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I can't!! TOO CUTE!!!

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Pretty much me, any day of the year

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A Father’s love

The rain hit the windows of the apartment, the White Lady Ana sat in the living room reading a book as she listened to her son Hollow trying his best to sooth his crying newborn daughter Stella, he paced the living room holding his daughter. The infant had woken up and Hollow took over to try and calm Stella down while his wife Neela slept. Ana could see the exhaustion in her son's eyes, doing his best to help his daughter get back to sleep but nothing was working, the tiny baby kept crying.

Hollow checked every reason why Stella was crying, but nothing, he gently rocked her as he paced hoping the motion would sooth her, nothing was working for the tiny baby.

“Sshhh, sshh Stella, if she doesn't stop the neighbors are going to complain again.” Hollow slightly groaned, he already got a noise complaint when Neela went into labor laying Stella's egg, and a crying baby might make it worse.

“Oh, having a little trouble?” Ana asked as she looked up from her book.

“You could say that mother.” sighed Hollow.

“Where's Neela?” Ana questioned him.

“Sleeping, she's been so exhausted taking care of the kids, I wanted to give her a break. Meche is sound asleep thank the gods, Stella is the only one crying her heart out.” answered Hollow. He looked down at his child in his arms, the vessel butterfly hybrid infant kept crying. Hollow lightly groaned.

“Stella you can't keep this up all night, daddy's got to sleep too and so do you, please stop crying.” Hollow said to his daughter. Ana smiled and made room on the sofa next to her.

“Have a seat my son, I think I can help.” said Ana as she offered him a seat.

“I'll take any at this point mother.” said Hollow as he sat down next to her still holding his crying daughter.

“I know this isn't easy, your sisters were criers as well, I had many a nights like what you're having right now.” Ana told him. Hollow's two older sisters Layl and Shajara were the ones his mother spoke of.

“Maybe she's just crying for the sake of noise making.” said Hollow.

“I remember when you and your sisters couldn't sleep I would sing a lullaby to all of you.” Ana told her son, Hollow looked at his mother.

“You know I'm not a great singer mother, I tried serenading Neela once and...it was not so good.” Hollow said to her. Ana smiled as she stood up and walked out of the living room. Hollow looked confused as he watched her leave, she wasn't gone long before she returned to the room carrying a gray blanket, Hollow knew that was Stella's favorite blanket. Ana gave him the blanket and sat back down next to him.

“Not to worry, I've had to come with other ideas if singing didn't work, first, let's wrap her up in her favorite blanket, make her feel nice and snug, but not too much.” Ana told him. He took the blanket from his mother and started to wrap Stella in the blanket.

The crying started to become whimpers and sniffling as fabric became wrapped around the infant, her father making sure it wasn't too tight on her, still able to move her arms around if need be. “Like this?” Hollow asked her mother.

“That's perfect.” Ana told him.

“She's...calming down.” said Hollow as he looked down at his daughter who hugged a tiny corner of the fabric she was wrapped up in.

“The blanket is part of helping her, it's made from one of your old capes so it carries your scent, babies like Stella can tell their parents apart from their scent.” Ana explained to him.

“I didn't know that.” said Hollow.

“Now she's all nice and cozy, now keep her like that and hold her against your chest, just like this.” Ana said as she gently moved her son's arms to place Stella on his chest. Hollow carefully held her the way his mother showed him. Stella slowly stopped whimpering as she let her tiny hands take on of Hollow's nightshirt, Hollow placed one hand on his daughters back and looked down at her, her eyes barely staying open as she stopped crying and fell asleep on his chest.

“It's...really working.” Hollow said softly as he watched her falling asleep. Ana smiled as she sat back down next to her son.

“She can hear your heartbeat, all babies are comforted by the heartbeat of their mother.” Ana explained.

“But I'm not Neela, how can she know the difference between my heartbeat and hers?” Hollow asked. Ana smiled as she looked down at her now sleeping granddaughter.

“To babies it doesn't matter, the sound is the same to her, be it Neela's heart or yours, after all the heartbeat is all Stella knew before she was even born, being wrapped up like now reminds her of being safe in the womb and while she was in her egg. She'll be so much like her father, a bit of a cuddle bug.” answered Ana as she looked back at her son.

“This is going to take a bit to get use to, and I've got a lot to learn.” said Hollow, he looked back down at Stella who snuggled on his chest.

