"Murderer... That's what you are. You killed us and now think you can live happily ever after?" This feeling... another nightmare with no Eric to soothe me while I sleep."How many did you kill? How many did you murder?!" I can see their twisted faces and mangled bodies. People I shattered with my ice. People who got 'freezer burned.' People who suffocated in a frozen embrace. "You'll do it again. You know you will. You'll hurt them and prove to the world what it really means to be a MONSTER!" As the laughter commences, I can see myself covered in blood, surrounded by dust and blood and with a revolver in my hand. My dream self puts it to the underside of her jaw and...
"AHH!" I shoot up in the bed I am resting in and slowly curl up, hugging my knees to my chest as I cry silently, struggling to breathe. 'Ground yourself. You're alone in a room. Breathe, 1 2 3.' None of the exercises are working. Why aren't they working?! Everything is so black. I can't see, even with my night vision. 'Please, I need light! Why isn't there a-' My crying and hyperventilating stops suddenly as I feel arms around me and light slowly fills my vision as if opening my eyes in slow motion. I could see the room again. "My hands... they're not covered in..." I mutter the words, not realising who was holding me right now. "I'm not..."
"It's OK. I got you." Such a soft and soothing voice. I try to look up at whoever is holding me, but I can't focus. I can't make out any details. "Wherever you thought you were, whatever you thought you did... you're not, and you didn't." My heart has returned to it's pace and I can breathe again. "That's it. You're not a murderer. You're not a MONSTER and you never will be." Those words... No, this isn't the room.
"Who are you?!" I push away from this stranger and now I see it. This isnt the bedroom I fell asleep in, this is my room in Eric's place. "You're not someone I know." I hold out my hand, beginning to channel my soul as the person gets off the floor.
"I dont recommend that. After all, you may tear up the bedroom." I stop and grit my teeth as I watch this person then I see their eyes. They're like... "Yours." Can they hear my thoughts? I dont understand. "Of course I can. I always can. You dont need to speak, just think. I will respond." I know who they are now that I see their eyes. Chiara, the last bearer of the Light Soul from the Human/Monster war. "That's right. I wish I could have spoken to you sooner but that Justice Soul kept getting involved before I could. I'm proud of you for doing what I couldn't... what I can't. You're helping them and you're strong enough to defend them. LV 428! The health and strength, it's more than me. I only made it to LV 52. almost 400 LV's lower than you!" I dont want to kill anymore, I'm tired of killing... "You don't have to kill. You don't have to use your Soul Weapon anymore either. You just have to fight, that's it!" Chiara is now laughing triumphantly but something isn't right. They hate humans so much, why change? "Oh, I haven't changed. I despise humans but I never said I want them dead, I vowed to show them who their true enemy is themselves and you can do just that! You just have to fight." What if we're forced to FIGHT? "If it comes to that, I believe you can do it. Now then, it's time to wake up. With the Monster energy flowing around us, as you absorb the surrounding energy, we'll be able to talk more and more." I have more questio-
I am reaching out towards the ceiling as my eyes open and I am breathing heavily. "A nightmare within a dream..." I slowly sit up and rub my eyes. "I got a lot to do." I get out the bed and pad towards the bedroom door before grabbing the little bag with my Lucky Shades. "I will never be a MONSTER no matter what." I take a deep breath and open the bedroom door to be greeted by Frisk, stood in front of me in a nightgown. No thinking, just ask. "Frisk, I would like to be your personal guard and I promise to do my best!" Frisk is taken aback and I hold my breath as I await their answer... when they hold me, nodding.
"Sure, I would love to have you as my bodyguard just please try to FIGHT as little as possible." I smile softly down at Frisk and nod eagerly as they give me their answer.