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// Nightmares... (Halloween 2013 Bonus Chapter) 
// Story: Unlikely Heroes 
// by Raptor 
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[[If you're going to listen to the audio version of this, I suggest you wear headphones.(Coming soon...)]]

Oh, hello~o, who is this...?

I don't believe we've met...

Most wouldn't like to,

But there's no need to fret.

See, I am but a dream!

An image in your head...

I cannot hurt you,

But you'll be wishing you were dead!


Mm-hnhnhnhnhnhnhnhnnnnn~...

...

You think you're safe.
Don't you...?
...
Sitting there, hearing me...
Thinking... what...?
That there's no way I can haunt you...?
Nhnhnhnhn~...

How cute.

You see, I am everywhere.

I'm even close to you.

I'm not just a character...

I'm in your world, too.


That's right everyone~!
I'm real, just like you.
I'm not a work of fiction.
I'm everywhere.



...I'm also right behind you.
Neheeheeheehee~...!



...And right beside you~!



Over here~!

...

...BOO.
Neigheehehehehehehe!

...

...You don't believe me?
Hmph. I can't blame you.
But I assure you, I am VERY real.
Look around you.
Do you see a shadow...?
Somewhere you can't see...?
...That's where I am.
Hmhmhm.


Why do creatures fear the dark?

They don't like the unknown.

They just can't shake the feeling

That they're not alone!
Nhnhnhnhnhnhnhnhn...

I am everywhere.
I am nowhere.
I'm not in the shadow I'm in.
You don't know~!
I could be there, I may not be.

You humans...

You always have the need to know.
That's why you fear the dark.
Because you don't know what's in it...

Who am I...?

I'm the bump in the night

I'm the monster beneath the bed

I'm the rustling of the brush

I'm the nightmare in your head!


I'm the loved one on the table

I'm the stranger at your door

I'm the twister raging toward you

I'm the bloodstain on the floor!


You want to know who I am...?

The answer's quite obvious, really.
I'm surprised you haven't figured it out yet.

...Or have you...?

I can save lives.
I can spark a war.
I can teach a lesson.
I can make chaos.

Or... I could haunt you for eternity.

Which of these do you think is the most fun for me...?

Hmhmhmhmhmhmhhmm...

I'm a wildcard.
A Joker.
A Jester.

But that's not what I truly am...

I am FEAR.

And it's true, you know...
The only thing you have to fear...
Is me.

Nhnhnhnhnhnhnhnhnn...

No one is safe from me.
No one can survive without me.
Fearlessness does not exist.
If one were to fear nothing, how would they know when to run...?

Hmhmhmhm...

Run...

Hnhnhn, yes, most people do.

If you meet me, I suggest you do, too.

And I can tell you this...
Those masks you wear on "All Hallow's Eve"?
...Won't hide you from me.

I might visit you tonight.
Or I might not.
...Maybe I already have.
You don't know~!

...And that scares you.

Oh, but this is only a work of fiction. There's no way I'm actually real...
...Right...?

Nehehehehehehehhnhnhnhnhnnn...


...Sweet dreams...