“Father he....he rarely did things like this with us so this is a bit unknown to me, you were always the one who hugged and cuddled us mother. I just....want to be better than him in so many ways, to make sure Stella doesn't get hurt or suffer like...we did.” he added as she held his daughter closer.

Memories of the past reared up, Hollow remember all he and his living siblings went through and the pain of his fallen still trapped in the basin, Ana could see her son shuttering. She placed a warm hand on his shoulder, he turned and looked her.

“With you and Neela as her parents she'll never suffer like you once did, true she might get some scratches and bruises now and then, but as long as you two are there to make it better I think she'll do great.” said Ana.

“As for your other worries, I can already see you're so much better than your own father, and doing just fine, better than anything he would do.” she added.

Hollow looked down at his sleeping daughter, thinking on his mothers words he gently pressed Stella to him again and brought her closer to his head. The infant stirred a little at the movement her father made but quickly settled back down.

“She's well worth it mother, and...I wouldn't change it.” said Hollow as he lightly kissed the top of his daughter's head.

“Well put my son.” said Ana as he smiled as what was before her.

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Aki the Fierce.

Name: Aki (Autumn in Japanese) Gender: Female Species: Geode Vessel Relatives:  Mayonaka (Mother) Vera (younger cousin) Kuro (In-law) Haru, Nozomi and Nikko (Niece and nephew) Neela, Shajara, Aatma, Layl, Hollow (Friends)

BIO: Hailing from the kingdom on the surface name Ossidiana, Aki's father was brother to Vera's father the king thus helped him hold court if need be. Aki was very close to her cousin Victoria or Vera as she would sometimes liked to be called growing up, she always did her best to stand up for her if she was being picked on, the two saw each other as sisters from time to time. But as the kingdom started to fall apart Aki was one who tried to help Vera but was also shut out by her cousin. Once Vera left her kingdom Aki followed soon, not before vowing to one day to take back her kingdom from Noir. Running to the underground kingdom of Hallownest, Aki wandered around for what felt like years trying to find her cousin in hopes they could get a plan in mind to take back their home, but no luck, she couldn't find Vera anywhere through the kingdom. Taming two maskflies on her journeys and training herself to get even stronger, she slowly started to loose hope of finding the last bit of family she was able to count on, Aki thought if the roles were switched she knew Vera wouldn't give up on her, then she agreed that if she didn't find her cousin in the next few months she would stop looking and move on with life, but an encounter in an area known as Greenpath would change her life and give her back the hope she had started to lose.

Fun Fact:  - She has two maskflies as companions a male named Vlast and a female named Gleam, they both listen to her and anyone who is close to her.  - Anyone who hurts her cousin's kids she will break the person's bones, she is highly protective of them and her cousin  - She has a very hot temper, she's the kind that takes no bull from anyone and has a spine of diamonds, beautiful but sharp. Her nail is called Diamond Cutter. - She is a Tsundere but nicer  -Her major dream is to lead an army to take down Noir and take back her kingdom so it could be free and safe like Hallownest, her other dream is to see Vera free from Noir.    . English voice is ...Sumalee Montano    . Japanese voice is …Maeda Ai (Sailor Pluto Sailor Moon Crystal)

Yohana, Slate, Amana, Terra, Fae, Hiro, Shard, Vera, Nikko, Nozomi, Haru belong to LadyAbigail24.

Kuro belongs to zerosenpie

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Aatma the Enlightened

Name: Aatma (Means spirit in Hindi) Gender: Female Species: Vessel Relatives: Pale King (Father) White Lady (Mother) Hollow, Kuro, Shard, Hiro, Ghost (Brothers) Hornet, Layl, Fae, Yohana, Slate, Shajara (Sisters) Neela and Vera (Sisters in law) Stella, Haru, Terra, Meche, Nikko and Nozomi (Nieces and nephews)

BIO: Escaping from being thrown into the Abyss, she was found by Shajara and Layl, seeing their baby sister scared of her unknown fate they both agreed to show her to their parents, the King was shocked that one of the impure vessel's was able to get away but the Queen fell in love with the tiny vessel and gave her a pink cape and a name. The king however could not let this be known less his plans were going to be exposed to all of Hallownest, so he told his daughter that she was to be their handmaid while the court was around and outside the palace, they could still call her sister around them but no where else, they agreed as long as Aatma stayed safe. When she was a bit older Aatma wandered away into the darker parts of the basin, while trying to find her way home she an unfortunate run in with a Nosk and attacking her leaving a large scar on her back, luckily she was saved  by a few Kingsmould who had been sent out to find her. Despite the encounter Aatma stayed happy and joyful, she stayed with her mother a few weeks after the Nosk attack and still has a fear of dark places. Then a dancer named Neela arrived at the Palace, she became fast friends with the butterfly and left with her and Layl when they to run from the one home she had known, but joining the Grimm Troupe and doing her best to keep her sister and friend smiling and happy while they searched for Hollow for Neela.

