ok yeah im on hybrid au brainrot so heres my au of an au
what if right before sapnap stepped in to save dream from ant and george toying with him, dream escaped? like when george was about to dangle dream over his mouth, dream bit georges hand to get him to drop him in a last ditch escape attempt and since that would be quite the fall for the tiny, he manages to mess up his leg really bad but is still trying to run thinking his life is in danger? so now, ant, george, and sap are panicking because they didnt want to actually hurt him and they have to find him again except now hes pretty badly injured and doing a lot more reckless stunts believing it to be a life or death sprint for his life.
imagine if you will: all of the giants are trying to find his tracks as its going to get dark soon and the darkness brings along with it freezing temperatures, just yet another danger for the poor tiny as dream is trying to ignore the pain in his leg, sprinting as fast as he can, the entire time cursing himself for letting his guard down and allowing himself to get into such a terrifying and life threatening predicament.
(also feel free to ignore this, im sick and feverish off my ass rn and im not even sure if this is coherent lol)
Dream's leg would have to give out eventually, and he's probably smart enough to know this so he would assume he needs to hide- luckily he finds what seems like an abandoned burrow to hide inside of, small enough that the hunters chasing him won't be able to fit inside.
Later, (imma assume Sap George and Ant all talked and understand they all care about Dream at this point) when the three preditors finally find where Dream's scent leads- they find an abandoned burrow, but no Dream hiding inside like the smell would hint... But there is a second smell, the smell of another predator nearby.... One who's smaller then the three and is hiding, waiting for them to leave so they can eat Dream
It takes only five minutes for this predator to be found and for Dream to he saved












