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Tommy was doing terrible. He wasn’t going to admit it, but he was not feeling good. His stomach hurt and he could barely stand. And on top of that he could barely eat because of a stupid tooth ache. He just had to hide it from Dream. That couldn’t be too difficult, right?
Spoiler alert: It was difficult.
Because as soon as Dream arrived, he noticed that Tommy wasn’t standing like normal. “Tommy, everything alright?”
“Yeah. I am fine. I am a big man. I am such a big man.” Tommy said.
Dream looked at him. “Alright. Why don’t we walk for a bit?”
Tommy shook his head. “No, I’d rather stay here.”
“Why?” “Because I already walked yesterday.” “Somehow, I doubt that.” Dream said as he looked at Tommy.
“But it’s alright. You want a piece of candy?” Dream asked.
Tommy shook his head.
“Alright, that’s it. Tommy, what’s wrong with you. You would never turn down candy.” Dream said concerned.
Tommy sighed. “My stomach hurts, and one of my teeth is hurting.”
Dream looked at Tommy. “What way does you stomach hurt?”
“it hurts, just really painful. I already threw up because of the pain. It hurts with everything I do.” Tommy explained.
Dream walked up to Tommy and but his hand to Tommy’s head. “You are burning up Tommy… I am afraid your appendix is inflamed. I will need to operate. Because otherwise you will die.”
Tommy looked at Dream and backed away.
“No… No, please. I don’t want to undergo an operation.”
Dream grabbed Tommy’s arm. “You will die if we don’t do anything. And I can also take care of your tooth while we are at it.”
“But I don’t want to.” Tommy cried.
“We will have to.” Dream said as he grabbed a potion and a syringe from his pocket.
“Why do you have that?!” Tommy yelled.
“Just in case.” Dream filled the syringe with potion and then grabbed Tommy’s arm again.
“Look away, Tommy.”
Tommy did as Dream told him and looked away. He felt a small pin prick and soon he started to feel tired.
He felt Dream catch him in his arms, before fully going out.
Dream carried Tommy to the bed in the tent. He laid Tommy on top of it. He had to do this quickly. First the tooth. Dream opened Tommy’s mouth and immediately saw the problem. There was one rot molar. Let’s get that out. It was already moving a lot when Dream touched. Dream grabbed the tooth and yanked it out.
“That’s one problem solved.” Dream said. “Now on to the next.”
Dream grabbed his knife and got ready to start the operation.
Tommy woke up later that day. He felt weak and still tired. But he was also a bit better. Slowly he sat up.
“Be careful. You don’t want to rip your stitches.” A voice said. Tommy looked around and eventually found Dream standing at the other end of the tent.
“What did you do?!” Tommy asked.
“I took your appendix out. It was inflamed and you were gonna die if it stayed there much longer. I also took your tooth. It was rotting.” Dream explained. “You should feel better soon.”
Dream placed a bowl of soup on the table next to Tommy’s bed. “Here, drink this.”
Tommy slowly picked the bowl up. “Thank you Dream.”
“No problem, Tommy. I always help you, You know that.”