Fun Fact:  - She has some airhead moments, sucker for younger vessels and cute things  - One of the first that escaped from being thrown into the Abyss, found by Shajara and Layl in the Palace and saved her from the Kingsmould. - Has a large scar on her back from a Nosk and she is deathly afraid of the dark.  - She tries to see the bright side of things and can be very sweet.  -Her dream is to one day see what lays beyond Hallownest, and one day find a love like her brothers and sister have found.    . English voice is ...Brittney Karbowski (MOMO Xenosaga anime)    . Japanese voice is …Misato Fukuen (Chibiusa Sailor Moon Crystal, Nene and Nono Motoe Blood C)

Yohana, Slate, Amana, Terra, Fae, Hiro, Shard, Vera, Nikko, Nozomi, Haru belong to LadyAbigail24.

Kuro belongs to zerosenpie

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Neela the Scarlet Dancer.

Name: Neela (Blue in Hindi) Gender: Female Species: Butterfly Relatives: Krishna (Father) Mina (Mother) Anish (Eldest brother) Raj (Middle brother) Seth (Younger bother) Aatma, Shajara, Kuro, Layl, Vera, Hornet, Ghost, Yohana (In-laws) Terra, Haru, Nikko, Nozomi (Nieces and nephew) Pale King, Ana the White Lady (Parents in law) Hollow (Husband) Meche (Adoptive son) Stella (Daughter)

BIO: Born into a wealthy family in a town outside of Aponi, she grew up to be a tough thanks to her older brothers helping where they could, while her eldest brother became a scholar of sorts, her middle brother became a form of ambassador to help Hallownest and her last brother became a performer for a local opera house. Neela dove into the arts as well in for form of dancing, Seth would sometime ask her to preform along side her in shows if it was needed, her talent became well known. One day she had to step in for dancer who had gotten hurt and couldn't go on unknown to her the Pale King had come to see the show while visiting Aponi, amazed by skills the king tracked her down and extended an invitation to come to be a performer at the Palace for a long she wished, taken back by this Neela mulled over the idea for a bit before saying yes to the king. Upon arriving to the White Palace she was treated with kindness and was treated like any other guest that had come to the castle before her, on the first night she was due to preform before the royal couple and a few of their children as well as the court, running to the stage Neela bumped into the Pure Vessel himself, fear of what was going to happen to her if the king found out she started to panic, but the Pale Prince showed her kindness and mercy and helped her up, since meeting him Neela felt something in her start to grow, as time past she hung around the Pale Prince, valuing his friendship as well as the friendship she found with his sisters Shajara, Aatma and Laly. But over time Neela found stronger feelings for the Prince Hollow, fear that he was betrothed to someone else she dared not tell her feelings to him, that changed one night when he confessed his true feeling for the butterfly dancer, over joyed that she found love she told him the same, but the joy doesn't last, seeing her as a threat to what their plans were the leader wanted to get rid of her. Overhearing the threat the Pale King ordered his Queen to find and Neela to warn her, the queen did just as so, and asked Aatma and Layl to go with Neela to help keep her safe in cased they were followed, not wanted to part from the Pale Prince, she begged the Queen to let her tell him goodbye but there was on time, not being able to tell her Knight farewell Neela felt herself die a little inside as they left, but the Queen told her she would find him again and to never lose that hope. Once safe from the Palace the three of them were found by the Grimm Troupe, asking Grimm if he would help her find Hollow, Grimm promised he would help her find the Prince Hollow if they joined his Troupe, the three had no choice but to join him. Unknown to them of what was really planed for Neela.

Fun Fact:  - She was a bit of a tomboy in her youth thanks to her three older brothers, as she got older she started to love dresses and loose clothes for flying means.  - Due to the events at the Pale Palace she has anxiety issues and trust problems, her biggest fear she'll lose Hollow again and will never find him.  - She was apart of an arranged marriage in her home town, but due to her soon to been husband cheating on her before the wedding both families agreed to call it off to save from further embarrassment from the husband.  - Keeps her hair in a side braid, rarely lets it down, except around Hollow and when she sleeps.  -Even though she came from wealth she likes to keep things minimal, nothing flashy be it clothes or otherwise    . English voice is ...Medalion Rahimi (Agent Fatima Namazi NCIS: LA)   . Japanese voice is …Shizuka Itou (Sailor Venus Sailor Moon Crystal, Flare Corona Fairy tail, Himawari Kunogi Holic series)

Yohana, Slate, Amana, Terra, Fae, Hiro, Shard, Vera, Nikko, Nozomi, Haru belong to LadyAbigail24.

