You are a (A/T)

You can't scream in a dream

"(Y/N)!"

The sudden slam on the counter caused (Y/N) to jump so violently that she grew rigid and fell from her seat!

"What in Mobius!?" she shrieked looking around in a panic still on her backside.

But she was quick to shut up when she saw her boss, a grey male fox, looking down at her with a very un-amused expression.

"Would you mind explaining to me why you fell asleep at the till?" he asked.

(Y/N) worked in a small clothes shop, well she soon thought she'd have to find somewhere else to work.

"S-sorry boss, I didn't get much sleep last night..." she tried to explain herself. 

"Listen I don't care why you were asleep, just go home and get some rest. I can't afford my staff falling asleep at the till." he sighed.

(Y/N) couldn't tell if her instruction to go home was out of concern for her health or for his business. Either way after her little unplanned nap she felt better, and thought she might as well drop in on one of her friends.

Making her way to Amy's house she knew she most likely would either be in or chasing Sonic so she headed to her house hoping she'd be there. And (Y/N) certainly got an answer when she knocked on the door.

"You say one more thing to tease me about the way I chose to style my house and you'll be in for it Sonic!"

"Okay! Okay! I take it back! Just put the coffee table down!"

"Guys I think there's someone at the door."

After that last comment the door opened and (Y/N) was greeted by Tails, and when she glanced behind him she saw a rather angry looking Amy holding her coffee table above her head as she scowled at a nervous looking Sonic.    

"Oh hey (Y/N), what are you doing here?" Tails asked ignoring the extreme style wresting match going on behind him.

"You know the usual, accidentally fell asleep at work so my boss sent me home. Just wondering what you guys were doing." (Y/N) shrugged.

*SMASH!*

"Well I think Amy's killing Sonic, but come on in." Tails said.

Walking in Amy was now chasing Sonic about the house, sure he could run away easily but he kept tripping on things.

"So why are you here (Y/N)? I thought you had work today." Tails asked as they took a seat to watch Sonic's death. 

"Well as I said I fell asleep at work and my boss got pissed. And I'd rather be here than bored at home." (Y/N) explained.

"I thought you were joking because that's not like you. Did you have trouble sleeping last night?" Tails asked.

"Give me back my hammer!"

"No way! I don't want to die!"

"Actually yeah, I did have trouble sleeping. I had this weird dream, I wouldn't exactly call it scary though, it was just black everywhere. I then woke up feeling as tired as I did before I went to sleep." (Y/N) explained.

"What's this!?"

The conversation ended when Amy suddenly came up to (Y/N), and Sonic could breath again.

"You better be taking care of yourself (Y/N)! Don't make me come round your house and put you to bed myself!" Amy warned.

"Amy! Amy! I'm fine I promise!" (Y/N) reassured her.

She was glad to know she had great friends who cared for her.

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"Right, let's see if I can get a better nights sleep tonight." (Y/N) sighed to herself.

She'd spent the rest of the day with her friends and getting home she'd got a text from her boss, telling her to be in sharp the next day. But the only thing she cared about right now was her bed.

So snuggling down she soon drifted into sleep....

It's dark.

"Hello..."

There was no answer to her call.

"Hello!?" She called again more desperately.

There was no answer to her call.

So she began to walk. It almost felt like there was nothing underneath her feet. She couldn't be sure of anything, how vast this space was, what was in front, what was behind, what was above, what was underneath.

Am I dreaming? Wasn't I here the night before?

She felt numb all over, like she was paralysed. But she could still move. She wasn't sure why she was even walking.

"Hello?" She asked again in a tired voice.

But this time she jolted when a deep voice answered, but it only made her all the more scared.

"Enjoy your nightmare."

(Y/N) woke up with a start, groaning she sat up rubbing her head feeling the throbbing of a large headache.

"Just when I thought I'd get a decent nights sleep, I just hope I don't fall asleep at work toady again." she grumbled to herself.

She felt like a rag doll, she barely had any energy. Getting up and dressed she didn't feel like eating so she just walked straight to work, but on the way over she stumbled and wobbled as if not able to keep her balance or walk in a straight line.

Maybe I should ask my boss to have another day off, I'm in a worse state than I was in yesterday, she thought to herself.

Eventually making it to work she didn't get a very friendly welcome when her boss took one look at her and said:

"(Y/N) what are you doing here!? You look even worse than yesterday!" he snapped at her.

He just had to take one look at the bags under her eyes and her clouded pupils to tell she was in no fit state to work.

"Seriously (Y/N) you look like death." her boss commented.

"Oh do I...?"

The next thing she knew she had grabbed a knife concealed in her pocket and slit his throat! He dropped to the floor dead instantly in a pool of his own blood.

"Because I rather think you look like death." she smirked, not caring for the blood now staining her face and clothes.

Inside though (Y/N) was terrified at herself but physically she could feel a devilish grin appear.

