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chapter 2

skeppy's pov

i woke up in a cold sweat. my body was trembling and my hands were soaking. i sat up in my bed , my heart pounded in my chest. the room was dark , cracks of light broke from the hallway through my closed door. rocco sat at the bottom of my bed , curled up. i climbed out and pulled on my jacket. a derpy face was knitted carefully on the back. i opened the drawer next to my bed and pulled out a collar and lead. rocco immediately jumped off of the bed as he heard the collar jingle. i neatly pulled it on him and clipped on the lead.
i glanced at my bedside. a crown sat neatly. i hesitated for a moment , before placing it on my head.

bad was asleep down the hall in a chair. i quietly walked the opposite way and headed towards the exit. guards were nowhere to be found , and i quickly trotted down the steps into the wilderness.

rocco lead me along. i was exhausted , my legs trembled as i had no energy left to walk. he lead me to a quiet area. a large tree hovered over me and he stopped in his tracks. i collapsed onto my knees , shaking. i felt like i was going to vomit. i could hardly breath. the stars twinkled in the pitch black sky and i rose to my feet , stumbling towards the tree. i slid down it and sat. rocco laid down on my lap and rest his chin on my knee.

so this is how i die.
god.
i thought it would maybe be something like.. me doing a heroic act.
saving a random person from being killed and sacrificing myself.
but i'm just gonna die out here.
in the wilderness.

i pulled off my jacket and placed it on rocco with the energy i had left and sighed, staring at the sky.

the grass rustled. my heart was pounding and my crown clattered against the ground. i shoved it behind me quickly.
" come on , asshole! what's the hold up?! "

" there's some random kid here. "

"who cares? just kill him or keep going."

"he looks young."

"why isn't he moving? ya think he's dead?"

"he's not dead , see? he's breathing!"

"god damn it dream, you woke him up! now we're gonna have to hurt him!"

3 tall boys crawled out of the bushes. i latched onto rocco and pulled him close to my chest.
my heart was racing. i stared at them , tears forming in my eyes.
"don't cry! we need you to be quiet." one whispered and knelt down in front of me.
he wore a neon green jacket , dirt stained the bottom. going from the bottom to the top , it gradually got cleaner. tufts of his hair poked out from a white cardboard mask with a smiley face drawn roughly across it. his face was completely covered , it looked quite hard to breath under there.
" yeah , be quiet please. "
a boy with black hair snapped , attempting to be friendly. he seemed quite ticked off , but you couldn't tell from his facial features as his face was also covered with a cardboard mask. it had split colours. one side was fully orange , the other a bright green. he wore a huge black jacket with also black leggings and dirty sneakers.

there was also another boy. he was the tallest of the boys and had dark brown hair. he wore a cardboard pig mask with fluffy clothing that looked identical to a stereotypical king's gown.
i stared blankly at the boys. the tears had flowed away at this point and i took deep breaths.
" we're not killing him , right dave? " the green jacketed boy's head turned towards the brown haired boy.
" shut up for a minute dream, i'm thinking. " dave's head whipped between 'dream' and me.
"you shut up, techno! you don't lead us!" he snapped. "come back to our base with us." dream turned back towards me.

my heart was racing. i stood up , my legs trembling. the brunette boy in the gown scoffed and walked towards me.
" god, who the hell even is this dude? he doesn't know how to walk. "
he grabbed my arm and rushed me down a gravel path. my stomach turned and i fell pale again.

" oh my god , hold on , this is my first gay wedding. " the black haired boy gasped.

dream snickered wildly.
" we're going back to base and then we'll go to the castle to finish 'em off. " the guy growled , ignoring his comment.

"we don't even know what the prince and princess look like. how are we gonna kill them tonight?" dream kicked stones and walked with his hands in his pockets.

" fine , we'll make a plot. mega can set it up for us and tapl can help. for now, me and you will take care of this dork. "