𝒟𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒩𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓈 - Dream x Reader

27. Punz

Art by @ZapphireArts on Twitter

Punz POV

What happened?

All I see is darkness. I'm restrained to a chair and my armor and gear are gone.

I try to recollect my thoughts.

Nightmare jumped down from the tree and attacked Sapnap and I. We fought her but she was better. She was after me specifically.
Sapnap, instead of helping me, wanted to satisfy his own glory. Nightmare used potions on me which knocked me out.

I'm in the hands of Nightmare now.

What could she possibly want from me?

I struggle for a bit before I see, out of the corner of my eye, the shadows move.

Nightmare slowly comes away from the wall, dressed in black, smiley face mask staring creepily back at me.

It feels like Dream's, only scarier.

She walks closer to me until we're only a foot apart.

"What do you want?" I ask angrily.

Nightmare laughs.

"I just want to have a little private chat with you."

"You could have just asked me," I spit out.

"True, but what's the fun in that?"

Fucking psychopath.

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

"About why you hate me. You wouldn't have gone after me, trekking through the woods just because you were paid. There must be another reason."

"I don't know what I could have possibly done to you," she continues. "Sure we fought, but that's just physical pain, did I hurt you mentally? I just helped out Dream, he was suffering. I don't consider that bad. I never killed anyone." Her playful, teasing voice pushes me to my limit.

My rage boils to the surface, I can't stand listening to this anymore.

"No! You attacked Sapnap and took his items!"

"Dream's items," she corrects. "I gave them back to him."

"You attacked all of us, multiple times! You broke the most dangerous man out of prison! You enjoy toying with and threatening people! You're like Dream but worse! You really are a nightmare!"

"Violence is a universal language. It's the one we all understand," she says calmly. I almost hear the smile in her voice.

"You say you've never killed anyone but that's not true! You blew up the prison when my friend was in there! She died! The only person who I actually considered a friend, is gone because of you!"

I feel the tears start to fall.
Tears of anger, grief, and pain.

"Dream deserved to be out of there. The prison's destruction was just a distraction. Now he's with me. We're the perfect team, Dream and Nightmare."

"You're just like Dream!" I cry out. "Only worse! You're not only a psychopath, you kill and hurt people for fun!"

"That's why I told Dream that we're alike in some ways. I also love spying on people, you could consider it a hobby of mine I guess. Particularly you and that friend of yours. I just loved watching you two spar, all happy, sharing secrets"

I completely break at the mention of Y/N.
Tears flow and I don't even try to stop them.
Loud angry sobs escape me and I look up at Nightmare. Calmly standing there, arms crossed.