Why did I kill him!?

Next there were screams of the other employees, (Y/N) felt a surge of adrenaline rush through her as she quickly silenced the others with her knife, one by one they fell, and all the time she was smirking and laughing.

How can I be enjoying this!? Why am I killing them!?

She wanted to scream her lungs out, horrified at herself. But every time she tried to scream she only laughed, and every time she tried to stop herself from moving she ended up heading in a direction that terrified her.

She was headed to her friends.

It was like she was a maniac and the only sense of morality to surface was when she knocked on Amy's door with two soft taps.

*Knock!* *Knock!*

The door opened and Amy stopped half way through her greeting when she saw her crimson friend.

"(Y/N) what on Mobius hap-

Amy was silenced forever as (Y/N) gave a swift stab to the lungs, the poor pink thing couldn't even scream as she was killed by her own friend.

Closing the front door so no one would see (Y/N) didn't bat an eyelash at the loss of her friend, when in her mind she was desperately trying to scream at herself to stop.

Why!? Why did I kill Amy!?

And her panic inside only multiplied when she crept up to a certain workshop. Entering from the back she smirked again seeing Sonic had his back to her as she remained concealed.

"Sonic what's wrong!?" Tails asked.

"I just got a call, apparently someones going mental in town killing anyone in sight." Sonic explained quickly.

Tails started to panic at the thought of his brother going off to fight a murdering maniac.

"Just be careful okay?"

"Of course I wi-

But he never got to finish his sentence. He gave a short gasp and Tails screamed wen he saw a blade cut through Sonic's chest. Collapsing to the ground Tails was at his side in an instant hoping to save him, but he was already dead.

"Wow, who would have thought the hero of Mobius would die so easily?"

Looking up as he wept over his brothers corpse words got stuck in Tails throat as he looked up, horrified who Sonic's killer was.

"(Y-(Y/N)? W-why would you....?" he stuttered.

"Because I could." she smirked.

Grinning sadistically she stepped towards him and the terrified little Kitsune tried to make a run for it, but (Y/N) saw it simply as a game, the way she chased him for a minute or two before grabbing him by the tail and plunging her knife into his head.

The workshop was now littered with two dead bodies. Casually (Y/N) wiped the blood of the blade onto her jeans not bothered by any of the other blood, when inside she was crying her heart out.

I didn't want to kill them! Why did I kill them!? This has to be a dream, this has to be a dream.....

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With a violent jolt (Y/N) sat up! Gasping and panting she was in a cold sweat her heart rapidly beating! In a fright she slowly came to her senses and realised she was still in bed. She allowed herself a small smile as relief flooded her.

"It was a dream, it was just a dream, of course it was, you can't scream in a dream, it was just a dream..." she kept on whispering to herself.

But then she really looked at where she was.

This wasn't her house, this wasn't her room, and this wasn't her bed. Gradually her fear came back as that same sick feeling in her stomach started to grow. The room she was in was lavish and black.

Steadily getting out of the grand bed she had been in she also saw that she was dressed in an elegant looking indigo dress, more confused that ever she wondered where on Mobius she could be surveying the room.

"I hope you enjoyed your nightmare."

Jumping at the sudden voice she lost her footing and accidentally banged her head on a near by wall. Sinking to her knees clutching her throbbing head, not caring what happened to her now. As she'd already come to the realization that her nightmare had been real.

"Careful." the deep voice taunted.

Looking up through her tear blurred eyes she found the owner of the voice from her dreams to be none other than Mephiles the Dark.

Of course it would be him. No one else could have done something that lurid.

"W-what did you do?" she asked scared.

If Mephiles was behind this and her friends were dead then there was no hope for her.

"It's not what I did did, but rather what you did my dear." he continued to taunt.

And then it hit like a ton of bricks, why she couldn't scream as she killed her friends and how she couldn't even stop herself.

"I see you've figured it out." he chuckled darkly.

"You made me kill them." she quietly sobbed.

He made me kill them!

"Why am I here!? And why am I still alive!?" she demanded through her sobs.

"I have been watching you (Y/N) for a very long time, and you have become an item of interest to me. Take my temporary control of you as an invitation." he explained.

"An invitation!? To what murder all my friends and join you in the underworld!?" she shrieked at him.

"Precisely." he chuckled again.

Burrying her face in her hands again she continued to quietly sob.

"You made me kill them..."

She barely noticed Mephiles step up to her and delicately take a lock of her hair in admiration.

"I do not expect you to immediately adapt to the underworld, but given time, I believe you will see things in a different light."

"You made me kill them...."

Knowing she was in no current state to listen he left her there mourning the lives she had took. Hours passed and her emotional state wore her out, and soon she couldn't help but close her eyes and let sleep consume her, expect she knew that when she woke up she wouldn't be able to ever escape her nightmare.