"Wow.." "It has been so long since I have been in this place." "I can barely remember where the rooms leads too."

A certain purple being stated to himself as he continued to walk through the hallways of the old and (he assumed) abandoned castle of the fallen king. He remembered walking aimlessly through the hallways when he was younger, usually at night so he isn't bothered.

It was sort of a coping mechanism for him. He loved any available time he had by himself to think back on the dreams he and his comrades ruined. All the souls damaged with his and their tampering...Damage that may heal (if they even do heal) very slowly.

He knew that if any of the nightmaren caught him feeling sympathy to one of their metaphorical food sources, that would be enough to get him killed and "reborn" with a "better" personality. After hearing such a punishment from Reala, that was the very first time NiGHTS began to question if their father was really worth in being called with such a title.

A father is someone that cares and loves all their children. Wizeman saw nothing wrong in getting rid of any of his "children" just because they weren't perfect enough...

The nightmaren shook his head with a loud groan. He knew that Wizeman is dead, but old habits are so hard to fight. After all, he thought of everything as he ventured through the hallways with no disire of a set destination. He would think about his "father". He would think of his comrades..even those he had to kill before he was able to really get to know them. He would think of the dreamers that he did help on his way to end Wizeman's terror.

All of those thoughts he understood his brain's reasoning to have him dwell about even to today. However, there was one thought he could never shake out of his head and he never understood why; the thoughts about Reala.

The red and black nightmaren who rivaled NiGHTS in almost anything that existed. The brash and arrogant sociopath that has used him as a pawn for so many of his plans. The one nightmaren that, no matter how much NiGHTS tries, he is unable to stop thinking about. NiGHTS never understood why. Was it because he had a slight admiration of Reala's cunning? Was it because NiGHTS loved the thrill of the chase when the difficulty of "the game" is set on the highest difficulty? Or could it be that, deep down, NiGHTS is (even if slightly) infatuated with Reala?

NiGHTS doubts the latter question, disclosing it a his hormones talking. NiGHTS never thought of the reason why Reala was usually on his mind, and really doesn't care. It has always been this weird quirk in his mind. He has had this "quirk" for as long as he can remember. At this point, it is normal for him to dwell on his foil when he is alone.

NiGHTS couldn't stop thinking of Reala after their "last" standoff:
Reala may have been a feared strategist, but he was still a hot head. All that it took to get him off of the deep end was for NiGHTS to call him a puppet to Wizeman. NiGHTS would of thought that "coward" would of set him off, but it was that one particular offense that drove Reala to Beserker mode. Everything became a huge blur as NiGHTS's adrenaline kicked in. When he came back to his senses, Reala was gone. He wasn't given enough time to lament about what he done as NiGHTS assumed Wizeman would come after him and the children again if NiGHTS hesitated for just a simple moment.

One thing led to another, all which included NiGHTS mentally preparing himself for his inevitable death...until he finds out he doesn't die. He will admit, his energy felt like it was sapped away from him when Wizeman was defeated, but it frankly wasn't enough to kill him. All that happened to NiGHTS when the children vanished was that he fainted from the huge drain of energy, but then was revived by a newer, lighter energy.

The only theories NiGHTS had in the matter was Wizeman just lied to keep the nightmaren in line. If Wizeman died, they all died. This kept the rebels in Nightmare on a leash considering killing Wizeman would be more than a liability for the whole species as a whole.

No one ever wants to be a liability. This was true in both Nightmare and the waking world.

Then again, NiGHTS did remember one thing Wizeman said before he died:
"Heed my words, as long as darkness exists in the hearts of the humans, then I... and the nightmares... shall never be destroyed..."

With that logic, it wouldn't of been that farfetched for him to live on since good exist in the hearts of humans as well right? NiGHTS knows that, due to his past, he is FAR from the most good of creatures, but he assumed he was close if he is still alive right now.

"Ooph!"
The nightmaren groaned out as he ran into the door of a random room. He thinks random because he can't remember where the specific nightmaren stayed. Hell. He can't even remember his old room and Wizeman had him and Reala call dibs on what room they wanted since they were the most powerful nightmaren at the time.

Seeing as there would be no way he would be able to know whose room it is without looking and he doubts anyone else in resigning in the castle, he walks in.