The Shadow Knight

Nightmares

Janna was excited as she made her way over to Star's room. Their favorite show, 'Rocky Galaxy', was coming off of hiatus today and she could not hold in her excitement.

"Hey Star, you ready for-?" Janna was asking Star until she noticed she was asleep. She crept over to her beside and observed her. "Guess the princess is all tuckered out from yesterday."

"Hnnn...no Marco...don't pour the secret sauce inside...I'm not ready..." Star mumbled in her dream. Janna's eyes widened in surprise as she started chuckling. She had to cover her mouth to keep her from laughing out loud.

"Jeez Star, I never thought you had dreams like this. Although seeing as how it involves Marco, I can't blame ya." Janna said as an idea popped into her head as she raced out of Star's room with a giant and a little crazy smile on her face. "This is gonna be fun!"

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Marco and Angel were sitting on the couch while a cartoon was playing on the TV. Marco was watching it and eating cereal while Angel sat far away enough from him so she could undo her bandages in secret. However,  she winced loud enough for him to notice. He sighed in annoyance for the 3rd time that morning.

"Stop messing with it. It's not going to get better if you keep unwrapping your bandages and picking at it. Leave them alone." Marco told her strongly as he made his over to her and rewrapped her bandages. She sighed and winced a little as he fixed the wraps.

"But it's becoming annoying and embarrassing to have these on. I'd rather show my battle scars I'd with pride." Angel said defiantly, but winced again as Marco took his finger and pooked a wound on her arm.

"Uh huh, and I'm sure you wouldn't mind this being reopened and infected so you can show that off too, right?" Marco asked with a stern look. Angel said nothing and looked off to the side. Marco sighed and finished wrapping her up. He put a hand on her shoulder, making her jump. She faced him and he looked directly into her eyes. She had a faint red tint but didn't react too much.

"Look Angel, I'm sorry if I'm coming off mean, but I just want you to get better. I hate seeing you hurt, or anyone for that matter. So when I see someone intentionally doing something that's hurting themselves, it angers me. So please, just leave it alone and get better, ok?" Marco asked, pleading with his eyes. Angel felt her heart skip a few beats. Her face started turning a deep shade of red, then blue, then purple....

"Angel, breathe!" Marco yelled, shocking her and causing her to lean over the side of the couch and cough as she breathed air back into her lungs.

"S-sorry Marco, I'll try..." she said as she finally recovered and sat up. He smiled in relief at this.

"Aww, how precious." Janna said while clapping, startling the two of them. Angel looked at her with a red face and Marco was confused. "Sorry to ruin the moment, but I need to ask you nerds a question." Janna said as she walked over to them.

"What is it that you want, Janna?" Angel asked, still not used to calling her by her actual name.

"Have any of you guys ever found a way to get in someone's head? And I mean like literally, getting inside their minds." she asked. Angel shrugged while Marco's blood ran cold.

"N-no, of course not! That's silly, w-whoever heard of that, r-right!?" Marco stuttered, causing Angel to look at him puzzled while Janna smirked. He could hear the impact between Shadow's hand and his face from the facepalm.

I...have never been so disappointed in my existence before. He chimed. Janna then took Marco by the arm and dragged him upstairs.

"Wait! I never agreed to this! Angel help!" Marco yelled at Angel, but all he got was a smirk from her.