You got out of your room and head towards the gate and something feels off.

Y/n: Well if my spider senses are right, then it tells me that hornet is at deep nest.

Radiance: And how are you sure about that?

Y/n: Well the palace is quite, my siblings aren't running away from her pets and to top it all off the servants aren't tied to the ceiling again.

Shade lord: and don't forget your little brother is with your mother as he is playing with the other vessels as well.

Y/n: You have to be specific and besides i don't think me and my siblings are gendered.

Shade lord: True but what gender you choose when you are born is all up to you. for example one of the vessels decided they want to be female so thanks to what little magic and power i can give to them that is what gender they will be.

Y/n: So basically we can choose what gender we are but after we choose it's permanent?

Shade lord: in a sense, yes.

Y/n: Well that's simple... i think?

Radiance: Stop talking about complicated stuff and let's go.

Y/n: Well then let's go.

You went towards the gates to be greeted by void knights you told them your going to the queens garden to take a breather. they nodded and open the gates for you. you exit the place and check your map.

Y/n: So stag to queens path right?

Radiance: Correct.

You went towards the nearest stag station and rode on a stag and you tell them to take you to queens path. once there you pet the stag for the assist and exit the stag station.

Y/n: Wait i have a question, how did the nightmare king drag me to the dream world?

Radiance: Well in under normal circumstance you need the dream nail to enter the realm of dreams but on rare occasions a god or in grimms case a demon can drag someone into the dream world to either trap them or speak to them privately.

Shade lord: True but if the nightmare king was able to give you access to the dream world for you to initiate the ritual then he must have been saving his last remaining strength to pull you and make you have access to the dream world. and since he was successful he was able to renew his power since he is in a new vessel now.

Y/n: Wait...you mean he's in one of the grimmchilds?

Shade lord: Yes but since the last part of the ritual took all the power and magic he has left so he in return needs to rest so his powers can come back to him in greater magnitude

Radiance: In short, king jackass gets stronger after every ritual.

Shade lord: And this is why she hates him, he gets stronger after every ritual while she only gets stronger if she's not corporeal, in short can't get stronger if she's not corporeal.

Y/n: Why does she need to be corporeal for anyway? Can't she just get stronger in the dream world?

Shade lord: Spiritually and magically yes but her physical and agility is what she lacks, just look at her she's grown fatter from the last time I saw her.

Radiance: I will fucking kill you, you giant asshole!! And I am not fat, I just forgot how I looked like after so many years of being in the dream world.

Shade lord: In other words, she is fat.

Radiance: Why you- Get over here!!!

You can hear the shade lord dodging the radiance attacks as she yells in anger and furry.

Y/n: ...Looks like i'm on my own at this point.

you continue to explore queens garden seeing many bugs, plants and infected but the infected won't even attack you, you thought that the nightmare kings power was still lingering and you best to capitalize on it before it fades away. but unbeknownst to you the radiance made sure that every infected no matter how corrupt they are won't lay a single finger on you, she needs you to not loose anymore limbs at this point of time cause every fiber of your being is to valuable to loose.

You were near the fungal waste as you were going back to the castle until you heard shouting. you went towards the source and saw the mantis lords bickering about something but the was another mantis with them.



Mantis brother: Sisters please, your disturbing the people around the queen's station. Lower your voices.

Mantis lord 1: brother be quiet we are trying to debate here.

Mantis lord 2: Please brother, find you daughter while me and our sisters continue to complain.

Mantis lord 3: It's not my fault that we ran into a Sporg!

As the mantis lord's continue to bicker the brother looked troubled as he had his head hung low.

Mantis brother: My family is starting to tear apart, my best friend has never visited again after she was appointed by that so called king and my daughter is missing. No stop that, this your daughter after all she'll be fine...I hope.

Radiance: Kill them

He jump a bit, he looked behind him and saw nothing.

Mantis brother: M-Must be my imagination.

Radiance: Accept the infection!

His head was starting to hurt.

Radiance: Look at what they did to your daughter!

Mantis brother: What?

He looked down and saw his daughter limp and bloody dying in his arms.



Mantis brother: No...

Radiance: Yes.

He was slowly loosing it as he held her in his arms.

Mantis brother: N-No...NOOOO!!!!!!! THIS CAN'T BE REAL, THIS MUST BE ADREAM!!!

Radiance: Oh but it is real but i can makes sure it isn't real, if you are willing to accept it. then all your worries will fade. your sisters will be at peace, your daughter will live and all the other mantis will be saved. Accept it and i can make it all come true.

As he was about to say something he felt a hand on his shoulder he looked at who it was and saw you looking at him worried. he looked back and saw that he wasn't holding his daughter and he was still near the queens station and his sisters were still bickering.

Mantis: T-Thank the gods, it was a bad dream.

You handed a piece of paper and read it.

Mantis brother: "H-Hi there, i saw that you were having a breakdown and i was wondering if you are alright? the name's Y/n if your curious." S-S-Sorry about that. i didn't know what came over me.

You pat him on his shoulder to tell him it was alright.

Mantis brother: I-I was just worried about my daughter, she wasn't at the village this mourning and i feared the worse.

You gave him a piece of paper and he reads it.

Mantis brother: "Don't worry you'll find her soon and Have you eaten anything lately?" I do hope so and to answer your question, no. i was to worried that i probably forgot to eat, maybe that's why i was loosing it. i haven't eaten anything since yesterday night and i was starting to loose it.

You offer a hand to him and he gladly takes it. he saw that you only had one hand.

Mantis brother: My word what happened to you?

You pointed at his sisters, it took him to realized what you were trying to say.

Mantis Brother: Oh dear, oh my. y-you fought my sisters?!

You nodded and he had a dread look on his face.

Mantis brother: Fo-Forgive them, it was one of the many traditions we have here at the village. they didn't mean to hurt you!!

You gave him a piece of paper telling him it's alright.

Mantis brother: Th-Thank you for forgiving them, my sister and our tribe are proud worriors so it is in our blood to fight.

You pat his back to tell him it was okay.

Mantis lord: T-Thank you.

(Meanwhile in the dream world)

Radiance: Damnit i was so close into infecting him!!

The radiance was annoyed that you woken him up from his nightmare.

Radiance: He would have been perfect in my plans!!

Shade lord: May i remind you that the child was worried about him and he awoken him from his mental breakdown.

Radiance: He could have been the perfect body gaurd when i return to hallow nest...and protecting me when my body is being formed.

Shade lord: True but why do you let him see something he fears the most?

Radiance: So he will accept my power and i can control him but nooo...the child had to wake him up when he was still in his fragile state.

Shade lord: The child has a good and caring heart but the hate for his father is still strong.

Radiance: *sigh* I can try again next time, for now let's continue with our original plan.

The radiance looked at you for a bit. She knows that your kind and caring, but she doesn't know what will happen after their plans have taken affect. She hopes that you will stay with them but at the same time she wants you to rest. She doesn't know the future but she'll try to bond with you with what little time you all have together.