Nightmare ran, dropping his illusion. He went to the forest,  until he ran to a hidden clearing. Tears were falling down his face. "They know, they're gonna hate me, I lost everything!," he shouted in frustration, and summoned shadows to form a blade, and he started to cut down trees out of frustration. After Tree Number 5, he became tired.

" What do I do? I can't just confront them, they would make fun of me and hate me and, oh fuck, what would Cross think? He wouldn't want to be near me because I lied to him, I... I have to hide, I can disguise myself, wait no, they already know I can shapeshift....," he fretted.He was upset and started to scream. He cursed. he cried. Eventually, he sat down in defeat, and sobbed quietly.

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"...wait, what?," Ink said, and all of the monsters in the current vicinity just looked at Ink. "Um, Ink? How many vials did you drink  today?," asked Blue. "...Two?"

Dream was conflicted. His brother was back, but he felt betrayal ooze from his twin. He felt like he said something he wasn't supposed to.

Cross, who had a single tear on his face, was grinning. And then frowning. And then showing an amalgam of the two.  Nightmare and Nix were the same person! But, he felt a bit hurt. But he needed to go after him! But he had hostages...

Dust was smirking, no, close to laughing. The leader of their organization... was a tiny runt! His hood cast a shadow over him, and Killer looked at him oddly. " Are you choking, fam?," he asked Dust. Dust wheezed even more.

Error sighed. "1'll t4k3 ca_r-e of th3 Da^^n h0st3ges. I w4nt t0 g0 bac|k to _Wat_ching Und3rN0vela...," he grumbled, and dragged the Star Sanses to the dungeon....

Only to find cut string and a portal just close. Error was shocked. He looked at Horror, who was holding his axe and a bag that had a fast food restaurant logo on it, and was eating chicken strips.

"H0rRor?"

"Ye"

"Y0U...let T-h-he H0stag3s go..."

"Ye"

"F0r...[hic|k3n str1ps?"

"...Ye"

Killer, Cross, and Dust just looked at the glitch and cannibal. "Wait, fuck, you did FUCKING WHAT?!," Dust yelled.

"I was hungry and they gave me chicken strips ^-^" Horror said, about to eat another one. Dust went over and knocked it out of his hand, and screamed.

"FUCK YO CHICKEN STRIPS!"

Horror internally cried, and no one noticed Cross running after Nightmare.

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A/N: Hey guys, I'm planning on adding more chapters so that this fanfiction is a slower burn, and so I could build up a proper foundation for the ending. Ciao!