Stone Cold

Chapter 3

[Here we go! Thanks for the votes and the kind words! It means a lot to me :) You guys are so sweet! Also, I changed the cover.]

*Dreams POV*

"T-thanks Ink. I don't know what came over m-"

"What the heck Dream!" Ink yelled. "We lost the au because of you! Me and Blue were holding our own until I had to step in and save you. You don't get to do that! You don't get to cry like a babybones in the middle of a battlefield. You embarrassed me! Now it looks like I have a weakling that needs to be protected all the time as a partner."

Ink was as mad as his paints allowed him to be. It was scary enough that I took an involuntary step back.

"WHAT THE HECK INK! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! HE JUST HAD A PANIC ATTACK AND YOU'RE GETTING ALL MAD AT HIM! YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WAS BATTLING ERROR NOT DREAM!" Blue was ticked.

I better speak up if I was to keep this from escalating.

"It's ok Blue! I-Ink's right, I should have paid better attention. I'll just have to be more careful!"

"NO, INK SHOULD NEVER HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU LIKE THAT. THE AU WAS PRETTY MUCH GONE BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE ANYWAYS."

"Whatever Blue. Just because you're not mature enough to see the fault here, doesn't mean I'm not."

People were always assuming Blue was some immature innocent kid that needed to be protected at all times and Blue hated it. I knew it and more importantly, Ink knew it.

Ink was such a {BEACH} sometimes. [Thanks Fresh.]

Blue bristled and prepared to declare war. However, Ink wasn't done just yet.

He turned to me once again. "And you! What kind of guardian are you?! I thought you were the guardian of positivity. You don't get to be negative. Not only did you fail the au and everyone in it, but you also failed as a guardian. Is this how you acted in your old au? No wonder it turned out the way it did. You can't even save your own brother, let alone a whole multiverse. Maybe I should just leave you next time."

Ink was gone and in his place was a puddle of Ink. I guess he was done talking.

I was already teary, but once he mentioned Nightmare, the dam broke and I started bawling.

Blue did his best to comfort me and assure me that Ink's words were just a bunch of hot air based on our insecurities but it was too late. I tried to believe Blue. I really did, but all I could hear was Ink's words echoing in my head.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 get 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵.

𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.