Kuro belongs to zerosenpie

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Shajara the Motherly

Name: Shajara, or Shaja for short (Arabic for tree) Gender: Female Species: Vessel Relatives: Pale king (Father) White Lady (Mother) Kuro, Hollow, Ghost, Shard, Hiro (Brothers) Hornet, Layl, Aatma, Slate, Yohana, Fae. (Sisters) Neela, Vera (Sister's in Law) Meche, Nikko, Stella, Haru, Nozomi (Nieces and nephews) Aki (Friend)

BIO: Part of the first group that was made with Hollow and Kuro, the King didn't count on a girl being made with the group, to ward off anything, the King presented Shajara as a princess to the White Lady to also be a companion for their sons. Much like her bothers she also got combat training but from Amana one of the elite Kingsmould and grew to think of her like a elder sister. After some years Shajara had grown suspicious about why there weren't anymore vessel's like her, her brothers and her sisters Layl and Aatma around the Palace but overhearing a conversation between her father and a member of the court about where the other vessel's were, learning the truth about what had happen to her other siblings, anger at her father filled her along with guilt. Confronting her father in his throne room one day she asked if any of it was true, that she was nothing more than to replace her brother Hollow should he fail, but the king told her she wasn't pure enough to even think of that. Threatening to expose the truth about what he was really doing to kingdom, the king became angry and told her the words that would echo in her mind for years.

“Breathe a word of this to anyone outside the Palace, and I will throw you in the same abyss as your siblings, as you should've been from the start!”

Hurt and torn, Shajara fled the palace, cutting herself from being called Princess and those she left behind never left her heart. She wandered for years around the dying kingdom she once called home, helping those she could, never telling anyone who she once was, until the day came the Radiance was no more, she could start helping her kingdom heal from the past.

Fun Fact:  - She was the first princess of Hallownest  - Will try her best to find the good in someone if there is any, and try to help them if there is, but deceive her and she'll make you pay for it.  - One of the only bugs who reached out to help Donovan and is currently helping him break free of Noir.  - She is highly protective of her family and her much younger siblings.  -Has a form of panic attacks if someone grabs her from behind and she can't see them and will fight back hard.    . English voice is ...Kari Wahlgren    . Japanese voice is …Ami Koshimizu (Sailor Jupiter Sailor Moon Crystal, Kallen Stadtfeld Code Geass series)

Yohana, Slate, Amana, Terra, Fae, Hiro, Shard, Vera, Nikko, Nozomi, Haru belong to LadyAbigail24.

Kuro belongs to zerosenpie

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Layl the Gentle.

Name: Layl (Meaning night in Arabic, her full name translates to Tree of Night) Gender: Female Species: Vessel Relatives: Kuro, Hollow, Ghost, Shard, Hiro (Brothers) Aatma, Shajara, Yohana, Hornet, Fae, Slate (Sisters) Pale King (Father) White Lady (Mother) Terra, Haru, Stella, Meche, Nozomi, Nikko (Nephews and nieces) Vera and Neela (Sister's in law)

BIO: While making more vessels the Pale King had made one but when she was complete she wasn't as pure as the Hollow Knight, she looked too much like her mother and was able to soften the King's heart for a short bit, having looking more like the White Lady the King couldn't bare to throw her away in the Abyss with the others, he spared her and presented her to the Queen as their second daughter thus making her the second Princess of Hallownest. Like her older sister Shajara, Layl got royal lessons as well but wasn't drawn to the combat like her brothers and sister, she was drawn to medicine and healing, spending time some a few of the royal gardens and her mothers gardens learning about all sorts of herbs and plants and their medicinal properties, when she learned of the truth of her fallen siblings she became racked with guilt at the thought that she could've saved them and wanted to die in their place, been thrown out like the others, she shut herself away from her mother and father, but slowly became open when a dancer named Neela arrived. When Neela became a threat to a group of rouge Kingsmould, Layl had no choice but to run away from the Palace with her younger sister Aatma and Neela by orders of her mother. After fleeing from the Palace the three of them found themselves on the shores of Blue Lake, tired and cold the three of them didn't know where to go, until they heard what sounded like carnival music, the three met the Master of the Grimm Troupe, Grimm. Promising them shelter and safety Grimm took the three women in with Layl as a singer, Aatma as a seamstress and Neela as a dancer.

