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The petals of a deep garnet rose wither when the wind blows a playful breeze throughout the Unknown. It just so happens that the Lantern Barrer walked past it with a grim scowl. He held up the radiant lantern with his machete in hand. The soft breeze cracked into a torment one full of cold. As his midnight cape lifted up, the young teenager halts, crunching a couple of dead leaves under him. The snap of a twig makes his slightly turn his head to the sharp noise. There's a follower?

His pastel colored eyes trail back into the dark onyx woods behind him. The ruffle of crunched leaves signal that there was indeed a follower, but who could it be? A loud whistle rang coming from the trees. Unsettled, Wirt looks ahead this time he illuminates the entire area. "Come out!"he yells scanning the area.

"I̴͇̬̳͇t̤̮͕̣̀'̬̭͎̬͈͔̕ͅs̫̣̱̳̼͔͝ ͞b͓̜̱͇̭e̢͎͚é͎͎̝͓͉͍n̷̺̯ ̝̟̼̰̤̮t̖͔̯h̬r̳̤̰̘̼͝ee͏͕̼̳̘ ̷̻͉̦̪d̷̼̖͕̳͖ͅa̜̰̝͢ys̷̩̮̞̯̱ ̶̖̯͍̮s̢i̖̹n̟͝c̝̬͔̠̻̳͍ę̰͈̹ ͇́ͅy̙̟͙͙̖o̙̪̤̫̗ͅͅu̮̣̼ ̜̻̰̪͙͖̹ẁ̥̰̰e͔̳̙͉ͅr̺̤͍̺e̬͓̬͢ͅ ̳͕͈̖̳̫̥g̮̥͕͎̥on̤̭͍ḛ̬̩̱,͟ ̛̭͖y͢o̪̯͠u̘̜̺̙'͇͕̜̬͈̺͡v̕e͈̟̩͙̜̜̠ ̰̳̠̜̩͇͘s͉͜ṵ̤̪̱̥̣r̢͇vị͓̟v̝͚̥e̷͈̲̪̫͔̙d̹̹̕ ̝̭̬́ṣ͉͚̬̼o̴̩̦̳ f̘͓̲̜̪̹́ạ͓̩̱r̝̼͟.̘͉ ̩͔͜Y̶̤̻͖̱̱o̟̪̥̪̘̕ͅu̥̮̜͙̠ ̀r̪͇̜e̜̲̹̞a̕l̘͖̖̞l̗͈y̠̫̙̗̣̲͠ ͏̥̺d̯͍̻͕ͅo̸̫͚͍̠ ̱͔͎ì̦͉̠n̞̫̻t͙̘̬̲r̼̕i̢̹̩͖̞̖͖͔g̰̼͇͈͕̬u̯̭͇̲̖͜e̪̞̼̜̤ ̗̣͈̦͎͚̀m̴̬̻e̳̩..."

A corrupted voice chirps into Wirt's ear. It's so soft you can hear the innocence ring out of distortion. Is it close by? Wirt wonders frozen.

"Wh̦̘͍͢at̟͚̤̻ ͚a̺͇̠̦̩ͅr͙̖̦̪͞e͠ ͇̤y͏o̵̺u̗̖̫͈ ̭̪w͈̺͇͍̼ͅo̳͚̯͚̱͙̯͜nd̴͈̺̻̗̣͇e͟r͍͡i͍͜n̳͇̣g̛̹̮̠ ̵̗͉ͅa̙̭̳b̼̥͞ǫu͔͚̘̯̟̩t̝̰̞͍̝̕?̗͓̣̼̩̖͖"

Suddenly Wirt sees something from the corner of his eye. His body grows a bit heavy as he takes a look. WHAT THE- A cold hand claps over his lips just as he's about to open them. He let's out a muffled scream as a little boy peaks out behind him with two black pools for eyes and pale grey skin.

