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✩✩✩Last time on The Dream Team- Thanks to Violet’s help, Amanda was finally able to reunite with her twin brother, Aiden. As it turned out, their reunion didn’t happen a moment too soon, as Aiden was investigating a strange phenomenon that was undoubtedly magical in nature. Arriving at what he believed was the phenomenon’s source, Aiden and the girls soon discovered the terrifying culprit- an eldritch monstrosity calling itself The Eater of Dreams! Even with all their vast mystic power, can Violet and Amanda hope to triumph against a foe such as this?!

Read on, and find out!✩✩✩

As the malign creature spoke, all three could feel their desire to either escape or fight being rapidly drained away. Indeed, their very limbs seemed to be sapped of all strength, such that they could barely stand.  

[color=BlueViolet]“A-Amanda,”[/color] Violet gasped, her voice weak. [color=BlueViolet]“W-We… h-have to… t-transform…”[/color]

Amanda had begun to panic as their strength sapped away, but as she looked at Violet and Aiden, that panic turned to rage. How could she have missed a discovery like this?! And to put her own brother in danger! What if she wasn't there in time? What if...?

[color=mediumvioletred]"G-God damnit!"[/color] Amanda yelled out, using every ounce of willpower to stumble forward and grab Violet's hand. She snarled at the monster they faced. [color=mediumvioletred]I-I am not...going to die t-to some [b]PATHETIC INSECT!![/b]"[/color] She casted her hand out, and bellowed, [color=#c71585]"[/color][color=#c81787]M[/color][color=#c81989]a[/color][color=#c91b8b]y[/color] [color=#cb1f8f]m[/color][color=#cb2190]y[/color] [color=#cd2594]s[/color][color=#cd2796]w[/color][color=#ce2998]e[/color][color=#cf2b9a]e[/color][color=#d02d9c]t[/color][color=#d02f9e]e[/color][color=#d131a0]s[/color][color=#d233a2]t[/color] [color=#d337a5]d[/color][color=#d439a7]r[/color][color=#d43ba9]e[/color][color=#d53dab]a[/color][color=#d63fad]m[/color][color=#d741af]s[/color][color=#d743b1].[/color][color=#d845b3].[/color][color=#d947b5].[/color][color=#d949b7]b[/color][color=#da4bb9]e[/color] [color=#dc4ebc]y[/color][color=#dc50be]o[/color][color=#dd52c0]u[/color][color=#de54c2]r[/color] [color=#df58c6]e[/color][color=#e05ac8]n[/color][color=#e15cca]d[/color][color=#e15ecc]l[/color][color=#e260ce]e[/color][color=#e362cf]s[/color][color=#e364d1]s[/color] [color=#e568d5]n[/color][color=#e56ad7]i[/color][color=#e66cd9]g[/color][color=#e76edb]h[/color][color=#e870dd]t[/color][color=#e872df]m[/color][color=#e974e1]a[/color][color=#ea76e3]r[/color][color=#ea78e4]e[/color][color=#eb7ae6]s[/color][color=#ec7ce8]![/color][color=#ed7eea]![/color][color=#ed80ec]![/color][color=#ee82ee]"[/color]

Squeezing her friend’s hand with all the meager strength she had left, Violet began her own incantation. [color=BlueViolet]“H-Hearts… C-Candy,”[/color] the heiress intoned, more and more of her strength seeming to return with each word she spoke. [color=BlueViolet]“Sparkles, and Ball[/color][color=DeepPink]oons~! Sunshine, Glitter, Unicorns, and Rainbows~! Taaa daaa~! Magical Girl Super Cute Pretty Pretty Magical Dream Princess is here~! (giggle!)”[/color] the whimsical magical girl declared, striking a cute pose, before pointing her wand at the arachnid monstrosity looming over them. [color=DeepPink]“Like, you did a super duper meanie weanie thingie wingie, taking this whole towny wowny’s hopes and dreams away! So, like, Pastel-chan and Magical Dream Princess are totally wotally gonna make you go bye bye nowie~! (giggle!)”[/color] Her wand glowing with power, MDP used the mystic implement to draw a glowing pink heart in the air in front of her. [color=DeepPink]“With all her hope, wuv, and dreams, Magical Dream Heart Rainbow Beam~!”[/color] With that, a mighty heart-shaped blast of prismatic power shot forth from MDP’s glowing wand and slammed into the arachnid horror with all the force of ten thousand freight trains. Predictably, while the attack definitely seemed to have injured the creature, it was still very much in the fight. [color=DeepPink]“Okie dokie, Pastel-chan~!”[/color] the whimsical girl called to her friend. [color=DeepPink]“It’s your turny wurny, nowie~! (giggle!)”[/color]  

