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"So you guys are telling me, you didn't mean to turn the two of them into children?" A sigh escapes his lips with a ruffle of his wings. He gives the three teens in front of him a disappointed look.

"Well yes," one teen sheepishly rubs his neck.

“Why would we do this on purpose? Frankly I'm hurt you think so little of us Phil,” he takes a step forward towards Phil.

“Wait, did you say two of them?” The taller teen questions while looking around only finding 2 children sitting on the couch. They seem to be chatting to each other.

“Ah shit. Where did Dream go? Tubbo, you were the closest to him,” he turns his head towards tubbo. Causing tubbo to shoot him a glare.

“Hey you aren't pinning this on me Tommy. He was right by the two of us. So you should have seen him wander off,” Tubbo points his finger at Tommy.

“Quiet both of you. First we need to find Dream and then you three need to explain to Bad and Sam, why their children are suddenly little kids again. Tommy, you look after Sapnap and George. Ranboo and tubbo will come with me to look for dream. He couldn't have gotten far." Phil says, causing all 3 teens to nod. Tubbo heads to look in the kitchen while Ranboo looks under the furniture.

“Do you think he went outside?” Ranboo asks Phil while looking under the table.

“I hope not. Let's start by looking in the house."
Phil responds. He opens a door and takes a look inside.

"Hey, why do I need to watch a bunch of children?" Tommy loudly questions. He takes a seat on the couch with the two kids to his left. This causes the children to stop what they were doing and look at Tommy.

"Mate, it's nothing personal. We just need to find Dream quickly before something happens to him." Phil shuts the door behind him after not finding signs of the missing kid in the other room.

"Yeah Tommy and you would probably start arguing with him too," tubbo comments when entering the living room. "No sign of Dream in the kitchen. I'll check upstairs. If he is not up there then he somehow got outside."

"I'll check over here and then I'll help you upstairs," Ranboo points to the area near the front door.

"That's bullshit and you know it tubbo," Tommy shouts at tubbo who is walking upstairs giggling at Tommy.

"Bullshit," the once quiet Sapnap now shouts with a smile.

"Tommy" Phil sents Tommy a glare, but soon turns to the kid," Sapnap," he looks up at phil when hearing his name, "Mate that's not a good word to say,"

"Why," Sapnap questions with innocent eyes and tilting his head.

"I think it's a bad word. My dad says some words are known as swear words and they are not good to say," George says with a yawn.

"That's right George," George smiles at Phil when he hears he was right. " and the reason why we can say swear words is because we are older and we know how to use them nicely," Phil explains to the two kids who nod at each word.

Soon a thud was heard. "Ow," Ranboo mutters as he tries to stand back up.

"Are you ok Ranboo?" Phil wonders as he helps the teen to his feet.

"What even happened," Tommy asks looking at teen.

"I think I found where dream is hiding," Ranboo starts to dust himself off and points to a table with a cloth over it.

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"I pulled up the cloth to see if he was hiding under there. Turns out he was under there," Ranboo explains while glancing at the table.

"Tubbo we found him," Tommy shouts from the bottom step. A quiet coming was heard in response, footsteps soon heard getting near. Tubbo appears at the top and makes his way down.

"Where is he?" Tubbo asks when joining the group by the table, looking around. Phil points to the table.

"He is under there mate."

"Why did you fall over? Did Dream as a kid scare you that bad?" Tommy laughs as he slaps a hand on Ranboo's back.

"No, he pushed me," Ranboo shakes his head while trying to recover from Tommy's slap to his back.

"Judging how he hid from us and when found he pushed Ranboo. I'm guessing he is scared so let’s leave him be for now. We will stay in the living room to watch all 3 kids without leaving any of them alone. I will message Sam and Bad to come meet us here and maybe they can help with Dream and this situation," Phil says as he pulls out his communicator to message the previously mentioned people as he enters the kitchen. The three teens find places to sit. Tubbo chooses an armchair to the right of the couch and Tommy chooses an arm to the left of the couch while Ranboo sits on the couch with Sapnap and George to his left and right respectively. The room falls into silence as the events from moments ago replayed in their minds.

