𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌

Chapter 6 || Manhunt

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Esmeray
Adrenaline is rushing through my body. Sweat is dripping down my face. Running through the forest, thorns scratch my arms, but I don't let it slow me down. The rain soaks me. My hair sticking together, still in my black, uncomfortable dress. I've been running for a while now. I see a stream of water and run towards it. I begin to slow down. I pant, bending over, putting my hands on my knees. I look into the water, my mascara dripping down my face. The water droplets lightly hit the water. The rain is stopping.

I hear voices yell my name. At least 3 people. I grip the knife in my hand harder, as I look around.

"Esmeray! Come out. I promise we won't hurt you!" Dream's voice echos through the forest.

Shit.

I see a cave next to me, I run into it. Going deeper and deeper until I see something glowing an orange colour. I can hear it bubbling and droplets of it bounce up and down hitting the lava again. I step back, I hear a growl next to me.

A man, with green skin, a torn up blue shirt, and blue jeans, starts to walk towards me. He hits me once, but with my sword I stab him in the neck. He slowly fades away, dropping a piece of rotten flesh. Stupid zombie.

I pick up the flesh. I cringe at it, I'm starving though. I lift it to my mouth and quickly chew it before swallowing it. Yucky.

My head snaps towards heavy boots on the gravel next to me. Oh shit they found me. In the wall, next to the lava pool, there's a two block high gap, I fit into it and I see the three men.

Dream. Sapnap. and King George? What's he doing here?

"When I find her, she's so done. I'll kill her like my Father killed her Mother." My heart dropped. He chuckled. I didn't.

Instead I did something I knew damn well I wouldn't regret. I leaped out of my hiding spot and pushed George into the lava, they were walking in a line and he just happened to be at the back.

Nobody talks about my Mother.

"DREAM! SAPNAP! YOU IDIOTS, HELP ME!" He screamed. "IT BURNS!!" I laughed before running up the steep steps, that they had created earlier.

I could hear sizzling behind me. Which clearly meant one of them placed a water bucket down helping George out. I didn't stick around to see who it was.

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After about an hour of that happening, I had finally lost them.
I saw a cow, it looked up at me, before eating some of the grass on the floor. I stabbed it, it fell to it's side and started to disappear, I then felt guilty. I shoved the piece of beef into my mouth, uncooked. Nothing would happen if I ate it raw.

I sat down beside a tree, my back leaning onto it, I looked at myself I was so bloody, and had dirt all over me. I could feel my mascara sticking to my cheeks, I had to wash my face. I walked up to a river. Some women and men were at the bottom of it, they smiled at me. They were called drowneds. They weren't harmful, unless you had a trident on you.

I got down onto my knees, before scooping some water on my face, the cold water felt so refreshing. I did this multiple times before washing my hands in the lake, just as I was about to get up.

My head was forced under the water, the person gripping my hair. The knife in my hand was forced out and into theres. I heard a laugh from behind me. I struggled in the water, squirming under their grip. My hands were desperately trying to get them off me but nothing worked.

The person finally let me come up for air, before I could gasp for air, they yanked my head back down. my lungs felt like they were closing in on me and I couldn't fight anymore. My limbs went numb and the person dragged me out of the water, by my hair. He threw me onto the ground.

I layed there on my back as he towered over me. I was shaking, gasping for air, coughing. The blonde haired bastard. Dream. He placed his knee down just above my hip, one of his hands on the right side of my face, the other had the knife in his hand. His face insanely close to my face.

"Enjoy that little swim, hm?" He said taunting me, all I could do was stare back at him, hoping he had mercy.

I wanted to rip out his organs and strangle him with them. But instead I just layed there, helpless.

I heard two other voice behind me, they seemed to be arguing. I looked up, trying to see who it was, but my head was forced back onto the ground. Dream's hand snaked around my throat. My hands grabbed his, trying to prior him off. I attempted to kick him, but this just made him squeeze harder. My breathing again, started to increase.

George walked up to us and also leant down next to me, Dream's hand still remained on my neck, his cold rings made shivers creep up my body.

"You just love causing trouble don't you." George said. "You steal from my town, you yelled at me, attempted to stab one of my men. Attempted to stab kill of my men, and then pushed me into a lava lake." And I looked good doing it. I thought in my head.

"Lost for words?" He said wiping the wet hair that was stuck on my face, out of my face. I turned my head away from him, but Dream's grasp made me look back at him. A grunt came out of my mouth. I hated feeling powerless, especially when it was to a man like him.

Dream released me, and I sniffled, my throat was burning due to how tightly he was holding it. I reached up rubbing my sore neck.

I saw him pull out a purple potion, it was glistening in the sunlight. It was a sleeping potion. He pulled off the bottle cork, before throwing it behind him.

Before I could even think of running, Sapnap came behind me and tightly grabbed my wrists, I winced at the pain. He began pulling me backwards, he stood behind me, I sat up, my elbows propped me up and coughed. As Dream walked towards me, I tried to back up, instead I bashed into Sapnap's legs. I looked up at Sapnap, he was smirking looking down. He stood there like a wall, making sure I had no where to go.

"If you fight back, hell if you don't swallow this. I will make sure that pretty little face of yours doesn't see another fucking day." He grabbed my jaw, and titled my head backwards.

"Open your mouth." He gritted through his teeth. I shook my head. no, I refused. He then plugged my nose, I gasped for breath, not even two seconds after he did that, because my breathing still wasn't back to normal. He poured the liquid down my throat.

"Swallow." He said. I had to, I couldn't breathe. It burnt to swallow. Like a fire was just started in my throat.

"See you when you wake up, darling." I heard, before I fell limp onto Sapnap.

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