Anti-clockwise (Like a Hyena)

Tommy raises his head and face ahead of him, but Dream was out of sight. He quickly turns his head around as he looks for his opponent’s location. Without realizing it, a cold blade thrusts through his stomach from behind him.

Tears begin to flow from his eyes as he stares into the dull blue sky and feels nothing but the numbing pain on his stomach and the rust iron taste lingering in his mouth.

“Everyone who cared about you will forget who you are and they won’t even remember that you exist. Only those who are neutral and who bare hatred towards you will be the left in this multiverse to remember you. Of course, your alternate selves aren’t affected, though. Only you.” Dream cackles as he raises both arms in mid-air, as if to carry the setting sun on his shoulders from behind him.

Tommy grabs his blonde hair with both hands to try and ground him as painful memories began to flood his mind all at once. He doesn’t want to go back to that terrible life again. He’d rather die than try to survive that hellscape over and over.

ORSBI AU where the cliche "it's not about the destination but the journey and friends you made along the way" actually matters.