Until a quiet voice spoke up, "Um mister, who are you guys? And where is my dad?" George asks, looking at Ranboo. Upon hearing the question, Ranboo awkwardly glances between Tommy and Tubbo to see if they had ideas to solve this.

"I'm Tommy. We are basically friends with your dad," Tommy starts to say.

"And my dad too?" Sapnap cuts Tommy to ask with a curious look.

"Yes and your dad too Sapnap. Since we know both of your parents, we are looking after you guys until we can get you guys back nor-," the words dying on Tommy due to the glare Tubbo gave him. Phil soon enters to witness the conversation from the doorway of the kitchen.

"Hello, I'm Tubbo and that's Ranboo," Ranboo gives the kids a small wave, " And what Tommy is trying to say is we are going to look after you three until we can get you guys back to your parents," Tubbo calmly explains to everyone, getting nods from the two of kids.

"Since it seems like we are introducing ourselves. I'm Phil and your dads should be here soon," He gives the kids a calm and happy smile.

"That may be true for them, but what are you guys going to do with me?" The voice caught everyone off guard. Everyone turns to the source of the voice, finding Dream. "I don't have a family so what will happen to me." He was peeking his head out from behind the cloth while speaking with a hit of aggression. Phil wanted to speak to comfort Dream, but Tommy had a different idea.

"Dream, you do have people you are starting to think of as family. You know that," Tommy says looking at Dream's shocked and scared face. Seeing this look on Dream's face, Phil can't help but be concerned for him.

"Tommy!" Ranboo shouts quietly to not hurt Sapnap and George's ears.

"Hiding it will only lead to problems. Listen up you three. You guys were accidentally turned back into children. So the four of us and your parents are going to try and get you guys back to normal," Tommy confesses while briefly standing.

"But that doesn't explain how you know about my family," Dream was hiding a little more behind the tablecloth before and he spoke with a soft and scared voice. This scene shocked them. Dream, the one who hurt a lot of people and started wars over almost nothing, was hiding behind a tablecloth and scared because people knew about the people Dream considers family.

"That's because Dream, you told me a little about them before. About your dads and your uncles. You told me stories of them," Tommy sees the way Dream gets more and more scared as he continues to speak, "But you didn't tell me who and where your family is. You only told me bits and pieces. I don't know who they are." Tommy hopes his words comfort Dream even a little bit. It seems like it worked because Dream seems to relax a tiny bit after hearing that.

"When did you and Dream talk about his family?" Tubbo asks. His face is full of both concern and curiosity. Before Tommy could answer, there was a knock at the front. Everyone turned to look at the door but Phil was the only one who wanted to open the door.

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When Phil opens the door, standing there are two towering figures. One was taller than the other, his skin was pure black like shadows with horns on his head. He was wearing a black sweater with red accents along with a gray and black checker banana. . The tallest one takes a small step forward and asks a question with a worried look, “Phil, is Sapnap okay? What is wrong?” The other figure puts a hand on his shoulder before speaking.

“Take a deep breath Bad. What happened to the three boys?” He wasn't as tall as Bad but still taller than Phil. He was wearing a green sweatshirt under a gold chest plate. His skin was different shades of green with pointed ears.

“You are right Sam,” Bad says as he deeply inhales.

“I will explain everything but first how about you two come inside.” Phil takes a step to the side still holding the door open. Before the two men can move more than two steps into the house, Sapnap and George both start to yell. In the corner of Phil's eye, he noticed Dream hiding under the tablecloth again.

“Dad!” Both kids yell in unions as they get off the couch to run to their dads. Bad picks up Sapnap and starts to hug and kiss him while Sapnap giggles at his dad. George hugs Sam's legs.

“So how did this happen exactly?” Sam asks as he picks up George. Once up in his dad's arms, George starts to yawn.

“Well it's complicated,” Ranboo nervously fidgets with his hands as he speaks.

