Why was this frightening thing here, now? "I was flying by when I noticed you out here all alone. And I figured....let's murder a child." Nightmare laughed. I backed up. He was going to kill me for no reason. I looked back at Terrence for help, but all he did was smile as his eyes flickered black, and disappear into the forest. Nightmare raised his hand into the air and a bright bolt of lightning struck his hand. A jagged saw like purple reddish sword materialized into his hands. "It won't hurt...much! Come here child." nightmare rasped. I tried to run but he stuck his hand out and shot lightning directly at me, electrocuting me and sending me tumbling to the ground. He began laughing. After coughing and feeling intense pain, I rose from the ground. Nightmare had approached from behind. "Thanks kid!" He laughed. He took his weapon and jammed into directly in my gut, and all the way through to the other side. He removed the bloody blade from my body, and I collapsed to the ground in pain. Nightmare began to laugh at me when a figure ran up to him, and socked him in the face, knocking him out. Nightmare fell to the ground. The figure approached me. "D-daddy?" I coughed. Zachary held my bleeding body. "Mortemer! No! You’ll be okay!!! You have to be!!!!" My vision started to get blurry. He placed my body on the ground, and revealed his music box. He opened it and let its somber tune play. It played and drifted in the wind. This was it, I was dying, after all I had been through, and this is how I died. The Nightmare killed me because he felt like it. I looked at my father one last time as my eyes drifted off.
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Zach looked up and wiped his tear. He left the music box. He got up and looked at Nightmare who had begun to regain consciousness. "Knocked out by a human...?" He grumbled. "Finally I've tracked you down, first you kill my wife, then my son. You have no idea what you've done." Zach breathed. Nightmare laughed. "Whatever, let me allow you to join them, but first before I destroy you, tell me what is your name?" Nightmare asked. Zach spat toward the ground. "My name is Zachary Kilfer, but you do not possess the honor to speak my name, to you maggot, I am Z, the worst enemy you could have made." Zach growled. Nightmare chuckled. "How cute." He toyed. Zach brought out his broad sword, and glared at Nightmare. Nightmare reached toward the ground and grabbed his weapon. "Let this be a painful moment for you." Nightmare stated. Zach gripped his broadsword tightly and pointed toward Nightmare. He glared at Nightmare with hatred. He lowered his sword, and bolted toward him. Nightmare flew up in the air to avoid him, and whipped his hand sending multiple shots of purple lightning toward the ground. Zach stopped charging and quickly rolled out of the way. He grabbed his pistol and began firing up at Nightmare. Nightmare looped around in a circle and began diving downward, before being level with Zach, and bolted toward him. As Nightmare approached Zach at intense speed, Zach put away his pistol. As Nightmare drew closer to him, at the last second before an impact Zach jumped upward and jumped off of Nightmare, and while in midair drew his two pistols and began spraying bullets downward toward Nightmare. And shot hit him directly in the head. Nightmare fell the air and tumbled onto the ground. Zach landed on the ground and blew some smoke from his pistol.
"Bitch." Zach remarked. Zachary's smug look disappeared when he heard laughter. Nightmare stood up and manually removed the bullet from his forehead while chuckling. Zach stuck out his two guns and began shooting Nightmare. Nightmare ignored the shots and kept walking forward. Nightmare stuck out his hand and a beam of lightning exploded out of his palm and directly into Zach. He tumbled over, dropping his guns. Nightmare walked over to him and raised his blade. Zach coughed and rolled out of the way, as Nightmare struck his weapon into the ground where Zach was laying. He stood up, and grabbed an axe he had attached to his armor. He chucked it at Nightmare, and lodged it into Nightmare. "AGH!" He yelled. He furiously ripped it out of his side and threw his blade like a boomerang at Zach. It began to pulsate with dark energy. Zach quickly drew his sword out and used it as a shield as Nightmares blade hit it. A dark explosion erupted sending Zach flying. The blade recoiled back to Nightmare. Zach fell into a tree, and fell to the ground. He slowly stood back up, and coughed blood. Nightmare pointed toward the tree Zach had impacted with and a streak of lightning from the sky struck it, snapping it into two, falling onto Zach. A forest fire erupted. Nightmare walked over to Zach, wincing from the pain from his side. "I grow tired of this charade, fate has no room for you, only me." Nightmare barked. Zach tried moving, but was pinned to the tree. "Can fate.....sing.....or dance...?" Zach coughed.
Nightmare walked up to him ignoring him. "Screw fate! What's the pop-point! ....back up....before we have to go through this song and dance....again. “Zach yelled. Nightmare stuck out his hand, preparing to shoot lightning at Zach, but before he could Zach stuck out his pistol and shot him in the hand. Nightmare recoiled in pain as he used his other hand to fish out the bullet. With immense strength, Zachary began to lift up the tree, once high enough he rolled beside it and stood up, and grabbed his sword and ran towards Nightmare. Nightmare tossed his sword again, toward Zach, but missed, as Zach barreled over it. He stuck out his unhurt hand, and began shooting bolts of electricity towards Zach. He rolled out of the way of each shot and ran up to Nightmare and slashed toward Nightmares chest. Nightmare jumped out of the way in defense and countered with a punch toward Zach's face. Before it his face, Zach grabbed his palm, and flipped him over his shoulder and onto the ground. He grabbed his gun, and shot to the ground as Nightmare rolled out of the way. Nightmare's blade came flying back to his hand. Zach began shooting madly at Nightmare. He flew up dodging the bullets. "I have had it! I am not tolerating this unforeseen beating! Beware Z! The next time we meet you will perish like your whole family!" Nightmare screamed dodging the gunshots. And with that Nightmare bolted up into the air. Zach stopped shooting and let all of the physical pain seep in. He looked over at the corpse, and sighed heavily, getting teary eyed. “I’m so sorry Mortemer... I should have been with you...I'm glad I could see you one last time..." He sighed heavily. He looked over to see the sun setting. With blood and tears mixing Zachary Kilfer went into the forever war-bound land once more, alone.
~Epilogue
Some best friend he turned out to be. The sun was hanging low and I decided to head home. My mother was nowhere to be seen. Good riddance. I searched for the map to fix my hair, but it was lost in the forest. I wondered my home till I reached my father, in his hand was a bloodied metal object. My family were idiots, they were played as tools. They said I was worthless, like I was an even lesser tool. I picked up the tiny object and fidgeted with it. Perhaps they were right, maybe I was a tool. Of course, I would show the world that even the most simple of tools could be the most powerful thing in existence. I looked at the reflection of the object. Yes. I could show them all and prove them all wrong. I may be very small but it would not matter, I would accomplish everything. I am forever more, Thimble.
Author's note:
This story is officially complete, the sequel entitled Dead End will have it's first part uploaded In a couple of days, so stay tuned!
link to Dead End
-https://tapas.io/episode/1315574
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