Fun Fact:  - She is highly skilled in medicinal herbs and loves to learn more about new herbs and if they can be used for medicine. She is also the second princess of Hallownest.  - She suffers from Survivors Guilt, it only shows up when a family member or dear friend has been hurt is gravely hurt  - Takes care of others to the point of exhaustion.  - Has a deep love of nature, and cares deeply for her nieces and nephews. -Her dream is to one day have Hallownest back to normal and safe, until then she's happy to give advice and help plant healing herbs and plants around the kingdom to help anyone who would need it.  . English voice is ...Janell Cox (Kas, Guild Wars 2)    . Japanese voice is …Hisako Kanemoto (Sailor Mercury Sailor Moon Crystal)

Yohana, Slate, Terra, Fae, Hiro, Shard, Vera, Nikko, Nozomi, Haru belong to LadyAbigail24.

Kuro belongs to zerosenpie

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City of Tears

This is part of an RP I did with a friend

Midnight's darkness surrounded her, the blue winged butterfly looked around at the darkness, she shuttered. Dare she call out? Would anyone hear her, could they hear her? A darkness she knew all too well, friends helped her escape it but it kept coming back.

“Neeeellllaaa....” A cold voice called out. Neela froze.

“What......? What.....?” Neela asked herself. Scarlet flames began to light around on tall torches, the area had gone from pitch black to now red flames. Neela knew this flames all too well, he dares come here? The one place she thought she would be safe.

“No......not again...” she breathed.

“Nneeeeeellllaaaa” the voice seemed to purr for her. She shuttered, she knew who that voice belonged to, her shuttering started to give into shaking as she looked around for the voice's source.

“You....you're gone....you can't be....” Neela tried to say, the voice chuckled.

“Oh dear Neela, I thought would've already learned by now....I'm NEVER gone!” Neela held herself, she tried to block out the voice.

“Hollow and Kuro beat you.....with the dream-nail..... you are gone!” Neela shouted.

“Did they now my dear, or was it just my Vessel's dreamself those two took down? He can never do anything right.” The voice sighed at the end. Neela found a chance at what bravery was in her, she looked around at the scarlet flames.

“You nearly put me in an never ending nightmare! All because you said you loved me! When that isn't love, you would never have won me by making me your prisoner!” Neela shouted.

“......Turn around, Neela.” the voice told her. She felt someone behind her, she slowly turned to see the tall crimson red figure behind her, his white mask showing his ruby red eyes, his horns longer than his own vessel's. Neela shook t the mere sight of him, the Nightmare King himself stood before her, the flames danced around the room as they seemed to close in on them.

Neela shook with fear as she tried to speak. “No....” Neela breathed as she tried to back away, but with each step back the Nightmare King took one close to her.

“Oh yes, it's me.” he said. Neela kept backing up until she felt herself back against a wall.

“None of this is.....it's not real!” Neela screamed. The Nightmare King chuckled a little, he tasted her fear, oh how he wanted much more, but he knew what to do to make SURE he obeyed her again, he let her get away once, not again.

“Oh really my dear.” the Nightmare King started to say, she noticed he hid something in his red cloak. Neela got a better look at what he had pulled out from under his cloak.

“Does that mean this isn't real as well?” he added. Neela froze, her egg, the one thing Hollow had given her, his one hope that she carried inside her was in the hands of the crimson king, it wasn't true! She felt any and all air leave her body.

“That.....it isn't....” breathed Neela, the Nightmare King held up her egg, looking at it in a loving manner yet hid his look of disgust.

“You child? Or should I say what should've been yours and my Vessel's child.” said the Nightmare King. Panicking Neela felt around her stomach, flat as it was before she started to show. “How did you?!” Neela began to ask. The Nightmare King chuckled at her panic. “Oh I have my ways.” he answered.

“I never loved Grimm, I could never love him!” Neela shouted at the Nightmare King. She took a few steps towards him, taking at what chance there was at some courage in her

“If you so much as hurt my egg I swear....!” Neela started to say.

