Rest (Ghost Au)

Chapter 19

"Niki...what the hell was that?!"

Niki looked at the two boys who were out of breath on the floor of her bakery. "Those—those were Reapers," she said.

"Wait, like Grim Reapers?" Tubbo asked, alarmed. "Oh god, are we dying?"

"What? No!" Niki exclaimed, "You're fine, you're fine."

"Then why's the fucking Grim Reaper after us?" Tommy asked as he stood up, offering his hand to help Tubbo.

"Reapers and Grim Reapers are different," Niki said. "You know about the psychic thing right?" she asked as she took Tommy's and and stood up. The boys nodded at her question. "We studied about them and apparently, the Grim Reaper is the spirit-like being that follows people who are dying soon and then reaps their souls. Reapers on the other hand are like guards of the Ghost Realm," she sighed. "I don't know why they're after the two of you though." 

"How did you do the light thing?" Tubbo asked.

"The light thing?" Niki said. "Oh! That's umm something for defense. Dealing with spirits are sometimes dangerous, so we were taught enchantments and stuff." She pulled out slips of paper and pen from her pocket. "I always carry these with me just in case."

Tubbo let out a nervous chuckle, "Lucky us then."

Tommy looked out the glass panes of the bakery, "Do you think they're waiting to jump us or some shit?"

"That's possible," she said. 

"How the fuck are we gonna go home then?" Tommy asked.

Niki hummed as she began to think, "Oh! I can always do this." She walked over behind the counter and pulled a drawer open. Her eyes scanned the trinkets and smiled as she picked two out of the bunch. She always had some just in case Eret comes by for extra stuff for the business.

"What are you doing?" Tubbo asked as he walked closer to the counter, Tommy doing the same.

"Just putting protective enchantments." She wrote a single character on  two small slips, before placing them on the back side of the trinkets she chose. She muttered something under her breath and the slips began to emit a light before disappearing completely. Niki smiled and handed the two the trinkets. 

Tommy took the trinket and observed it. It was a necklace, a compass with a green needle at the end. "Hey, we match!" Tubbo exclaimed showing his own compass, only his had a red needle. 

"Just wear those at all times," Niki said with a smile. "They should keep those Reapers at bay." Tommy and Tubbo were skeptical, but hey, if they hang out in a house with ghosts, why would they question this.

So they left the bakery. They looked around and there weren't any signs of those Reapers so they proceeded to go to their respective houses. 

This was going to be an interesting story to tell the next day.

***

"What the hell? What do you mean you got chased by fucking Reapers?" Wilbur asked, worry evident in his features. 

"Aren't those supposed to be like guards?" Phil asked.

Techno hummed in a yes, "Why would they be after you guys though?"

"Like hell we know," Tommy said as he leaned back on his seat. "You tell us, you're the one whose dead."

"Are you sure there wasn't any other ghosts where you were?" Wilbur asked. "They could have been after a ghost that managed to attach themselves to you."

"We didn't see anything," Tubbo said. "Then again, ghosts don't really show themselves to us willingly remember?"

"Ah fuck," Wilbur said facepalmed. "We're too used to you two interacting with us so much that we keep forgetting that you two are humans."