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In a dark castle of a forgotten realm, resides a fallen prince. He paced in his throne room, plotting, thinking, rethinking his next course of action as his some shadowy some frightened servants were outside of it since he kicked them out earlier when he returned.

His dark inky mass took the form of a skeleton wearing a black inky jacket with a blue hood, and black shorts. He could only see out of his right eye which was a blue ring for an iris, as his white-toothed grin could be seen shining even in the darkest of caverns. However, what made him more horrendous was the bluish black inky tendrils that stuck out of his back at will. The six tendrils could be small, or could grow massive depending on what he desires them to be.

Nightmare.

He started noticing something odd about a few Sans. It started with Error, when he noticed positive energy radiating from him and soon realized it wasn't from being near Dream, his brother. He felt another presence with him radiating the same way, so he went forth to see what was going on from a distance since positivity greatly bothered him, as he saw that Error was accompanied by a girl of two toned hair and a scarf that matched her unscarred eye. To see how close they were in this empty forest world surprised him since Error kept his distance from others often and always. Though he was about to approach them, he noticed that Error quickly disappeared from the girl's side as she petted a few fox cubs that were near her, as he sensed hostility towards him. Nightmare smirked as he looked up at Error who stood suspended on a single string looking down at him with crossed arms.

"Long time no see, Error. You were so happy a moment ago, what happened?" Nightmare asked, as Error's eyesockets narrowed towards him.

"Obviously I sensed a snake nearby so I couldn't help but check. And yeah, been a while. You look too happy for someone like you," Error said.

"Oh I was just wandering around. Wondering why I sensed some form of positivity where you were. And looky at what I found… So you got yourself a girlfriend and now your happy, huh?" Nightmare asked as one of his tendrils pointed towards Mirror.

"… That's none of your business. And haven't you gotten enough negativity off of me to shove off?" Error asked.

"Hehehehe. I'm just making sure your health isn't getting to ya that you suddenly got a girlfriend. I mean, doesn't that take such commitment and time and… contact?" Nightmare said with a sly tone.

"And?" Error asked coolly, as Nightmare narrowed his visible eye.

"… Are you telling me that doesn't bother you? What the hell did she cure your haphephobia too? I didn't realize you decided to date your therapist," Nightmare said.

"She's not my therapist, and yeah I don't mind holding her hand. She's my girl so of course I'd be less bothered by her. Now what do you want? If you came to just annoy me, you've done a good enough job," Error said.

"… You think I don't sense how nervous you are of me being here? There's an insecurity… Error how could you think that after the negativity you've given me that I'd want to take away or harm the little bit of positivity you have in your life," Nightmare said with a smirk, as Error grit his teeth.

"And you didn't come for that reason?" Error asked.

Nightmare looked towards Mirror as she was playing with the little fox cubs, as Error only glanced at her but kept his eyes on Nightmare's movements.

"I see a scar not on the outside from a former isolation. Surely you must have something to do with that… but I also see another scar of insecurity… interesting. It's hard for me to really sense anything unless I concentrate hard enough… as if her feelings aren't necessary here but projected? I'm curious…" Nightmare said as he took one step but stopped when a sharp bone pierced the ground near his foot.

Nightmare looked towards Error with a big grin as he saw that Error had a blaster glaring towards him.

"Listen buddy… I'm having a nice outing with my lady, and I don't need it to be ruined by fighting with you about someone who belongs solely to me, alright? I already had to deal with a stupid corrupted dragon that tried to eat everything here and I'm sure my lady will get upset if she sees you. She gets protective over this place," Error said.

"Ah, I see. So even seeing me may make her hostile… You said corrupted dragon, right?" Nightmare said as he looked at him and Error nodded.

"Called itself Maul," Error added.

"… Oh so one of those creatures decided to show itself. I've been curious of them, and their craft I can respect since they cause suffering, but tracking them is very difficult. I can only contribute that to their corrupted nature, so possibly they are able to mask their presence until they attack or… they aren't alive enough to have a true presence..." Nightmare said.

"… I'd have to keep my eyes open if that jerk decides to sneak around then," Error said.

"Basically. Tell you what, Error, give me more information about the one that appeared here and I'll leave you and her alone, alright?" Nightmare asked, and after a moment Error nodded.

He told Nightmare about the dragon that came with a voracious appetite and was part of a group of corrupted beings known as such or also called Ciara. He also told him about how their group has a hostilty to Curtains and vice versa.

"Hmm… Curtains and Corruptions huh…? Looks like I'll need to find a Curtain to see what more information I can get…" Nightmare said.

"Well don't bother mine," Error said.

"Right right. A deal's a deal. I'll just find one on my own. Don't worry, you're little Mirror is safe," Nightmare said, as Error waited for Nightmare to leave before heading back to Mirror's side and telling her about his talk with him.

Nightmare grew more curious since it seemed like the Corruptions were more united then he initially thought since they seemed to know each other well. Since he couldn't sense them he figured they couldn't find each other either, but there seems to be more to them that irritated him as to how he was out of the loop when they had similar goals. However, since Corruptions and Curtains are connected even in rage towards one another, his best bet would be to talk to a Curtain to find out more since finding Corruptions was hard, and they seemed hostile to everyone including the form he took of a Sans.

Then he realized that the positivity he sensed around Ink and even the parasite might be related to the Curtains as well. If he finds them, he may find a Curtain he can ask more information from. Of course it would disgust him since the warmth of those positive energies would be around, but he would have to grin and bear it to get more information.

He then went along to follow the last place he sensed Fresh disappear at and Ink venture off to.

'Let's see where these colorful weirdos are going to… it's weird how they seem to almost disappear when they go this way… Wait, what is even over here?' Nightmare thought, as he ended up in a field of pink grass.