"Miss Alice?" said a voice. Alice looked up. "Oh, thank God it's really you." The servant huffed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong?" Alice asked.

"Lord Nightmare wishes to see you." He said as the faceless man grabbed her wrist and dragged her in the direction of the tower.

"What if I don't want to see Lord Gottschalk?" she asked, attempting to pull her arm out of his grip.

"He ordered all the servants to find you. It is an order that must be done, even if I have to knock you out to get you there. But if I did that Lord Nightmare would surely want to kill me….." he mumbled. "Please come with me willingly! I don't want to die by his hand!" he cried.

"Die by his hand? I have never seen him kill before." She gulped.

"Yes. It's rare to see him mad enough but it's a torturous process of meddling in the mind until the body can't take the pain anymore. It only takes a few seconds to be rolling on the floor in pain."

'Is Nightmare someone I should actually be afraid of…?' she asked herself. She was practically dragged all the way back to the tower.

"Lord Nightmare!" Yelled the servant as he opened the door. Nightmare was sitting on his bed doing paperwork.

"What?!" he snarled as he looked up. "Alice?" he asked, standing up. He floated toward her. She could almost feel the anger within him. "Leave us." He ordered the servant. He was happy to oblige and closed the door behind him. Nightmare then proceeded to lock the door and put the key in his pocket. Alice's mind raced and every little thought made Nightmare wince. She was scared.

"D*** It! Why the f*** would I want to kill you?! That's ridiculous!" he yelled, making the situation worse. Alice began to cry. He turned back to pacing to get rid of some of the anger, to calm down so he could talk to Alice without yelling. A few brief moments later he asked "Do you have any idea how worried you made me?" She shook her head no in response. "Why didn't you tell me you were leaving? On anybody for that matter?" The anger that he felt could still be heard ever so slightly in his words.

"I didn't want to bother anybody who was working." She mumbled wiping the tears from her eyes.

"It is better if you don't lie to me Alice." he said.

"Fine. I wanted to avoid you because things would be awkward. I used that opportunity to go visit the mansion and castle. They made me stay the night so I couldn't get back. I'm sorry, ok?"

"You had me so worried… what if you were killed? Lost? What if you left me forever…?" He began to cry.

"Then why didn't you enter my dreams to know that I was fine?"

"Because I couldn't sleep. Every moment I didn't have you was a moment I couldn't close my eye. When I close it I see me from the other morning and that side of me scares even myself. It wasn't me…. I am an incubus and what you witnessed was my true nature. I didn't want to hurt you, Alice. So I pulled away. I was scared…." Alice suddenly wrapped her arms around him.

"It's ok…. I'm here now…. It's ok…." She whispered, trying to calm him down. She gently rubbed his back. He hugged her back and didn't let go for the longest time. "You need to sleep…." She whispered.

"Not unless you are here with me…." He whimpered.

"I will be here. But you need to get changed." She said as she lifted the key from his pocket. "I will go tell everybody that you are fine and getting ready for bed so they don't worry about you. You just get changed and get to bed. I will be back soon." She turned and left the room. She wasn't lying about coming right back, he knew this. He reluctantly went to go change into his PJs. When he got out of the bathroom Alice was already laying in the bed, wearing her nightdress.

"Ya know…." Nightmare said as he climbed into bed. "Gray should have bought you a sexier one. That one is so plain."

"Well I didn't want to use up his money on something like that." She mumbled.

"Actually, it was my money. He carries my wallet. He thinks I'm too irresponsible to go out shopping." He snuggled up against her body. "You're so beautiful, Alice." He whispered.

"Shut up and get to sleep." She groaned. He chuckled at her before entering the dream world. He decided he didn't want to stand around by himself because he knew Alice wasn't tired so he changed to a dreamless sleep so he could wake up 'faster'.

Taking a break here. Might not even continue this because I'm out of ideas. My mind is... elsewhere.