"I̋́͏̛̮̘̻̤͚ ̵̢̟̼̲̼̝̈́̇͊ͣã̸̴͕̟̦̿m̨̟͙̰̘̹̦̣͕̋͐ͩ̈́ͩ̂ͮ͊͠ ̨̫̹̍͋̋r̢̹̮̘̝͔̀ͧi̟̫͎͔̞͔̎̔ͤ̋̋̚͠ģ̴̡͉̰͖̑̽͑̈ḩ͔͎̔͛̓ͣ̌ͭ͛͆͘t̡͙̞̰̘̬͙̯̫̞̃͐͊ͣ̿͛ͬ͌͜ ͐̋͛̓́̚͏̘̬̣̕h̵̴̥̲̘͍ͧ̀͋e̳͕̫̝͐̊̄ͅr͇̪̳̆͆̇̈́̂ͬ̓ͭͩͅȩ̻̲̦̳̠̽͆͌͠ͅ.̶̨̩͙̱̱͗̅͢"

Swinging the machete like a mad man, the Lantern Barrer's heart beat peaks dramatically to a flight or fight mode. He turns on his heel, and races through the forest. Adrenaline pumping hard. He doesn't look back, he doesn't want to. I want to go back home! I don't want to be here. The hysterical teen competes with the crunching of weak leaves behind him.

"C̸̶̩̹̱͇̊̓̓̿̿o̧̗͈̙̤̜̯̤͗ͧ͆ͬ͜m͇͇̤ͩͭ͆̓͞e̠̗̯̙̜̗̻̮̅͒͒͢ ̱̼̯̹̥͖̮̠̥̈́̉ͧ̓̾h̲̤̟̩̬̭̥̺̑ͯ̄̋̔ͩͦ͒ͬ͝͝ẻ͈̬͒ͯ͒̂ͫ̑͒r̨̋͋ͥ͏̹͙̫̩͖͓̫̻ẹ͙͉ͧͨ ̯̗͕̣͇̣͈̳̼̔͋̄͐ͯ͘͟s̢̩̪͔̟͉̺̠̊ͥo̟̯̹̟͍ͯ́́͘͝n̶̙̍̿.̨͐͋ͫ́̾ͯ͌̍"

No! The young boy's head pounds as he halts abruptly in front of a large canyon. Crap no! He turns around to see the shadow figure grow tall. and transform into a stick thin deer. The Lantern Barrer horrified glances around to see a way out. Then something spoke inside of him. Get rid of him Lantern Barrer~

"No no no! Get out of my head!" Wirt squats to the ground holding his head.

Get rid of him my child, you know how. You think it's good to leave your poor father in the woods all alone. I left you a gift however, you'll never sleep so soundly without father if you don't come to me, and bring me my lantern~ Wirt's eyes glow a bright rainbow hue color. "I'm going to block you out of my mind you so called father!"

He grips his lantern hard, and points his machete to the charging deer shadow. "Not sleep well? I don't care, as long as you stay the ****ing hell away from me I'll be good, and by the way, if you want this lantern..."

The great beast animal points his horns down, ready to anchor his antlers full of sprinters into the tall boy. "Then come and get it!"Wirt swipes his weapon at the animal.

A hollow scream errupts deep in the forest, the sound of a dying animal travels into the air. A dozen crows soar quacking in the dark air.

I might be blocked from your mind, but the darkness will take over very slowly. It will swallow you if you don't return to me, boy.~

And so The Beast was right, the darkness did swallow him whole.

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"Ey Branches, you good kid?" An annoying voice snaps the Lantern Barrer out of his thoughts. I'm in high school, once again, he frowns after knowing it was the cheeky demon in front of him,"Get the hell away from me."he coldly brushed.

Wirt slowly gets up, that was draining. I can't believe he got to me, that two antlers piece of--

"Dream any good?" Bill teases. Wirt ignores his attempt to conversate,"You know I would know. I'm after all a demon in dreams~"

The tall gnome glares at Bill, what does he mean by that? He squints. The demon took a quick hunch at his thoughts,"I mean demon of dreams because I am a dream demon."

"What?"Wirt frowns.

"Did you reveal all this already or should I do it right now?"Bill looks up at the sky.

"Who are you talking to?" Wirt raises a brow.

"None of your buisness Branches."Bill rolls his eyes looking at the sky,"I'm not telling yet for the reader's sake."

"W-Who?"Finn studders.

"What are you hiding?"Wirt steps in front of Bill.

"Point is Branches, yes I am a demon, but I'm a special kind. My kin specializes in going into people's dreams, manipulation, dark magic wise stuff. But I was born in 2D, a paper, I gained special abilities no other demon possessed. The ability to manipulate time and matter itself!"Bill exclaimed pushing Wirt softly away, "There I 'spilled the beans', damn human have weird phrases."

Wirt squints at the demon down, and up with a hard face. Finn stares at Bill,"Y-You're an a-a-actual demon?" I thought he was just messing around! Finn shakes his head.

