Gravity Falls au where Tubbo goes to the mystery shack and meets ghost!Ranboo who leads him to the book, and he has his uncle Wilbur and coworkers at the Mystery Shack Techno and Dream
Rivals duo who are rivals in college and compete with each other to be the best in their debate team- but Dream is a vampire and Techno is a vampire hunter.... But neither of them realize what the other is because they're too focused on beating each other in good grades
In the year 9074 (idk man the future-) Tommy is a college student for IT and engineering, specifically in robotics, one of the highest demanding fields at the current time
He gets an internship at a company making defense androids programmed to protect people and kill targets given to them by the police- while there he develops a new ai never used in androids such as these before and makes himself his own android assistant that he's going to call Dream
He blinked a few times and looked around, some artificial blond hair bouncing in his peripheral vision. How did he know that? A file opened and in a millisecond he had the answer. He was android model T03, and before "awakening" some knowledge had already been downloaded into his memory. It made sense, but as he looked around more questions came to mind, ones that no files in his database had answers for. T03 could only see a cubic room of completely white walls, a ceiling, and a floor- well, all white walls apart from the mirror across from him. The only light refracting in the room was coming from the other side of the mirror, he thinks?
T03 tilted his head as he stared at his reflection- or- wait… the blond android across from him did not move, it wasn't his reflection… he wasn't alone. T03 blinked slowly, then took one shakey step forward, wanting to look more closely at the other android- DR34 his memory files supplied. Failed experiment- failed experiment? Why was he in a room with a failed experiment? He thought to himself as he continued to get used to the program that ran his moditory applications- or legs, yeah legs are definitely a better word for these…
T03 was halfway across the room when DR34 began to blink, the sound of his mechanics beginning to run, most likely running a diagnostic T03's database supplied. T03 stood still as he watched the other android, and after a minute they finally met his gaze with green glowing lights for "eyes"- oh sh- crap close those files those things look really creepy! No more eyes! T03 shut his eyes and held his head as he focused on closing files that had pictures of what "eyes" were.
"He-eeeelll- helloo-oo-o?" A broken robotic voice sounded, and when T03 looked back up, DR34 had a hand pressed against the glass between them. T03 tilted his head curiously. Why was there glass between them? Slowly he got closer until he could put his hand against the glass where the other hand already was.
"H-" He tried to say, but it came out as a garbled staticy mess.
"T- ta- take, take y- you're ti- ti- time." The other android spoke slowly and T03 nodded, slowly testing out each sound until he had it figured out.
"H- Hi." He finally said in the end and smiled. He did it! DR34 smiled down at him.
"Hi-i-i-i." The taller repeated back and T03's smile grew significantly.
"H- hi! Hi! Hi! Hi hi hi hi hi!!!" He started repeating excitedly and DR34 laughed softly- well, it registered as a laugh in T03's database, but based on the files of laughter he had downloaded, it definitely did NOT sound like a laugh. Either way, T03 began laughing back happily.
"I- I- I- I'm Dream!" The android said happily, confusion T03. That's not what his database said they were.
"Dr- Dreeee- Am?" T03 repeated back in a glitchy artificial voice. "But DR34?" Dream shook his head a little.
"I- I choose n- name Dre- Am!" He explained. T03 slowly nodded and smiled, understanding now.
"O- o- ooooh!" The smaller model bounced on his feet. "I- I T03!" He pointed at himself and Dream nodded.
"Y- yes! Tha- a- a- at is model!" Dream then pointed at his chest where the his model code had been scratched over with the name 'Dream', it was crudely written and almost impossible to make out, but T03 understood and started excitedly poking the glass where Dream's name was excitedly.
"Dr- Dream! Dream! Dream!" He started repeating, getting better at talking the more he did it.
"Yes! Yes! That me! And you T03!" Dream poked the glass over where T03's model code was printed.
"Yes! Is me!" T03 pointed at himself happily and Dream smiled even more.
"Y- yes!"
"Alright you two, enough social time." A voice sounded from overhead, making T03 jump in surprise while Dream glared up at the ceiling. "It's time to start testing. T03 you are a new model, so you're expected to behave- please for the love of god behave-" The voice said tiredly. "And DR34, this is your twentieth pairing… things don't look promising for you, so I advise you follow T03's lead unless you want to be scrapped, okay?" The voice said cheerily, and T03 noticed Dream's system shudder. "Now let's get started! Please step into the next room to begin experimentation!"
There was a loud buzz, and then a door opened up on the wall to the left. T03 glanced at Dream a little nervously, and the older model gently smiled back, putting his hand on the glass. T03 put his hand on the glass as well.
"Will be o- okay…" He said softly, giving them a comforting smile. T03 smiled back, feeling much braver and more ready to continue on-
"Oh my god- just go into the fucking room alreadyyyyyyyy! I'm so tired of working with bots that act all emotional…" The voice called out from overhead, making Dream glare upwards again.
