Broken Mask| Fundy & Dream

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  Fundy could barely keep himself awake at that point. He was tied up to a metal pole, blood trickling down his body.

Nightmare looked at the fox with a wide smirk on his face. "My little toy, look at you.." he walked over and cupped his cheek.

The fox didn't resist. The blood loss making him too weak to fight.

"Awh, what's the matter? Too weak to fight back? Awh, my poor angel." Nightmare whispered. "Well, you shouldn't have provoked and lied to me, otherwise, you'd be better."

"W.. Wil.." Fundy whispered.

"Wil? Psh, you think that pathetic ghost is going to save you? He left the moment he could. He never liked you. You're the reason why your mother is dead." Nightmare spat.

Fundy let tears fall down his face. All he wanted was to be free again. He wished he never got with Dream.

A broken mask could never be fixed.

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"Fourteen hours?! He could die in that time!"

"Wil, this is the only way we can get to him."

Wilbur shook his head. "No, there's gotta be another way. We go by car, Fundy will die.." he paced around.

"We can't exactly just book a flight."

"We can't let my son die, either! Eret please. He's all I got left. He's my only flesh and blood." Wilbur begged. "If Dream kills him, I don't know what I'd do."

"I'm sorry, Wilbur. There's no other-"

"You don't have to worry.." Puffy spoke up, "Because I'm taking you to him." She pulled out a gun and cocked it.

"P- Puffy?" Eret was confused.

"You'd really thought it was a good idea to leave me with the plan?" Puffy laughed, "Who do you think helped Dream cover everything up? Who do you think helped him with all the murder? The blood?"

"That doesn't make any sense.." Niki murmured.

"You thought it was Dream who killed Sam that night, right?" Puffy laughed, "Well, I guess I'm just a really good cosplayer. Dream told me what he had done, and he promised me that he wouldn't kill me. So, I helped him."

"Why?" Wilbur asked.

"WHY?!" Puffy yelled, "To fuck with it! I don't give a shit about L'manberg. The only thing I ever wanted was to not be a background character. All my life, I had been nothing but a stick. A foundation. I wanted to be something more!" She looked over at Wilbur.

"But you were so stuck up about your goddamn country, nobody gave a rats ass about Puffy! I have to thank you, Wilbur. Thanks to you, your son helped me become what I always wanted." She smiled.

"Puffy, don't you see what Dream's doing to you?" Niki spoke up, "He's trying to manipulate you! He saw how much pain you were in, and he's using it to his advantage! He's trying to get you killed!"

"Shut up! You don't know anything! You never met him!" Puffy yelled, "He's giving me a chance to help and impress him, and I'm going to take it. I won't let you three stop me!"

"Take me to my son." Wilbur spoke. "Take me to him, and you and Dream can have L'manberg."

"Wilbur-" Eret spoke up, only to be cut off.

"-All I wanted was for my son to be safe. I put country over my own family, and I regret every single second of it. Now look at him.. he's captured because of my stupid ways."

"If you take me to Fundy, I'll give you everything." He slowly extended his hand out for Puffy to shake.

Puffy smirked, putting the gun down. She took Wilbur's hand and shook it.

"Deal. Let's go." She grabbed the gun.

"No, I'm going with him-!" Niki took Wilbur's hand into her own.

  "Hey! No no! That's not part of it!" Puffy hissed.

"It's okay, Niki." Wilbur smiled weakly. "It's just like a story."

"But.. I'm never going to see you again.." Niki teared up.

"Yeah you will, because this is the beginning."

"You've been loyal to me all this time.." Wilbur whispered. "To that, I am forever grateful. Thank you, Niki. For everything."

Eret looked at Wilbur with his own teary eyes. "It's been an honour to be your friend, Wilbur."

Wilbur nods, "It's been an honour, your majesty. Take care of her for me, yeah?"

"I will." Eret nods.

A nuzzle caused Wilbur to look down at Friend. He smiled weakly and kneeled down, petting him gently.

"You be good for them, Friend." He hugged the sheep before getting back up on his feet.

Niki pulled away from the hug. The only thing connecting her and Wilbur was their hands.

"Goodbye, Niki."

Wilbur separated his hand from hers.

"If you try anything.." Puffy whispered to the both of them. "I won't hesitate to kill him." 

Niki watched as Wilbur walked out of the room with Puffy behind him. The footsteps becoming more and more distant.

"Eret-" she started. "Call the others and tell them to get their asses back here." She wiped her tears away.

"What're you gonna do?" Eret asked.

"I'm going to save my family."

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