Nightmare the Ex-guardian of negativity.

Chapter 2 - Other people

Nightmare watched as passive harshly inhaled the last of their sandwich, They didn't even have a need to eat! Passive gives a content exhale of carbon dioxide (or whatever a ghost breathes) and they leans their elbows on the wooden circular table, giving Nightmare their full attention.

"Yes?" Nightmare asks, crossing (I make this joke to many times ;D) his arms and leaning backwards on his chair.

Passive leans their head on their arms and says, "I think we're gonna get lonely. It is a big castle, don't you think we should - You know? - get some company?" Nightmare nods, he puts his hand under his chin and starts rubbing it.

"Yes but." Nightmare starts, "we have a lot of work to do, shouldn't we get nuisances." Passive gives a little hum of 'friends', "..." Nightmare pauses with a glare to the figure of Passive, "as I was saying, we should get 'company' later."

Passive gives a thoughtful murmur and they says, "Dream i-s..." They stop to hold in a small hiccup of emotions, they couldn't talk about Dream easily, "He's gonna come back, should we become more powerful? Like maybe that 'Company' could help us, they will be useful if you're going to use them for work?" Nightmare gives a big creepy smirk, he stands up and creates a noisy portal.

Passive angles their head like a confused puppy, then they follow behind Nightmare quickly. They turn up in a universe, it was full of snow yet there was a full crowd of people. They weren't wearing anything to keep them warm, just normal summer clothes which confused passive.

"Why are we here?" Passive mutters, slowly walking to Nightmare and playing with his non-existence fingers. Nightmare gives a grin and points over at a mass of strings, souls were tangled in them and some monsters. Among the strings was a skeleton, he was black-boned too, the detail on him wasn't see able from the distance yet Nightmare did spot tattoo-like strings down from the skeleton's eyes and the bottom of his cheeks.

"That, he made a massive pang of negativity, you sensed it too." Nightmare explains, walking calmly towards the string skeleton.

Passive follows behind Nightmare and whimpers, "he looks powerful..." Nightmare nods but doesn't turn to Passive.

"Exactly, I'm powerful. He's powerful. I'm going to go see what he knows." Nightmare says, getting closer to the skeleton by every second.

Details were gained through the movement. The skeleton hadn't spotted Nightmare yet but they were looking around as if they were paranoid of everything. The skeleton's tattoo strings were the source of the strings around, they were a glowing blue; he also had a glitching problem, his shoulder shifted from side to side and you could see through to the background around him. Nightmare thought nothing of it except it was an advantage for the skeleton, attacks could go right through him.

"I don't think this is a good idea." Passive warns, unsure on whether to socialise especially to a powerful person who is destroying people's souls.

His strings were holding souls and then squeezing them until they broke, it looked like a painful way to die. Passive felt sympathy towards them but they couldn't help the souls.

"HELLO." Nightmare yells, getting closer to the glitchy skeleton. The glitchy skeleton looked at him then uses his strings to grab against Nightmare's soul, his soul appeared as a black apple. The strings pull Nightmare forwards, Passive watches in horror.

"Wh0 ar3 y0u?" The voice was glitchier than the person, he brings Nightmare closer towards him.

Nightmare smirks, "I think we should talk somewhere easier? Don't you think?" Nightmare's voice was a lot deeper than the glitchy skeletons.

"nO." The glitchy voice rebels, sounding like a toddler who doesn't want to do something. He crosses his arms and looks at Nightmare.

"..." nightmare stares at him for a moment then cackles, "I'm Nightmare." He thinks for a moment before says, "Guardian of Negativity." The glitchy skeleton looks thoughtful for a moment.

"G1vE m3 a MoMent." The glitchy skeleton hums, killing all his victims with a single movement of his index finger then lowering them onto the snowy ground. "Now," he says, his voice wasn't glitchy but his body was, "wh4t d0 you w4nt?"

"You seem to know what you're doing." Nightmare complements, "I need a group of, let's say, employees to do work for me." Nightmare gives a smile at the glitchy skeleton and puts his hands in his hoodie's pockets.

The glitchy skeleton gives a lopsided grin, "I'm not a slave. I work a-alonE." Nightmare laughs at his words, watching as the glitchy skeleton gives an eyebrow of confusion.

"Well give me some universes, I need some." Nightmare smirks, he had noticed the Glitchy skeleton's way was completely different to the universe they were in so he had a small hint that the glitchy Skeleton was an au - alternate universe.

The glitchy skeleton looks shocked for a moment, "I.. tHought Only mE and That sQuid cOuLd aU hOp."

"I'm new to it." Nightmare says, "what about we finish off here and I'll take you back to my castle?" The glitchy skeleton looks a bit impressed for a moment then nods, Nightmare's uses his appendages to help destroy the victim universe, "what's your name?"

The glitchy skeleton was quiet for a moment then mumbles, "ErRor." Nightmare nods with a small look of amusement.

"Suits you." Nightmare grins, Error glitches out once more before giving a glare to Nightmare.

"I won't helP you if you'rE gonNa in-InsUlt me." Error grumbles, pulling strings from his tattoo-like lines. Nightmare analysts the magic in curiosity and then he looks away.

"It's not an insult," Nightmare stops himself before insulting Error more, his mind repeated the words, 'it's a fact' as he had a sudden urge to anger the shorter glitchier skeleton.

"U-umm..." passive hums, getting closer to Nightmare and into his eyesight, "I- I thought we... we weren't d-destroying any...more." Nightmare scoffs and says through a glare, 'I didn't say that'. Passive's body shakes in horror, he freezes into place and watches as Nightmare follows his new 'friend' into a biased battle.

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Author note
Have this! Please Enjoy :) also I think this isn't gonna get far...