As You Might've Seen Or Notice. I Have Finally Finished The Waking Up At NRC Prologue Part For My Children

The Nightmare Part 2

Content Warning: character death and immense bleeding.

Spoiler Warning: on unique magic from Diasomnia.

other parts: part 1, part 3

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Aria jumped startled and disappeared instantly teleporting away all of a sudden, only red sparkles remained for the next few seconds before fading away.

Thump, Bang

"Eep!"

Crash

"…Ugh"

"Hmm? Oh? what are you doing here child?"

Aria is hunched over on the floor the pocket watch lays nearby on the floor. She looks up and turns her head to see Lilia on her right, sitting at his desk clearly in the middle of playing videogames with an online friend.

"I- I was…Urk" she shuttered and clutched her head as the nightmarish scene flashed in her mind, the wounds still fresh digging into her mind.

Once the image plaguing her mind vanished, she looked over to see Lilia crouched down right next to her, now rubbing circles into her back trying his best to soothe the poor girl.

All of a sudden, the door to the room is slammed open with a heavy bang. revealing a very distressed and panicked Silver breathing heavily.

"I heard a loud noise is everything alright Fa-……" notices Aria in the room "Lilia?"

Lilia looks over to Silver and flashes him a grin.

"It appears that I have an unexpected visitor tonight" Lilia chucked making light of the situation to ease the tension within the room.

Lilia reaches his hand out towards Aria. Aria proceeds to take his hand as they both get up from the floor. Now looking around and taking in her surrounds Aria can tell she is in fact in Lilia's room within Diasomnia of all places.

. . .

Breathes in

Breathes out

Aria then looks down and sees her pocket watch on the floor and immediately goes to pick it up once more. Cradling in within her hands up against her chest.

"I apologize for the intrusion Vice warden Lilia," Looks towards Silver and nods "and to you as well, it appears I have teleported here in my half wake state after having an intense dream."

"it's no trouble at all. Are you feeling better my child?"

Aria nods.

"I should head back to my dorm now"

"aw so soon but you just got here, your not even gonna stay over for a little bit you gonna make me cry, sobs"

. . .

Aria contemplates staying, feeling uneasy as she squeezes the pocket watch in her hands.

Breaths in

Breaths out

"I guess I could stay for a few more minutes." Aria relents.

"Wonderful!" Lilia claps his hands together before looking towards Silver. "Silver? mind escorting Aria down to the lounge while I go make ourselves something to drink"

Silver goes pale in the face.

"Aria came to visit you Lilia, so how about i make us drinks and you take her to the lounge"

"Hmm fine you make a fair point then we will do just that instead" Lilia remarked.

Silver promptly leaves the bedroom and goes down the hallway. After turning a corner, he leans up against the wall, his hand clutching at his chest, his heartbeat erratic. Beads of sweat dropped from his forehead.

Inhales, Exhales.

Silver was coming to grips on what he just saw, what they both saw in her nightmare.

Tonight was a lot. It was strange that his unique magic took him to Aria's dream. Usually, he ends up in the dreams of those he's close to like Sebek.

A loud piercing noise could be heard as Silver's eyes went wide. Looking towards Aria and Lilia about 30 feet away from him.

So, it was certainly a surprise when he saw the white dove circling Aria as Silver stood nearby in the ruins of the mirror chamber going unnoticed as an overblot fight was occurring with what appeared to be a large dire beast with blue flames coming out of it.

Silver witnessed one of the beast tails has impaled Lilia's chest.

Blood spills out of his father's mouth as Lilia coughs. The overblotted beast's tail retracts from Lilia's body as he falls down to the ground with a harsh thud, huge amounts of blood pour out of the hole in Lilia's chest.

Silver wastes no time running straight towards Aria and Lilia.

"LILIA!" Aria screams as Silver wraps an arm around her waist and pulls Aria away from Lilia.

Silver then proceeds to lift Aria up and off the ground as he tosses her over his shoulder and runs out of the room before Aria could crumple down to the floor sobbing next to Lilia's gravely injured body.

Silver needs to get the girl away and to a safe distance before he can calm her down properly.

As much as it pains him to leave his father like that dream or not. He has to remind himself that he needs to attend to the dreamer first. Calming them down so he can hopefully change this nightmare back to a peaceful dream before it's too late.

Aria pounds her fists upon Silver's back.

"Let me go!" She yelled.

Silver instantly mutters back a apology to the girl as he continues to run away with her draped over his shoulder.

Silver's mind reels back from recalling Aria's recent nightmare. Silver pulls himself off from against the wall and heads towards Diasomnia's kitchen.

Unfortunately, before Silver could finish running towards a safer location Aria wakes up and the nightmare crumples away. Silver ends up waking up as well.

