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---Nightmare's POV----

Endless questions.

That's all I had yesterday. All through lesson, all the way home, at home, on the way to school and even now. Still questions.

It was now lunch time, so around twenty four hours since I saved the new kids ass.

The guys and I were sat on our normal bench, looking out across the field. Killer was still ill, and the guys were still asking questions.

"You can't ignore us Nightmare. We want to know what's going on!"
"Yeah! Even if it isn't a full explanation. We just want to know what made you do that yesterday."

"I DON'T KNOW OKAY!" I yelled. "I'm sick of the questions! I saw it happening and just couldn't let them continue! Okay?"

The guys looked surprised at my outburst but didn't say anything else, seeing that I was already extremely pissed off, they didn't want to annoy me even more.

I looked across the field to see Dream walking about alone. I frowned and watched him. Why wasn't he with Ink or Blue?

He glanced around and noticed me. I waved and he only looked away.

"Woah, what's up with Dream?" Horror asked.

I glanced at him, he still had the slut with him. Apparently he went round Horrors to do the project, I wonder if he spent the night.

I looked back at Dream. He glanced nervously at us then started to walk over. "I have no idea." I muttered, watching as he walked closer.

He got about a few meters in away from us when he stopped. Looking nervously from me to everyone else.

I sighed and patted the empty space next to me on the bench. Dream quickly came over, sitting next to me and huffing.

"Whats up with you Dreamy?" I asked. "Shouldn't you be hanging out with Ink or Blue?"

Dream let out a mix between a growl and a laugh. "Blues ill and Inks having far to much fun hanging out with Error to have time for me."

I looked behind me. Now that Dream mentioned it, Error wasn't here. The guys obviously hadn't notices either until now because they looked at each other strangely before scanning the field for Ink or Error.

"There they are." Dream growled.

I followed his gaze to see Ink and Error leave the cafeteria, both laughing about something. I looked back at Dream and ruffled the top of his skull. He smiled weakly at me in response.

I watched as Ink scanned the field, probably looking for Dream. I felt something lean against my shoulder, and turned to see Dream.

"What are you doing?"

"Pretending to be asleep." He muttered.

I looked back at the guys and they all shrugged. "Lets see how it plays out." Dust said, a smirk growing on his face.

"Yeah, this could be interesting." Fell muttered.

We watched as Error walked over, leaving Ink, who stayed a fair distance away, watching us.

Error looked at Dream and seemed to believe his sleeping act. "Ink wants Dream." Error said, sitting down on the bench, next to Fell.

"He's asleep." I said. "He'll have to come get Dream himself."

Error shrugged and waved Ink over.

Ink looked around and then ran over to us, stopping about two metres away. "Dream?" He called.

I could feel Dream's breath brush against my arm as he continued his act of being asleep. "He's asleep." I said, locking eyes with Ink.

Ink stared at Dream then walked closer. "Dream." He whispered, kneeling down so he was level with his face. Dream continued to stubbornly 'stay asleep'.

Ink looked up at me and I nodded. He reached out and gently shook Dream's shoulder. "Come on Dream. Its wake up time." I felt him shift against my arm as he began pretending to wake up.

"Ink?" He mumbled sleepily. I have to say, he was acting this quite well.

Ink smiled. "Yeah its me, come on. I've been looking for you." Dream slowly pushed off my arm and shook his head blearily. Ink laughed and held out a hand for him. I gave him a Dream a little nudge, he smiled at Ink and grabbed his hand. Ink helped him up and pulled him along. "Come on!"

I watched as the two ran off, laughing. I could hear Error growl behind me and I smirked, its gonna be a battle to the death over Ink for those two. And not going against my brother, if there was a fight, I might have to step in to ensure Dream isn't completely beaten to dust.

I looked down at the grass beneath me and picked a blade of it, rolling it in between two fingers. It slowly got covered with a thin layer of my slime, giving it a shiny black tint.

"Hey its your new kid."

I instantly looked up.

I scanned the field, but couldn't find him.

"Over there." Dust said, pointing to one of the building exits. I narrowed my eye and watched. He walked out cautiously and scanned the area around him. "He's looking for those bullies that got him yesterday." I nodded. "That or he's looking for you."

The new kid walked out, seeming satisfied with what he saw. "He's dead now." Dust muttered, looking over at the cafeteria. The others from the bully gang had just left.

They immediately spotted the new kid and marched over to him. They were probably extremely pissed. Their leader got expelled for what he did yesterday and they're blaming him.

The new kid saw them too late. He did try to run and call out but one of them grabbed him and slapped a hand over his mouth.

I could feel the others watching me, wondering if I was going to go and help him again. I growled as one of them kicked his leg, making him nearly collapse, only staying up because of the guy behind him was holding him up.

"Uh, Nightmare are you gonna-?"

I was already up and walking over. I didn't run, or act worried. I just walked calmly over to them, my tentacles laying passively behind me.

One of the bullies saw and recognised me and pointed me out to the others. As I got closer my tentacles raised behind me, twitching occasionally as they moved, wanting nothing more than to wrap themselves around something and squeeze.

"Let him go." I called calmly.

They muttered to each other and I continued to walk closer. By now most people had realised what was happening and had stopped whatever they had been doing previously and looked at the scene.

The bullies looked at each other and frowned. They didn't want to give up so easily with a crowd watching. But I could tell they knew that if they didn't let him go, they'd get their ass' kicked.

We stood there motionless for a minute. The new kid was staring at me, but I avoided his gaze entirely. The bullies looked at each other and growled.

"I'm waiting." I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Ugh TAKE HIM!" One of them yelled. Shoving him forward s harshly, looping their leg under his foot so that he tripped. I quickly stepped forwards and caught him, his face buried into my chest.

I pushed him off me and glared at the group, but they were already running, off to somewhere in the school. I looked around at all the people watching. "What are you looking at?" Immediately they all looked away and down at the ground of something.

I huffed and looked at the new kid. He was staring at me, a faint purple dusting over his cheeks. "Come on." I said, wrapping a tentacle around his arm.

He let out a squeak as it pulled him along. I walked my way back over to the guys, who were all waiting expectantly, shark grins on each of their faces.

"Say one word and I'll kill you." I growled.

They snickered and whispered to each other. I sighed and sat down dragging the skeleton down next to me. He looked both terrified and relieved to be here with us.

At least now he'll be left alone by those other bullies. They shouldn't target him if they see he's with us.

I glanced over at him and my curiosity got the best of me.

"What's your name?" I asked.

He jumped a bit and looked over at me. "Cross."

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Of course Killer is ill when Cross comes in.
He's gonna regret that.
Bruh Dream and Error both want the smol rainbow XD
bye
-Jess-