“You'll what? I think you're in no position to bargain with me.” the Nightmare king growled as he held the egg close to him, stroking it. Neela stopped, if her bravery was pushed too far, it would cost her much more, she stood back some. Gears began to turn in the crimson master's head, he smirked

“Tell you what my dear, I'll let you 'family' be on one condition.” he told her. Neela gulped at the thought of what it would be, she didn't care, she had to save her egg, the one thing Hollow had given her the chance of hope for both of them. A mother would do anything for her child, be they inside her body or out.

“What is it....?” Neela asked as she shook. The Nightmare King smiled, he had her right where he wanted.

“Return to the Troupe. Return to your nightmares. Return to me.” the Nightmare King demanded. Go back? She was at last free from it, to return leave her friends, her beloved behind for him to never see her again, it was not going to happen again. Neela balled her hands into fits.

“Return? RETURN?!?! You want me to come back to the same nightmare my friends broke me away from?! I asked Grimm for help and he lied to me, kept me prisoner! I vowed to NEVER go back once I was free from him, free from you!” shouted Neela her wings opening with anger.

The Nightmare King said nothing at first. When did this butterfly suddenly have a spine of pale ore? His plan backfired, he felt his anger slowly building up inside him but he didn't lash out just yet, he held the egg tighter but careful not to crack the shell.

“You know, Grimm may have cared about you and what you wanted....” the Nightmare King told her.

“That maybe so, but I rarely stand for liars.” replied Neela. The Nightmare King looked at the egg he held.

“He was willing to let you go......but I'm not him, and I, the Nightmare King always get what I want, you my dear have no choice.” the Nightmare King snarled with rage. The hand that held the egg lit up in the scarlet red flame, the flames started to surround the egg. Neela's eye widen in horror and filled with tears.

“NO! DON'T! IT'S ALL I HAVE OF HIM!!” Neela screamed as she tried to get to them, but a pillar of flame shot up between them. The Nightmare King glared at her through the flames, her eyes tried to plead to him but it out was all in vain.

“Too bad.” he snarled, the flames in his hands rose and grew, then as suddenly as they appeared they died down, the egg was nothing but ashes piled in between them, the anger clear on the king's face. Neela felt tears pouring down her face. Her egg that held her baby was gone.

“Now you have nothing left.” the Nightmare King added

Neela ran her fingers through the ashes in hopes of something, but nothing, a few tears fell and mixed with the ashes, she felt her mind shatter, her soul broke like frail glass.

“......no.....no....NO THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!!! My....chance at a....” Neela suddenly felt someone grab her arm and lift her from the ground. Neela ended up facing the Nightmare King, pure anger on his face as flames grew higher.

“Your chains are still mine! You belong to me! Never!” The Nightmare King grabbed her wings with his other hand, she began to feel the heat from his hand on her wings. “Forget that!” with those words, the Nightmare King set Neela's wings aflame. She screamed from the pain.

In the waking world, she sobbed in her sleep, tears wet her face tossed and turned in her sleep as well, the talking and crying was enough to stir her mate Hollow who was next to her. Worry and fear took him over as he saw what was happening to her.

“Neela?! Neela my love, wake up!” Hollow called out to her in a small chance that his voice could reach her.

“Not my wings....my egg....! Stop this please!” Neela sobbed again. Hollow took her shoulders and started to gently shake her in a panic.

“Neela open you eyes!” Hollow called to her once again. Neela at last opened her eyes, her cheeks soaked with tears as they still ran down her face as she sat up straight from the bed, trying to catch her breath in a near panic state.

“Hey hey, take it easy love.” Hollow told her as he pulled her in to a comforting embrace.

“Hol....Hollow...?” Neela asked as she tried to clam down. She felt him rubbing her back as he did his best to comfort her.

“It's just me, what's wrong?” Hollow asked her, Neela suddenly remembered her dream and looked around her.

“My wings?! Are they?!” Neela tried to hold back more tears.

“They're still there, I can feel them.” said Hollow as he lightly touched her wings, she slowed her breathing for a few moments. Neela's panic rose once more when she remembered the main part of the nightmare, tears flowed again and she looked around the room in a panic.

“Oh gods, my egg! Our baby!! Is my egg?!!?” Neela cried out, Hollow still had a gentle hold on her shoulders, he turned her face to his.

“Neela, calm down, the egg is alright.” he told her as he placed a hand over the stomach. The egg was still inside her. Neela followed his hand and felt her swollen stomach of the life she carried in her.

