So I didn't really get any reviews last chapter so I guess nobody likes Gray so... Here is the Nightmare chapter.
"So what do you want to do tonight, Angel?" Nightmare's smooth voice cooed as she entered the dream realm.
"I-I don't know. What do you want to do?" She asked, smiling at the man who was floating before her.
"Well I-" He paused and looked in a direction. Anger filled his eye as Joker walked out of the darkness. "Joker!" He roared. "What are you doing in my realm?" He asked through his teeth.
"Oh. I am just here to ask if this pretty little lady would like to come to the circus some time." He glanced at Angel who smiled widely.
"The circus?" she asked. Joker nodded and smiled widely.
"She is sleeping right now. How about you ask her later when she isn't asleep?" Nightmare growled in anger. "Or else we might have a repeat of the last time you came into my realm." Joker slightly grimaced at the memory of it and turned to leave.
"Angel. You are invited to come any time you want." He said before entering the darkness. "I await your arrival." His voice echoed through the dream for several moments. Nightmare sighed, relieved that Angel wasn't taken from him. This was his only time with the girl, for when he was awake Gray was after him to do his work.
"So Angel. Is there anything you want to do?" He asked.
"I want to go to the circus!" She laughed. Nightmare grimaced.
"That place can be very dangerous…" then he paused. "But…. I can take you to the circus in your dreams." He said, smiling. The world around them began to shift and change around them. Soon Nightmare was sitting snuggly beside Angel who was also sitting next to Julius. She looked confused at Nightmare.
"Why are they here?" She asked. Gray was also sitting on the other side of Nightmare.
"Well… This is a memory of when I went to the circus with your mother." He smiled slightly. That was one of the only times he got to spend time with Alice outside one of her dreams. He sighed, but this day was also the reason she started to pull away from the clock tower and head toward the mafia. In the middle of the circus performance Julius started arguing with Gray, just like before. Angel frowned and looked at Nightmare. "This happened last time." He muttered. "And after this your mother didn't want to go to the circus with us anymore…." His voice trailed off. No, she stopped going with them. She started going with the hatter family and eventually she moved out of the clock tower to be with the hatters. Nightmare felt the sadness overtake him again. Angel began to whimper as the circus around them turned gray and began to melt. Nightmare snapped out of his stupor and hugged the girl. "I'm sorry…." He muttered. "Just… your mother leaving us made me very sad and…."
"I will never leave you Nightmare." She threw him a small smile as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"I…. I think it is time for you to wake up now…." He muttered.
"Awww…. But why?" She asked. "I want to stay here with Nightmare."
"I wish you could stay here too but… It is time to wake up." He smiled slightly.
"Okay…." She sighed as the world around her began to turn black.
~x~x~x~
"Nightmare~" Angel chimed from behind the man. He was sitting behind his desk that was stacked with papers that he had to get done.
"What do you want, Angel?" He grumbled while signing yet another paper before moving on to the next.
"Can't you read minds?" she asked, curious.
"I can but right now I am too tired to even attempt to read your childish mind."
"Me? Childish? Mommy always said you were the childish one! Said you refused to go to the doctor and take your medicine. I am old enough to go and brave enough to even get a shot." Nightmare's mouth hung open. He had nothing to snap back at her because it was all probably true and he was afraid to get shots. He closed his mouth as he signed the next paper. The two stayed in silence for a brief period. "Can I go to the circus?" She asked, breaking the silence.
"No." Nightmare said, looking over the next paper in the stack.
"Why not?" She asked. Nightmare dropped his pen and turned to the girl.
"Because I said." He replied, crossing his arms.
"But I want to go."
"And I said no."
"I don't have to listen to you!" She yelled.
"Yes you do." He said, calmly.
"No I don't! I am a big girl! I can do whatever I want!" she fumed before turning to the door. Nightmare caught her hand before she could touch the doorknob.
"Don't walk away from me. You are to stay in this room." Nightmare said, bluntly.
"But…."
"No buts. Go sit." He ordered.
"But it's so boring in here." She whined.
"When I am done we can do something fun."
"But that will take forever…." She mumbled.
"Just come back and sit down, please?" he asked. She sighed reluctantly and looked around the room. There were no chairs to sit in other than Nightmare's but he needed that one. She crossed her arms. He smiled sweetly. "How about you sit on my lap?" he asked.
"Uhh…. O-okay…." She mumbled. He went and sat down in his chair and pulled the girl up into his lap. He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer, digging his face into her golden locks. His other arm was free to work on the papers in which he needed to finish.
~x~x~x~
Gray entered his boss's room to check up on the incubus. He had hoped his boss would have gotten at least some of the papers done before running away and complaining that he was trying to kill him with paperwork. The man however found a completely different story. The stack of finished papers was considerably larger than he had anticipated.
"Lord Nightmare?" He asked. The only response he got was a shushing sound. He stepped closer to find Nightmare sitting at his desk with one arm around a sleeping Angel and the other diligently working on his paperwork. His mouth fell open, unable to understand the scene before him.
"How about you stop gawking and start removing these finished papers from my desk." Nightmare said, quietly. Gray snapped out of his state of stupor and looked at the large stack of completed papers. For once this would take two trips to deliver. He smiled widely before taking the first half of the pile away.
Did you guys atleast like this chapter then? if you didnt like Gray do you like Nightmare? or should i give up on chapters like these?
