( set in the time of the movie nightmare before Christmas ) when I died I came here . I don't know how or why but all I know is since then my goal has been to make him happy . I'm his apprentice. I service the pumpkin king every day all day , thankfully hes a very generous employer. He tells me one day I might even take over as the Pumkin Queen but I doubt it. I'm not in this for the throne. I just feel the need to make sure he is happy and healthy ( well healthy as a skeleton can be that is ) And I was doing a good job of that until he discovered something that nearly drove him insane . Christmas would be the death of him and I knew it. I needed to stop him someway and somehow . Thus we begin this story .

After confronting his old friends back in the White Fang, Derek Miller is ready to start a new life. But new threat emerges when Dr. Lynch hires Vincent, the man who tortured Derek, is tasked to capture him. Derek and friends now must defeat Vincent and expose Dr. Lynch for inhumane experiments.

WARNING: Fan-fiction contains dark subjects such as PTSD, alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, suicidal tendencies, war, and terrorism. Enjoy my teenage angst, my god. I wrote this and published on the internet. Derek Miller is an infamous criminal with a dark past in the White Fang. But when team RWBY captures him, Ozpin gives him second chance at life. With the help of an optimistic girl in a red hood, he tries to go on the path to redemption. Emphasis on the "tries."

Nightmare takes her place in the creed when she finds out her best friend was in a accident.