"W- we g- go?" T03 spoke up to get Dream's attention. The older model let out somee compressed air, sounding like a sigh.
"We go." And with that they both walked forward to their individual doors, into the first testing chamber.
Dweam do you tink they still have the hard hats?" Tommy's voice invaded his brother's senses, making the newly ten year old jolt.
"I dunno Toms, they probably already moved onto whatever other kids want by now-" Dream responded, fixing his birthday sash by looking at his reflection in the window.
"But- but Sammy needs a hard hat! He could get huuuurrrrt!!!!" The five year old shouted, shoving his raccoon plushie into Dream's face as if that would emphasize his point.
"Toms, Sam is a stuffed animal, he can't feel pain." The elder gave the plushie's head a squish, making Tommy snatch his toy away from him.
"No! Sammy is a person like us and feels so many things- like pain!!!" The blue eyed boy argued, gently rubbing his toy's head to comfort it as Dream rolled his eyes.
"Sure…" Was Dream's only response.
"Stop fighting boys, we're heeeerrreeeee!" They're mom's voice cut in, and Dream could already hear Tommy's feet kicking against the chair in excitement. Sam's Burger Nook was outside the car windows, looking bright as ever. It was always a happy place, and Tommy's favorite restaurant (Dream's too- but he wasn't about to admit that now that he was a whopping ten years old!).
"Let me ooooouuuuut!" Dream looked over at his younger brother who was currently struggling in his booster seat. Tommy could unbuckle himself, but he was still having trouble learning how to use a seatbelt.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Their mom laughed as she got out to help Tommy. While they were doing that Dream got out of the car and followed his dad into the restaurant excitedly. A wave of excitement hit the ten year old as he walked in the doors and saw the familiar woodland aesthetic and fake trees around the restaurant, along with the loud games and laughter from children. His father led Dream to the back where a table was already set up for his party and waiting for his family and friends to arrive, set right in front of the stage where the animatronics performed.
"Now, stay here Dream and wait for your friends while I help your mother get the presents." His dad explained before leaving.
"Okay!" Dream shouted after him, then climbed up to sit in one of the seats at the table. It wasn't long before his younger brother was running up to him and trying to climb into the seat next to him.
"Dweeeeeeaaaaam!!!!" The younger cried dramatically. "The hard hats are goooooooooonnnneeeee!" Dream rolled his eyes.
"I told you." He snarked but Tommy only fake cried harder.
"Ew, why is your brother here?" A familiar accented voice rang out and Dream turned around excitedly to see George.
"Uh- because he has to be here-" Dream tried to explain before getting cut off by five year old sobs.
"My Sammy will never be safe noooooowww!!!!" Tommy hugged onto Dream making the older have to push him off and onto the floor where Tommy rolled under the table. George sat I'm the chair Tommy had just fallen out of.
"Don't tell me he's going to be following you around all day…" George frowned.
"Well-"
"Dweeeaaam, can we make a hard hat?" Tommy pulled on his brother's shoe to get his attention, making Dream sigh.
"I guess so…" Dream frowned. This was going to be a long and annoying tenth birthday…
After a while of talking with George and ignoring Tommy his brother had gotten distracted by their mom asking the young boy to help with carrying in presents. Which left Dream with a moment of peace with George and his other friends as they started showing up. Sapnap, Punz, Karl, Tina, Hanna, and others kept coming until it was time to go play games. Each kid was given a cup full of tokens and sent off to enjoy the arcade by themselves- all except Dream who was tasked to keep Tommy with him since they were too old to be by himself yet.
Dream let out an annoyed growl as Tommy jumped in front of him- FOR THE TENTH TIME- again to start playing a game before he could. "Wooooaaahhhh! Dweam this game is so poggers!" The five year old said, oblivious to Dream's annoyance.
"I know! I was about to play it!" Dream grunted and Tommy looked back at him with a smile.
"Now we can play it together!" He laughed then turned back to the game, not noticing as Dream let out a quiet shout of annoyance and hid his face in his hands.
"Why don't you just tell him to fuck off?" Sapnap whispered from next to him.
"Because it's my 'responsibility'" Dream made air quotes, "to make sure nothing happens to him…" The blond rolled his eyes, wondering why his parents weren't doing that since it's his birthday.
"Weeelll….." Sapnap munched on a bag of fries. "Some of the mascots are out walking around right now- why not send him to them?"
Dream looked at Sapnap for a moment, "Aren't they like- y'know- actually people in costumes?"
"Yeah, but if they work here then if a child goes missing while they're watching it then they'll get into more trouble right? So obviously they're perfect to watch the gremlin!" He reasoned, stuffing his face with more food.
"Hmmm… I guess you're right…."
