I've Always Been Alone

Chapter 5

*Nightmare's POV*

I open a portal to the antivoid. It's time for my ally(?) to meet my team.

"Hello Error!"

"WhAt Do YoU nEeD?" Error sighs.

"Sooo you know I was making a team right?" He nods. "Wanna meet them? I have 3."

"I hAvE tO dO iT eVeNtUaLlY i GuEsS."

He opens a portal and we walk through.

"Guys! I have someone you guys need to meet!"

*Voop* *voop* *voop*

3 skeletons teleport in the room.

"Hehe a glitchy one." "Woah." "..."

"This is Error. Error, this is Killer, Dust, and Horror. He is an ally if sorts."

"Of sorts?"

"Yep, that's what I said."

"CaN i LeAvE nOw?"

"I guess... That was a short visit."

And he's gone. Wow. That was very eventful.

*Time skip*

*No one's POV*

"Come on! It'll be fun! Can you imagine the look he'll have on his face?!" Killer begs.

"You aren't going to leave me alone until I agree are you?" Killer grins. "Fine. But I won't do this again."

Killer drags dust down the hall and into the kitchen.

"Now all we have to do is make the spaghetti and we'll be set for chaos."

"Fine. Sounds easy enough. ...you do know how to cook right? I definitely don't."

"Nope! I'm sure it'll be fine."

"If you say so..."

*Goopy boi's POV*

"Souls are the very essence of every living creature.... Souls provide the ability to feel emotions. If a soul is damaged..."

I take a sip of my coffee. This is an interesting book. .....is that smoke? I put down my book and teleport to the kitchen.

There is 2 pots. Both are on fire. Dust is screaming and Killer is panicking on the floor.

"What the heck? How? How?!"

I put out the fire and look at my teammates.

"It was Killer's idea!"

"What?! You had just as much fault as I did!"

"I told you it was a bad idea!"

"You still did it!"

"I-

"Stop! Both of you! Clean up your mess. I don't even want to know what happened. Oh, you're also banned from the kitchen unless Horror or I am in here."

I make spaghetti for them. No more fires today. Killer grins.

"Thanks boss! You're the best!"

"Yeah, thanks."

They run off with the spaghetti. A second later there is laughter and yelling.

Dust and Killer run out of the room and Horror follows with spaghetti dripping out of his skull.

Not today. I go back to my book and lock the door.

*Dream's POV*

I wipe the tears from my face and plaster on my usual smile. I don't know why I cried. There was just... So much. So many villagers. So much work to do. So many conversations.

This has been happening more and more. I hide in the woods so no one knows I failed.

"Dream! There you are! Can you do the laundry?"

"Sure, no problem Mrs. Jamie."

She smiles and goes to talk to her friends.

It's strange. They say that friends do other friend's chores for them but I never see anyone else doing that. It must be because I'm a guardian too.

A crowd surrounds me and I have to fight to stay positive. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. Everything is just fine.

I leave to do the laundry. I can't help the sigh of relief once I'm alone.

I'm taking tomorrow off. I need it.

I walk up to Jonathan and he smiles at me. "Jonathan? I came to tell you that I can't come tomorrow."

"Why? There's no reason to stay away. There's nothing at the tree and you stay with the tree at night."

"I need to restore my magic. It's been really drained lately."

"Why didn't you just say so? You can have a break from chores tomorrow until lunch and play with the other kids."

"No, I need the whole day. And I need to be alone."

He stops smiling. "You're leaving us all day? We need you Dream! You make us happy. You want us to be happy don't you?"

"Of course I want you to be happy! I will be back the next day! I just need to do this."

He looks so sad. "Okay I guess. We'll just have wait to be happy. I'm not mad, I promise. We'll miss you. Don't take too long though. If you fail, I'm not sure if I can get everyone to keep being your friend. We wouldn't want you be all alone again."

I nod. I feel scared. I don't want to be alone forever, just tomorrow! I wish I was a normal kid. If I was, I could have friends even if I failed. I saw it. A kid messed up and everyone told her that it was ok and they still liked her. No one will do that for me.

I wish....

I cry at the tree this time. Why do I feel so miserable? I can't stop being negative! I don't sleep that night. I wish....