Engulfed - An Ask-ReformedNightmare Fanfiction
@ask-reformednightmare is honestly one of my favourite ask blogs. Just ever. So I wrote em somethin about the current event!! Ideas and Dot belong to them, I just overdramatised it. Go check em out!!
When the tiny Dark Matter had crashed into Dreamland... Nightmare wasn't entirely worried. He didn't think something so small could ever truly pose a threat to him. Or to Kirby, his respect for the small pink one was much higher than it was for anyone else. He'd given him a second chance when he wasn't entirely sure he deserved one.
But he wasn't going to throw that chance away.
Or... he wasn't planning to.
The Dark Matter had shot out from the ground, smacking Bandanna and harassing the King. Nightmare... didn't feel the need to get involved. If Kirby wasn't attacking then neither was he. He didn't want to take any chances, he couldn't risk betraying Kirby's trust. So he stayed back.
He waited while the King was chased by his own hammer, Dot, he'd found out their name was, had possessed it and had tried to strike Dedede with it. He'd been shockingly quick on his feet for someone with a body type like his. Perhaps it was more muscle than fat? No. That was more than unlikely.
He'd stayed back even when Dark Matter Swordsman's blade was stolen from him. He hadn't seemed to distressed by it having been possessed by the small Dark Matter and so he hadn't been worried. Dot had quite definitely refused to return it, but the Swordsman didn't press any further. Nightmare thought it mightve been more of a concern but still, Kirby seemed unfazed... but he'd had enough. He knew what a Dark Matter could do, and this one certainly seemed to have more power than its tiny body had first let on.
He charged his magic in the palm of his hand, his wispy tail flaring with purples and pinks to match the growing power. Nightmare bared his fangs in a sudden moment of pure rage. "I'm not going to run from you!" His voice harsh. "I shouldn't have to! I need to stop you!" The charged magic was shot forwards with a thrust of his hand, the blast a harsh blue as his power exploded out.
A swift motion from the sword and the blast crashed into the ground, missing Dot entirely. In a blind fury Nightmare let out an irritated growl, only getting a high pitched giggle from the Dark Matter.
"Too slow! You really do have some firepower, don't you? Imagine if that'd hit one of your little friends!!" Another abrasive cackle escaped Dot, finding hilarity where there should be none.
"Don't even say that!" Nightmare bit back, clenching his hands into fists, preparing to charge up another blast before the Dark Matter came up much quicker than he could react to, in a single swing they slashed through his coat, cutting it open, and ran a gash through Nightmare's chest, which started to leak a thick black goop.
He gently pressed a few clawed fingers into it and then pulled them away, strings of whatever it was coming away on his fingers, dripping. "Wh... What is...?" He was too baffled to finish his question before Dot could interrupt. "Oh! Oh wow! You're still alive!? Haha!! Gee, I wasn't expecting you to be so strong! I guess I can't kill you then~" Nightmares eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "But then... what? No- wait- you broke my coat!" His anger flared up once again, this was part of his reformation and he refused to see it defiled this way. Not by some... childish Dark Matter without a care for anyone else.
"Hm? Oh! Whatever!" Dot chirped, not even an inch of remorse. "It'll just make everything easier anyway!" They kicked up laughing again, slipping away from the sword they were possessing and back into their own form. Nightmare slowly lowered his arms in confusion and his tail began to smooth out again, not understanding where any of this was going. "I don't get what you're talking about. What is this going to make easier?"
The Dark Matter sighed. "Why would I tell you!? It's a surprise! No spoilers!" In a sudden burst of speed they shot out, spiralling around Nightmare, pinning his wrists to his sides. "H-Hey! What- What are you..?" He began to panic as Dot twirled around and around him. Further encasing his body in the black strings of their Dark Matter form. "Well, the little pink thing isn't any good... so..." They paused at his elbows. "Let's just say I like your style! Hehe!!" Their awful squeaky giggle kicked up once more as they began to wrap even higher around Nightmare.
"N-No! No! Stop it! You can't do this to me!" His anger rising to almost a fever pitch as his panic shot up, he finally understood. He knew what was going to happen. He scrunched his eyes shut behind his glasses, charging up for a teleportation... but to no avail. Dot... Dot had hit his core with their attack. Nightmare began to breathe faster, and if he had a pulse it would've skyrocketed.
He couldn't escape.
"It's- Its not working! Why isn't it working!?" He knew exactly what was wrong but his fear was finally getting the better of him, he tried to pull on his living bindings but they only tightened and became thicker each time he wriggled, quickly growing to cover his entire torso. Dot eventually stopped, finally at eye level with Nightmare.
They let out a quiet hum, and Nightmare just felt... so powerless. He knew he didn't need to be ridiculously powerful anymore but that didn't mean he wanted to feel this weak. He grit his teeth as he glared at Dot.
With a sudden YANK his chest was pulled forward, jangling his amulet. "Are you ready, old man!?" The Dark Matter taunted, keeping the bindings tight but manoeuvring the strands covering the dripping wound they'd cut into their captive.
"NO! NO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS! YOU CAN'T! STOP!!" Nightmare bellowed, his panic reaching its height as Dot dove in-between the parted coils. Into his core. His breath hitched in his throat. He could feel them wriggling and expanding. Trying to dominate his very being. And he knew he couldn't win this internal battle. The possession strength of this Dark Matter was... terrifying. He took a sharp, yet trembling, breath in to force out words.
"I'm- I'm sorry... Kirby..." Another sharp breath. He tensed. He'd faltered. In a sudden moment and with his ears ringing with that terrible laughter... Dot engulfed his core.
The bindings around him began to melt, dripping and slowly being drawn into the wound. Nightmare's head slumped down, his body was slipping further and further from his control with every drop of the sticky strings that got inside him. His body was changed.. corrupted into a void-like black as Dot crawled further and further into Nightmare's core.
Suddenly, a sigh escaped him. His amulet's gem flooded with black. An eye. Dot's eye. It blinked. Once. Twice.
A slow breath was drawn in, and claws extended outwards, triumphant.
"Now this is more like it!"