Amanda's anger didn't seem to fade once transformed. [color=violet]"You'll pay for your crimes, you insolent vermin!!"[/color] Her spellbook rapidly flipped through pages on it's own, summoning a giant bird to attack the Eater of Dreams; akin to a phoenix with it's purple flames. With the big fella stalled, Amanda would turn her attention to the smaller spiders, rapidly firing crystals at them.  

[color=DeepPink]“Like, that was sooo super duper cool, Pastel-chan~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP told her friend with a gleeful smile. [color=DeepPink]“Like, Magical Dream Princess will helpy welpy get rid of all those icky wicky little wittle spider widers~!”[/color] With a wave of her wand, she conjured an array of glowing stars, which went to work zapping the smaller spiders with dazzling beams of light, causing them to explode in showers of colorful glitter. [color=DeepPink]“Sooo pretty~! (giggle!)”[/color] The childish magical girl cheered as she watched her creations eliminate the lesser minions.

Unsurprisingly, the Eater of Dreams didn’t share her appreciation, and the arachnid monstrosity unleashed a nightmarish shriek of fury at the insolence of the two magical girls. [color=MediumSlateBlue][b]“Feeble CHILDREN! You DARE to DEFY the Eater of Dreams?! I shall FEAST upon your pathetic creations! Then you shall KNOW your folly and SUBMIT to my power!”[/b][/color] Opening its dreadful maw even wider, the eldritch abomination began to suck the dream magic into that baleful orifice with terrifying force. Amanda and MDP would soon see that their rainbow beams and mythic birds were swiftly unraveling into strands of spectral, purplish energy, which the Eater of Dreams now set about consuming with great vigor. Meanwhile, translucent tendrils of mystic energy spilled out of its spindly fingers to wrap around the stars and crystals, cocooning them in thick webs, before shrinking them down to nothing. [color=MediumSlateBlue][b]“Submit, foolish children! Your PITIFUL powers are no more than a BANQUET for the Eater of Dreams!”[/b][/color]

[color=DeepPink]“Golly wolly!”[/color] MDP exclaimed. [color=DeepPink]“That meanie weanie really [i]can[/i] eat dreamy weamies! Like, we need to thinky winky up a special weical plany wany to stopy wopy him! Heresie~!”[/color] she added, dipping her wand into a colorful bottle she’d just conjured. [color=DeepPink]“Magical Dream Princess’s super duper strong bubble wubbles of wuv will give us some timey wimey to do that~! (giggle!)”[/color] 

Holding the wand up to her lips, she blew a series of large, heart-shaped bubbles, which floated towards the Eater of Dreams. Merging together, and fully enveloping the eldritch creature, they would halt its consumption of the other dream constructs. Unlike those previous manifestations of dream magic, the bubble didn’t seem quite as susceptible to the horror’s ravenous appetite. Although it was still slowly being syphoned away into the creature’s insatiable maw, the bubble seemed capable of confining its captive for at least a short time.

[color=DeepPink]“Okie dokie~!”[/color] MDP declared, striking a dramatic pose. [color=DeepPink]“So, like, since this meanie weanie can eat dreamy weamies, Magical Dream Princess thinkie winkies we should make the most super duper sweetest weetest dreamy weamy ever wever, and, like, when that meanie weanie tries to eat it, it’ll be sooo super duper sweety weety, he won’t be able to handle wandle it, and it’ll totally wotally make him explody wodey~! (giggle!) Like, come on Pastel-chan~! (giggle!)”[/color] she cheered, taking Amanda’s hand. [color=DeepPink]“Like, you can helpy welpy too, Aiden Waiden~!”[/color] she added, grabbing the stunned journalist’s hand as well. [color=DeepPink]“Like, it’s super duper easy peasy~! All you have to do is think of your sweetest weetest dreamy weamy, and Pastel-chan and Magical Dream Princess will totally wotally make it come true~! (giggle!)”[/color]

Aiden chuckled out of fear. [b][color=mediumorchid]"How the hell is that supposed to work?!"[/color][/b]

[color=violet]"Just shut up and focus already!"[/color] Amanda snapped back at her brother. With the elder twin silenced, they both focused on thinking of the most important dreams they had.
 
