Chapter 12

Y/N's POV

"Hey, (first initial), how are you feeling?" K.C. asks me right when I wake up.

I yawn before standing up and heading out of my room. "I'm fine." 'I'm fine' is a lie that can be easily spotted; I don't like to cause attention to myself just because I'm upset or stressed out so I usually just lie and move on, trying to end the subject or problem completely. Sometimes I think that if I continue to tell myself I'm fine I will be.

So far, it hasn't worked.

I head up to the first floor of the shack with my friend close behind. I enter the gift shop and start to head into the living room only for Katelyn to hold me back. I turn towards my brunette freckled friend and give a small smile, "Really, I'm fine. There's nothing wrong." She frowns and lets go of me. "I'm sorry." she begins.

I tilt my head to the side in confusion but before I can ask, she continues, "I'm sorry, Y/n, that I can't help you. I don't know what you've been through or what you saw. I don't know what you had to go through two years ago but...I want to help now. Your parents weren't there for you then but we are here now; the Pines, Locke, Cipher, and I are all here and we're going to work together to help you."

My forced smile actually turns into a genuine smile. I quickly pull her into a tight hug and squeeze her as tight as I can. Telling myself 'I'm fine' forces me to hold back the feelings I really feel and go into a state where I show no feelings or emotions at all. Once someone chips a piece of that wall, the entire thing comes down resulting in a massacre of emotions.

Truth is, I'm terrified. I'm scared of who is after me, who has the ability and power to do this to me. It's not fair, I never asked for any of this. It all started with Kaden and now someone is haunting me with the memories of him.

I'm human...and I'm scared.

"Just tell me we'll end this soon. Tell me we'll find the demon doing this to me." I begged as I clutched onto her, remembering how Kaden's hand punctured through my chest ripping my heart out in the process.

I felt her nod her head slightly against my shoulder, "I promise, we'll find them soon."

We release as the both of us enter the living room to find everyone already in there. Bill must've wanted to discuss this first thing the moment someone woke up.

Dipper turned his head and saw me, he stood up and walked over to me in a nervous manner. "Y/n, are you okay? What were you given in the nightmare?"

I sighed, scratching the back of my neck, "I'm fi-...I'm okay, Dip, there's no need to worry. It was just some dumb nightmare."

"No, I do have to worry. You can't receive nightmares or dreams but someone decided to force a nightmare upon you. You're literally shaking right now as we speak."

My eyes widened as I lifted my hand to find it indeed shaking uncontrollably. I quickly grab it with my other hand and force both of them down. "I-It's nothing, really. I'm just-"

"Stop this, Y/n." Dipper shouted as everyone turned to face us, Bill already starting to stand up. "Stop avoiding that you aren't afraid, that you're in danger. Not everyone can play hero all the time, not everyone can be brave through every obstacle. I was there for you when you were afraid of Bill's wheel; what makes you think I'm just going to ignore this now?"

I lowered my head before taking a step forward and clinging onto his sweatshirt as I shook violently. I don't want to seem pathetic, I don't want to show my weakness but...I can't contain my fear anymore. Something is wrong, I'm in danger once again after I thought for once I could live a normal, peaceful life. No...I'm an idiot to consider the fact anything could be normal at this point.

I feel a hand on my shoulder as I turn to see Bill who is looking down at me with worry-filled eyes. I release Dipper to wrap my arms around his waist and lay my head on his chest.

"So, your nightmares have indeed return?" I hear Ford asks as he adjust his glasses.

"Y-Yes but their...different. I saw Kaden...it was like I was listening to a recording of everything he has already told me and I was just stuck on that replay. In the end...he killed me, causing me to wake up."

Stan growled, adjusting himself in the yellow chair, "Are we sure it isn't the keyhole deciding to mess with us again?"

Markus stood defensively as Mabel tried to hold him back, "I swear if one more of you accuse me of giving her nightmares- Do you really believe that a powerless demon, stripped from all demonic abilities and magic, can still enter the mind of an Insect and make them tremble in fear as they are trapped in a horrific nightmare?"

"It wouldn't be the first time you tricked us, Locke."

