Mr. Erratum

Chapter Forty-Two

The last thing Ink remembered was seeing His other versions shocked face. After that, all there was, was Darkness.

The void, much like the Anti-void, warped time. But, unlike the Anti-void, a place where time seems to go much faster than the outside world, The void, slowed down time. It made sense, in some sick way. The anti-void and The void were opposites. One was white, the other black, One you could never sleep in, The other all you did was sleep in, One seemed to stretch for eternity, and the other seemed to squish you.

So it made sense that time would be opposite too.

When Ink woke up, the first thing he noticed was that his back hurt. Opening his eyes, Ink sat up, and looked at his surroundings. He was surrounded by a forest, which was both thick, and from what Ink could tell, very large. In the distance, He noticed two, very large, kingdoms. "hmm, where to go, where to go" Ink said to himself.

Ink sighed. He could either go to Dream's kingdom, or Nightmares. He didn't know anything about either kingdoms, other than that they wore fancy clothes and were ruled by Nightmare and Dream. "huh" He said out loud, "maybe I should flip a coin- wait I don't have one" Ink said.

Suddenly, Ink heard the sound of footsteps, as if they appeared out of no where. "I wonder who's there?" Ink spoke. "hey! did you guys hear that?" Ink heard a voice say. 'oh! I know!' Ink thought, 'I'll just go to which ever kingdom they're from' He decided.

One of the skeletons saw him, and pointed in his direction, "hey! look over there!" The skeleton shouted. Ink merely stood there, wanting to see where this would go. When the skeletons finally came over, Ink noticed a cresent moon tattoo on all their faces. 

Taking a closer look at the three skeletons, Ink recognised them as this multiverses Fell, Killer and Dust. "Look! look at his face!" Dust exclaimed, pointing at his cheek. Killer then spoke up, "It's bare!" He shouted.

Fell looked at his clothes, "what are you wearing?" He said, mainly to himself. His eyes then wandered over to Ink's paintbrush, "what- is that a paintbrush??" He asked, looking over to Dust.

Killer growled, "Forget it! let's just take him to Nightmare" Killer told them, glancing at the large paintbrush. He looked back to Ink's cheek, "Nightmare will want to hear about this" He said.

After Killer had said that, Dust had hit him over the head with something. Of course, it didn't knock him out, but he had decided, that he would play dead.

Of course, he didn't really know why he did that, but he could admit it was a fun experience. Well, that changed quickly, when Killer threw him on the cold marble floor. "owwwwwww!" He whined, surprising the three. "When did you wake up?" Fell questioned, making Ink laugh.

He took in his surroundings, and he found himself in a dark, but clean, room, with a freakishly large throne in the middle of the room. "wow, this place could do with a few colours" He told them. He was only ignored.

A few minutes later, a fancy looking Nightmare walked into the room. "What are you wearing? It's so weird! haha!" Ink exclaimed, not noticing or simply ignoring the tension that appeared when he said that. Nightmare growled, "Why have you brought this vulgar thing, Into my castle?" Nightmare asked rudely. The three bowed their heads slightly, and apologised, "We're sorry sir, but look at his cheek!" Killer exclaimed.

Before looking at his cheek, Nightmare seemed to take in Ink himself. Nightmare scoffed at what Ink was wearing, but seemed to take slight interest In his paintbrush, and the viles on him, sensing the emotions inside them.

Nightmare glanced at his cheek with disinterest. Suddenly, His eyes widened, and he elegantly walked over to Ink with speed. Nightmare harshly gripped Ink's chin, lifting Ink up slightly.

Nightmare stared at Ink- Or rather his cheek, with clear interest. Nightmare caressed Ink's cheek lightly, a small smile appearing on his face. "Killer" Nightmare said, not letting go of Ink's face, "yes, sir?" Killer replied, straightening his back. "Where did you find him?" He asked. "We found him just outside the Sun kingdom's boarder, sir" He answered, making Nightmare hum. Nightmare looked Ink in the eye, "What is your name? or would you prefer it if I just picked one for you?" Nightmare offered. 

Ink shook his head. 'This place is probably harsher than Dreamswap' He thought, 'I think it will be better if i'm more discrete than last time' He thought. "My name is.. Vibrant" He replied, looking into the eye of Nightmare.

Nightmare grinned, and lowered his head, getting on one knee to be face to face with Ink, "Well, Vibrant" He spoke, "I believe we have a lot to talk about" He continued, "Don't you agree?" He questioned, his tone daring him to disagree.

Ink grinned, "Sure! why not?" Ink replied laughing.