PinkShadow doesn't really sleep…At least not in the normal sense, his body does require to shut down and charge up but he doesn't sleep. One night he was in that state, shut down and charging, his senses relaxed, waiting.
Then he saw something from the corner of his vision.
'What was that?'
It was all black, a darkness he was used to, nothing should be here.
There it was again, something grey, it was so quick.
'Who's there?!'
He didn't know why he was asking, he couldn't speak here, there was no sound to this black void.
"You did this."
A voice?
He tried to look around but all he saw was black, except…No…There was something here with him, it was always at the corner of his vision.
'What are you?'
He didn't know why he was asking, they can't hear him.
"What are you?"
Wait…That was a different voice. It sounded young.
'I'm a monster.'
Could they hear him?
"You're not a monster…"
What did they mean?
Wait…Was that another new voice?
'I am, I promise.'
"A demon is what you are!"
PinkShadow froze, the last time he was called demon was…
Suddenly a mass of grey, blurry shapes appeared from the darkness, they surrounded him and the voices screamed and yelled.
So many voices, they cried and pleaded.
Cursed and begged.
He turned back online, only a few hours have passed by, not enough for a full charge but he couldn't handle the voices.
He floated downstairs, leaving the bedroom he shared with his little sister.
He gripped the sides of his head, those voices bringing back awful memories. The things he did. The monsters he killed!
PinkShadow let out a groan as he just wanted it all to shut up, his hands gripping tighter, not realising he was breaking the casing of his new body.
"Shadow?" PinkSans said as he walked downstairs, PinkShadow froze at the voice and glanced to PinkSans "I'm…Sorry…Sorry…Sorry" he said, repeating his apologies over and over like it mattered.
PinkSans reached out carefully "it's okay…Those sins are hard to carry, but it's not all your fault" he said.
PinkShadow groaned "it is…My fault…My sins…I killed them" he said, he deserves this. The pain, the guilt, the HATE.
PinkSans was getting worried, PinkShadow was looking close to snapping and breaking himself apart, he needed to make him focus.
"Your sister can't be without you" he said, PinkShadow's hands dropped and he seemed to finally be sound of mind "sister…She can't?" He asked.
PinkSans smiled and held out his hand "come on, let's get you back up there, I'm sure she's lonely without you" he said, PinkShadow felt like he was a child, he wasn't sure how he felt about it but he took PinkSans' hand and was led upstairs and back to the bedroom, PinkRoman was actually awake…Did he wake her when he left?
"Brother, are you okay?" She asked, she reached her hands for him.
'We reached our hands out for our parents...'
PinkShadow winced when he heard another voice, he put on a fake smile, just pretend, he did it before "I'm fine* he replied.
'Liar, you always lie.'
PinkRoman squinted angrily and PinkShadow felt like she could see through him, maybe she did…His sister always knew.
'She deserves better than you.'
'You killed children, she isn't safe with you.'
'Just dust and die!'
"Stop that" PinkRoman's voice said angrily, snapping PinkShadow's attention back on her. She reached her hands out again, PinkShadow floated over and sat on the bed as she pulled him close.
He could feel her soul beat, her magic shifting through her body, alive.
'Unlike you.'
'You're not alive.'
'No real monster would kill others.'
"Go go away" PinkRoman sang as she stroked his head "bad thoughts go away" she continued, everything seemed to freeze, the world suddenly sounded so quiet.
"Only good thoughts are here to stay" PinkRoman finished her tune as she placed a kiss on his head.
"Pfft…I don't think that stuff works on adults sister" PinkShadow said, "nu uh, they do…Can you still hear them?" She asked him.
PinkShadow soon realized why the world sounded so quiet…The voices were gone.
"No" he replied simply, he could feel her smug smile "then it worked" she stated. It did…PinkShadow didn't know why but finally…The world was quiet.
