Justice Reigns in our Stars, but the Nightmare is far from over

Chapter 4

I finally got around to writing this! Sorry for the wait. Now, without further ado...

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Nightmare's POV

Someone that looked like Ink came through the portal generated by DS!Dream. This Ink had on a sort of sweatshirt on and, honestly, looked more dead inside. He was not hulling around an oversized paintbrush, so that's a plus.

"Okay, you've officially made me very angry," I said, looking DS!Dream dead in the eyes. "Not only have you trespassed on my property, but you have also threatened me and my colleagues." I raised my tentacles threateningly. "And I don't take kindly to that."

Dust, Horror, and Killer all generated their weapons. I looked over to Error, but he crashed. I can't do anything about that right now, so I ignored it.

I looked back at DS!Dream. He looked like he didn't give a crap for what was happening. That got me even more angry. "So, what are you going to do, bird boy?" I said.

"A word of advice," DS!Dream started. "Expect the unexpected." DS!Dream generated a huge sword and lunged at me. I sighed. I used my tentacles to push DS!Dream off his course. He went flying into the side of my house. Crap.

I glanced over at the others, and they were all tag-teaming DS!Ink. That Ink looked like he was taking a beating, but he seemed to be doing okay.

Something pierced my shoulder. I looked over, and it was an arrow. A blue light arrow, to be exact. I cursed under my breath as I turned around to see who shot it. It was my brother, Dream, not to my surprise. Dream was accompanied by none other than the Creator himself, Ink.

"What have you done with Blueberry!" he yelled at me, still having his bow and arrow pointing at me. Ink also looked super mad, having his paintbrush in battle position. I bet they've searched over half the multiverse trying to find Blue.

"I've done nothing, dear brother," I said, making the last bit sound more like an insult.

That got the attention of DS!Dream. He had finally got out of the wall of my house and started to lunge at me again. I did a quick sidestep and he flew right passed. I waved teasingly at him as he flew passed.

Dream and Ink just stared. I motioned to the three on DS!Ink to stop. They halted their attack. This gave DS!Ink a perfect time to attack, but he didn't. He was staring at Ink, and likewise with him. Kind of weird for two soulless beings. The two Dreams stared similarly at each other.

"I guess I have to explain, don't I?" I said. Not even waiting for a response, I started. "Dream, Ink, these look alikes are from a place called 'Dreamswap.' They—"

"Oh! That's where these guys are from!" Ink said. Everyone gave him a confused look. "What?"

Blue's POV

Everyone was giving XChara a baffled look. "Hey, XChara," I said. "How have you been?"

"Terrible, you?" XChara responded sarcastically.

DS!Nightmare cleared his throat. "Well, can someone please explain to us WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?"

I nudged XChara. "Show them your soul."

"I don't take orders from you," XChara sneered, but did it anyway. His soul floated in front of him, half monster soul, half human determination. The soul glitched from rightside up to upside down a bit before XChara put it away. The Dreamswap crew seemed to stare in awe.

"How...?" started DS!Cross.

"I don't like talking about it," XChara said. I remembered Ink telling me something about Cross saying the same to him when they used to be friends. Speaking of Ink, he and Dream have probably been looking for me for a while now. "What brings you here anyway?" XChara asked, gesturing to both me and the Dreamswap crew.

"DS!Error and I were at Nightmare's place to hide from the other me," I explained. "Then, the other Dream came by looking for DS!Error, so we had to leave."

"Oh, THAT'S where my brother went," DS!Nightmare said. "Isn't this just GREAT?"

"Well, what about you guys?" I asked DS!Cross and DS!Nightmare.

"We were looking for Error," DS!Cross said. "He had disappeared suddenly about an hour ago, so we thought Dream got him. But when we got to his castle, we couldn't find him OR Ink. We started searching some of the AUs when we found some really weird device in Outertale. Nightmare said he could sense Dream's aura around it and we somehow got the thing started. It generated a portal like thing and we went through. When we came out, it seemed like nothing changed at all, so we continued looking for Error. It didn't take us long to realize something was different. We visited Dreamtale, and the place was totally destroyed! Nightmare looked like he died inside. We figured that if Nightmare's place looked like that, then we should probably check out mine. And then the last ten minutes happened."

XChara gave me a confused look. I took a deep breath in and out. "They're talking about their Dream and Ink, not ours."

"This is nice," said some voice I've never heard before. XChara looked equally confused, but the Dreamswap crew were on edge. Then I noticed something.

It sounded like me.

Error's POV

My reboot took a little longer this time, but I finally got around to my senses. I saw everyone kind of grouped together, so I walked over. "whATcHa dOiN'?" I said, making the person in front of me flinch. They turned around and I finally out two and two together. It was Ink.

"What the heck Error!" he said, groaning as he turned back around. He must have come to some realization because he turned right back around to face me and exclaimed, "Wait...Error! What are you doing here?"

"i'vE bEen hErE, wHat aBouT yOu?"

"Looking for Blue. Dream said he felt some weird energy from Nightmare's place and seeing that I can't make a portal here..." I avoided eye contact for the first bit. Ink didn't seem to notice, so plus for me?

"sO yOu aNd DreAM aRe hErE?"

"Yep"

"wHat dO yOu thInk?"

"Of them?" Ink gestures toward the DS!Dream and DS!Ink. I nodded. "They're okay, I mean, not everyday you meet an alternate you and you know what I mean."

"doEs DreAm knOw?"

"I don't know. You're asking the only person with as bad if not worse of a memory as you."

"aWw, yOu shOuldn'T hAVe."

"Oh, shush! Does Nightmare and them know?"

"yeAh. juSt tOlD theM a mOmENt aGo whEn—"

"You two done?" Nightmare said, cutting me off. I realized I was going to spill that DS!Error was here. Crap. I silently thanked Nightmare.

Everyone was staring at Ink and me. We glanced away from each other, a little embarrassed. I nodded my head. "That's what I thought."

"May I be the first to say," DS!Ink said. "What the funk is going on?" Everyone, disclosing DS!Dream and DS!Ink, collectively groaned. Well I couldn't really tell 'cause I was trying to think of a way to hightail it outta here because I'm not dealing with that 90s trash. Not today.

"i'M nOt dEaLinG wIth thAt pARaSiTe!" I exclaimed, turning around to leave. A rainbow poof in front of me stopped dead in my tracks.

"What's up my radical brosephs?"

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I finally got this out. Yes! Hope you guys like it!