Three Girls and The Mansion Of Skeletons ( Reader X AU Sans and Papyrus)

Chapter 28: Ego

(art by me)

Oh my god, what the fuck just happened? You were speechless. Did Horror plan this or something? You had a feeling that he had. He was about to lean in again, but you flinched away. "H-hold on, Horror. You can't just kiss me by surprise like that. I'm so confused. Could help me out a bit please?"

Horror chuckled as he reached to pull you close to him. You let him. "Well...how 'bout another kiss? That'll shut you up, which is good for you, and it's good for me because, well...you make me happy, Y/N."

You felt your whole face heat up as mixed emotions surged inside you. "R-Right ok. But still...-wait. I make you happy?"

Horror nodded. Wow. All of Scarlet's words made TOTAL sense now! You sighed. You should've seen this coming. You and Horror had gotten really close, and it wasn't like you didn't care for Horror, but you just weren't ready. At least, not yet.

"Horror, not yet...I..."

Horror's red eye dimmed. "S'ok, little bird. I can wait, but be warned. I'm just gonna keep trying 'till you say yes," Horror said, his voice lowering as he spoke the last sentence. You blushed. Oh god. Horror grinned and walked off, leaving you stunned.

You lay in bed later that night, still wide awake. You couldn't sleep, your mind hyperfocused on what had happened between you and Horror. Did you even like him that way? Ugh. Your head hurt from thinking too much and from all these mixed feelings. Finally, after a couple of long hours spent tossing and turning, you finally fell asleep. When your eyes opened again, you found yourself squinting. Your vision was completely white. You were dreaming...but were you? And even if you were, what kind of dream was this?

"H-Hello?" Your voice echoed as you spoke. Someone-or something-chuckled behind you.

"Why hello, Y/N," said a female, almost demonic, voice.

You turned around. Your eyes widened with recognition because the masked face in front of you was the same one you'd seen at the mall earlier. The...monster hater.

"Y-You were the one I saw at the mall...in the crowd of-"

"The crowd of monster haters?" The masked woman said, interrupting you. You nodded. Your breath hitched as she walked closer to you. She looked human but...she wasn't. Her skin was snow white, her arms pitch black with hooked, claw-like fingers on the ends. Her legs and feet were the same obsidian shade, her chest wrapped in bandages and her pale legs clad in light blue ripped shorts.

"Awww," she pouted mockingly. "Are you scared? Don't you worry, dear. I won't hurt you. I just want to talk."

You shook your head. "No. I don't want to talk to you. You're a monster hater. I don't listen to you people."

The masked woman laughed. You felt chills run up your spine as her demonic laugh echoed. That, combined with the sound of the chains around her neck rattling, was a truly terrifying sound. "I have a name, Y/N. They call me Ego." You couldn't tell if Ego was smiling or frowning under her mask.

Your heart was beating so loudly that you could feel it in your skull. You took a deep breath. This was a dream so she couldn't hurt you...right? "W-what do you want?" you stuttered.

Ego came right up to your face. You tried to take a step back, but your legs refused. Shit. You could see a brown and pink glow in the eye holes of the mask. "Oh, relax. I don't want anything to do with you or your pathetic friends..." Ego sighed and smiled. "But, I have to say, you ladies are precious."

You raised an eyebrow. "Precious? How are we...precious?" you asked, borderline offended. Ego chuckled.

"You don't know how much you little girls mean to those boneheads, do you?" Ego grabbed your arm and pulled you close to her, whispering in your ear. "Or...are you just too blind to notice?"

You whimpered as her claws dug into your arm. "P-please let go...you're hurting me," you mumbled.

Ego let out a low, rumbling chuckle. "Don't be silly. You can't feel pain in dreams, dear. Now listen closely. I will find those skeletons and have their skulls. If you girls are in my way, so be it! I'll take your skulls too."

You screamed as Ego claws pushed deeper into your arm, breaking into the skin. She threw you onto the floor and laughed as she watched you scream in agony. "Consider that-" she gestured to the blood pooling on the floor, "a warning. Oh, and say hi to Red and Horror for me."

Ego giggled to herself as she walked away into the darkness that had begun to appear at the edges of the room and was soon clouding your vision. You whimpered, clutching your arm. Just before everything went black you thought you heard Ego mumble something.

"I will have my happy ending."

You woke up screaming. You were sweating and shaking. What kind of dream was that? Still terrified, you raked your fingers threw your H/C hair trying to calm your thudding heart. You heard the sound of rapid footsteps coming from down the hall. The door was thrown open and in came Mae.

"Y/N, are you alright?!" she asked, a worried look on her face. She sat on your bed, tucking a strand of sweaty hair behind your ear. You nodded slowly.

"Y-yeah just a really bad nightmare," you replied. She hugged you. "It's ok, Y/N, it wasn't real," Mae mumbled.

"Is everything alright, girls?"

You and Mae looked over to the open doorway. Horror was leaning on the doorframe, watching you and Mae with a confused look on his face. Mae replied for you.

"We're fine. Y/N had a nightmare and it spooked her pretty badly," Mae said, shooting Horror a worried glance.

"Alright, well, Mae why don't you go back to sleep while I keep the scared little bird company." Mae nodded and gave you a comforting smile before leaving the room. Now it was just you and Horror. Alone.

Horror walked over to you and sat on your bed, pulling you into his lap. You said nothing, wrapping your arms around his neck and legs folded in his lap as you sobbed into his t-shirt. You really didn't wanna be alone right now. Horror combed his fingers through your hair softly.

"Hush little bird...it's alright. I'm here. It's ok," Horror said softly. You nodded, but Ego's words were still rattling around your brain. Did she know Red and Horror? And if so, how? No...it was just a nightmare that's all. She'd just scared you when you saw her at the mall. This was just residual fear. But what if-

"I know you're thinking about it, Y/N. Stop it. You need to calm down," Horror spoke in low tones. You sighed shakily.

"Stay with me," you whispered. Horror looked down at you.

"What was that?" he asked.

Your voice cracked as you spoke a little louder. "I...don't wanna be alone. Please."

Horror's easy smile fell and his red eye dimmed as he looked down at your crying, scared face. The sight of you like this made his damaged soul sink. He hasn't felt like this in a very long time, not for a human. Horror lay down on your bed, bringing you down with him.

"Nothing's gonna hurt you...I won't let anything hurt you. Not even a nightmare," he said.

You smiled tiredly, huddled up here with Horror. It was quite ironic that you felt the safest in the arms of what you had once been the most afraid of.