"So you say?"The Lantern Barrer raises a brow, cynical about trusting a peep out of the small demon below him, it doesn't matter he's still inferior to me. He smacks his lips apart, and bumps purposely on Bill pushing the boy aside so that he can walk up to the fire. The contact with the demon drove him a bit doubtful. Don't trust him.

Bill stays frozen observing Wirt stopping to look at the fire, he ignored me...that low-lifed stick ignored me! Did he not think my information was important? Whatever he's not going easily. The sly demon smiles when Wirt turns his back to them. Finn curiously looks at Bill then Wirt.

Bill looks for a way to provoke his enemy, sure messing with the lion is a bad idea, but at least he can see that I am no follower~ Finn on the other hand thinks, Bill isn't that stupid to provoke him right? Both our necks are on the line with this guy! Didn't that demon see what he did to that child's head back there? Finn grabs the demon's hand as he starts to make his way to Wirt. Finn shakes his head with a glare,"D-Don't you-you d-d-dare."he whispers.

"Lick off my toes fish!" Bill sneers.

"Don't you h-have any common s-sense?" Finn argues pulling Bill to him.

"Don't you have a tounge to stop shuddering?"Bill rolls his eyes pulling away.

"S-Stop!"Finn grabs Bill's collar and pulls the demon once again towards him. Bill rolls his eyes,"L-Listen y-you idiot. I-I don't-I can care less if-if you insult me, but don't insult t-t-that guy if you don't wan-want your head to-to crack op-open when this guy stomps on you!"He pauses, and composes himself from slapping Bill when the demon smirks in the middle of his sentence,"Bo-Both our lives are-are on the l-line here. If you want to get the h-hell out of h-here th-the-then follow him!"Finn points to Wirt.

"Forget it Finny, and let me go I am not a puppy to be ordered around. This is why you have nobody."Bill grabs Finn's hand.

"Y-You don't have anyone else either."Finn glares at him.

"Oh I got friends Finny~So many friends! The list is growing every time I wink at the crowd. I'm an expert at it--making 'friends'."Bill shoves Finn."That's why I rule half of the universe~." He smirks and walks to Wirt.

Finn sadly sighs, he's left there with his mouth opened, if you're an expert and you have such great friends then where are they to save you? Finn takes off his crown and looks at his reflection silently before looking at Wirt who just stares at the red flames expanding. To be honest, it looks like the three of us don't have any. The ice prince puts on his crown, and saunters to the boys.

People say friendship is the biggest power of all. I want power, but I have no friends. Do you call me weak? Are we as powerful as we say? And....

Do we stand a chance alone?

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General Iron sighs, "Sir we have the village leader here, they claim that they've seen three teenagers. A young boy in a black coat which is presumed to be the 'Demon with One Eye', a blonde boy wearing a shiny crown, and a mysterious tall figure with a pine cone head." A soldier yanks an old man with grey hair to the giant general. The soldier trips him so that the senior fell on his knees in front of his commander.

Iron frowns turning around, he glances at his soldier and nods. Then he kneels down to the elderly man with a beaming grin,"Hello sir."he speaks calmly to the old man. The old man shrinks glittering his teeth, and twittleing his thumbs nervously. His eyes largen like a desperate puppy. Iron frowns bringing the man back to shaking,"Would you be so kind to point us, and spill the direction of which those three boys went?" It wasn't a question, it was an order from life to death, mostly circling on death.

The entire village is in flames, soldiers rally up the survivors and corner them into a line. One soldier stands behind each child, woman, and man. The children scream, and the woman plead.

The old man nods,"T-They went into the forest, north from here parallel to the farm. They fell into a large cliff. We believe that they're dead."

Iron stares in surprise at the man with a large eye then looks at the ground briefly before back at the elder. He nods seeming to understand then gets up. He blankly stares at the innocent man then suddenly his dark glare sticks a knife into the man,"Kill everyone in the village." Iron orders.

"No!"the old man stands only to get pinned to the ground,"I wont let you!"

Iron starts to wall away, but stops and smirks back at the old man with smiles for eyes,"And what are you going to do about it, you're already tied to the ground. It's just a moment before the bullet really sinks in and the pain affects your nervous system. You'll die instantly, there's no point old man."

The old man stares in horror as Iron's living eye rapidly moves to the corner with a red glint. Fear spikes him,"Besides you sound like that so called, 'Ice Prince'."

The old man opens his mouth..

Boom!

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