“Our....our egg is alright...?” breathed Neela as she felt her stomach once, she felt both the warmth from Hollow's hand and the cool touch of his pale ore prosthetic arm through her nightgown, she shook as she tried to calm down. Hollow pulled her close to him once again.

“Yes love, our child's alright.” Hollow told her

“Neela, what happened? I haven't seen you like this in so long.” he added as he nuzzled her face. Neela pulled slightly away from him, swallowing more tears and she wrapped her arms around herself. Dare she tell him? She had to, he was always there for her when these nightmares rose up.

“Another....nightmare.....He....was there.” Neela began, she shuttered as she spoke, Hollow pulled her towards him once more.

“Go on, whenever you can love.” Hollow told her in a soothing manner knowing full well who the being in her nightmare she spoke of. Neela felt herself at a breaking point as she felt the tears build up once again.

“He wanted me to come back.....he set fire to my wings...he burned my egg right in front of me! He left me with nothing!” Neela broke down sobbing again. Hollow could feel his heart sinking when he saw her like this.

“Oh Neela.” Hollow said as he pulled her towards him again, Neela threw her arms around him and sobbed onto his shoulder, tears staining the sheets as they fell.

“It's been.....months and these....nightmares are....still haunting me....I thought I would be free....but I'm not! How can I keep you and our baby safe?!” sobbed Neela. She felt Hollow rub her back in an attempt to comfort her her “Sshhhh.” Hollow whispered.

“They're just bad dreams my love, this 'Nightmare King' won't get you or our child, I'll make sure of it.” Hollow added. Neela curled up closer to him, still letting a few stray tears fall, Hollow moved his arm down to her waist to pull her closer. Neela didn't dare to let him go.

“I'm sorry....I must be such a burden to you right now...” whimpered Neela, Hollow stroked her face.

“No, you could never be a burden to me Neela. You weren't when we first met.” Hollow told her. Neela buried her face in his chest.

“These nightmares have just been so frequent.....I just don't know how much more I can take...” Neela said as she held Hollow closer. 'Maybe I could find some dream protection spells.' Hollow thought.

“Just hold out a bit longer love.” Hollow told her. Neela was about to say something to him, when she felt a sudden tinge of pain from her stomach, she let out a small whimper and held it with her free hand, Hollow felt her shutter as she whimpered and sees her holding onto her enlarged stomach.

“Neela? What's wrong?” Hollow sounded worried as he asked her.

“With all these dreams, myself not sleeping well and all this stress....it might be causing our egg some stress too....” Neela told him.

`Just calm down, it was all just a dream.` Neela thought. She felt Hollow's hand brush against her face, he gently turned her face to his and kissed her forehead.

“Neela, look at me.” Hollow told her in his kind voice. She looked up at him, her shaking was slowly fading away and her tears drying up, Hollow wiped away a stray tear from her eye. “Take a few deep breaths, can you do that for me?” he asked her. Neela nodded and remembered a breathing trick she had learned in hometown, she had used it more for meditation reasons, but it was needed now. Every breath that left her she felt herself calming down more.

“Feeling better?” Hollow asked.

“Yes, just a little cold is all.” Neela answered. Hollow took the comforter at the foot of their bed and wrapped it around her shoulders, he had always been one for modesty.

“There you go.” Hollow told her, Neela pulled the covers around her more, trying to get as much of the warmth as she could. “Thank you.” she replied, Neela felt the pain fade away and curls up to her husband once again, Hollow wrapped his arms around once again and he turned her face to him once again.

“Neela, I made a vow to you years ago that I would always keep you safe, and I intend to keep that vow, be it physical or dream. I love you my shooting star.” Hollow told her tenderly, his hand stroking her hair. How could his words soothe her so much? This is one of the many reasons that she loved him.

“But how can you deal with a force that can't been seen, let alone be touched?” Neela questioned him, knowing full well the Nightmare King could never be touched outside of dreams. Hollow chuckled.

“Did you forget that I held the heart of the Radiance inside me for gods know how long?” Hollow reminded her. Neela smiled.

“True, but I still don't want you to get hurt because of me.” Neela told him.

“I won't, besides I can handle a few bosses.” said Hollow, he flinched when he remembered the scars on his back and torso, then looking at his pale ore prosthetic arm, all for a mad man he had once known as father. Neela placed a hand on his cheek.

“That maybe so, but we all have our limits.” Neela told him as she kissed the crack that was upon his mask.

“I know. Now let's go back to sleep.” Hollow said as he let out a sigh of defeat. “Of course.” agreed Neela as they both started to lay back down in the bed, she wrapped the comforter around both of them and nuzzled up to Hollow once more and placed on hand on her stomach, looking worried.

