Peter's nightmares

The land of dreams was perfect in Peter's mind, in fact so perfect he didn't want to wake up because in his dreams after seeing his mother he saw Alice, Sarah, Melissa and all his friends even the ones he made before he left for the demon realm. But it was short-lived as the sky began to become filled with rain clouds that blocked out the sun, the colorful flowers began to wither and the exotic creatures took to their heels as if they were running from something.

"What's happening Mr. Greensbury sir?" Peter asked.

"I was going to tell you Peter but you were so happy and I didn't want to take that away from you"

"What do you mean?" Peter asked.

"Just as you have daytime Peter a time must come when it must be night," Mr. Greensbury said.

"Can you please stop speaking in riddles and tell me what's going on!" Peter demanded.

"Peter during the daytime in the real world you experience your sweetest dreams but when night falls your nightmares begin to take shape," Mr. Greensbury said. "But it's only as a result of the angel dust it doesn't normally occur when you fall asleep naturally". Peter turned to his family and friends whom he had been spending time with but he didn't see any of them, he ran towards the garden and called out to his mom first then his adopted mother then Sarah and Alice but he couldn't get a response, he ran back to Mr. Greensbury but even he too was gone; just then he began to see flashes of colorful light beyond the hills like those from spells and curses and he immediately began to run for the hills, when he got there he climbed to the zenith and saw an all-out war in the valley. He descended from the hill and ran towards the battle to join the war, he saw Alice fighting off a demon mage and he joined in the fight too, and together they quickly destroyed the mage. But as soon as the mage was no more Alice disappeared and reappeared at another location quite far from where he was still fighting that same mage they just conquered and he began to make his way to her. He quickly stopped because on the way he saw Sarah fighting for his mother against demon mages and from their clothes he could tell they were members of the Demon Council.

"Mom you're doing fine just stand behind us," Peter said but he couldn't get a response from his mother, it was almost like she couldn't even see him it was then it occurred to him that Alice didn't even acknowledge his presence earlier when they were fighting together. He joined Sarah and together they defeated the demon mage but as soon as they defeated the mage both Sarah and his mother disappeared and reappeared at another location fighting off the same demon mage they just defeated. At that point fear gripped him instead of running towards Alice or Sarah and his mother he began to walk shaking and quietly crying, he turned to his left and saw the dark wizard Lucien Beaulfoy fighting and gaining the upper hand against Claire, Kylian, and Mrs. Amelie. He joined the fight but this time his spells were of no effect all he could do was just watch as Lucien after disarming the three of them tore into them and with a dark spell he separated their soul from their bodies and ate it then he fell to his knees and began to cry.

"Peter!" a voice bellowed behind him and instantly a cold chill ran down his back and goosebumps covered him, he recognized the voice and when he turned towards the sound of the voice it was the Demon Lord Vermont. He instantly got up ran towards him with a curse in his hand and jumped high and blasted Vermont but it didn't deal any form of damage at all. "Weak and Pathetic that's what you are Peter Grimm, even with my father's great power you still can't land a blow on me, you'll never be able to defeat me," Vermont said laughing. "I can't believe my father chose to give you his power". Peter tried again to strike down Vermont but it was pointless the spell went right through him and before he knew it he saw himself floating towards Vermont, when he got close to him, Vermont stretched out his hand and dug into his chest drawing out a dark orb and threw him down. It was at that point Peter realized that his greatest fears were what was manifested in his nightmares; not being able to protect his friends and family and losing them in the process and not being strong enough to defeat the Demon Lord.

"Will you be able to wake him up?" Alice asked Melwise.

"Of course, I will, I made the angel dust that put him in this position so I'll be able to undo it" Melwise responded.

"But why isn't he awake? The merchant told us that immediately we brought him to you he'd wake up" Claire said and Melwise burst out into laughter.

"Is that what he told you?" she said laughing.

"What's so funny?" Marie asked.

"He conned you guys. It takes more than that to wake up somebody who's been put to sleep with angel dust" Melwise said.

"I knew it!" Adrien said. "I knew he was lying to us".

"So what is it going to take to wake him up?" Alice asked.

"Just pray he's strong enough because only one in twenty persons can survive the revival process," Melwise said this time more seriously.

"What do you mean?" Alice and Claire asked in unison.

"The guardian angel whose angel dust put the person to sleep has to squeeze the person's heart to get him to wake up and not many can take it," Melwise said.

"Ooh my God!" Claire said holding her hands against her head and going into the corner.

"Do it, I know Peter, he might not look like it or admit it but he's one of the strongest persons I know" Alice said fiercely.

"You're crazy, what if he doesn't survive it?" Claire asked.

"I know he will and besides there's no other option," Alice said, "Or is there?"

"Well there is just an alternative but it's just as risky as this one" Melwise said.

"What is it?" Claire and Alice asked in unison.

"We'll have to take him to the council of Queens, they're the only ones who can bring him to life without any fatalities but as you know you're kind of wanted in this realm and the Queen enforcers have a kill-on-sight order," Melwise said.

"Let's take that chance. We can convince them to reconsider especially with the war at hand" Claire said.

"Wait, what part of a kill-on-sight order don't you understand, we'll be all dead before we even make it to their castle or where ever they live," Alice said but Claire refused and still insisted on taking that chance while Adrien, Marie, and Kylian quietly looked on as they argued. As the argument continued Melwise walked up to Peter who was still lying on the table and with force and precision dug her hand into his heart releasing some amount of blood which prompted Claire to scream in fear. She got a hold of his heart and with further force and precision she squeezed his heart and blood spurted from his mouth and nose and he immediately woke up, he turned to his sides and vomited blood with his chest still open and Melwise quickly grabbed him and pinned him back to the table and placed her hand upon his chest and with a spell sealed the opening she had created. While it all happened all the rest of them could do was just look on in surprise and shock, after a while Peter got up and saw Alice and Claire, and the rest of his friends and he immediately ran over to hug Alice with his blood-soaked body, he then proceeded to hug Claire and the rest of his friends. He got dressed and they were having dinner or breakfast as it was still very dark but it was the early hours of the morning.

"I don't mean to interrupt you guys while you catch up but we kind of have a problem," Melwise said.

"What's the matter," Peter said as he got up but he immediately fell to his knees clutching his chest, and immediately Alice and Claire who were the closest rushed over to him and held his shoulders. "I'm fine, I'm fine thanks".

"What did you say was the issue?" Kylian asked.

"My spies have spotted a band of Queen enforcers and an ugly-looking but well-dressed Goblin approaching the town, I suppose it's the tailor," Melwise said.

"You have spies?" Adrien asked.

"Yeah I do, I set them up a couple of hours ago when you guys entered to specifically look out for Queen enforcers," Melwise said.

"Thank you Melwise that was very thoughtful of you," Peter said as he got up to his feet.

"You guys will have to go hide downstairs," Melwise said after which they left. A couple of minutes later she heard a knock on her door and she readied a spell in her hand which was hidden behind her back.

"How can I help you guys," Melwise asked.

"Do you by any chance know the whereabouts of six teenage children? one was asleep though" an enforcer asked.

"I have no idea where they are. have you checked the hills?" asked Melwise.

"We haven't because by our radar they were last in this area before they disappeared".

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Melwise said. "I suggest you leave, it's too early for this," she said and closed the door but as they were leaving they heard a thud come from her house, and with brute force, they busted down the door.