NIGHTMARE

Nightmare Chapter One- Frederick

"Hello there!" The person said as they turned around, it was a skeleton

"Holy crap!" I screamed as I backed into a shelf, causing products to fall onto me as it gasped

"Oh dear.." I heard it say as I got up from the mess I have made

"Who are you?" I ask, picking up a few of the items "Oh, I don't remember my name, but the people who have came here called me Frederick." It says, I'm guessing it's a male, but I'm not assuming genders, I sigh

"Pat." I hold out my hand after putting some things away, they look kind, or not, they're a skeleton "It's nice to meet you Pat!" they shake my hand, it feels weird, seeing as they're a skeleton

"It's really nice to meet you!" They seem to smile, but I do not know, they go into the backroom, I follow them, in the backroom, there's a bunch of supplies you would find in a truck stop, knives, drinks, food, shirts, you name it, I looked around for anything of interest, in a pile of cardboard boxes something glimmering catches my eye, I walk to retrieve it, I waded through the boxes, when I find it, a pocket watch was where the shining was coming from, I gently took the watch, placing it in my pocket, to which I hear Frederick speaking

"Pat! We're almost back to Sanctuary!"

Sanctuary? What Sanctuary? This isn't a sanctuary! This is hell! I need to get home, my sister is home by now, mom and dad are still at work, and I'm trapped here! In some nightmare realm where there's spider-bugs, talking skeletons, and an eye sky! God, I need out- and soon.

As I follow Frederick, I notice some things about him, the left side of his skull is cracked, he's constantly moving, even when idle, he has to move one part of him when idle, such as tapping his feet or twiddling his thumbs, he's also jumpy

"Frederick, what even is this Sanctuary?" I ask, still gripping the watch in my pocket

"Oh, Sanctuary? It's a wonderful place, there's a couple of dead things, but other then that, it's beautiful" he smiles, pointing to an old bridge going over... Oh god.

It's blood, I can see hands and eyes in it, the stench is horrid, I feel like vomiting, but my stomach just won't let me, Frederick looks desensitized to this

"How the HELL are you fine with this!?" I wail as he looks at me, those dead grey eyes staring me down, he just smiled "What are you talking about?" I pointed at the river, looks like he never noticed it as well, he took a couple steps back, bumping into me "Oh no..." he ran into the water as I threw up in my mouth, but I had to swallow it down, he fished for a bit, finding a head, it was a guy, from what I can tell, he dropped it into the water again, running back on land
"We have to get far from the water! Not even the bridge is safe!" great, this guy is loopier than I thought, he grabbed my hand, ew, ew, ew, gross, bones, why is he dragging me across the bridge, well, looks like I'm heading to Sanctuary

{END OF CHAPTER ONE}