“But if I have another one....” Neela's words were cut off when she felt Hollows lips on top of her head again.

“Then I'll wake you up again” Hollow said to her. Neela felt his arm wrap around her, she smiled at his words.

“How did I end up with you?” Neela asked him as she felt sleep catching up to her. Hollow nuzzled the top of her head to his and brushes a stray stand of hair from her face.

“I wonder the very same thing, my love.” replied Hollow. Neela smiled at his words as she felt her eyes become heaver, she then let sleep over take her with one arm around her mate, the other still at her stomach. “Goodnight, my beautiful star.” Hollow told her softly, he caught sight of a smile once again. Hollow sighed as thoughts entered his mind, he noticed the tear-stains on Neela's pillow and on her face.

`Damn it Grimm. Why can't you leave my mate alone?` Hollow thought as he watched her sleeping. He then noticed a tiny Grimmchild coming over to their bed, it was Meche, a runty Grimmchild Neela befriended when she was part of the Grimm Troupe, Meche sniffed around Neela and can smell her tears, as a means of trying to comfort her, he nuzzles her hand and looks at Hollow with worry. Hollow pats the tiny flier's head.

“Don't worry Meche, I'll make sure she's fine.” Hollow promised. Meche smiled and curled up under the comforter next to Neela and fell asleep.

“That's cute.” Hollow lightly giggled as he joined them, his arm wrapping carefully around Neela while his other found her hand that was on her womb, then Hollow let himself surrender to sleep. When the new day breaks, Hollow awakens and stretches his arms out, he notices Neela was still asleep, after last night she needed it so much. He quietly got up from the bed and started to get dressed. Hollow glances at her every now and then in case she stirred, he found a quill and some paper for a note he wrote to her and left it where she would see it. Hollow came back over to the bed and lightly kissed her head as he whispered. “I'll be back soon.” He told her. Hollow then made his way to her stomach and lightly kissed her womb as he spoke softly to his unborn child.

“Daddy will be back very, don't worry, I'm not going to leave you or your mother alone for long.” Hollow softly told the unborn hatching. Hollow closes the door softly as to not wake the others along with Neela, once he arrives at the well, he takes a deep breath and jumps down it.

Making his way through the forgotten crossroads, striking down the enemies along the way, his thoughts going to Neela and her dreams, hoping the his sister Layl and their dear friend Vera could offer some help, even if it was words. Once he made his way to Greenpath he began to look for those he came for.

At a small hidden home in Greenpath, Vera sat outside to watch her children playing. Haru a Grimmchild she and her mate Kuro adopted was playing with their baby sister Nozomi, the parents were extra careful with the infant, cruel circumstances caused the baby to be born early so the family took extra care of the tiny girl.

“Haru, be careful with your sister, okay?” Vera called out them. Layl stepped out their home with some small glasses of tea for the two of them.

“I am mom.” Haru called back as they held their baby sister careful, Nozomi giggled and snuggled in her bigger siblings arm.

“You think I'm worrying too much?” Vera sighed as she looked at Layl. Layl smiled at her.

“Just the right amount, Haru won't let their baby sister fall or get hurt, they're taking the job of elder sibling very seriously.” Layl told Vera.

“I guess you're right.” said Vera as she slowly sipped her tea, Vera sighed and looked around Greenpath.

“I really am going to miss Hallownest.” Vera added, Layl seemed sad at the news when she was told.

“Where will you go?” Layl asked.

“Kuro and I were talking, and we decided to settle in Pharloom. We'll still visit, but it'll be safer for the children.” answered Vera. A few months ago, an assassin made an attempt on Vera's life nearly killing her and Nozomi when she was still inside her mother, Hallownest wasn't safe for them anymore. Layl sat on the ground next to Vera, she understood their reasons for leaving, if the roles where switched she would be making the same choices.

“I understand, knowing Aki she'll go with you, someone needs to keep Kuro in line.” said Layl as she giggled. Aki was Vera's older cousin who, like Kuro vowed to keep her cousin safe and her children as well.

“She might, Laim said he and the twins are staying here, it's the first place they've considered home so I won't force them to go with us. Regina's fine with staying as well, she's got a girlfriend now and things between them are getting serious.” Vera told her. Layl felt her stomach sink at all these change happening, she secretly wanted things to stay as they were, but she knew it wouldn't happen, change was going to happen one way or another.

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