Star Sanses Betrayed

Chapter 36 - Trampled

Ink stood there, his burn wounds festering as blood seeped out of his body. The souls of the countless monsters beating in sync. Dream glared at the creator standing directly across from him. After a moment Dream was shoved to the ground by the army behind him. A familiar feeling covered Dream as the guardian covered his face. Nightmare's army trampled Dream as they unexpectedly began running towards the creators army once again. Hundreds of weapons could be heard clashing as Dream curled up on the ground trying to protect his skull. Most people were avoiding Dream but a few still ended up stepping on him. Tears formed in the corner of Dream's eye, not because it hurt, but because it reminded him of the day he lost Nightmare. Every single step on his body only forced more memories through his head.

Dream felt as if he was still in that village, his "friends" trampling over him trying to attack his brother. Everything seemed so familiar. The words of one of the villagers flashed in Dream's mind. "No matter how much you try to stop it, history will always repeat itself". It made sense to him now. While the events may have been out of order, they were right. Everything around Dream seemed to fade as the memories kept attacking him. He felt weak under the army. Every time he tried to get up someone would kick him down as if he wasn't even there.

Dream was caught off guard by hands grabbing his arm and yanking him up to his feet. Blue had seen what was happening to Dream and knew he had to help. Nobody was watching where they were going, they just would assume nothing was in their way. When Dream stood up he immediately got lightheaded and leaned on Blue to allow his head to go back to normal. Blue supported Dream as soldiers ran past him. The guardian stood there as the dizziness soon faded into nothing. He was about to pull away from Blue when he heard the whisper once again. The voice no longer sounded kind....but it was oddly comforting to Dream. The whisper sounded as if it was right beside Dream whispering into his ear. "Don't let them hurt what you care about, Dream. Don't fail this time. You're stronger..so I expect more from you." Dream was confused by the voice. They acted as if they knew him. He didn't want to let down whoever was talking to him. He grabbed his wand and ran to join the fight, once again leaving Blue alone. Blue was used to this and joined the fight as well. He ended up clashing with the creator. Compared to Ink, Blue was awful at fighting. He was getting hit with almost every hit Ink threw at him. The Gaster watched the fight from behind smiling knowing Ink would easily win the fight.

Blue was forced to the ground, Ink's burnt foot pressing on his skull. His skull cracked as Ink put more and more pressure on his foot. Gaster didn't like Ink hesitating. His smile faded as he approached the creator. Ink simply looked up at Gaster, his blood red eyes still shining with power. "Kill him Ink. stop hesitating and kill him!" Ink flinched at the yelling and looked back down at Blue. he continued to slowly crack his skull as Blue begged him to stop. Blood seeped from the wounds as pain coursed through Blue's body. Just a moment before Blue's skull would have given, Dream came out of nowhere firing three flaming arrows into Ink's body. One hit his skull, one hit his ribcage, and the last hit the left side of his pelvis. Ink fell back as the arrows hit his body. The pain was causing issues with the pain's effects. Gaster was about to attack Dream when navy blue strings began to wrap around him. He sent his soul away from his body in an attempt to prevent the destroyer grabbing his soul. Not giving much time for Gaster to react, Error swung the strings away from the crowd. Gaster was sent into the air as both Error had teleported above Gaster and spiked him to the ground, summoning sharp, blood red bones where he would land. Gaster wasn't able to stop himself from falling before the burning feeling of being impaled covered him. Error safely landed just beside Gaster. He made sure he was immobile before turning to see if Dream was alright.

Dream blocked the countless hits Ink threw at him. The whisper had occasionally commanded Dream to use some odd attacks. They seemed to know what they were doing. No matter how many arrows pierced Ink's body he still wouldn't stop fighting. Dream was growing tired and slow, the motivation to keep going slowly fading away. "Pay attention!" the voice snapped at Dream just in time to allow the guardian to dodge one of Ink's attacks. "Pull your head out of your ass and focus." the voice had grown a bit cruel. Dream didn't truly mind, it was helping him stay safe. After what felt like ages, the creator knew Dream wouldn't give up. Ink turned his back towards Dream and began attacking the soldiers. It didn't take long for Ink to pass by the crowd. Despite everyone being so close to Ink, nobody noticed the charred skeleton slip away. Dream caught up with Ink not long after. He had been headed towards the mansion. Ink noticed the guardian almost immediately and turned to face Dream once more...that disgusting smile still on his face.

Error walked away from the Gaster on the ground. It was only a few seconds before he was bashed on the head with something quite hard. The Gaster had teleported himself away from the pile of bones, once again overriding the magic barrier. He hit Error again as the destroyer fell unconscious.