I walked up to my room with the small dog, who I named Incubo. When I opened the door, Incubo grabbed the small decorative blanket off of the end of my bed in his mouth and dragged it into the corner of the room and then proceeding to circle around in it before plopping down onto the blanket.

"Pf, whatever. Didn't want you in the bed anyway."

I sat down on the bed with a small, dim light on in another corner of the room. I laid down and attempted to close my eyes, only for them to snap right back open almost immediately.

This is going to be a tough night.

Usually falling asleep was easy for me. As simple as blinking or breathing. This time seemed to be different. There seemed to be a force keeping me from sleeping. Almost as if some type of magic was keeping my eyes open.

I glanced at Incubo in the corner. His bright green eyes flashed red for a second before he rubbed a paw over one and they turned back to green.

I tilted my head slightly at him.

"Why did I decide to call you Incubo? I haven't ever heard a name or even word like that in my life. Did you somehow name yourself?"

The dog nodded his head.

"How did you do that? And why?"

Abandoned.

I jumped back a little in surprise.

"Was that you?"

He nodded again.

"You were abandoned?"

Yes.

"Uhm... Alright..."

Incubo simply closed his eyes and laid his head in his paws.

"How did you do that? Does telepathy exist or am I going insane?"

You-ou awrnot craixee. I speaek inthe waixs ovf minds.

"You speak in the way of minds?"

He nodded again.

"So... What language is your name in?"

Italnio.

"Italian? Really? Like Angelo..."

Angelo... A boy... Named "angel". You know him. You are scared of him.

"H-how did your speech improve suddenly?"

I have gotten used to the ways of your mind. It is new to me, but demanded answers of me, so I was forced to speak oddly for awhile. I apologize.

"No, don't apologize. I'm just overly curious."

You also do not believe this is real. Based on your dreams that usually occur, you don't find this bizarre for a dream, but you also do not think this is happening in actuality.

"Uh... Well, yeah. My dreams are often hard to differentiate from reality most of the time."

I can assure you this is real, as I have made sure you will not fall asleep.

"Why would you do that?"

Because with me around, you'd have even worse dreams and they'd have a high possibility of coming true.

"So what does your name mean? You already told me what Angelo's means. What's yours?"

I'd prefer not to say. Just know that it is fitting to who I am.

"Okay, I guess."

Would you like to ask anything else?

"Where's your family?"

He snapped open his eyes and lifted his head, eyes glowing a dark red that looked as if they had seen the fiery pits of hell itself.

I once had two brothers. One so famous, anyone could immediately identify him off of one short description of his face. The other almost no one knows, but he's still a miracle of nature. And he was oh so loyal. My parents were both notorious for having children as well known demons. But I, poor little Incubo, was left out of the family. With less fame than even my brother. My parents abandoned me because they were greedy. I was left out simply because I wasn't a miracle as my brothers were.If only they had waited. Waited for just one more year. They would have discovered something incredible about their youngest son. See, though my brothers look like gods, they hold no power. I, however,n have the power to control sleep, dreams and minds themselves. Compared to me, my brothers are nothing more than ordinary pups.

"What are brother's names?"

They don't deserve your attention.

"Okay... What about your parents?"

They were both serpents. Their names are known by many, but they wouldn't be pleased to be known as my parents.

"So you never got the respect you deserved because people only saw what you looked like, never what your mind held."

Exactly. You understand, don't you? People in this town offer you no respect because you are the princess.

"Uh, well... Not princess. Queens, kings, etcetera, don't exist in Doem."

Ah... I see... You aren't of the times I am.

"I guess not. Also, how do your eyes change colors?"

I'm trying to practice so that they don't, but to answer, everyone would be terrified of me if I showed them my true eye color.

"Yeah, true. How do you do it?"

Well, as I mentioned earlier, I can control minds. Including my own. I try to stay inside my own head all the time to keep my eye color green.

"Cool. Hey, Incubo, can you put me to sleep without dreams at all? So that it'd be like a time skip for me so I don't have to sit up all night and so I'm not exhausted tomorrow?"

Sure.