Lilia

People have written a lot of touchy-feely pieces on this subject but I thought I’d get right to the heart of the matter

I think I changed my mind on posting one of the 3 posts I mentioned I'd post today. So yeah I might be done posting for tonight. Just wanted to keep ya informed.

Also you might've noticed how most of the posts the past few days being centered around my oc Aria.

I've just been in the zone for writing about my OC Aria specifically these past few days, that's why majority of the posts recently are about her.

It's also why I've been posting a lot lately but at the same time it's not much variety. I just was in the zone for writing a specific character.

Hopefully I'll get in the mood/zone to write like crazy for my other twisted wonderland ocs soon.

never mind i found the draft i thought i lost. It accidentally posted but i didn't see or noticed it at first until after someone liked the post XD

so, i first copy what accidentally posted back into the drafts (and saved it) before deleting the one that accidentally got posted. imma save a backup on word document just in case.

At least i dont have to start over from scratch now. definitely need to take that break tho regardless.

I edited in a tad to mention in more detail how the girls ended up in another world outside of Twisted wonderland.

The rest is basically the same.

Aria Whitecourt and Yumi

Backstory of current timeline

Aria was born in the Queendom of Roses and her childhood was spent in clocktown. She lived alone with just her mother and they had relatives living nearby. She lived a block away from Deuce.

Ms. Whitecourt and Ms. Spade used to be coworkers for a bit before Aria's mom got another job nearby, but they still met up and had their kids play together as friends. So, Aria and Deuce were childhood friends. Aria is 2 years older than Deuce.

Sometime between ages 6-12 for Aria. With both Yumi and Deuce 2 years younger than her, at the White Rabbit festival. Yumi was running after a ball she dropped and almost got run over by a car. Aria managed to grab Yumi and teleported them away to safety. However the place they found themselves in was another world, one without magic.

Yumi just met Aria and was playing catch with Aria and Deuce right before the two of them both ended up in the magic less world unable to teleport back. Yumi teleported on instinct and upon arrival her magic was being suppress in this new world they found themselves at.

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Yumi is the same age as Deuce or a year younger than him.

She doesn't remember anything from before ending up in the magic less world as a child. So she has no memories of Twisted wonderland and if she has any it be vague and she thinks they were just fever dreams and denies them possibly being real.

Yumi doesn't believe in Arias stories of twisted wonderland. They are clearly just young Aria's exaggerated tall tales that Aria just won't move on from. There's no way she or Aria came from another world, let alone one with magic.

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So both Yumi and Aria end up as orphans in the magic less world and stayed at the same orphanage during their childhood.

Yumi got adopted first by a kind loving family and has siblings (haven't decided fully on specifics for them, like are they older or younger than Yumi? and how many are there?).

Aria gets adopted year(s) later than Yumi by a sweet elderly couple who lives in the same neighborhood as Yumi. So, Aria & Yumi reunite as neighbors and even attended the same school tho Aria is a upperclassman to Yumi at the school they attend.

They either became friends before Yumi was adopted back at the orphanage or shortly after the two reunited.

Now a year or few months prior to ending back up on twisted wonderland again. The grandparents that are raising Aria passed away and Yumi's family has adopted her. Though Aria is still mourning and isn't feeling comfortable living with Yumi's family she feels like a burden and most importantly feels out of place and like she doesn't belong.

Basically Aria is still probably in the depression state of mourning over the elderly couple who took care of her not that long ago in her eyes.

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For waking up at NRC. Yumi and Aria wakeup during Ace & Deuce's entrance ceremony like in twisted wonderland game. However, Deuce won't be able to recognize Aria. She has changed enough appearance wise that it's reasonable to not recognize her at first glance, it was over 5 years ago.

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Now Aria and Yumi are both related to a Twisted wonderland character like in the twisted wonderland return home au's I've read and enjoyed immensely. However, i will not be revealing who they are related to you in this post.

Winter Night thoughts.

Yumi contemplates spending Christmas without the family she grew fond of back in the magic less world.

Tis was late at night, a few days before Christmas.

The hearth of Ramshackle longue was alight with a warm glow.

Not small bugs or critters scurried about Ramshackles halls.

Grim was snoring up a storm in the prefect's bed.

Yumi the perfect herself was downstairs nursing a cup of hot coco while sitting on one of the couches in Ramshackle's longue near the furnace.

She sighed heavily.

She looks towards her phone in a grimace.

So many texts and Christmas invitations she had refused littered her text history.

Yumi looks away from her phone and sighs again.

'I wonder how mom and dad are doing, not to mention my siblings back at home'

Home...

What a funny word.

So many tried to help Yumi find a 'home' in twisted wonderland, but none satisfied her.

Yumi misses her home back at the magic less world she grew up more than any of her friends could offer her. Nothing could replace her family and strong feelings of belonging that she possessed back there.

Yumi looked back at her phone and flipped thru her messages and sighed once more.