"I'm always right-" Sapnap smiled, and Dream glared at him, knowing that definitely wasn't true.
"Whatever uuuuhhh-" Dream started looking around the restaurant and smiled when he saw the Sam Nook costume walking around. He tapped Tommy in the shoulder.
"Hm?" The child turned to him.
"Hey Tommy look!" Dream pointed at Sam Nook. "It's Sam Nook, why don't you go say hi!"
Tommy gasped excitedly. "SAM NOOK!!!!" He shouted and didn't waste any time running off to his favorite raccoon. He didn't notice the older kids fist pumping and laughing behind him as he shouted, "MAYBE I CAN GET A HARD HAT!!!"
•••
"SAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!" Tommy shouted as he ran up to his hero, smiling brightly up at the taller big man. "Sam Sam Sam! I'm your biggest follower!" Tommy shouted up at him.
"Well isn't that something amazing!" Tommy gasped when his hero actually responded! He never did that when not on stage! "As my biggest fan do you want the biggest prize kiddo!"
Tommy nodded enthusiastically. "Heck yeah! I'm the biggest man and should get the biggest and bestest prize of them all!!!"
"Of course you should! Which is why…" Sam Nook leaned in really close to Tommy and whispered. "I'm going to make you my sidekick!" Tommy gasped.
"Really!?"
"Yeah! Anything for my biggest fan!" Sam Nook took his hand and Tommy started to wiggle excitedly. "Here, I'll take you to my special room where all my friends go to get their presents!"
"Yaaaayy!!!" Tommy shouted as he followed Sam Nook to a mostly hidden door that opened up into a dark room. Once Tommy was inside Sam Nook closed the door behind them and dropped something jingly on the floor.
"Now to be my best friend I need to make you look like me!" Sam Nook said, walking over to something big on a table while Tommy happily followed.
"Yeah! Yeah! Oh- can I have a hard hat?" He asked, hopping up and down and smiled when his hero chuckled fondly.
"Of course you can, you need to stay safe right?" Sam Nook ruffled Tommy's hair and made the child feel like the most amazing person in the world. "Now, here's some special clothes to make you just like me!" Sam Nook started using a metal tool to open something up and Tommy bounced a little more. "Are you ready kiddo?"
"Yeah yeah yeah!" Tommy laughed as Sam Nook picked him up and put him inside of the thing then began closing it.
"You'll now be my best friend forever!"
•••
Woohoo!!!" Dream cheered as he ran back to the party table. His mom had just called out to all the kids that it was time for cake, and they were all running back now.
"Dream? Where's Tommy?" Was his mom's first question as soon as Dream arrived.
"Oh, he went to go see Sam Nook!" Dream replied happily.
"Well can you go get him so he won't miss out on cake?" She crossed her arms with a stern look. Dream rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Fiiiiiiiine…" The child walked off immediately going towards a specific wall. A few minutes ago he'd spotted 'Sam Nook' leading his brother into a mostly hidden room. Dream approached the painted over door and grabbed the handle with a sign on it that said 'Employee's only'... That's weird… he thought to himself as he opened the door. Why would Tommy be brought in here if it was only for-
Dream's thoughts cut off as he looked inside the door to see someone in a bloodied Sam Nook consume standing in front of an animatronic… that the bloodied and mangled corpse of his brother was inside of, still hugging his plushie. The employee noticed the light and stopped touching the dead body and ran to a darker part of the room- allowing for the child's bloody body to fall onto the floor with a small splat.
Dream was shaking. His breathing was sparse and he could feel tears in his eyes. The more he realized that Tommy was dead, the more he felt it build up inside him. He didn't know what it was but he hated it… Tommy was dead…
Dream screamed.
It wasn't long until a crowd of adults surrounded him, all of them muttering different things, some crying, some hyperventilating- all of them had different reactions. None of them screamed.
"Dream….?" A weak, familiar voice spoke up. It sounded like Tommy but, their body didn't move. "Dream… I- I'm scared I- I can't- I can't f- feel any- anything…" Dream started crying and hyperventilating more. No no no no- Tommy was dead! He was dead! Dream saw it! "Every… everything is so… so big now.. can you please…" His eyes widened as he thought he saw their plushy love a little. No way… "I- I want a hug pl- please… it's+ it's scary, a- and everything is l- loud-" They sounded like they were crying. Dream didn't wait any longer, he rushed inside and picked up their plushie and squeezed it into a hug… he could feel their warmth in it. "Than- tank you…"
"Dream what are you-" His mom started to say but he cut her off with a wet, terrified chuckle.
"He's- he's still here! Tommy- he's- he's in the plushie!" Dream went up to her, still hugging the bloodied toy he was sure his brother was now.
