Chapter five:
There laying asleep in the bed is a very young Near who has to about the age of maybe six years old.
The door to the room opens and in walks in a cloaked figure that moves straight towards the sleeping Near.
The figure stops when it standing by the corner at head of the bed not against the side wall and it seems to be staring down at him.
Some kind of music sounds and there is a woman's voice humming some kind of tune but it all sounds mystical yet dark.
"Hush child, the darkness will rise from the deep and carry you down into sleep, Child, the darkness will rise from the deep and carry you down into sleep." A woman's voice, that sounds like it's coming from the cloaked figure, sings.
In the background there seems to be kind of a chant of the word Loyalty with the every now and then Loyalty, only to me.
"Guileless son, I'll shape your belief, and you'll always know that your father's a thief, and you won't understand the cause of your grief, but you'll always follow the voices beneath." The figure that's now obviously a woman continues to sing bringing her arms slightly up as if summoning something.
There is a pause as the chanting goes on until the chant finishes the loyalty, only to me in which the woman begins singing again.
Near shifts as if his dreams are taking a turn to the dark.
"Guileless son, your spirit will hate her, the flower who married my brother the traitor, and you will expose his puppeteer behaviour, for you are the proof of how he betrayed her loyalty." The woman sings.
Some kind of darkness like wispy black smoke starts to form under Near's bed as Near's dreams seem to be getting into a much darker dream as seen by his slight whimpers, facial expression and slightly curling up but only slightly, as this continues.
The woman pauses again the same as last time.
Mello takes a step towards the figure but Luna puts a hand on his shoulder making him glance back.
Luna silently tells him that he can only watch as it is a flashback.
Mello turns back to what is happening as Luna releases him.
"Hush child, the darkness will rise from the deep and carry you down into sleep, child, the darkness will rise from the deep and carry you down into sleep." The woman continues to sing as the darkness under the bed begins to rise up the sides of the bed towards Near.
As the darkness begins to go over part of Near's torso the woman takes the pause like the two times before.
"Guileless son, each day you grow older, each moment I'm watching my vengeance unfold, for the child of my body, the flesh of my soul, will die in returning the birthright he stole." The woman sings then once again takes a break.
The darkness swarms underneath the bed heading towards the head of the bed and it starts to form some kind of creature of darkness that kind of resembles a human. It forms completely and the only facial feature it has is a pair of glowing red eyes. It looms over Near and the darkness left under the bed begins to spiral up Near's body. It moves down and enters into Near's body as the rest of the darkness spiraling up Near's body stops only to also go inside of Near's body.
"Hush child, the darkness will rise from the deep and carry you down into sleep, child, the darkness will rise from the deep and carry you down into sleep." The woman sings and about halfway through this last part of the song is when all the darkness has disappeared into Near's body in which he seems to be having a really bad nightmare now probably thanks to that darkness.
The music comes to it's end and the woman lowers her arms to her sides.
The woman takes a step back. "Now when the time is right the darkness will take over and be loyal to me and me alone. When this happens you will know what to do. Take down my brother and get the birthright from him that he stole forcibly from me." The woman says. "My son, ever since my traitor brother raped me making me pregnant your destiny was sealed into place. You will die returning the birthright that was taken from me when you were taken from me." The woman turns and leaves the room with that not bothering to really close the door.
Mello moves closer to Near looking down at him as he feels anger towards the woman. "Near…."
"So you see Mello." Luna says moving closer. "His true mother was raped by the brother she trusted with her life. When he found out she was pregnant he took Near and his birthright away in which he threatened her to get Near. When Near was born her brother took him and pretended to his wife that he found Near in which the birthright was legally given to them since the threat made Near's real mother lie that she abandoned Near. So while she was pregnant with Near she made the decision to use Near for revenge. To have Near hate the woman who turned a blind eye to the fact that Near was obviously a product of her husband and his sister. Then to get the birthright back for his real mother. She wanted Near to do this as well as kill her brother who took him away."
