A Hop, A Skip, and Six Skeletons in my Apartment?

Dreamland Is In View

You stand up, drenched in water. The laughing from three skeletons is kind of annoying in this situation. Otherwise, you’d find those laughs comforting. You whip your head around to see who the culprit is.

The closest skeleton to you is Cross rushing to your aid. The second closest to you is Dust. Of course, he makes perfect sense. “Dust I swear to the stars-“

“FUCK the stars. They’re inconsiderate assholes,” Killer waves his arms around. 

“I AGREE.” Error yells even louder than Killer like it’s a competition. It’s not, but his competitiveness is amusing to you. 

Which makes you think… “Who even are the Stars?” You think out loud. You’ve always said “oh my stars” and “I swear to the stars” but you never knew who is referred to. Or even if it refers to individuals.

A big sigh comes from Nightmare’s direction. “Before I explain anything, you must change and dry off before you get hypothermia. That is a large topic,” Nightmare walks over to you. “We have clothes that will most likely fit you. We gather random things from different AUs over time,” Your hand is carefully taken into Nightmare’s. He pulls you in close to his side, and he says before an inky black portal appears, “We’ll be back in no more than 20 minutes.”

You appear again in a bedroom that must be inside the castle. The walls are painted a very gray dusty pink with pearly white stripes about an inch thick every foot. The bed across the room is blue with a lot of soft pillows and blankets scattered on and around it. You glance across the room to see a, what you assume to be, bathroom door. The walls around it are decorated with still life drawings of fruits and flowers. 

“Alright Clo, you may go change in the bathroom. There are towels under the sink for you to dry off with,” Nightmare tilts your chin up with a single finger and kisses you on the forehead. He adds in a soft whisper, “You may hand me your dirty clothes when you are finished. I will be out here waiting.”

You’re handed a very familiar T-shirt. It has a very familiar quote from a movie you love. Hercules? It reads You know how men are, they think ‘no’ means ‘yes’, and ‘get lost’ means ‘take me, I’m yours!’ That is definitely your shirt. No way anyone else has something like this in a different AU. 

When you open your mouth to ask, a finger is immediately put over your lips. “Do not question, just go change, my love.”

Well that’s interesting. So is the added moon green flush across Nightmare’s face. You have no idea where that came from and why he’s flustered in the first place. You shrug and turn to walk to the bathroom. Once you open the door, you’re greeted with white tiles that seem to have never even been walked on. The walls are perfect teal blue, completing the vibe of a comfortable bathroom. You look back at Nightmare.

“This is so nice, I feel horrible even walking in here,” You’ve never had fancy things, but this bathroom is just gorgeous. You never thought you would think that, but here you are. “It’s almost like this bathroom belongs to a king!” You say ironically. Nightmare starts laughing.

“You’re looking at the king of this castle right now, darling. Now go change, you're all wet,” Nightmare says, with a hand motion of almost shooing. It was more playful than anything paired with the smile on his face. 

So you walk into the bathroom instead of dwelling on how clean it is. When you look into the mirror, you see a body you wish you could change with the snap of a finger. It’s hard to know that you don’t identify with the female body your birth gave you. Every time you see it, you try to find the good in your body that you do like. It’s hard sometimes, but it keeps you going. Even if you don’t like your body, it’s still something you have to have. You don’t want to endanger it by getting too many surgeries. You also don’t have the money.