked towards the door.

Another crash outside. Another yelp from Callum.

Cautiously, Rayla made her way out her door into Callum’s room. Examining the scene, only illuminated by the firelight outside, she saw that there were thankfully no windows broken. Callum was there, wrapped in a blanket and having obviously removed the couch cushions and arranged them around himself as some kind of crude barrier. Zym, the baby dragon prince, was there with Callum, looking just as scared.

“Callum?” Rayla asked, putting down her swords upon seeing he was okay.

The boy gasped, looking at his elf companion with his hazel-green eyes. “Oh. Hi, Rayla.” He breathed a sigh of relief as he attempted to fix his disheveled brown hair. “D-did I wake you? I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that… It’s just, the sounds reminded me of the battle… where my father—”

“No, you’re fine!” Rayla felt sorry for Callum. She couldn’t necessarily blame him. “But what in Xadia’s name is all this?” She walked over to him and lightly kicked one of the pillows. In hindsight, this may have been a mistake, as this sent the entire structure falling down. Rayla gasped upon realizing what she did.

“…It was a pillow fort,” Callum said, looking down.

“A pillow fort?” Rayla cocked an eyebrow, then shook her head. “This is just pathetic.”

Callum honestly looked like he was about to cry.

“You need way more pillows than that,” Rayla continued. Walking over to the couch, she effortlessly pushed it over on its side. Callum looked up in confusion.

“Could you move that table over here?” Rayla asked, pointing to the table in question. “I think it would make a perfect entrance.”

Callum smiled. “Oh! Y-yes, right away!” He stood up and moved the table. Zym jumped off him, peeping curiously. Rayla left the room and soon returned dragging her mattress along with her, positioning it in the center of the floor. The two arranged blankets, sheets, pillows, chairs, and other furniture until they had arranged everything into a relatively large mini-fort.

Upon completion of the pillow fort, Rayla and Callum crawled under the table and onto the mattress, getting themselves comfortable under the sheets with a pillow for each. “This is… ahhh, much better,” said Callum.

“Runaan taught me best,” Rayla said with a smile. “Tired?”

“Yes… this should help me sleep better.”

“Good.” Rayla heard the flapping of wings, and soon felt Zym land by their feet. She chuckled. “It seems Zym likes it too!”

Callum laughed lightly at this, then looked up. “Rayla?”

“Hmm?” Rayla’s violet eyes searched for Callum’s in the darkness.

“Thank you.” He smiled warmly.

Rayla smiled back. “Goodnight.”

Callum rested his head on the pillow, facing Rayla, and soon fell asleep. The noises of the commotion outside were defeated by Rayla’s presence. Rayla soon fell asleep herself, facing Callum. It was the best sleep she’d had in a while.

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I wrote this back in September in about twenty minutes as a warmup exercise before writing an essay. Seeing how Book Three of The Dragon Prince is about to drop, I figured I would post this now before it becomes entirely non-canon, haha. Hope you all enjoy!

Sometimes mental health issues feels like a bully but it’s inside your head and they follow you anywhere even in your dream.

I've developed Somniphobia gradually within the past year or so, but it's gotten horribly bad recently. I get sleep paralysis occasionally and night terrors most nights- I have BPD and dream about my worst triggers and life experiences consistently.

Any other Borderline or Somniphobic people have tips? I'm getting pretty exhausted asking people to stay with me and sobbing uncontrollably when they have to leave.

I've developed Somniphobia gradually within the past year or so, but it's gotten horribly bad recently. I get sleep paralysis occasionally and night terrors most nights- I have BPD and dream about my worst triggers and life experiences consistently.

Any other Borderline or Somniphobic people have tips? I'm getting pretty exhausted asking people to stay with me and sobbing uncontrollably when they have to leave.

This waking up full on screaming and bawling thing though.. yeah, no. Fuck that.

Sure my neighbours would agree.

Cooking

Can cook:

-Brian

-Jane

-Tim

-Zero

-Liu

-Kagekao

Can’t cook:

-Jonathan

-Candy Pop

-Sully

-Clockwork

-Jeff

-Ben

Doesn’t cook:

-Jack

-Sally

-Helen

-Toby

Can’t cook but tries to anyway:

-Cody

Challenge: name 5 things Candy Pop likes and 5 things he dislikes.

Five things Candy Pop likes:

1 - The idea of ‘modern’ things, like TV, cars, video games, etc.

2 - Deer.

3 - His family, before they got killed.

4 - Whipped cream.

5 - Blueberries.

Five things Candy Pop dislikes:

1 - Night Terrors (this should be a given).

2 - Dogs.

3 - Carrots.

4 - Death.

5 - His, or rather, Night Terrors’ ‘hybrids’.

Hi.

I know it’s been a while. 😅

But I’ve been hit with an itch and I had to scratch it.

Who else has been reading @mythicamagic ’s amazing fic Night Terrors? BECAUSE I HAVE.

🤩👏🏼✨

Here’s the scene from chapter 32 where Sesshomaru battles lightning and Kagome watches him in awe. I honestly haven’t sketched on actual paper in a long while, so this felt good to do and I’m happy with it despite the messiness. 🙂

Hope ya’ll enjoy it too ☺️

Hi.

I know it’s been a while. 😅

But I’ve been hit with an itch and I had to scratch it.

Who else has been reading @mythicamagic ’s amazing fic Night Terrors? BECAUSE I HAVE.

🤩👏🏼✨

Here’s the scene from chapter 32 where Sesshomaru battles lightning and Kagome watches him in awe. I honestly haven’t sketched on actual paper in a long while, so this felt good to do and I’m happy with it despite the messiness. 🙂

Hope ya’ll enjoy it too ☺️

All these, however, were mere terrors of the night, phantoms of the mind that walk in darkness...

Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Monster

A cry in the night, made the dream awake, his fangs are sharp, his eyes are red,

He slithers out, from under the bed, the child is his, once again.

He is once more, the ruler of night, the terror seeps, into the child’s mind,

The mother comes, bringing the light, but child has gone, lost to the night.

last night i had a dream that i was raped by my father.

Did anyone at least read Dc comic’s night terrors yet? You know the event where everyone is stuck sleeping while having some nightmares Yeah I realized how wild it is.

Yeah apparently it’s a summer event! Batman’s one shot has him giving birth from his mouth to a bat with a gun for its head.

If someone doesn’t tell me if dc was on a bunch of Mpreg nonsense and it all started from Joker giving birth to himself due to Zatana then idk what is.

Oh yeah if you ask how. Bruce Wayne somehow is turned into his younger self in his nightmares and basically vomits up the bat creature with a gun for its head while fighting zombies. If you read it then you know how crazy it is.