One by one.

Shattered pieces.

Slowly falling.

Slowly faded away.

Nightmare looked down at the mess he made. Fragments of glass, goo, and heartbreak. Things never go the way you plan now do they, Nightmare. Nightmare told himself. He's not necessarily upset just disappointed. Oh well, that's my life.

"Mom?" Nightmare turned around. That's right, Y/N. He teleported near her. She stated in the ground her nose and eyes puffy. Nightmare knelt over and hugged her.

"I'm sorry." He hugged her tighter. "You shouldn't have seen that." He looked up. Dream was getting up and the kids were baffled. The older ones seemed confused while the smaller ones ran over to him with excitement. His form slowly falling apart.

"Dad!" They shouted in glee. The twins ran over.

"Hi." They both smiled.

"Mom are you okay?" Y/N looked up at them. She smiled softly. She puffed lightly, she slowly started shaking as if she was cold. Nightmare hugged her tighter. "Mom-" Instantly she started vomiting, it was that black substance from earlier. Fuck.

Nightmare in a stride of panic carried her and looked down. He carried her close to his body. He started to head for the door. Nightmare's instinct kicked in. His chest puffed out. He opened his mouth and shouted. "Luna!" He yelled. The dog immediately showed up with the others.

"Master! We managed to regain control of th-"

"You were never told to speak!" He snapped. He glared at her. "I need a medical room, immediately!" Luna nodded her head. This time she kept silent.

"What's happening?" Asked Jupiter. Nightmare ignoring the question looked back at the other three.

"Dusk, get these three to safety! Leo, get two Nightfangs!" The other two nodded. "Mars get this place back in order." With that Nightmare teleported away.

"What's going on?" Asked Midnight as Dusk came over.

"Nothing much young mistress. If you can, please can you all follow me?" Dusk said helping Dream up. Dream flinched backward at the tension he felt, though he was quickly relaxing he felt unsure.

"Here I'll help him." Stated Jason. Having Dream rest on his shoulder.

Dusk nodded. He guided them away towards the door as the twins followed too.

Meanwhile, Nightmare's frenzy continued. Luna approached him, "Master the room is this w-"

"Move." Nightmare said walking past her. Luna gently moved over and followed. "Open the door." Luna quickly came over and opened it.

The room was a vibrant gray and black. The ceiling had a painted night sky. Nightmare quickly placed her on the bed. "Luna retreat."

It was only the two of them. Nightmare placed his boney hand on her head she's hot, not figuratively, actually. She absolutely doesn't have a fever. He touched both her cheeks. She's hot there too. He touched her stomach, there as well.

Nightmare pulled up her shirt to look for the wound. He found it on her right side it was a mixture of black a red. She's been like this for almost an hour. Nightmare quickly placed his hands on the wound. Slowly the light spring green like colors flowed lightly touching the wound. Nothing was happening. It wasn't healing, it stayed in it's cold black state. Nightmare panicked. What am I supposed to do!

"Master, I've brought the two Nightfangs you've requested." Nightmare kept silent. He waved his signaling then to come in. They slithered in as Leo stood at the door.

"Leo, retreat." And with that he left too. The two Nightfangs peered over the bed confused. "I don't know what the hell she did to her. It's not a regular wound, I want to see if you can fix this, my healing magic isn't working."

The Nightfangs crawled over, looming over her. One of them smell the gash. It shriveled. Giving a disgusted expression. The Nightfang looked over to Nightmare as if it was acting for permission. Nightmare nodded his head. The Nightfang opened its mouth releasing a slight hiss. It bite down on the wound, the fangs injecting some sort of liquid. The Nightfang removed its mouth off the wound. Nightmare loomed over purposely shoving the creature away. The wound glistered, miraculously it closed. Nightmare sighed in relief. 

Y/N coughed. Nightmare approached her, the pillow had the black substance again, but in a smaller amount. Nightmare touched her again. She's still hot. "Nightmare?" she sniffled. 

"Y/N...how you feeling?" 

"Tired and sick." she said moving to her other side.

"Wait!-" Nightmare matched eye contact with her. "Doesn't that hurt?" Y/N shook her head.

"You healed it right?" She rested on her belly and hugged the pillow. Nightmare quickly took the pillow away. Y/N hit the mattress. "Hey!" 

"Sorry, but do you want this-" he showed her the small like puddle of the substance. "I don't think so." He said holding a firm grip on the pillow. Y/N grumbled and looked off to the side. Her eyes caught a glimpse of the Nightfangs.

She screamed. She then tried to summon a weapon. Nothing. She looked down at her hands. "Wha-what!" She looked over to them. 

"It's alright, they aren't hostile...not until they've been given the order." stated Nightmare jokingly. "I'm joking, after Chrome was killed they were out of her trance." He looked at the creatures. "Back to working order."

"Okay but that doesn't explain why I can summon crap!" Nightmare squinted his eyes. 

"You got a point." he said looking at the girl. He looked back. "Get the hell out of my sight." The Nightfangs coward a bit and slithered off. "Summon something, anything." Y/N sat down. She placed her hands together. A small dagger? Shield? Nope nothing. Nightmare looked down for a second. "Maybe something threatening." Nightmare summoned a tentacle. It coiled a little before charging. Y/N looked on. She panicked trying desperately to summon a shield. 

Nightmare stopped. The tentacle vanished. 

"Check Rose." 

"R-rose." Y/N gently called. Nothing no response. "Rose!" She said trying to open the locket.

Nightmare placed his hand on his chin. Nothing is adding up. He doesn't know anything about this attack. He doesn't remember any of these attacks. Is it a new one she developed? I need to ask someone that'll know.

"Luna!" He shouted. Immediately the dog showed up. She bowed proudly. "Tell me, did Nightclaw have any...new attacks? Something you've never witnessed before you were out of commission." Luna thought for a moment.

"A few." Nightmare looked at her.

"Why is she releasing that substance." He said showing her the pillow.

"If I may can I see the wound?" Nightmare moved aside.

"The Nightfangs have healed it already." She peered over. He moved next to her and showed the scar. "See."

"Seems like it." She placed her hand over the scar. Her finger went through. The wound had reopened. Y/N clenched the bed. Luna looked up at her. She started to plead of how much the pain hurt.

Luna backed up as Nightmare approached. The wound wasn't bleeding. Nightmare placed his hands on it. The healing magic bouncing around it. Y/N's grip relaxed a little. The pain is going away but not the wound. "Luna what specifically did he do to her."

Luna perked her eyes. "This wound is untreatable. She won't be able to heal but the wound itself won't worsen. It won't get infected or nothing."

Nightmare relaxed his hands as she relaxed. "Get to the point."

Luna hesitated slightly. She kept her serious composers. "She's dying."

Nightmare froze. "Pardon?" He approached her. Luna straighten up. Grasping the pillow he locked eyes with her. "Get the other three, and meet me in the W1." With that he vanished. Luna looked over to the door. She took one step as Y/N spoke.

"What's happening." Luna looked over to her. She bowed.

"Don't worry Mistress you'll be alright." With that Luna walked away. Y/N laid her head on the bed. She covered herself with a blanket. It's so cold?

She hugged her knees under the blanket.

Why is it so cold?

She lightly touched her fingers.

Why am I so cold?

Have a great turkey day my good readers.

~The Oreocookie

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