*
"Fear as I watched you steal away my trust, my voice, and my life...I never should have ever-"
**
Lumikuinen Minka - Your Room
Y/n was about to fall asleep, in a comfortable position as the moonlight glimmered into her room. Suddenly, pain struck her heart as soon as she heard the sound of ink.
Drip...
She gasped, covering her mouth. Y/n had seen yet another vision of ink being absorbed into a crimson red gem. She curled into a fetus position, her tail between her legs as she covered her mouth, being sure to not alert Isfrid as she whimpered silently in pain, clenching her other hand over her chest, panting heavily from the pain in her heart.
"Ugh......" Y/n moaned from the pain. It was on a different level of pain from the first time she felt it as a tear rolled down her face before solidifying into an ice crystal as soon as it landed on the soft mattress. A few more soon followed as she trembled. 'That...magical pen...it has to belong to Heartslabyul..but who does it belong to...?' she wondered.
As she tried to calm herself down, she tried to remember what her mother did when she was in pain. She then remembered that her mother sang a soft lullaby when she was in pain. Songs had a effect, especially when it was a Musical Art, a type of magic that required one to sing.
"Dancing bears...
P-Painted Wings...
Things I almost remember.
And a song...someone sings...
Once Upon a December,"
Y/n softly sang, the Musical Art gradually making the pain fade away. Once the pain was relieved, she sat up from her bed. She grabbed a pillow and another blanket before she levitated. (She isn't using magic, it's just a natural ability that spirits can do. Floating like King from Seven Deadly Sins) She floated like a ghost out of her room, carefully not making even the slightest of noise that would alert her brother. She float down the steps and headed over toward the lounge, not wanting to sleep alone.
*
Lumikuinen Minka - Lounge
Upon opening and closing the door to the lounge, Y/n floated above Ace and Deuce who were sleeping on the King sized futon, laying with their own blankets and pillows as they were a gap in between them. Due to the shadow that suddenly loomed over them, the boys woke up to see Y/n slipping herself in between them, causing the two boys to blush with a confused expression.
"Huh? I thought you'd sleep in your room?" Deuce asked curiously as he turned to the side to face her as Y/n laid on her back.
"Don't worry...about it..." Y/n softly says, making herself comfortable. "Just let me...sleep with you guys..." she closed her eyes to sleep.
"A-alright...Good night, Lil' Rabbit," Ace smiled gently as he relaxed next to her before he and Deuce fell asleep.
*
Somnia Irae
(Dreamland of Wrath)
When Y/n opened her eyes once more, she noticed that she was again inside the rose maze from the last dream. 'Another dream...?' she questioned. Upon closer inspection, she realized how similar the rose maze was to the Heartslabyul.
"For painting my roses red, someone will lose his head!" Y/n heard a familiar voice shout. She saw the famous Queen of Hearts, looking as elegant and fierce while she held a rose tree above her head, ready to strike.
The wind blew through the Queen's long crimson red hair as she gritted her teeth in absolute anger despite looking so petite.
The Three of Clubs lifted his head, still holding onto a paintbrush dripping with red paint. "Y-Your Majesty, if anyone's to blame, it's him!" he blamed the Two of Clubs, point at him with the red brush.
"Have mercy, Your Grace," The Two of Clubs begged before quickly shifting the blame to another. "It was the Ace!" he shuddered in fear, pointing over to the Ace of Clubs who lifted the red bucket off his head, looking at Two with a betrayed expression.
"So it was YOU," The Queen of Hearts exclaimed, angrily pointing at the Ace with her heart-shaped fan in her other hand.
"Gah, no, it was the Two!" The Ace of Clubs protested, trembling in fear as he too shifted the blame to another.
"Then he will pay," The Queen of Hearts says.
"It was the Three, I say!" The Two of Clubs shouted, blaming the Three of Clubs.
