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...I've noticed I had forgotten to put Tim in the last chapter... There's more of him in this chapter to make up for it :D

Also, this chapter is based off the song 'Goodnight Demonslayer' by Voltaire :3 While I wanted to make an amv for it, I never got to download the song, nor am I good at animation, so a story instead! :D Please, go listen to the song, it's good, in my opinion XD

Cross and Allen had moved again. This new town was odd, and many of the townsfolk had, jokingly, told young, little, gullible Allen the rumors of monsters that were extremely ugly, disgusting, and abhorring, which ate young children such as he, or stole them into the night to feed them to a newly hatched brood of monsters, or simply had the intent of scaring unsuspecting children. Allen was extremely worried by the end of their first day in this new town...And Cross couldn't decide how he felt about it. While he would be the person to comfort Allen about his fears, he would also be the one to be annoyed by it...

Bedtime came for Allen, and he was not happy about it. He refused to go into his room by himself, even just to turn on the lights. Cross had repeatedly, and patiently, at that, told Allen there were no monsters in his closet, under his new bed, waiting outside the window, or anywhere in the four room apartment they would be in for a few months. But Allen was not convinced; there was a monster somewhere, and he was not being eaten or scared tonight or any other night!

Cross picked up his Idiot, turned on the lights, and sat him on the bed. Allen quickly pulled his legs up onto the bed, hoping the monster under the bed hadn't decide it's meal yet... Timcanpy flew into the room and settled next to Allen, diving soon after under the covers, coaxing Allen to do the same, but to no avail.

'Oh, Tim... Are you going to sleep with Allen tonight?' Watching the golem wiggle deeper under the covers, Cross took the answer to his question to be a yes. He scratched the golem behind a wing with his right hand, and grabbed Allen back up with his left hand; he lifted the covers back and placed Allen down again beside Tim, covering them before Allen could squirm away.

Once again, Cross reassured Allen there was nothing to be afraid of, and once again Allen wouldn't take it. Allen reiterated the tales of the monsters residing in the closet, so Cross decided to take action; he walked to the closet and swung the door open, to which Allen flinched, but opened one eye to see nothing in the closet, as his Master had said. Somewhat reassured, Allen asked his Master to check under the bed, and in many other possible hiding spots. After the hiding places in the room had been checked, Allen asked Cross to check outside the window.

To Allen's surprise, his Master picked him up out of the bedsheets again, and placed him on his shoulders... Well, this is odd for Master, Allen thought. The piggybacked pair walked to the window, and to Allen's horror, one of his worst nightmares was flying in that ominous manner, The Millennium Earl. As Allen tightened his grip on his Master, said person turned his head to look up at his apprentice.

'I don't see anything, do you?'

Allen whimpered.

Cross sighed. 'Allen...There's a lot more to you than you think. Your arm... It can be used to destroy whatever you see right now. Whatever monster comes your way, an akuma... even the Earl, if you're careful...'

Allen looked up from having his face snuggled into the back of his Master's head, and saw the night sky, clear, dark blue, twinkling with stars, nothing out of the ordinary.

Allen yawned, and Cross once again put him to bed, going to the door when Allen began snoring.

'Goodnight, my little Idiot Apprentice.'

Short chapter, as always; sorry that updates aren't consistent. Schedules for after-school stuff will be in my way until after November... More like, until football season ends for high schools... Should write more after November, doubt homework will get in the way :3

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