"Such a cruel past." Mello says as he watches Near's sleeping face and he reaches towards Near only to very gently like a butterfly's touch trail part of the back of his bent pointer finger along Near's cheek. He wishes that it would get rid of whatever nightmare Near is having here. "Will he still die?"
"Not in the way his real mother said he would." Luna responds. "You broke her spell on him so the darkness that forced him to do all this. The darkness gave him dark magic that is from Hell itself and it was meant to be used to force the birthright be given back and to destroy anyone in his way. The orphanage had to be killed off for him to truly leave to return to the one that forced the darkness upon him."
Mello brings his hand back to his side. "So the right time was now." He states.
"Yes." Luna nods.
Mello turns to Luna. "What happened to his parents?"
"His real mother's location is unknown. But the ones who raised him died in a car accident that seemed to be a miracle that Near survived but in reality he only survived because of the darkness inside of him." Luna responds.
"So why would it activate now?" Mello turns back to Near.
"Because the spell would make the darkness take over his body and the deaths of the meant to be targets were something not planned for." Luna tells him moving over to stand beside him. "It was set for a specific day that seemed to be the right time and it couldn't be changed."
Mello closes his eyes softly. "Well I think I'm going to protect Near now." He says. "I saw how scared he was. Scared of himself and of everything that was going on." He opens his eyes half way. "I don't want to see that face on him ever again."
Luna smiles. "That is good to hear. He will need you more than ever."
There is a flash of light making Mello close his eyes instinctively.
He opens his eyes and knows where he is. He is in Near's room in the orphanage. He is on his knees holding something and as he looks down he finds he is holding Near, mainly his upper body, in his arms cradling him gently.
Near seems to be still unconscious right now.
"I will protect you. I will do everything I can to keep that feeling of being scared from coming back." He whispers to himself as he stares at Near's face.
Near groans and he shifts closer to Mello.
This makes Mello smile.
"You're much more human than I ever thought." He admits mostly to himself. He is about to shift to carry Near to place him in the bed when the other shows signs of awakening. He waits watching and soon sees Near's stormy grey eyes blink open half way. "Good to see you're awake."
Near blinks his eyes open more and he looks up enough to meet Mello's gaze. "Mello?" He sits up and Mello moves to let him. He brings a hand to his head as if he has a headache.
"Maybe you should rest." Mello suggests.
Near turns to look to Mello as he lowers his hand from his head. "Did all that really happen?"
Mello nods his head. "Yes. It did. Near you."
Near puts a finger to Mello's lips hushing him. "I know. I saw it in my dream." He assures Mello. "But I must ask you for one last thing." He says removing his finger from Mello's lips.
"What is it?" Mello asks him.
"Please destroy me."
Mello's eyes widen at this. "Near."
"I can't control the darkness. Destroy me and it'll destroy it too." Near says not giving Mello a chance to protest. "Protect those that cannot protect themselves from-"
Mello silences him as he moves forward quickly sealing his lips over Near's own.
Near's eyes widen as he stares as Mello's closed eyes.
This happens for a few seconds then Mello pulls away.
He opens his eyes to half way to meet with Near's own. "You don't need to be scared Near. You're free from that nightmare. The darkness forced upon you was destroyed. You have no reason to fear it anymore."
Near blinks only to smile softly and he quickly hugs Mello who almost falls back in surprise. "Thank you Mello."
Mello smiles and hugs him back closing his eyes gently. "Anytime Near."
Neither notice Rodger in the doorway.
Rodger smiles softly and turns away leaving the two alone. "L will be happy that they are no longer rivals. Just like he wanted." He says to himself but he knows that he'll need to check on the orphans before reporting about this to L.
But he thinks he will wait till they start waking up first.
After all the sun is now seen in the distance rising into view.
Of course Mello and Near got together and Near wasn't blamed for the deaths that occurred since it wasn't actually him that did it.
The two ended up moving away from the orphanage as Mello felt it would help Near get over what happened since what he did was still haunting him.
The end.
AN:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
The song is Mordred's Lullaby.
If you got any references then I say good on you. You might be a fan of a nightmare on elm street or even My little pony FIM.
Anyways hope you enjoyed.
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