EverybodyTALE x Readers-sama

Nightmare x reader 2/2

Once I agree to his deal, my childhood friend smirks and opens a portal to another world. Is it weird that I don't find a dimension-portal unusual? I'm pretty sure I shouldn't find this normal...

" (Y/n)? Are you coming or not?
- Of course, I'm coming! Just had something on my mind."

I follow him quickly. And regret every choice I made that led me to this.
Three skeletons are in front of me. One with a completely broken skull wears a blue tutu and ballerina, and clearly not happy about it (if the way he's swinging his ax at anyone nearby is anything to go by), the person next to him is blinded by pink glitter (and still mysteriously dodging every attack too close to him), and the last, a hooded person, is... Drunk, definitely drunk, talking and laughing to himself, trying to put a red scarf around an imaginary person.
Honestly, if it was only that...

Well, it wouldn't have been fine, but it would have been bearable. But when I look around (and not just what is in front of me), I see a (spideton ? Skelider ?) man hanging (very precariously, might I add)and swinging from his strings, singing... Horribly wrong that he's gonna swing from the chandelier. Above him, on an actual chandelier, a black and white and skeleton (and a floating boy) is trying to catch the glitchy man before he falls to the ground. And the cherry on top of the cake, two men, both in black and red, with cracks on their skulls, trapped in blue strings are talking like nothing is happening around or to them.

I turn slowly to Nightmare, silently asking: 'You want me to survive them ?'.

He doesn't answer me. he doesn't even see me, fuming at his subordinates and probably wondering why he chooses to take them under his wing. He lets his negative aura take control of everyone (he tries to spare me, but he always had trouble directing his power when angry). The tentacles he creates go straight for the most troubling ones (aka, the ax swinger and the glitchy person), take them far away from the rest of the group, and look each of the others in the eyes, conveying all his anger to them. The silence is heavy with dread from the ones who aren't drunk.
Then says, very quietly :

" What. Are. You. Doing ?"

Oh, oh... He's too angry to listen calmly, I can just tell. He won't take anything they say seriously and go straight to the case 'punishment, probably with torture'. I have to step in before he hurts them.
I come closer to him and hug him from behind, to be sure he won't make other tentacles. I won't be guilty of standing by again, while he goes berserk. Never again. I whisper with the calmest voice I can muster.

"Night', you need to calm down.
- Stay out of this (Y/n), they'll never learn otherwise.
- If they're anything like the rumors describe them to be, then it's been a while that they should have learned under your command. Night', please! Wouldn't it be a shame to start this part of our life together with you beating them to a bloody pulp ?"

Nightmare stops, startled by my words. The subordinates stay still and silent, watching what will happen. Maybe they think that I will be beaten up by my crush?
The king of negativity sighs :

" Fine, but only this time. If they do that again, you won't be able to stop me."

'I know, but I can try.'

He leaves the mess as it is, taking his captives with him. He turns briefly to tell the bad sanses that all of them will clean the room. Nobody dares to complain after being so close to getting blown away.

"(N/n), come with me. I will show you your room."

I run up to him, and I can't help to gawk at the sheer size and beauty of the castle. I didn't notice before, what with the clown spectacle I was offered, but the magnificence of the place is astounding.
He presents me Error (the black skeleton) and Horror (who waves a little crazily at me), before dropping them off into their respective rooms.

"I'm sorry that you had to see them like that. That you had to see me like that.
- It's alright. At least, now I have an idea what to expect."

He snorts unkindly and replies that it's not really the kind of things they usually do. They must have gotten bored waiting for us and drank the wine and beers that were out for my welcome party.
What they do the most is scaring each other (particularly to the newbies), and doing stuff they weren't supposed to do, like pranking, stealing clothes and food, trying to (lightly) poison the others.

" Ah. I see. Say, where are you taking me?
- To your new room, which is apart from the rest of them, because I don't trust them for that kind of thing, and closer to mine. You know, in case you need help?
- You mean, I can go see you whenever I want?
- S-sure."

Once I enter my room, I hug him and bead him good night, as the event tired me out. Let's hope that tomorrow won't be as hectic.

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In case you didn't recognize the skeletons, by order of appearance :
Horror (poor dude, he was sleeping when Killer and Dust decided to change his clothes)
Killer (the one I don't think anyone could have recognized, with the glitter)
Dust (and his Papyrus, who in this fic is really just a hallucination)

Error
Cross (and Chara. A actual ghost, which is why (Y/n) can see him but not Dust Papyrus)
And Red (fell Sans) and Blackberry or Black for short (swapfell or fellswap, I don't know who is who anymore) are the skeletons trapped in Error's strings.