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Nightmares are nothing new for Sunny Baudelaire. There was a time when she had them somewhat infrequently, before her birth parents tragically perished in a sudden house fire that may or may not have been started by an individual who may or may not have recently died any number of painful deaths, though research into the exact specifics of those events is still ongoing. After previously mentioned arson, Sunny Baudelaire experienced a period of very frequent nightmares, followed by a few months where her nightmares were lessening, a word which here means "became less frequent, though did still happen from time to time".
Unfortunately, she has been having very intense nightmares every time she has fallen asleep in recent days, and in general her waking hours have been less than ideal as well. Recently it seems like everyone but her got to be reunited with their loved ones from home, but all Sunny got was --
She wakes up, multiple times during the night, screaming at the viciously frightening dreams her subconscious has decided to inflict on her. Count Olaf, dead, getting up though and continuing to menace her. Count Olaf kidnapping her and taking her back home, away from her daddies and her brother and everyone else, and keeping her in another birdcage. Count Olaf killing Violet and Klaus in all of the many several ways many several people killed him. Magnu's mommy, who by all accounts was a very lovely person in real life, but in Sunny's dreams she's mean and horrible and laughs at her because her mommy didn't get to come here, even though they're both equally dead and therefore equally as likely to show up.
Sunny is very glad that every time she wakes up crying her daddies are there to hug her and calm her down enough to go back to sleep. She is also very glad that she is still wearing her bedtime pull ups every night. Most of all though, she is glad that Count Olaf is definitely incredibly dead, and even though she can't be with Violet and Klaus, she knows they won't be harmed by him any more. She just wishes the nightmares about the whole situation would stop.
This morning she wakes up screaming from a nightmare at almost the same time she gets up normally, and so she decides to just stay awake. She has big plans to go get groceries with Magnu anyway, and after a bit of a touch and go start to her day, she's finally dressed and out the door with Magnu.
Unfortunately, she has been having very intense nightmares every time she has fallen asleep in recent days, and in general her waking hours have been less than ideal as well. Recently it seems like everyone but her got to be reunited with their loved ones from home, but all Sunny got was --
She wakes up, multiple times during the night, screaming at the viciously frightening dreams her subconscious has decided to inflict on her. Count Olaf, dead, getting up though and continuing to menace her. Count Olaf kidnapping her and taking her back home, away from her daddies and her brother and everyone else, and keeping her in another birdcage. Count Olaf killing Violet and Klaus in all of the many several ways many several people killed him. Magnu's mommy, who by all accounts was a very lovely person in real life, but in Sunny's dreams she's mean and horrible and laughs at her because her mommy didn't get to come here, even though they're both equally dead and therefore equally as likely to show up.
Sunny is very glad that every time she wakes up crying her daddies are there to hug her and calm her down enough to go back to sleep. She is also very glad that she is still wearing her bedtime pull ups every night. Most of all though, she is glad that Count Olaf is definitely incredibly dead, and even though she can't be with Violet and Klaus, she knows they won't be harmed by him any more. She just wishes the nightmares about the whole situation would stop.
This morning she wakes up screaming from a nightmare at almost the same time she gets up normally, and so she decides to just stay awake. She has big plans to go get groceries with Magnu anyway, and after a bit of a touch and go start to her day, she's finally dressed and out the door with Magnu.
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He dumps the bucket on the ground and then kneels so that Sunny can climb off of him. "Okay, sister," he says. "Ready to throw all our feelings around?"
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There was this moment in Niflheim, back when he was freezing to death, unsure if he'd make it off the frozen sea and onto land, when it hit him just how much he actually, genuinely wanted to stop Ragnarok and save the world. He wanted Sam and Amir to get to be married; he wanted Percy and Annabeth to get to go to college; he wanted Percy's little sister to grow up and thrive. He'd wanted it for Hearthstone and Blitzen. He'd wanted it so Mallory and Halfborn could reconcile their then-current breakup. He'd wanted it so Hunding could eat more chocolate, and so Alex could make more pottery, and so TJ could mentor more new einherjar.
It's not that his own future didn't factor into his decision. He'd also consciously chosen to save the world so that he could learn to love more of the world. But his main focus had definitely been letting alive people have normal lives.
Facing down Count Olaf was kind of like facing down Sunny's Loki, and he's definitely not coming back. And there's (probably) no Ragnarok here. So the stakes are different. But Magnus knows, in this moment, hovering half a foot behind Sunny so he can catch her if he needs to, that he'd do any and everything in his considerable power to ensure Sunny grows up happily and well.
When she gets to the top, he snags the bucket of balloons and bounds up next to her. He sets the bucket to the side and pulls her into a big bear hug. "I'm really glad you're my forever sister," he mumbles into her hair. "I love you a whole lot."
Then he straightens up and hoists a balloon. "This one," he tells her with a wink, "represents Jello." Then he tosses it over the edge and lets it smash against the ground.
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She laughs a little at it.
"My turn," she says, selecting a balloon, shoving it through the metal bars of the guard rail, and letting go as she announces, "It mashed potato."
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