A light in the darkness |Nightmare x reader|

Extinguished light

She gone. I'm alone. they fear me more. they all hate me. did... did she hate me, fear me? Nightmare sat on his knees in front of the three of feeling, in front of his mother. no more tears to shed. they were all gone, just like her. It rained when she died. He felt like the sky was weeping for the loss, just as him. One of the best moments in his life was under a storm. the storm dream was scared, and it was just the two of them. it was his favorite memory next to meting y/n. He would have cried again at the mention of her name, but nothing came.

He looked up at the three, at the golden apples. The side of the tree that his brother cared for. His brother he never told anything to. Nightmare wanted to be strong, he wanted to have no weaknesses, to protect his younger brother. so he never told him about his problem. His brother was gone today. Dream had rarely let the tree since Nightmare became this depressed. The older brother had began to distance himself, not moving from between the roots of the tree. He would just sit there and crying until there was no tears left. Dream tried to make his brother happy, to see him smile, but nothing worked. he wasn't sure if he would ever see his brother smile again.

Would more people accept him if he showed them he could take care of the golden apples? would they see him in the same light she did? His hand reach up toward one of the apples. maybe this would make him be treated like a real living being. he took a grip around the apple so he could demonstrate to all that he wasn't bad. when his fingers touched the fruit everything went downhill.

Nightmare looked in horror as the tree began to wilted away, leaves falling and all the apple darkening. everything became quiet around him as the sky darned. Not knowing that his fear oppression and depression was the reason everything changed. looking up he realized it was only black apples standing.

Nightmare quivered as he looked up at the tree. he just wanted to be loved by everyone the same way he was loved by y/n and his brother, to have the respect they gave him. someone's runnig came to an stop near the tree and when Nightmare looked up his eyes met with his brother's. Dream looked over to his brother in shook, his hand wrapped around the last remaining golden apple. he had brought it with him to help others. Mind searching for any ideas to rescue the three of feelings.

Both heard the angry roar of the towns people that was beginning to get overflowed in negative feelings. they wanted to kill Nightmare for taking their positive feelings away. Dream quickly ran toward the mob coming toward them while the older brother stood in shock and grief. Angry voices of both human and monsters became louder as they pushed down the guardian of positive feelings, not caring that he was their friend, and running toward Nightmare. a tear ran down his cheek. this is how it end.

"Get stronger" Nightmare senses came rushing back. his eyes quickly darting around, trying to find the source of the sound. The voice continued to speak to him. slowly pulling him closer to the dark until one sentence made up his mind. "Be that strong you wanted to be for her, as strong enough for her to live". Picture and memories began filling his head of the girl he held so near, the person he couldn't protect when she needed him the most. He knew this was wrong, but he didn't hesitate taking a bite of the apple.

Nightmare didn't stop, he just keep eating the apples. The angry yells and stamping footsteps of the people around him began to slow down. He feels something dripping out from his eyes, noses, mouth and clotting. he didn't stop even as he felt his bones cracking. Black substance began taking over Nightmares filling him with hatred of everyone and everything, body aching as he felt something sprouting from his back bringing amounts pain. back aching as he screamed, but his scram was silent while shaky arms held him up as he puked the strange black substance.

"y/n" the name came out like a hushed whisper before Nightmare made eye contact with his brother and his hushed name came out as well. "Please... don't forget who I used to be". Dream looked on in disbelief as tears fell from his eyes looking at what used to be his brother. both of them wouldn't remember much of the aftermath, the last thing both brothers knew was that their home was painted in red and that they may never have the same both they used to have. they had lost everything.

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