The Queen of Hearts trembled in anger, completely in disbelief when her card soldiers before her did nothing but blame each other instead of talking responsibility which only fueled the already boiling oil within. "Enough of this. Off with ALL their heads!" she declared.
Y/n narrowed her dull eyes as some card soldiers dragged the three guilt cards away from the rose garden, off to where their heads shall be removed as the others cheered to satisfy the wrathful Queen. "Oooooooh! Yaaaay!"
"A sentence before the verdict...?" Y/n muttered before she began pondering on why the Queen of Hearts did such a thing as she helpless watched the scene.
"Hee hee hee," The Queen of hearts giggled sadistically in delight, covering her mouth with her heart shaped fan in a noble manner as she smirked.
"A fitting end. Color, you can't mend," The Two of Diamonds sighed in disappointment as he watched the three card soldiers getting dragged down the path.
"Everyone knows the roses should be red," Three of Shades stated.
**
"Hic...!" Y/n winced in pain as she went to her knees, cowering over as she covered her ears from the sudden loud noise. The dreamscape shifted to the familiar suffocating throne room as the same ethereal voice sang.
"Hello and goodbye, Master of the Court.
You're the scum of this earth,
consumed by your greed and all the sorts.
You shall feel the wrath that I'll place upon your life
So now, I order you to DIE!"
As Y/n whimpered from the pain ringing in her ears, a familiar dark figure sat on a heart shaped throne, dripping with ink and roses. He grinned from the state Y/n was in, as it was punishment for defiling HIS law. "Ugh..." she gagged, clenching her hands around her neck as once again, she coughed rose petals. "It...hurts.."
The shadow figure stood up from his throne and walked over toward the doll-like girl. He bent down on one knee and caressed the side of her cheek. "My Rose..." he cooed as rose vines slowly wrapped around her limbs.
Y/n grinded her teeth in pain and anger, feeling someone else's wrath as she saw flash images of a young girl's past. A young girl was laying on a bed, gasping in pain and Y/n saw a image of that young girl desperately reaching out toward a man and another young girl before a loud BANG was heard, making Y/n wince in pain from the headache. "You...must be stopped..." she muttered as the dark figure wrapped his hands around her waist, embracing her closely. She noticed in the corner of her eye that the figure had red hair, reminding her of someone she had met. "Gah!"
The shadow's demeanor changed, causing rose vines to wrap around Y/n's neck, the thorns digging in her skin. "You dare talk back to your Queen?" he snapped, harshly grabbing Y/n's hair and pulled if so she was facing him. "I am the law, so i am the one who decides the fates of transgressors!"
"Argh...!" Y/n whimpered, her eyes scrunching up in pain as the rose vines wrapped around her wrists, pulling them up above her head. Her blood dripped down on the vines, causing some roses to bloom. "W-Why..." she weakly asked as the shadow figure pinned her against an inky wall. 'Even if this is just a dream...the pain it still all too real...'
"I am doing this so you don't get your pure heart tainted by those fools, my Rose," The figure says, leaning closer to her face and caressed her cheek with an inky hand, causing y/n to shiver. "You are the purest flower...and with some arrangements, you will be mine...all MINE! NO one will be able to touch your purity. For you shall be the rose surrounded by thorns, forever in my my arms," he gently embraced her once more, smiling wickedly as he kissed the side of her neck, earning a squeak from the crown princess.
Y/n shivered uncontrollably from fear, feeling weak and helpless as she felt the figure lick the blood from her neck caused by the thorns digging into her neck. "Anyone who taints you...or opposes my rules..." he says, embracing her more tightly as one of his knees went between her legs. "...Will be sent to immediately decapitation! For I am always right! I am the only one who could touch you...to have you feel me inside of you...to love you...ONLY I!"
Y/n shuddered in fear, letting some whimpers as she shut her eyes tightly. 'Please...wake up...!' she begged.
