UP TO CHAPTER 14 REVISED. The BAU heads off the Hill Lake, MN to catch a serial killer that strangles their victims. However, this case is not all that it seems. When the UNSUB takes Reid hostage, the team has two days to find him or else the Hill Lake Strangler will have another victim.

What if one day you woke up and all the sweet bedtime stories from your childhood twisted and turned to nightmares? Everything that you convinced yourself was fake was real? All your fantasies and fears became reality? The sweet little fairies that danced through your dreams are now real, only they aren't dancing. They're feeding.

What happens when the man you once loved becomes the person you fear the most? Can Emily help pick up the pieces of JJ's broken heart and become the answer to her happiness? JJ/Emily Femslash. Criminal Minds Fanfic. Rated M for Violence and Angst.