PROTECTIVE [Dreamtale Nightmare x reader]

《2》 "Where am I?"

     Waking up you held your head, were you in a cell?! Last thing you remembered was meeting a skeleton named Nightmare and then passing out...That jerk! He knocked you out! You pinched yourself, this was no nightmare, this was real! You checked your pocket, the drawing from Frisk was still there, and your necklace was still there as well. With a sigh you looked around. Nothing seemed special, grey metal bars, grey everything else. Nothing too special.

   There were footsteps and Nightmare stood infront of your cell, "Morning prisoner, negative as usual I see.." he hummed, glad he found a good power source, "This is only temporary, I need you to be unhappy but you can't have nightmares without a good place to have them."

    "I mean, I can have nightmares anywhere! I'm gonna sound insane but I adore having nightmares! It's the thrill I'm after. Any time I have a happy dream I force myself to wake up." You said, as if it was a large achievement. "But a new place to sleep wouldn't sound too bad."

    Nightmare was beyond shock, a human that liked having nightmares!? All humans always complain about him for providing such awful images in their sleep. But the one infront of him, adored having them! "You sure are different. Well stand up, I can take you to your new sleeping quarters." You did as he said, and the skeleton opened the cell door, you didn't bolt like he thought you would. "This would have been a good trial to escape."

    "Listen I'm not that stupid, I'm sure you have guards and other people here. There would have been a slim chance of me running away, let alone coming out unscathed. I'll take my chances with you not killing me as soon as I step out of here." Like all the other horror movies you watched, any time the protagonist tried to run away from their captor they would fail miserably being outnumbered.

    He only hummed in response as he walked you around. You didn't pay much attention to him at least, the place [even if it was almost fully pitch black] was beautiful. Elegant, and downright scary, the guards looked like they were made out of ink puddles! That was kinda cute..besides that you tuned into what he was talking about as he mentioned the word others.

    "...the others, maybe during dinner. Most...well all of them dislike humans. Maybe one might tolerate you, him being Cross. He only has 'that brat' as a human example as far as I'm concerned. But make sure to keep your door locked after they see you at night." Nightmare gave a chilling smile as he stopped infront of a door, "This is your room. Do whatever you want with it, I don't care." With that, he left.

    Holy smokes! The bedroom was bigger than your living room back at your place! How can you decorate all of this by yourself, let alone get anything to decorate with! You didn't have anything to knit and sew with, nothing to draw on...you only really had a few possessions with you at the moment. Them being Frisks drawing, your clothing, and the apple necklace. There were two empty frames, if he even allowed you to ever leave the castle you could get a picture for the other frame but at the moment you placed frisks drawing in one.

   Laying on the bed you almost melted into goop, it was the softest thing you had ever laid on, you liked this place way more than your house! You could get used to this~. Almost falling asleep you sat up, you wanted to look more around your room, again it being so large you had plenty to look at. You opened the curtains, moonlight seeped into your room, it was a lot brighter and you liked that.  You had a bathroom and a walk in closet that could basically be it's own room...this place was ridiculous!

《Laying back onto your bed you fell asleep, having sweet nightmares. You only slept for 2 hours before..》

Knock knock knock
 
    Getting up groggily you opened the door, it was a guard, "Lord Nightmare says you should get ready for dinner...and ready yourself because he forgot you might need clothing from your au." With that he left in a rush.

   Au? What was an Au? Pushing the question aside you brushed your [length] hair into [hairstyle] and straightened your clothing. Well, you looked casual as usual, but it's not like you had anything else to change into, so if he didn't like it...suck it up! You walked out into the hallway and another guard walked to you, and kindly lead you to the dining room. How large can this place get!? There were 5 other skeletons at the table, [6 including Nightmare]

    Nightmare waved you over as he cleared his throat, how you had no idea, "Boys this is my new power source." What a awful nickname to give you. "You can not kill her, her soul is now a key part of out plan to get rid of my annoying brother and his stupid group."

   The one with a large crack on his head spoke up, "You know how hard its going to be for me, to look at this human and not eat them!?" He looked more angry, as well as hungry.

    The hooded one slapped the cracked skeletons head, "Dude just suck it up,  you arent the only one who wants to kill the human. Look at them, free exp...and I'm not allowed to kill them?"

    "OkAy weEee geT iT cAn wE eAt nOw, I DoNnnn't nEeD to wAstE moRe tImE hEeeere wiTh a bunCh oF MistAkeS." Wow, sure he looked a bit glitchy, but you sisnt expect his voice to sound like that! That was kinda cool.

    The one with black lines and a red mark under his eye stayed silent, neither seemed to care much. That was good, you sat down in an empty chair, it took you a few seconds before realizing. You were seated next to Cracked Skull and Hood, the two who wants to kill you. How lucky. With a sigh you ignored the death glares from the two as the food was served. It was silent. Nothing new to you, you lived alone for 4 years with the silence.

    After dinner Black tears and Red mark went to the living room, the two who were probably planning your murder went to their rooms, while glitchy vanished and Nightmare went to work. You wanted to talk to the two but, if they had cable you wanted to watch horror. That's when you heard it. A scream from the TV...they were watching horror movies...

   In a flash you were sitting on the floor scaring the two skeletons, "What the heck-!" Red mark yelled, "That was scarier than the jump scare in the movie!"

   "What? This isn't even that bad dude, watch these going to get sawed in half in a few seconds." Around 10 seconds passed and the girl indeed was sawed in half, "Told you. This is very predictable."

    "The names Killer, seems Nightmare brought back a decent human that isnt scared of this." Killer introduced, he didnt seem so bad, "This scared Skelton is Cross. The two upstairs are Dust and Horror."

    Well those are intresting names. You three finished the movies and went your separate ways. Going to your rooms and you happily getting a horror movie prepared. Yes, you locked the door, Nightmares words really got you, afterall you didn't want to die yet! There was a soft knock, man if only the doors had a peephole! You cracked the door open in the slightest, it was only Nightmare.

"You need to get things for your room. Mainly clothing. Don't bring anything that will make you too happy. I'm not exactly sure how negative souls work." He opened a protal, and lo behold, your home!

   You went to find a dofle bag and suitcase, shoving your clothing in both places, he teleported them into your room, "Negative souls arent affected by ones happiness. If I feel happy, its still going to be negative and I will still give off a negative aura. I've read plenty about souls so I know how mine functions and what I can do with it." You explained blandly as you grabbed your set and knitting supplies putting them in another bag. Decorations and everything in amother, "Trust me, you wont be getting rid of my negativity until I die. My soul will stay negative until someone either helps me soul turn positive, or I die. But Turing souls into different traits is difficult."

   Nightmare nodded, you could be used for more than just your soul, but the knowledge you had about souls could be proven useful. Maybe you even knew the weaknesses of other soul traits to get rid of that annoying Frisk kid who follows the stupid trio around. Then he left you to decorate your room. In a few hours it was a nice [room asthetic] and you fell asleep, happy with your work...your door locked along with yout windows.

《☆A/N warning!!☆》
   Hello again-
  I feel like this is shorter than my last one but that's alright, its plenty to read I hope and think! I can always add more if I forget. Anyways thanks for reading!
   Blue out!☆