“How complicated?” Bad asks, shifting Sapnap to rest on his hip.

“So um, we don't know exactly how this happened. We were making potions and somehow different materials went into the brew.” Tubbo explains while looking at the three adults around him.

“But then how did the three of them get affected by it?” Sam asks as he rubs George's back as he continues to yawn and rubs his eyes. “If you are tired, you can take a nap. George nods at his dad's words.

“We were up on the balcony when the cauldron tipped over and spilled onto Dream, George, and Sapnap who happened to be pasting under the balcony. It seemed to knock them out for a few minutes and so we brought them inside here,” Tommy explains with confidence in his voice.

“Most of that is true but me and Tommy started to fight about the dropped materials and that caused the cauldron to tip over.” Tubbo corrects Tommy causing Tommy to hmph in disagreement.

“And I'm going to guess you three don't remember which materials you used in that brew,” all three teens nod in agreement, “ I guess it will be trial and error to get them back to normal.”

“Oh that right, we wanted to know if you two know how to contact Dream's parents at all,” Phil asks looking at Sam and Bad.

Sam shakes his head no, “When they were hanging out, Dream was already with Sapnap and Bad by the time we got there,” Sam moves to sit on the armrest of the couch with George peacefully sleeping in his arms.

“I have seen one of them but I never got a chance to speak to him. Either he would leave before I got the chance or he was too far away. Although I have been able to communicate with, who I think is his other parent. But I was only able to talk with him if he started the conversation. So I have no idea how to contact them anymore.” Bad says with disappointment in his voice.

“It doesn't surprise me that you weren't able to talk to either of them,” Dream says but this time he didn't poke his head out like before.

“That was Dream but where is he?” Sam expresses while he and Bad look around for Dream.

“Mate, he is under the table over there,” Phil answers, pointing to the table by the door.

“Why is he under there?” Bad asks, moving to sit on the couch with Sapnap sitting on his lap.

“We don't know. As soon as he woke up, he hid over there and we didn't try but I assumed he not coming out anytime soon,” Phil says as he leans over the back of the couch to Ranboo's left

“No I won't. And um,” Dream pauses, “um Tommy right?” dream asks but it seems more of a question to him then to Tommy, “when did I tell you about them?” This time Dream does stick his head out, looking directly at Tommy. “About my family,” he whispers the last part as he doesn't want anyone to hear.

“Well, you told me about them when I was in Logstedshire. As a way of kinda cheering me up. You told me how one is a dove Avian and the other one is a phantom hybrid. You also told me some cool stories about them and your uncles as well.”

Like what stories?” Dream asks as he moves slightly out from under the table.

“Yeah what kind of stories?” Tubbo curiously asks, getting a nod from Ranboo.

“Hmm, let's see. Oh yeah. You told me about how you thought your dad was an angel due to his white wings. And how they were so kind to you despite how untrusted you were of them. And how every time your uncles visited, one of them would always bring you crayons and paper for you and how he would always ask if you wanted to play with him too.” Tommy rambles before stopping to look at Dream.

“Wow, I told you all of that?” Dream asks, to which Tommy nods yes. “I guess older me trusted you for some reason.”

“Yeah I guess he did,” Tommy says with a small smile on his face.

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Dream opens his mouth to say more but is interrupted by a growl. Sapnap's face turns a slight pink due to the noise his stomach made. “Well I guess we should get you muffin heads something to eat,” Bad says as he giggles at his son's embarrassed face.

“I can make us some sandwiches,” Phil offers as he pushes away from the couch.

“Ooo I want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich,” Sapnap shouts while throwing his arms up.

“Sapnap you need to ask nicely,” Bad sighs, disappointed at his son’s rude manner.

“Can I have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich please?” Sapnap corrects himself while smiling at Phil.

“Sure thing mate. Would anyone else like something to eat?” Phil asks as he stench his back.

“Can you make one for George as well?” Sam asks.

