Yumenauts

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Yumenauts is an AU concived on the 13th of September, 2021. It is a stupid sorta crossover with a different franchise, except without any of that franchise's characters.

The Verse Code of this timeline references the **Yumenauts** (the namesake of AU), the release of the AU's inspiration **Psychonauts** (20**05**), and **Dream**, referencing the purpose of the Yumenauts.

## The First Yumenauts

### Origin

Long ago, people were extremely connected to their dreams, to the point where they could physically manifest those objects. This was at first an aspect of life that wasn't concerning. That changed when nightmares began to manifest. When this began, an ancient by the name of Hyness began working on a solution. He eventually discovered a way to hold the nightmares at bay by entering the realm of a person's dreams, which where soon named the Dreamscapes, and deal with the nightmare at its source. Two other anicents, Onerio and Auroria, began to do this exact thing in order to keep these nightmares from hurting other beings. Eventually, the problem was getting slightly out of hand, causing the two to be willing to recruit a puffball who was willing to volunteer by the name of "Twinkle" Popopo. Popopo was the one who coined the term "Yumenauts" and those who enter Dreamscapes have been called such ever since.

### The Nightmare Begins

Over time, Onerio began to become more interested in how Dreamscapes were created, and began his own studies. Eventually, it grew to the point where he decided to put his research to use and began to create a Dreamscape for himself. Doing so would give him access to two Dreamscapes without the need for the machine Hyness had designed for entering Dreamscapes, however, he didn't realize that there was a reason people naturally only had access to one Dreamscapes at a time. Once he was done with making a second Dreamscape for himself, he began to feel an urge to create another, and after completing the third, he felt that urge again. Eventually, the effects of having multiple Dreamscapes hit him both phycially and psychologically. In the later case, he became insane, now hungry for power and control of other people. In the former, he morphed into this strange creature, becoming one with the Dreamscapes like some of the dream creations they had encountered, but far more twisted and nightmarish. This manifested itself as his real body put into a state of sleep like the victims that came before, only in this case, he seemed strangely content with it. Auroria, being his best friend, decided to hop into his Dreamscape alone, and was horrified to see what he had become. In his dreams. Onerio began to call himself Nightmare and when he saw Auroria, he explained that he now desired control over all Dreamscapes. He offered her a portion of the empire he planned to make, but she profusely refused. Nightmare refused to accept this, and trapped her in his mind, which only ended when Popopo broke through and rescued her. By the time they were out, Onerio could no longer be saved, with his real body now morphing into the form of Nightmare. To their dismay, the other two Yumenauts had to fight and seal away the person they once called their friend.

## Present Day

### Modern History

Many years later, Popopo and Auroria had both settled down in an attempt to retire and let the younger generation take over. This was thrown out the window when Nightmare managed to break from his seal. It turned out one of their former students, who they expelled for accidentally killing an young boy, released him out of petty spite for them. Popopo volunteered to perform a powerful sealing spell on both of them, which might pose a risk to his life. He managed to seal both of them away, but disappeared after the deed was done. He was presumed dead, dying a hero...

A few years later, a man who called himself Meta Knight took over as the Yumenauts' commander. He began to enforce some of the rules that kept innocent lives safe, and made sure what happened with the student Popopo sealed away, who was once his friend, would not happen again...