Nightmare's P.O.V.

Why was everything so bright ? Why couldn't hell be more dim ? Possibly because it was supposed to be a punishment for those who got here. Well, it's probably time to explore my new home then. Apparently, hell had a white ceiling, since white was the first thing I saw, and I was looking up. However, someone was here with me, and they were slowly approaching.

" Hello ? Are you alright, Sir ? " , this question again. Wasn't it obvious ? Of course I was alright, but that's not the real question here. Why were they even talking to me ? I was in a vulnerable state right now, especially in this form, it would be easy to shatter my bones further. By now, someone else had come, I could feel them right beside me, but I didn't bother turning. Why should I ? They would win in the end, anyways. They always did, and always will. And trying to break out of the eternal circle of bullying will only make things worse, I already learned that.

" Is he awake ? " , one of them asked. Were they referring to me ?

" I don't know ? He isn't responding, but his eyes are open. Do you think he's mute ? Or blind ? I've never seen eyelights like those. " , yes, they were probably talking about me. Should I answer ? Sure, there where risks, since it's funnier to torture a conscious victim. I'm already dead, am I not ? I have nothing to lose, not anymore. Maybe I'll get away with a few broken ribs...

" May I add that I can hear you ? " , I should stay polite, people tend to not hurt you as much when they feel respected. As expected, they instantly turned around, revealing their faces to me. Both of them were monsters, one of them a bunny, but the other person was, to my suprise, a Toriel. Not any Toriel, she would look exactly like the original Toriel, if she weared normal clothes, that was. The Caretaker of the Ruins was currently wearing some sort of white dress, decorated with a red cross. But I couldn't judge, my choice of clothes wasn't better, either.

" So you are awake...What is your name ? " , it was a simple question, but it could change so much. Would I lie, pretend that I was someone else ? It would solve so much, and prevent so much pain. But as soon as you start with one lie, others will follow. Did I even have a choice ? Probably not. But what should I say ? If I couldn't say ' Nightmare ' , what should I say ? I didn't have much time to think, so I chose the first thing that came to my mind.

" Nightterror. My name is ...Nightterror...yeah..." , that was a weak attempt, but it would work. Hopefully.

" Alright, Mr. Nightterror, can you tell me why you were found unconscious at the gym of the local school ? " , I only blinked in confusion. In a gym ? There were gyms in the afterlife ? Wow, and I thought that there was nothing that could suprise me anymore. Guess I was wrong. However, Toriel must've taken my suprise as something else, since she sighed and started writing down something.

" Do you feel okay ? We tried to check you for further injuries, but whoever tried it, came running out of the room a second later, claiming that they met a demon, even if no camera recorded it. " , well, it was generally a bad idea to get near the former Guardian of Negativity, what did you expect ? But, judging from their words, they didn't know who I was, which should give me some time to find out where I am. Somehow, I wasn't sure if this really was the Afterlife, I met Death before, and he didn't say anything about things like this.

" Uhh...Can you tell me where I am again ? " , I immidiatly started to try and gather informations about this new AU.

" Oh, you're at the hospital, why ? " , that was obvious and not what I meant. Though, what would I do if she didn't know about Alternate Universes ? Usually, only the Judge knows about the Multiverse, but they were also the first ones to be informed about me, so searching for them wasn't an option. And I couldn't makea portal, not in this form. What were my current options, anyways ? I should probably get out o here first, then I could look further. I would be found eventually, and if they found me here, this building would be nothing but Dust, including its inhabitants. And even if it may not seem like it, I didn't want to cause unnecessary deaths. Isn't it funny ? I'm responsible for everything bad, yet here I am, trying to protect a single world from destruction.

" Am I allowed to leave now ? " , Dream was always quick to find me, so I had to hurry.

" But...You are obviously still hurt, even if I've never seen injuries like that before. How did you get those ? They look like shooting wounds of some sort, but the area around them id burned. That's everything we could find out, sorry, every other attempt was...interrupted..." , what was I supposed to say ? Surely not, ' I got those bruises from killing thousand of alternate versions of you. ' That would be ...inefficient. Let's try the old way then.

