Nightmare - A DreamZzz Fanstory

Hunt the Hunter or get hunted

I am not so sure if this part is okay like this... Something doesn't fit in and I kinda forgot about Jim.... at the end at least... Like allways the chapter is focused on Mateo so everything that happenes somewhere else isn't included. Please tell me what you think of this chapter and lets begin!

"Night Hunter! What is he doing here!?" Izzie asked, confused. "He doesn't know we are here jet! And I won't wait till he does!" the girl then said and started running away from them. "Wait! You can help us! You single handed fought two Grimkeepers! Please." Mateo asked her and she slowed down, then stopped. "Listen kid, I had my fight with him a while ago and I'm not doing it again." She swung around and then furiously came back to Mateo. She stopped so close in front of him that they were eye to eye and he could see the dark purple in her uncovered eye. "I am done with fighting him." she whispered to him when suddenly her impression changed to pure terror. "Don't move, kid." The deep voice of the Night Hunter was heard from directly behind Mateo. She took a couple steps back and was about to draw her spear when the Night Hunter asked them "Where is Lunia's hourglass?" in an evil tone. To Mateo's horror, he heard the reloading of the Night Hunter's crossbow and from the look on the faces of his friends he could tell that it was pointed at him. 

"Talk or your friend here will become a Night Terror!" "We don't know where it is!" Logan then said as quickly as he could. "I.. I lost it.." he looked down ashamed and then back to Mateo, who was standing hunched over with his hands on his head to protect himself. Mateo had his eyes closed and an impression on his face that can't be described. There was so much horror and fear in it and there, almost unnoticed, a tear ran down his cheek. "Leave, you shadow! Or I'll shoot you instead." The Night Hunter pointed his crossbow at the girl for a couple seconds and then back at Mateo. She took a couple steps back, turned and ran. The Night Hunter then pushed Mateo to the ground with his foot and yelled "Snivel, Sneak, Susan! Search for this stupid hourglass!" He then let go of Mateo and said "You're coming with me. All of you! And don't you try to fight or I will have to use this beauty on one of you!" while saying the last part he held his crossbow so that they all could see it. 

They began following him to one of the caves they ran past before, in which a horde of Grimspawn was waiting. "You stay here and if not I'll find you again." he said annoyed, before quickly vanishing into the cave. "Should we?" Cooper asks into the group. "Yes!" Mateo said and began running down the mountain towards Mr. Oz.

As soon as they reached him everyone began talking at once. "Hey, hey, hey! Calm down! One at a time! What happened?" he asked them, confused by their rush. "The Night Hunter is here! And he is looking for Lunia's hourglass!" Mateo told him, almost yelling. "What?! Give it back to me then!" Mr. Oz said. The looks on the friends faces quickly changed and they began looking at each other, then at Logan and then back at Mr. Oz. "Don't tell me you lost it, Mateo!" "I.. lost it." Logan stepped in front of Mateo. "I used it and... it kinda created a shockwave in which I lost it..." "That shockwave was you?!" Mr. Oz asked with a mix of emotions. Logan only looked down and didn't reply. "I told you to stay." the Night Hunter suddenly was standing a couple metres in front of them. Mr. Oz put off his rucksack and dreamcrafted a weapon that he quickly readied. His students did so as well and now it was 4 against one. "We don't have to do this Ozzy. Just give me the hourglass." the Night Hunter said and you could see him smiling through his scarf. 

Out of nowhere a rope shot around the Hunter and quickly tied around him. Mateo looked up from where the rope came, only to see the girl again. "First of all. I am not a shadow. Second of all. I won't leave, again. I made that mistake once and you can't expect me to fall for that again." She pulled the rope tight and with that made the Hunter fall to his knees. She jumped down the cliff she was standing on and landed in front of the friends. "The name's Kacy." she said and smiled. She then walked over to the Hunter and pushed his weapon away with her foot. Kacy then made a strong knot and with that trapped the Night Hunter. The group came over to them and Izzie said "I have soo many questions for you, Night Hunter!" 

"I don't think I have a chance, right?" he asked and looked at Mr. Oz, who just shook his head. "Why are you doing this?? What makes you so obsessed with destroying other people's dreams and then turn them into nightmares??" The Night Hunter sank his head and said "I have no other choice... The Nightmare King is ruthless! If I didn't follow he would hurt me! Or my loved ones..." the last part was very hard to understand and it seems like Izzie didn't hear it, but while he said it he looked up towards Mr. Oz again, slightly. Kacy then noted "The Nightmare King is ruthless, yes but that doesn't explain anything." "Yeah! Other villains are ruthless too, but there is always a different reason to why someone would follow them." Cooper agreed with her and Logan began laughing. "True. So we have a lair here!" he stopped laughing and continued with "As expected." 

Izzie now finally got the word again and asked him "Then why did you join him in the first place?!" she didn't notice that she yelled at him a little. "Because of my predecessor!" the Night Hunter shouted in despair. "Wait... there was a Hunter before you? Mr. Oz, did you knew about this?" Mateo asked his teacher who seemed to be as surprised as the friends. "That can't be. There is not a single documented encounter with a different aware dreaming servant of the Nightmare King, other than you, B-... Night Hunter." 

"Let me tell you about him... It's one of the things I am not allowed to but you would get to know it anyways..."