Nightmare and his baby gang

Chapter7

This copy of Outertale had way too much positivity in it, He didn't make a good choice with this one if Dream came here and they fight it would be a mess. He pushed that thought away and headed to the Snowdin of this AU, it was better to start quickly so that he could go back home where his boys were. He hoped that they wouldn't wake up without him there.

The AU was silent too much by the way even if it was nighttime. Nightmare came closer to the houses to check if the people were awake or not but everyone was asleep, and no one was awake. This was so weird there was even a guy who was sleeping on the ground while it was snowing. It reminded Nightmare of the human fairy tale, the one with a sleeping curse for a hundred years.

Why would Ink create an AU where everybody was sleeping, it made no sense. He should tell Error about it, this AU was pointless and could be used as good destruction material as the destroyer liked to call the useless universes.

The fact that the people of this Outertale copy were asleep wouldn't stop him from causing negativity here, after all, he could still give nightmares to all of them. The bad dreams were pretty quick to make, he could already feel negativity after only thirty minutes. With a relieved sigh, the guardian allowed himself a little break.

The AU wasn't full of positivity anymore and he was feeling way better than before, he could almost fall asleep, the branches of that tree in front of him were looking comfortable and something in the air of this universe made him feel sleepy and safe. When he felt that the air around him was warming up enough to be cozy he finally noticed that something was wrong. Without any hesitation, he opened a new portal to another universe where he felt much better just a few seconds after he left the Outertale copy. Something must have been in the air of the last AU, maybe it was that which made the habitants sleep so much. The positivity must have been coming from their dreams. This universe was dangerous, if Ink used it as a weapon it could cause them trouble. He will have to call Error to warn him about this but for now, he needed negativity, Error could wait a little.

Nightmare looked around him to see where he was, he knew it was another positive universe but this one had less positivity in them than the other one. Looked like it was an Underswap copy this time and a normal one considering the Outertale AU he just visited.

The guardian smiled when he noticed the perfect way to cause a lot of negativity. In some AU when monsters just had their pacific end humans will go into the underground to check if the monsters are eligible to go to the surface. It would be terrible for them if one of the human representatives would be killed by a monster. Nightmare used a bone from his skeleton magic, and throw it at the human before he disappeared into the shadows. The anger generated by the search for the guilty person will be a nice bonus for him. It's not like the universe wasn't going to reset.

He traveled into a few universes spreading negativity for him and the balance, everything was okay, better than he first expected. He thought about going to one more AU before going home but dropped the idea when he sensed a very familiar positive energy. Dream was facing him again.

The yellow guardian was angry and menacing but more importantly, he was alone which mean Nightmare could stand a chance. Dream wasn't making any movement toward him but Nightmare knew better and kept his guard up.

"What were you doing alone in that Littletale copy the other day Nightmare? It isn't like you to go to those kinds of universes or to move without your gang." Asked the little guardian ready to shoot at him with his positive arrows.

Nightmare got tense not leaving his brother's bow out of his sight for any second how did he know? It hit him suddenly, the presence he sensed looking in his back in Littletale must have been Dream! That little rat! The last thing that Nightmare wanted was to Dream to know about his gang's situation, it wasn't safe for them. What if Dream wanted to kidnap them or told Ink who be more likely to kill them?

"I don't see how any of this could be your business. Am I not allowed in those universes? Should I stay confined in mine perhaps? Like back when I had to stay at the tree?" Asked viciously the negativity guardian.

The look on his brother's face told him that he hit where it hurt. Good. He deserved it after he left him for those stupid villagers. As much as Nightmare was craving his little brother's presence or a good relationship with him like before, he resented him too much. Besides, it wasn't like they could have that peace since Dream didn't believe him when he tried to explain the balance.

Nightmare's thoughts got interrupted by a piercing arrow rushing at him. He hissed in pain when the arrow pierced his shoulder. Damn it.

"We don't have to do this brother! You could come with me, I'll talk to Ink! All you have to do is release the people you're keeping and stop spreading negativity. Please just come back...I miss you..."

Nightmare didn't bother to answer back, it was pointless Dream wouldn't listen to him. So even if he missed his brother too he grabbed him with his tentacle and threw him to a mere tree around them.

Dream grabbed hold of a branch before leaning on the trunk to rush toward the negativity king, his bow turned into a starry stick and he stabbed his brother's chest. Nightmare had only time to move a little so instead of reaching his chest, the starry stick reached his ribs. The positivity from the top of his brother's stick made him hiss from pain. No matter how much he fought with him the burning sensation from the yellow guardian's weapons was still unbearable.

Nightmare took advantage that his brother was being close to him to stab him with his tentacle. They both back away after that and stared at each other waiting for another move. This time Nightmare moved first and the fight started again.

They fought for a long time before Ink showed up ready to team up with Dream. Nightmare groaned looking at them viciously. He wasn't stupid, in his current state he couldn't fight both of them so he opened a portal to another universe where he opened another portal to a different location. He didn't want that Ink and Dream discovered his castle because he wasn't careful enough.

After a few portals, he allowed himself to go home and teleported to his office where he kept one of the medical kits of his castle. Finally, he was home.
His bones were in pain, the arrows that were still on his body, and the positivity leaking from his wounds were burning his body from the inside. His goop was becoming more liquid than usual he had to remove those damn arrows quickly.

One by one he took them out of his body, the one which was in the shoulder joint was the most difficult to get rid of. He tried to remain silent since he didn't need four baby bones to watch him get arrows out of his body.

The leaking positivity was easier to take care of, he just had to wipe it with a towel or compress. When he was finally done he just teleported to his bedroom and let himself fall into his bed. He was exhausted and all part of his body touched by his brother's magic was like on fire. Cleaning the wounds didn't take away the pain it just stop it from spreading to the rest of his body. Perhaps tomorrow would be a better day, he could really use some restful and serene time to recover.