Trapped (Alastor x reader)

Panic Attacks of Fear

"Actually he has a point, is there any booze here?" said the one that insulted you.

"We're already trespassing as it is, the last thing we need is to make the poor thing upset" replied the female.

"I must side with Charlie on this one, now please, be respectful and stay quiet" said a male voice that sounded. Off. You would focus on that another time.

"That's rich coming from you"

The sound of a twig snapping echoed through the room, but you didn't see anything as you were too busy staring at the floor. Until someone with black trousers came into view and sat on the floor at a respectful distance, you didn't even need to lift your head too much to see the person in question.

It was a female, this one had long blonde hair with literal bright red cheeks that she could easily be mistaken for a living doll. And she had a small smile on her face as she looked at you. You didn't like smiles.

"Hello" she waved stiffly "I can understand this is, obviously, a shock to you, but I assure you, that it was not our intention to appear in your home, to be perfectly honest with you, we are just as confused as you are" a snort was heard but she ignored it "from our point of view, we were all busy with work and the next thing we knew, we were here in one of your rooms, it wasn't until we heard you singing that we realised that we weren't, at our home"

Oh meat on a stick, they heard your bellowing voice? That would explain why one of them talked about stealing that caused your fall. Still, you slowly nod your head to show that you were still listening.

"I know that you have no reason to trust us given our, rude entrance, but I assure you, that we have zero intention of hurting you, we just want to find a way back home" she bit her lip as she looked away, you think she was nervous "if your willing to house us temporary, we, or at least I would be more than happy to help with any chores you need doing, it's the least I can do, especially from what we put you through"

It was at this point that you decide to pinch your arm really hard to make sure you weren't dreaming. When that didn't work, you smacked your cheek. Hard. Everyone looked at you in shock at what you did. Even more so when you hit the other side with the same pressure.

As the stinging settled and realising that this was now 100% percent not a dream, you calmly look at the blonde woman and muttered calmly "I suppose if you wanted to kill me, you would have done so already"

A creepy chuckle that made your spine stiffen and tingle from the sound alone could be heard from your left side "you are correct"

The woman looks to her side before looking back at you with a small nod "I have zero intention of hurting you, but I promise as Princ- I mean as the group leader to make sure they don't harm you or anyone that comes here. Does that help?"

You took a slow deep breath and slowly exhale, your body was seriously close to having another anxiety attack, but you bit your tongue and dug your nails into your legs to try and calm down, whether she promised or not that no harm would come to you, you genuinely felt like you didn't have a choice in this, and the last thing you need was for one of them to eat your cat as a way of ensuring dominance over you "if you're okay with, un-made beds for tonight, I can show you the covers tomorrow before I go work"

This made the girl brighten up with a wide smile on her face, practically beaming, she covered her face to muffle her screams of excitement when she removed them she whispered "oh thank you, thank you, thank you, I promise that we'll be on our best behaviour and to not break anything" she gasped and thrust her hand out to you "I'm sorry, I should mention my name, I'm Charlie"

You stare at the limb for a good few seconds before shakily reaching out to shake it, unsure of what would happen if you didn't.

"I think it would be best if we wait for introductions until tomorrow, I'm most likely going to forget them tonight" you say quietly as you remove your hand and rub it on your leg nervously "and as long as you don't go into two specific rooms I don't really care if you knock something over" it wasn't like you have fragile items lying around, you had nothing of value if you didn't count sentimental items "follow me then"

Your house was a two-story building, bottom floor had a standered kitchen, living room, a study room for your projects, and a hallway for the front door, it also had a bedroom that you used along with a bathroom too. You had told them not to go in your bedroom unless it was an emergency.

The second floor had 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and another room used for arts and crafts, mainly knitting. You don't go in there anymore.

You take them upstairs and open the doors that held beds, beds that were big enough for two people only.

"Oh, I can share with Husky" said the white furry-looking creature as it cuddled up to a literal winged cat anthro.

"Like hell you are, I'm having Nifty, she's less likely to give me a headache compared to the rest of you" the cat growled before walking into one of the rooms where he proceeded to land face first on the cover, Nifty, the child look creature followed him while shutting the door behind her.

The blonde girl, Charle something or other, went into one with the white-haired girl who helped you, they both give you a small smile and nodded before going in, closing the door as well. Now there were only two people left.

"Looks like we'll be-"

"Have a good night Angel, see you in the morning" the man in red pushed the white fluffy creature into the last un-used bedroom and shut the door, then turn to look at you "something tells me that was the last room in this house that was suitable for resting" the voice felt wrong.

Looks like you will be sleeping in the living room after all.

You open the cupboard that held spare blankets and pillows, taking out two pillows and a heavy blanket for yourself "you are correct, you will be sleeping in my room while I take the sofa bed where we just were"

You start walking back down the stairs, head straight for your room, open it, and swap the pillows over "there's a bathroom connected to this one so you don't need to go for the ones upstairs, unfortunately, I don't have any spare clothes to give you"

"No worries on that darling, but I appreciate the thought" how long has he been smiling for?

"Right, okay, anyway, have a good rest, uh, wait I have work tomorrow so if this still isn't some lack of sleep hallucination then we'll talk after I get back" I left and shut the door before he could say anything.

I take a deep breath as I slowly walk to the sofa, pull out the bed and make my most likely permanent resting place until I figure out what's real or not tomorrow after work.

Monsters...

Freaks...

Loser...

Unlovable...

Embarrassment...

Man Child...

Mistake...

The second your head hit the pillow you couldn't stop your breathing from quickening before crying like the baby you are, not even the darkness was enough to make you feel safe from the demons inside your head. Not after that incident.

You never notice the glowing red eyes and wide shark smile as it watched your shaking form from the shadows.