While the two siblings concentrated, MDP focused their happy thoughts into her Wand of Sweetest Dreams, supercharging it with magical power. As the mystic implement floated in midair before them, it seemed to shatter reality with rays of prismatic brilliance. 

[color=DeepPink]“Okie dokie~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP announced. [color=DeepPink]“Here~! We~! Gooo~! With all our hope, wuv, and dreams, this is Aiden Waiden, Pastel-chan, and Magical Dream Princess’s Super Duper Sweety Weety Magical Wagcial Dreamy Weamy Barrier Warrier~! We really, really hope you enjoy it~! (giggle!)”[/color] she added with a playful wink.

With a spectacular burst of Dream Magic, a whimsical pocket dimension swirled into being around them, with the Eater of Dreams at its center. Unlike pervious iterations, this one was informed not only by the dreams of MDP, but those of Amanda and Aiden as well. Thus, it was far stronger than what MDP could ever manage to create on her own. Seeing the feast spread out before it, the Eater of Dreams wasted no time in attempting to consume it, but, as MDP had hoped, the eldritch monstrosity soon encountered a problem…

[color=MediumSlateBlue][b]“Such LOVE! Such HOPE! Such JOY! So bRiGhT! So ViVId! I-It is tOo sTrOng!”[/b][/color] the creature screamed, its horrific form seeming to bulge and warp in response to the staggering power flooding into it. [color=MediumSlateBlue][b]“It iS mUch tOo sTrOnG!”[/b][/color]

[color=DeepPink]“Oh~! Would you like moresie~?! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP asked with a cheerful and incredibly innocent smile. [color=DeepPink]“Like, heresie~! Magical Dream Princess totally wotally has a super duper special wecial treat just for you~! Super Duper Deluge of Cuteness~! (giggle!)”[/color] With that, the bubbly girl unleashed a massive Barrage of Dream Magic, the swirling, sparkling torrent forming a dizzying array of whimsical creatures and objects, which thoroughly overwhelmed what little resistance the Eater of Dreams still possessed. Giving voice to an anguished screech, the eldritch monstrosity shuddered under the unrelenting assault, before violently bursting apart in a spray of candy and glitter.

[color=DeepPink]“Yaaay~!”[/color] MDP cheered as she wrapped Aiden and Amanda up in a big hug. [color=DeepPink]“We did it~! (giggle!) We, like, totally wotally did it~!”[/color]

Amanda nearly collapsed once hugged. [color=violet]"This is why I avoid battles..."[/color] She tiredly stated. Aiden lightly sneezing from the glitter reminded her that she had alot to explain to the dumbfounded journalist.

[color=violet]"Oh, right. Let's just...clean up and get out of here. I'll explain everything."[/color]
 
[color=DeepPink]“Okie dokie~! (giggle!)”[/color] MDP replied with a playful salute. An instant later, however, her body started to tremble as the exhaustion generated from going all-out with her magic finally hit her like a speeding truck. [color=DeepPink]“B-But, like, Magical Dream Princess thinky winkies she’s gonna need a nappy wappy time first~”[/color] she added in a sleepy voice, before changing back into Violet and slumping against Amanda.

[color=violet]"Oi!"[/color] Amanda wrapped her arms around Violet to catch her, transforming back to her normal self as well. [color=mediumvioletred]"...Sorry for dragging you into that, Aiden."[/color] She apologized to her brother. [color=mediumvioletred]"If that thing somehow killed you,"[/color]

[b][color=mediumorchid]"Didn't even get the chance, whatever that was! If you two somehow managed to overwhelm something like that, just, what are you?!"[/color][/b] Aiden's curiously ecstatic expression betrayed any hostility she assumed he had. [b][color=mediumorchid]"And more importantly, is Violet okay? Do you need help with her?"[/color][/b]

[color=mediumvioletred]"Nah, she's just tired."[/color] Amanda carefully picked the other girl up. [color=mediumvioletred]"Let's get outta here."[/color]

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Shortly after returning to the bed and breakfast, a groggy Violet finally awakened from her nap. [color=BlueViolet]“Mmm… That was certainly refreshing,”[/color] the heiress noted with a satisfied smile as she stretched herself out. [color=BlueViolet]“I apologize for making you carry me back here,”[/color] she told Amanda. [color=BlueViolet]“Using so much of my magic can be rather exhausting,”[/color] the heiress explained. [color=BlueViolet]“I know it couldn’t be helped, but I still feel bad about inconveniencing you like this.”[/color] Upon noticing that Aiden was with them, Violet gave a small gasp. [color=BlueViolet]“Um, how much of what happened does he remember?”[/color] she whispered.  

