Void and Flames(Ghost X Grimmchild)

Chapter Five: Into the Nightmare Realm

"Dad! Brumm! Devine! You'll never guess who I saw today!" I screamed as I ran into the troupe's tent. Ghost was right behind me, and he told me to slow down a bit. I told him that I couldn't help it, and that I was too excited to tell Father about my small experience! "Dude, do you really have to tell him everything?" Ghost asked. He was trying to catch his breath after running for so long.

I didn't know what to say, but I ended up saying, "Well, not everything. Just the part where I met the Void Entity and then the shades playing around with me," I replied to him. "That makes much more sense," replied Ghost. After awhile, when we walked into the main room, no one was there, except for a small note in the middle of the table from where he had all of that delicious food. I picked it up. It read:

Hello my darling. If you get this, then this means that you have retuned back to our tent. Me and the gang are back in the Nightmare Realm, because we need to have a small discussion about collecting more flames for the heart. Also, you can bring your vessel friend with you as well. I'll see you two in our realm.

Love, Father

I put the letter away. "Uh... the Nightmare Realm?! Ain't that a bit dangerous?" Ghost asked as he started to freak out a bit. I slapped myself and looked at him. "Not really. I mean, you have the dream nail, so you can enter our world. You've been there before haven't you?" I asked him. This made the vessel think for a bit, until he nodded. He still remembered his fight with the Nightmare King. After when the ritual concluded, I stayed in Hallownest with him, and I got to experience many sights in the ancient kingdom. Even though the ritual was finished, the troupe would sometimes rerun to Hallownest just to visit or take a break from work.

Looking back at the letter, I realized that the Nightmare King himself wanted me and Ghost to collect more flames for the heart, which kept the troupe, and myself, alive. Without it, we'd all be forgotten, and we'd become stories that are told by other bugs in the kingdom. "Why would Grimm want you to collect flames? You were the main part of his ritual after all," Ghost said patting my shoulder. Soon, he happened to see some more words on the letter. "Grimmchild.... there're some more words on the letter," he added. I then happened to look closer, and he was right. There was a P.S. under my father's signature. I read it out loud:

P.S: Oh, and, if you've met the Lord of Shades, bring him too, because I want to see him for myself.

We both started at each other. "He wants to meet the Shade Lord.... and you know that your dad is a higher being!" Ghost shouted. I shook my head. "Well, you have to admit that you have turned into a higher being yourself. I mean, ain't the Void Entity technically an ancient higher being?" I asked him. "Come to think of it.... yeah. You're right," Ghost said. My vessel friend hesitated for a bit, and then said, "I'm coming with you to the Nightmare Realm." I squealed happily and hugged him. "Thank you bestie!" I exclaimed happily. Then I remembered when he said that my father was a higher being. "Oh and, when you said that Grimm is a higher being, he is kinda like one, since he holds the Nightmare Heart, but the heart itself is most the higher being," I explained.

"Oh, thanks for telling me that," Ghost said. He then looked at me. "So, I guess we're ready to go?" I nodded. "Yes. I can go to my home realm easily, so we don't need my father with me," I said. Ghost got relieved. "Or couldn't I just dream nail you?" Ghost asked. "I guess that would work as well, but I can teleport to my home realm by myself," I said. He then took his dream nail out. "Ghost.... is this safe?" I asked. He nodded, and then dream nailed us to my home.

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I happened to spot Ghost laying down in front of me. I had no idea what the crap he was doing, but it was weird on the fact that he was just chilling there. Then he woke up and looked at me. He noticed that I was the same, and he was too. He was wondering where we are, until he saw that we in the nightmare realm. "This is awesome!" Ghost said. I laughed. "The Nightmare King would love to see you again!" I exclaimed. We then made our way to the heart, where my friend would see the Nightmare King again.