"Oh honey…" His mom frowned, and he knew she didn't believe him but-
"But I know! He talked to me, can't- can't you hear him mom!" He looked up at her hopefully as he heard Tommy say 'mom' in his head. She only frowned sadly at him. "D- dad?" He looked up at their dad, who only glared back, making him shrink in on himself and hug Tommy more protectively. "But… but it's him it really… it really is…"
"That's enough Dream." Their dad said sternly. "Go wait in the car while we handle this."
"But-"
"And stop spewing nonsense. You found his body, you should know that Tommy is dead and is never coming back." Tommy whimpered and Dream hugged him tighter.
"Honey-"
"Now go to the car!" Dream sniffled and started crying as he left, keeping Tommy close to himself. He knew it was them, he just knew it, even if no one else could tell it was his brother he knew for a fact that Tommy was still with him.
•••
Dream stayed in his room mostly after that. Just making sure Tommy was okay, keeping him clean and safe since their parents still didn't believe him. While that was happening he could overhear them through the walls and listened in about the lawsuit on the restaurant. It was agreed Sam's Burger Nook company would pay for the funeral, but the lawsuit went no further as it was explained how springlocks worked- they had to be cranked to make it safe to wear the same costumes as the animatronics, and if done improperly or not at all the mechanical parts would stab through and kill any human inside. The story went that an employee had left the door unlocked and Tommy must've wandered inside, and climbed into a costume wanting to be Sam Nook, resulting in a springlock failure….
But Dream knew that's not what actually happened. Dream knew someone had purposely led Tommy into that room, and after a year Tommy eventually told him what happened. When Dream had walked in the Green Man (as Tommy had come to call him) was in the middle of moving his body out of the suit- most likely to bury him, Dream assumed- but because of Dream's interference they hadn't gotten enough time to hide Tommy or himself, so he'd dropped Tommy's body and run.
Dream did try to tell people the truth, but there was no proof, and the words of a child claiming he heard his dead brother's voice was nothing compared to the claims of a rich corporation known for child safety precautions. Eventually he gave up and just focused on keeping Tommy safe…. Even if he became known as a little bit crazy amongst strangers in the process. There wasn't really much else he could do….
"You could get a job as a night guard and find some proof."
Dream is a Bitumine from the planet of Patchnar. He's the most elite of his rank, rated to have the best survival chance on any planet, and considered one the most dangerous people in the galaxy- which meant he was perfect for the upcoming expiration job. The Bitumines for the past couple of years have been sending drones and cameras down to the more newly discovered planet X201 in the most recently found spiral galaxy. As of late no one has physically been on X201 but the Bitumines have been planning an exploration and have everything ready to send someone down to the planet to explore, conduct research, and to abduct a live specimen of one of the intelligent homosapiens to bring back for further research as well as communication to decide if the planet should be allied with or colonized.
For the reasons of the Bitumines being worried of how hostile life is on X201 and because they are aware of how dangerous homosapien technology along with the dangerous environmental conditions of the planet, they have chosen Dream to be the one leading the research mission with a small crew of scientists.
Although wary of the dangers of X201, Bitumine scientists have estimated from their footage from the planet that homosapiens are most likely around 2 kwemets tall on average most likely (Most Bitumines are on average usually 5 be karmets tall- think of kwemets like inches, and karmets like feet), so the likelihood of this being a successful mission is very high!
And so, Dream adds to his crew (originally Sapnap and George- A Labes and a Fungian) two scientist of his own race of Bitumine, named Punz Ranboo. They all get settled for a long trip watching in amazement as the blue and green planet of X201 comes into view. They land between what seems to be some dense trees that are long flat and green.
The first thing they do is leave Sapnap and Ranboo on the ship to stay and watch while Dream George and Punz go out to explore the new planet. After awhile of trekking through more and more "trees" though something is off... Punz brings up how the footage they have of the planet doesn't have these trees in the footage, and what homosapiens consider trees looks nothing like what they're venturing through, and it isn't until they come across a new "tree" that's more slender with a pink top of five huge leaves that it starts to click..... But by then it's practically too late as the ground begins to shake and a loud booming gets closer- Punz with Dream's help quickly ushers everyone inside of a "cave" to hide from whatever is getting closer. When the booming and shaking stops though they barely get any time to collect their thoughts as gravity quickly changes and their thrown around in the fabric (!?) cave that they're hiding in
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Tommy is a human that went to the park after school to have some fun, but at some point he sees a really cool toy ship flying through the sky, and when he sees it land he can't help himself as he rushes off to see who it belongs to! It takes him around an hour to find the toy but there's nobody around that it could belong to... He shrugs it off and decides to leave it there, if it's still there tomorrow then he can take it home! Plus he needs to get home now anyways before his brother gets mad. So the teen rushes off to grab his backpack and run home...
Having no idea he just unintentionally abducted a group of aliens that had planned to abduct him...