[color=mediumvioletred]"I uh...may have told him the truth."[/color] Amanda nervously grinned.

 [b][color=mediumorchid]"I owe an old colleague of mine five dollars now."[/color][/b] Somehow, Aiden seemed okay with it.
 
 [color=BlueViolet]“I… see…”[/color] Violet replied, a slight blush beginning to color her cheeks. Giving voice to a weary sigh, she added, [color=BlueViolet]“Aiden? I trust that you will not tell [i]anyone[/i] what you saw today. I know that it is asking a great deal, especially of someone in your profession, but please try to forget what happened at the theater. Things would not bode well for any of us if it were to become public knowledge.”[/color]  

[b][color=mediumorchid]"You kiddin?! I'm not gonna be able to forget the fact that we killed Pennywise back there, but I ain't one to blabber easy! Rest assured, your secret's safe with me."[/color][/b] Aiden reassured Violet. [b][color=mediumorchid]"But you and this Maura lady better keep Ames safe. Heard things went downhill back in Penrose, and I don't want her getting screwed over."[/color][/b]

[color=BlueViolet]“You have my word,”[/color] Violet told him. [color=BlueViolet]“I would be a truly terrible best friend if I allowed anything to happen to her. And thank you,”[/color] she added, giving him a sincere smile. [color=BlueViolet]“If you are anything like your sister, then I know I have absolutely nothing to worry about.”[/color]

[color=mediumvioletred]"Yeah yeah, I'll behave when we get back to town. Hey, call me if anything else happens, okay?"[/color] Amanda shrugged at Aiden. 

[b][color=mediumorchid]"Got it. Say, if that news outlet you mentioned got abandoned, think I could take over?"[/color][/b]

[color=mediumvioletred]"Don't push it. Maybe if you end up a magical boy, you could try, but still."[/color]
 
Violet couldn’t help but grin at the siblings’ playful sniping. [color=BlueViolet]“If anything, I think [i]you[/i] would be an excellent choice for such a position, Amanda,”[/color] the heiress told her friend. [color=BlueViolet]“And I’d be only too happy to support you, if you wished to take on such a responsibility,”[/color] she added. [color=BlueViolet]“After all, my illustrious great-grandfather once owned a very successful newspaper, and I believe I would very much enjoy trying my hand at doing the same.”[/color]
 
[color=mediumvioletred]"....Oh wait, you're serious?"[/color] Amanda looked at Violet in surprise. [color=mediumvioletred]"I mean- I'm not sure if they'd trust someone like me more than the last girl. Then again, she did commit mass genocide. Don't ask."[/color]
  
[color=BlueViolet]“Well, [i]I[/i] trust you,”[/color] Violet replied, letting the topic of mass genocide go unaddressed for the moment. [color=BlueViolet]“And I believe that’s what matters most. Besides,”[/color] she added. [color=BlueViolet]“It’s not like I would have you run the Independent itself. I was thinking of a new agency, one which would put that mediocre gossip rag to shame.”[/color]
  
Amanda thought for a second. [color=mediumvioletred]"Well, if you think we can do it..."[/color] She then nodded with a smile. [color=mediumvioletred]"Yeah. Yeah, let's do it!"[/color]
  
[color=BlueViolet]“Excellent,”[/color] Violet smiled. [color=BlueViolet]“Well, then, if that’s everything, I believe we should probably be going now. It was a pleasure to meet you, Aiden,”[/color] she added, shaking the young journalist’s hand. [color=BlueViolet]“And I am so very glad that I was able to help you and Amanda finally reunite.”[/color]
  
After the siblings had finished saying their farewells, Violet and Amanda boarded the heiress’s jet for the flight back to Penrose.

[color=BlueViolet]“All right, Amanda,”[/color] Violet said as they took their seats. [color=BlueViolet]“Now that it’s just the two of us, what’s all this about mass genocide?”[/color]

✩✩✩Thus concludes another exciting adventure of The Dream Team! What does the future have in store for our two intrepid heroines? Well, you’ll just have to read their continuing adventures in Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl RP to find out!✩✩✩