Whether she liked it or not someone was too stubborn and persistent that she ended up giving in and promising to join them for Christmas.

It was Professor Crewel. Apparently, she was related to him by blood. Yumi was not looking forward to it, perhaps she should've given in to Aria's invitation. At least then she could've avoided her blood related family for Christmas. Worried that they are trying to tie her down into this world, one she is determined to leave for her family and friends back in the magic less world whom she missed so much.

Then again, perhaps it's a good reason to spend Christmas with Professor Crewel's family. For this Christmas may be the only one they will get to enjoy with her if Yumi's plans succeed.

It wasn't like Crewel and his family were unkind or bad people. So, it wouldn't be a terrible Christmas if she spent it with them this year.

Yumi sighed.

'I should stop thinking negatively about this and just enjoy Christmas with them regardless of whether I'm staying or leaving twisted wonderland later'

Yumi got up from the couch and went to put out the furnace fire before placing her empty cup in the sink and heading upstairs.

'I wonder how different Christmas will be for me the rest of the year it's already been a wild ride of a winter break:

Yumi smiled.

It wasn't the most pleasant pass few weeks with the whole ordeal at Scrabia that occurred. However, the party afterwards at Scrabia followed by the one held at Ramshackle was delightful.

It was sweet having her friends that came to her rescue from Scrabia stay by her side for a bit longer even after confirming the danger was already dealt with.

Yumi wasn't expecting to have a party at Ramshackle with so many ppl some who were supposed to be away all winter break.

Ace, Deuce, and Aria.

Aria's mother was also there, and they managed to convince Lilia to stay for a while after he gave Yumi a Christmas letter. Oh, and how could she forget Silver. Lilia invited him to join in the Ramshackle party. Those two apparently decided to stay at Diasomnia during the winter break.

Apparently, the ghosts had decorated the dorm a tad for the holidays while Yumi was at Scrabia. Along with tending to NRCs fire fairies. Ramshackle also got a feast, one that Grim demanded from Crowley before the winter break had started.

It was a wonderful winter break so far and it's not over yet with Professor Crewel coming over tomorrow morning to pick Yumi up. Winter break and celebrating Christmas was yet to end for her. Yumi started to look forward to it once more.

She also hoped and wished all her friends in both worlds along with her family back in the magic less world a very merry and wonderful Christmas.

Yumi made it to her room and patted the head of the snoring Grim among her pillows with a soft smile.

She was not leaving him behind for Christmas. She managed to convince the professor to let Grim tag along for the trip.

Yumi yawns and stretches before heading back to bed.

Yes, this Christmas was gonna be different for her, but it was gonna be a wonderful time and a memory to cherish forevermore regardless of her apprehension prior to tonight.

I hate when my draft decides to post instead of saving as a draft.

Groans

I just wanted to edit it a tad and save but no Tumbler said post it instead and I had undo that.

It's a bit of a hassle but at least it's better than actually losing the whole document and having to start again from scratch.

most important part of the writing process actually is when you loop a single song on max volume and stare at the word document and imagine the characters doing things for 14 hours. this is known as getting in the zone

Current status

This is where I'll list how many wips for this blog I have and how far along they are.

I will leave a shortcut/link to here from my Masterlist.

My WIPS

So let's see where I left off with the stuff in my drafts here.

Almost done with:

Nothing at the moment

In the middle of:

Aftermath of book 1, return home AU

I have some brainstorm idea drafts for return home and children of laughter AU's

Barley started:

Heartslabyul panic part 2 Deuce,

The Nightmare part 3

For both of the above I just have the description of where we left off in the last part. I haven't even set up the scene to start these parts.

I'm debating how will I make the part 2 for Ace and Deuce Heartslabyul panic differences shine for the different povs.

I am also debating which Heartslabyul panic is canon timeline for the nightmare series as well.

I already have a basic idea for both Heartslabyul panic and the rest of the nightmare series.

Not sure when I'll feel up to fleshing out and going into novel detail in my drafts.

Might redo:

The nightmare series

Dreaming once more in a field of flowers (Aria oneshot)

I feel like the writing style could be better for both. The pacing for the oneshot is to rushed I need the oneshot to be a lot longer. I might even separate the oneshot into parts depending how much I wanna space out and build the scene and the events covered in it.

I like what I have written for the nightmare so far but also want to redo it cause I believe I can do better.

So I might just keep what I have but specify it's a old version and that I'm making a newer version that will be canon for my twst Au for Aria and Yumi.

Keep in mind this is just where my drafts progress is currently, they may be left at the their current spot for who knows how long.

My progress depends on when I feel like continuing anything in my draft.

I most likely will add more wips here whenever I fell like starting another work (written or art) on this blog regardless of my progress on the rest of the stuff In drafts on this blog.

Last edited/updated on: May 10th, 2025