" Oh, I just fell. I'm pretty clumsy, you know ? " , I knew that she didn't believe me, her aura showed it clearly, but she couldn't know that.

" Alright. But promise me to avoid trouble. " , Heh. Do you think I want to be like this ? Sadly, you can't reset the whole Multiverse, you can't go back and fix things. Things could have been so different...We could have been two happy brothers, but Fate decided to interfere, to make me the villan. How often did I wish to scream this into someonce face, yet there's nobody who would listen ? That was one of the many reasons to take Chara and Asriel in, I wanted to finally tell my real story. I hope that they're alright, but with a soulless creator, I can't be sure, in the end, nobody was safe from him and his twisted lies.

Without another word, I stood up, ignoring the blood and marrow that was dripping from my newest wound. After all, I did deserve that arrow, didn't I ? And the noise of a dripping liquid is normal by now, wheter it's corruption or blood. Even if Toriels worry confused me a bit, I went out of the room without another word. The other person had already left, possibly to report me.

I didn't pay any attention to my surroundings, trying to analyse this worlds code. Something was strange about it, there was no sign of fighting magic within it, as if it hadn't been used for many years. Toriel didn't say anything about healing magic, did she ? Maybe it didn't exist here as well ? Then I would have to hide my magic, so I wouldn't be suspicious.

However, if I was really going to live here for some time, I needed a place to stay. While I didn't really need sleep, a place to rest would be appreciated. Of course I'd need money, but that shouldn't be too difficult. Stealing would be one of my smallest crimes, and I was really quick, so it shouldn't be immpossible.

A sudden sound interrupted my thoughts, it sounded as if someone was screaming. Unintentionally, I made my way to the greatest source of negative energy around, since the voice had stopped. How could I not ? It was a silent call for help, just like the ones I cried out. But this one would be answered, and if it would cause me to die. I would die, knowing that I did something good.

The one screaming was a child, a little skeleton around the age of 13. But there was someone else in this alleyway, a human, and they were insulting the female monster.

Why...?

It doesn't matter.

" What are you doing ? " , it didn't take them a second to turn around, but I wasn't helpless anymore, not even in this form. I had killed millions of humans before, and those were just the ones stuck in the underground.

" Wha-Another freak ?! Why can't all of you just die !? " , he was a monster hunter, wasn't he ?

" Well, at least we do have a live. Unlike you. " , for once, I adored the look of fear in someones eyes. Who wouldn't ?

" You'll regret that, Idiot ! " , oh, I doubt that.

" Sorry, bud, I can't feel regret. " , and wit those words, I stabbed him with a sharpened bone, trying to not cause a mess.

" W-what is happening ? Who's there ? " , right, the kid was still here. But why wasn't she aware of all the blood ? That was when I noticed her eyessockets, they carried no eyelights within them. Was she blind ?

" Can't you see ? " , I asked her, even if it was actually obvious.

" N-no...I'm blind...What happened ? " , that would make things easier.

" Oh, the human left, after some...convincing. What's your name, anyways ? "

" It's Ityasaari...I know, it's weird..."

" Hey, that's not true, my name is Nightm-Nightterror. " , she started to smile, apparently, she hadn't heard anything nice lately. Wait a moment...

I did that. I made her smile. She was happy because of me.

This strange coincidence made me smile, too, who would have thought that the embodyment of negative emotions could make someone smile ?

But something seemed to be wrong, her smile had faded, and she was clutching her leg.

" Do you think that you'll be able to walk with such an injury ? Nevermind, you won't try. Where do you live ? I'll have to bring you there by myself..."

" As if I would tell you ! You're a random stranger ! " , even if she wasn't wrong, how did she want to get there by herself ?

" I mean, you could try to walk there with a broken leg, and I'd be able to follow you, anyway. "

" Oh..."