“Yeah I can go for a sandwich. Thanks Phil,” Tubbo says looking at phil. Phil gives Tubbo an affirmative hum.

“Well since you offered Phil, I'll take one too,” Tommy adds.

“Can I have one too? And let me help you phil,” Ranboo asks. With one last nod, Phil and Ranboo both disappear into the kitchen.

“So um Dream, do you,” Bad sighs before continuing, “how old are you?” Bad asks awkwardly. Dream turns and gives Bad a suspicious look.

“Why do you want to know?” He shoots back at Bad, but soon adding, “I'm 6.” The two teens both look at Dream with shocked expressions when hearing this news.

“Hey Sapnap can you tell me how old you are?” Bad asks his son.

“I'm 5,” Sapnap happily answers.

“So you two are back at the ages before you met each other and became friends, and I'm guessing the same for George as well,” Bad mutters to himself.

“Wait, you're 6? I thought you were at least 5!” Tommy shouts in shock.

“Yeah I thought he was younger then 6 too,” Tubbo adds.

“I'm 6 and a half!” Dream shouts backs. “Why is it such a big deal! My dads says I'm healthy!”

“It's not a big deal. We are just surprised. Future you is tall for your age, so we thought the same applies to you, and you seem so small for your age” Tubbo explained when Phil walked back into the room carrying a plate of sandwiches followed by Ranboo with a single sandwich in his hands and some plates. They sat them down on the table in front of everyone. Ranboo sits back down on the couch by Bad.

“We are back, We just made everyone a pb and j sandwich if that is ok?,”

“Thanks phil,” Tommy and tubbo both say in unison and reach for the sandwiches and plates.

“Here you go Sapnap,” Bad says leading forward and grabbing a sandwich and a plate for his son.

“Dream, do you want me to hand you a sandwich? Tommy asks looking towards Dream.

“No I'm not hungry,” Dream says with a slight growl of his stomach.

“Are you sure about that, Mate?” Phil asks with a smile, putting a sandwich on a plate.

“Yes!” Dream shouts back.

“When he and Sapnap used to hang out, he was more willing to eat then, there wasn't much he refused to eat,” Bad mentions.

“Yeah but he is different then when we met him,” Sam adds.

“We will leave it here for you,” Phil says, placing the plate on the table near Dream. “Let me ask you something dream.” Upon hearing his name, dream looks over at him.

“What is it?” Dream asks.

“You weren't surprised to hear we had no way to contact your parents. Why is that?” Dream seem to get nervous hearing Phil ask that.

“Well. It's um,” Dream plays with the tablecloth while looking around, not meeting anyone's eyes, “they are super busy so they don't have time for things like this,” Dream pauses then whispers “not something as unimportant as this,” Sam huffed and rolled his eyes while looking at Bad.

“Dream, that lie might work on them, but I have seen one of your dads drop everything he was doing because you had a fever. You might not remember it but I do. So they do think anything involving you is important, I know it. They care about you more then you know or realize,” Sam says looking straight at Dream.

“He is right your parents care for you. I remember there were times you and Sapnap and George would argue about who has the best parents. And I have seen the look your dad has everytime he drops or picks you up and it's the look of a caring father. I know cause thats the look on have when im with Sapnap,” Bad calmly spoke.

“It's true, I also have that look with George and quackity,” Sam adds on.

Dream stares up at them with tears in his eyes. That look causes Sam and Bad to freeze up, “hey we didn't mean to make you cry,” Bad spoke with a concern in his voice. Dream used his sleeve to wipe his tears away.

“Are you ok?” Tubbo asks sharing the same concern look as Sam and the other 4 grown ups.

“Yeah it's just I haven't,” Dream sniffles before continuing, “I didn't know they cared about me that much. I can try but no promises I can still contact them since a lot has happened that I don't remember,”

“That's all we ask mate. Do let them know we are trying to find a way to bring you kids back to normal. We don't need to be more worried,” Phil warms smiles to Dream, who weakly returns a awkward smile. Dream pulls out a communicator and starts to type out something.