Stephen's heart was bouncing too much for his liking. The being in front of them was terrifying to behold and he suddenly got reminded of Mr. Hyde. Well he was scarier than that.

When Nightmare spoke the entire world shook.

"Interesting."

He dismounted from his horse and walked about, leaving a fiery trail.

"You are the first 3 to break free of my spell. Extraordinary." His voice was brisk but it carried an underlying madness and cruelty to it which made their skin crawl.

As he walked the things they were the most frightened of,glimmered in his robes. Stephen forced himself not to look at them and stared straight at him. "What do you want?"

Nightmare looked amused. "What every other being wants,to conquer this planet. It's just that my methods are different." He floated upwards and waved his hands about. "This is the Nightmare Realm,the every place where I live. Where my command reigns supreme. Don't think for a second that you are spared." His voice crackled and thundered above them.

I hope that that sorceror and his friends would wrap this up fast. Scarlet Witch is too powerful for my liking.

Stephen and Sherlock looked at each other as Ophelia walked forward. "What will you get by doing all this? You have nothing to gain."

Nightmare started laughing,"Don't for a second think that I shall construe my engagements to thee."

"Stop quoting Caesar, will you,"Sherlock was the only person who would make this comment in such an occasion.

Nightmare started laughing. "That's a beautiful play,I must say so. A friend betrayed by one whom he trusted." Stephen felt dread take over as Nightmare continued while the others stood paralyzed in their respective positions.

He forced himself to speak.

"You are not conquering Earth under my watch." As he said this, glowing Shields appeared around his hands.

Nightmare's eyes widened in mock fear.

"Awww... I am so scared." He then grinned a diabolical grin and the Shields around Stephen's hands disintegrated. He looked at them in shock and dismay.

"I deduce that you are an idiot who loves to torture people for the fun of it." You have got to appreciate Sherlock,but he sounded like a psycho there.

"Astute deduction,Mr. Holmes." Nightmare clapped.

Ophelia threw a dagger at him. That had been unexpected and it managed to injure him before it disintegrated.

He turned towards her,"You have heart."

If Strange hadn't told me but seriously? Never knew that he was a copycat.

Ophelia shivered in the sudden cold. She forced herself to keep her focus on the actual sight before them.

Nightmare glided over to her as she forced herself to look directly into his eyes, which mocked her and tried not to flinch.

"A girl from the Elizabethan era,so brave,so courageous but,"he swooped up,his voice vibrating throughout the place,"What would happen when you realise the truth?"

"Which is?" Ophelia asked, despite herself.

Nightmare grinned sadistically, revealing two rows of pointed teeth.

"Love is an illusion. The person who you love the most will be the reason...."

"Enough!" Nightmare turned to face a completely pissed off Dr. Strange.

"Excuse me?" He glided over to him,sparing Ophelia,who looked shocked.

"I said enough is enough,"he snapped.

"Pity,you couldn't say that to Thanos." Nightmare definitely catalogued everyone's life history. Stephen merely glared at him.

"Then perhaps...," He was cut off by Sherlock who said," Mr. Mentally affected being, don't you have better things to do other than, annoying people.

Nightmare floated right towards his horse and said,"That is my job, fortunately."

Red ropes sprang up and bound them. He raised a finger and they all floated upwards. Sherlock tried to break free but only managed to do a somersault in mid-air.

As I kept the barrier up,a teen in red and blue clothing swung up the window which had been destroyed sometime during the assault. Not another. As if I did not have a job on my hands already. He looked at me and I realised that he hadn't been possessed. Then I realised that he had seen me. My cover was blown. He looked shocked,"But the Doc had said...." I leapt down beside him,before making sure that the barrier was still up.

"Look,"I said,"I will tell you the story someday but now the world is in danger. From a dream diety."

He did quite a good imitation of a goldfish for a few moments before he swallowed. I mentally groaned.

"Look you can trust me..." I began but he interrupted me.

"I know that. My spider sense has never failed me till now. But what are you talking about? Is that dream diety the reason for everyone behaving like zombies?"

Truth be told,I was 99% sure that Nightmare was working in conjunction with Dormammu.

I explained the situation the best I could, though I have no idea why I did so. But this Spider-teen looked harmless and trustworthy.

He said,",So this Door-mom-who..."

"Dormammu,"I corrected.

He waved his hands impatiently,"Whatever,we won't defeat him by the correct pronounciation of his name. Whatever are we gonna do?"

I told him about the "Dormammu,I have come to bargain" method.

"That's it then,"he said triumphantly. Then his brow creased,"But we don't have the time stone."

I licked my lips. "I might be able to help with that,"I said slowly as if revealing a secret, which was what it was.

Stephen struggled against the ropes. Then he remembered something. He looked to see that Nightmare had gone pretty ahead of them.

"Stop struggling,"he said to the other two.

"And then what,light a fire?" Sherlock snapped. Well you have to admire the other two's courage.

Ophelia looked confused because she obviously hadn't read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

"No,look. Let's just imagine that we are free of this ropes,"he tried to explain,"Like we broke free of our nightmares." He closed his own eyes and tried to imagine that, trying his best to ignore the ropes cutting into his skin. After a while he felt the ropes loosen and finally vanish as his feet hit the floor.

He opened his eyes to see the other two. Ophelia's one had almost vanished but Sherlock's one seemed unchanged. For once in his lifetime,he did not have to experiment. Finally he decided that it was safe enough to trust Stephen and his rope vanished along with Ophelia's as their feet hit the floor.

Nightmare sighed as he turned to face them.

"Why must you all be so difficult?" He said annoyed.

I haven't vanished. Just preoccupied. With my finals. Which will begin tomorrow. Anyways here is the new chapter.