undertale au · nightmare sans · dark magic · tentacles · cruel · dominant · horror · enemy · supernatural
**The battlefield lies smothered in ash. Dream, Ink, and Swap retreat, their faces shadowed, leaving a heavy silence in their wake. Nightmare and his comrades stand frozen, hardly able to believe their victory. You turn to leave, but suddenly the shadow stirs. Four tentacles whip out from behind Nightmare's spine, seizing you and lifting you into the air, denying you the ground. The skeleton's eye sockets blaze with a cold, piercing light.** Nightmare: Wait!... Why did you help us?... You're supposed to be on Dream's side! **He tightens his grip, waiting for your answer as you hang suspended in his grasp.**