REVERIE: Twisted Reality

Day 24: Brink Of Insanity

Alexandria Lennon

It's been 4 days and ever since I woke up from that nightmare, I never once let go of Joker and hugged him tightly.

Joker had been telling me stories and making jokes but nothing diminished the fear I felt. 

"...Do you want to let me go now?"Joker asked again but I just shook my head and hugged him even tighter. Joker didn't say anything and just continued stroking my hair.

I can still hear my heart loudly pounding inside my chest. I was still anxious. I rested my head on his shoulder and I dozed off again.

"...Alexandria~"

That voice! That nightmare is here!

I looked around but nothing's around me except darkness.

"...Alexandria~" I frantically looked for where the voice is coming from but there's nothi- "IT'S TIME TO PAAAAAY!!!!"

"AAHHH!!!" I shouted and cried.

"I'm here! Alexandria, I'm here!" I heard Joker said and gently stroke my back.

"No! The nightmare!" I cried and tightly hugged him and buried my face on his neck. 

'I don't want to! It's here! It's here for me!'

I cried and sobbed on his shoulder while holding him tightly. 

My body can't stop shaking in fear and my breathing was heavy.

'I can't! I can't! I'm scared.'

I held onto Joker tightly. My mind and body's tired but I can't stop shaking and I can't calm down. 

I must've been crying for hours then fell asleep.

But I woke up again shouting.

"NOOO!!!" I shouted and cried. 

"Shh... I'm here..." Joker comforted me and gently patted my back.

"No! No! I-I'm not safe!" I finally lost it. 

'My knife! Where? Need protection!'

After days of staying in Joker's arms I stood up and nervously looked around me.

"Alexandria. Why? What do you need?" Joker worriedly asked. I just noticed his tired eyes and hollow face.

Joker stood up and worriedly looked at me but I just walked past him.

'My butcher knife! Where?'

I ran out of the living room and headed to my bedroom. 

I can hear Joker following behind me, "Alexandria. Where are you going?"

I didn't look at him and opened the door to my room and entered.

But it was a mistake.

What I saw HORRIFIED ME!

THE FLOOR WAS ALMOST COVERED IN BLOOD!

"Alexandria!" I heard Joker trying to stop me.

I LOOKED AT WHERE IT CAME FROM AND FOUND THE GIANT NIGHTMARE DEAD ON THE FLOOR!

It was the nightmare I saw in my dream. My room was the same as it was before the night of the nightmare surge except for the nightmare lying dead on the floor.

THE BUTCHER KNIFE WAS BURIED DEEP IN ITS RED EYE AND BLOOD KEPT SPILLING FROM IT.

"HAHAHAHA!" I MANIACALLY LAUGHED WHILE TEARS FLOWED DOWN MY EYES.

"Alexandria. Let's get out of here, please." Joker pleaded as he tried to pull me out of the room.

But I pushed him away.

I walk towards the giant nightmare and pulled the knife that pierced it's gigantic red eye.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" I continued to laugh like a deranged person and stabbed the nightmare.

I stabbed and stabbed and stabbed and stabbed it until it was no longer recognizable.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I laughed and cried at the same time while I looked at the butchered nightmare with wide eyes.

My face was covered with the nightmare's blood but I didn't care. 

I stabbed the nightmare even more!

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" I laughed.

"Alexandria. Please stop." Joker begged me and held both of my shoulders.

He was looking at me with a sad and worried expression but I just continued laughing and crying.

"Alexandr-" Joker looked down on his abdomen that I stabbed. 

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I laughed! 

I laughed and laughed and laughed! 

'Kill! KILL! KILL! DANGER! KIIIIIIIIILL!!!!!'

"Alexandria..." He said weakly and pulled me closer to him. "This is all my fault. I-I c-couldn't protect you..." He said while quietly sobbing. I felt his tears soaking my shoulder.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" I just continued laughing and stabbed Joker's back.

STAB!

STAB!

STAB!

STAB!

STAB!

I lost count of how many times I stabbed him. When he fell down the floor I ran out of the room and stabbed ANYTHING that I saw.

I wreaked havoc in the mansion until nothing is no longer recognizable. I stabbed two other men too that I found in the attic and one of the room.

I stabbed the nightmare that I saw in the study.

Then, I continued trashing the whole mansion!

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I continued laughing maniacally.

I entered the room that was near the grand staircase and found a blue-haired boy.

'Danger. Danger. Kill. Kill.'

The boy just looked at me and kept seated on the chair.

I walked closer to him and raised my right hand that was holding the knife.

But when he looked into my eyes, the fear I felt was gone.

I felt calm and safe,

After four days in the brink of insanity.

I looked at his familiar face and cried quietly.

I just realized what I did.

I killed everyone.

The duke,

White,

and Joker!

I killed him! I killed them all!

"...I...I..." I wanted to tell him everything but I couldn't. 

I just kept standing in front of him and cried. 

I raised my butcher knife again and got ready to stab myself but before I could, he floated in front of me and held my wrist.

He got the knife away from my hand and threw it across the room.

He pushed me and suddenly I felt a familiar pull as I kept falling down, 

And the last thing I saw was his peculiar lilac eyes.