*
"Fh...fha...aa...th..." A young girl tried to speak, ignoring the pain in her throat as she dragged her upper body toward a man and a blonde girl she had hatred for. "...dh...dha...di,"
In alert, the man quickly loaded his shotgun and pointed at the legless girl in front of him. "S-STAY AWAY, MONSTER!"
*BANG* *BANG*
*
Lumikuinen Minka - Lounge
"*gasp*" Y/n shot up from the bed, gasping for air. She placed a hand over her neck unconsciously, heavily panted as sweat rolled down her face. 'Why doesn't anyone stop the Queen....?'
Ace and Deuce woke up immediately in a panic when they heard Y/n's gasp. "N/n, are you alright?" Deuce asked, sitting up as he placed a comforting hand on her back.
"S-Sorry...I must have some sort of nightmare..." Y/n admitted, calming down her breathing.
"A nightmare...? Do you perhaps want to talk about it?" Ace asked, slurring a bit from how tired he was.
"I...don't remember what it was about," Y/n says, placing a hand on her forehead. Suddenly, Ace pulled her back down, hugging her close to his chest.
"Don't be afraid. We're here..." Ace mumbled tiredly, spooning her from the front. "Deuce...hold her as well. We will protect her from the scary dreams," he tiredly said.
"Alright..." Deuce yawned, laying down close to Y/n and wrapped a hand on her waist, spooning her from behind.
Y/n blushed slightly, pressing her lips together as she was being sandwiched between them. "Thanks..." she meekly says, gently closing her eyes as the three drifted off to sleep.
*
It was now morning as the boys woke up first and quickly got ready for the unbirthday party today. As they finished getting ready, Deuce gently shook Y/n awake. "N/n, wake up," he says. "The unbirthday party is today. If we're late, well, you know..."
Y/n fluttered her eyes open and sat up. "That's right..." she yawned. "The party's today," she says. She quickly went upstairs and changed out of her night gown and into her school uniform.
*
Y/n walked down the stairs with Grim in her arms and Isfrid, still in his pajamas. He wasn't planning on going to the unbirthday party since he wasn't really invited in the first place. It took some convincing from Y/n that she'll be fine, but Isfrid wasn't having it, so she pinky promised her big brother that if something were to go wrong, she would immediately go back to Lumikuinen. He eventually agreed.
"Is Isfrid not going?" Ace asked.
"Nope. He wasn't even invited anyway," Y/n bluntly says, causing Isfrid to sulk.
Then a knock as heard. "Hmm? It sounds like you have a visitor," Deuce says as he heard the footsteps get closer.
"Good mooorning!" Cater greeted as he enthusiastically slid open the shoji door. "Did you all enjoy your sleepover? Did you bond over pillow fights and card games? Or~" he smirked. "Something more naughty~?" he asked in a teasing tone.
"CATER!" The boys shouted in unison, their faces turning beat red.
"No...we didn't do anything bad," Y/n assured, not knowing what Cater means, causing the diamond to chuckle from how dense she was. "I don't understand why their yelling," she says, having a confused expression.
"Haha. I just love how innocent you are," Cater giggled with a slight blush. "The reason why they're like that because-" before he could finish his sentence, he was silence by Isfrid's icy glare, causing him to yelp slightly.
"oh, good morning, Cater," Ace says, trying to calm down his beating heart. "We did play some cards, yeah. But only Old Maid, 'cause that was the only one Grim knew how to play,"
"And i still got the old maid every time, dang it!" Grim complained, lamenting his many loses.
"Let's just say Grim doesn't have a very good poker face, unlike Y/n and Isfrid," Deuce nervously chuckled. "They both tied every time,"
"Well, you should get one of the tarts we made yesterday and go apologize to Riddle," Cater reminded.
"Ugh..." Ace groaned.
As they left, Isfrid grumbled as he just moved over to the TV, setting up his game he planned to play to cope with the fact he couldn't come with Y/n with a side of ghost pepper noodles.
'Please...don't let anything happen to Y/n....!'
~To be Continued~