"You Insects truly are idiots then, you don't look into the details or consider any of your options. You go to what appears to be the 'obvious' solution and act off of that."

Before Stan or Markus could argue any further, Ford took ahold of his twin while the brunette girl sat the green demon back on the ground. My golden demon began to stroke my hair in a soothing motion as he leaned his back against the wall. I stood there looking at the group, fearing of what is to come from this new demon.

Am I risking all of their lives with every passing second? Last time, Ford was almost killed and my own cousin with the rest of the people from the wheel were placed in a lifelong imprisonment of being turned to stone. If it weren't for me being oh-so lucky to obtain Bill's power they would still be stone. I am fearing for the worst, who will risk their lives this time for me? Which one of them will not be returning with the others?

Bill gently kissed the top of my head while caressing my cheek. 'Your thoughts are scattered and loud, you need to relax. No one is in danger, okay? I'll make sure that they are all safe.'

Once the group is settled down, they turn towards us. What now? What can we possibly do now with no leads on who we should be tracking now?

"I believe we can cross out Markus this time seeing as he is right, he no longer possesses demonic abilities to harm
Y/n now in her dreams. What we are looking for is a dream demon, one who was either a loyal follower towards Psyche or is angered with me for things I have done to them in the past."

Katelyn grabs my hand as the group stares at one another in thought. I'm finally able to control my shaking as Bill continues to say soothing words to me through the mind. I am almost at a calm state when Banshee comes out of the shadows and appears in the middle of the room.

I slightly yelp as he turns towards me and quickly bows slightly, "My apologies, Ms. Star, I did not mean to frighten you. I was called here by Mr. Cipher for he said he wished to speak with me."

Bill nodded, letting go of me, and took a step forward towards the shadow demon. "My Star, your new master, received a nightmare containing your deceased master."

Banshee stood there for a while, just staring blankly at my golden demon, before speaking, "If you're implying that I gave Master Star the nightmare-"

"No, shadow demons aren't capable of going into one's dream. I'm just curious as to where your friend has been for the past two years."

"Like I said to Ms. Star the other day, I do not know where that buffoon is. No need to worry about Beasty, he has no intelligence to actually create a plan such as this. If he wanted revenge, Y/n would have been ripped to shreds two years ago."

Bill nodded in understandment as he began to circle the room in silence. He stays like this for a few minutes as we all remain quiet to not disturb his thought process. Soon I get tired of this, I walk up to him and grab his hand, squeezing it tightly. He looks up at me and gives me a sincere smile before turning to look at the rest of the group.

"Alright, here's how this is going to work, Banshee and I are going into town to locate all the dream demons. While we are out, Y/n will not be allowed to leave unless she is with me. Someone will be by her side at all times while she is in the Mystery Shack."

I stare at him in disbelief, is he saying I need a babysitter?

"If you want to put it that way then yes, you are being babysat." Bill said, reading my mind once again.

"I can take care of myself; I'm an adult not some kid!" I protested as I let go of his hand. He sighed as he looked down at me. I crossed my arms, no way am I agreeing to that plan. Everyone else is working to stop this demon and he's telling me that I have to stay home away from all the action. That isn't fair, I'm in this as much as he is if not more since they targeted me.

"Y/n, I'm just trying to keep you safe, I don't want to risk losing you." Bill explained but I didn't want to listen. It didn't seem like a good enough explanation to me why I have to be the one protected while everyone else is risking their life.

I could tell Bill was beginning to lose his patience with me. He lifted his hand up, snapping his fingers to make a golden bracelet with a triangle appear on my wrist. It was tight, it wasn't cutting off any circulation but I couldn't take it off. It was stuck on me.

"Now you can't leave this shack unless I am with you." he stated while a proud smirk formed on his lips. "Cipher!" I yelled but he ignored me, turning around to face Banshee.

"We'll be back later, keep an eye on my Star while I'm out." He snapped his fingers and the both of them disappeared in a cloud of gold. I groan, annoyed that my demon always has to make things go his way one way or another.

Great, now I'm a prisoner to the Mystery Shack.

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