In the middle night as the rain pouring down so hard, a male humanoid red panda was brushing his teeth before going right to bed and stop brushing his teeth for a second once he daydream a bit about himself and the nightmare he had last night. "That nightmare I had... I don't know I want some sleep or not." He said nervously.
"Who was that lady with those claws? Anytimes I go to sleep and start dreaming peacefully... I get this nightmare which I be seeing her in my dream."
He turn the bathroom sink on and drink the water from it and begin gargling for 7 seconds and then spit it in the toilet. "I need to take some pill that can cal'm me down so I won't get this nightmare again." He said as he flush the toilet and open the medicine cabinet to get his bottle of pills that will help him sleep well.
"These pills should do it, it's a good thing it was the last of it in the store. But thank god." He open it up and grab one pill which he open his mouth and then put it in his mouth as the sink was still pouring water and he takes a sip of it again and finally swallow the pill.
He put the bottle of pills back in the medi'cine cabinet and close it as he clean his toothbrush and turn off the bathroom sink off. "Well... Time for me to go to bed now. Hope these pills work." He said and begin leaving the bathroom and close the door as he head right straight to bed to get some sleep which he has some stuff to do tomorrow.
It was 11:35 pm as he got into bed and grab the sheet to cover around himself so he won't get cold and begin going to sleep for real which the pill seem to be working.
As he sleeping, he begin to dream peacefully of himself going fishing and waiting for the fish to catch a bait.
"Come on... I hope I get that rare fish. If I get that fish, I might trade it in which be $50 to $100." He said as he smile and waiting for the fish to catch the worm as a bait.
He kept waiting for minutes so the fish can catch the worm. "Hm? Seem like these guys in the river are quite busy, I'll keep waiting for more."
Another 5 minutes passed which he kept waiting for the fish which he seem the fish is not going to catch the bait. "Strange... It look like these fishy don't want the worm. Oh well, I get I'll head to the another area in the river an-" Before he can finish his sentence, the line from his fishing pole begin to twitch which the fish has caught the bait.
"I'll be damn! It look like this fellow finally got the bait. Time for me to see what the fish look like it." He said as he to reel the fish to pull it out of the river.
"Hope it's a rare fish." He smile as he kept reeling it.
While he trying to reel the fish out, it seem like the fish is pulling his fishing pole hard. "Huh!? The fish is fighting back?! You're not going to take my fishing pole and running away from me." He said as he keep reeling it harder to pull the fish out of the river.
He kept trying hard to pull fish out, but it seem like the fish is pulling his fishing pole with strong might. "What is going on? There's no way this small fish be this strong. But wait, it might be the big fish then, I got to fight harder so it won't get away and take my fishing pole with it."
The fish in the river kept pulling harder and harder my fishing pole. "What the hell! What kind of fish I got?!" He shouted while he trying to reel the fish out of the river. "Damn it! If this keeps up I'll-" But suddenly, the fish pulled the fishing pole along with him. "WOAH!" The fish drag the humanoid red panda into the river with him as it taking him down deep in the river.
He left go the fishing pole and trying to head back to the surface which he think it was a shark and might follow him.
The man swim fast to escape from the shark which he might anger it which it might kill him as he rushing back to the surface.
As soon he kept swimming to get back to the top surface, something grab my leg. It wasn't a shark, it was something else.
I turn my head down and see who grab my leg that trying to prevent me from escaping out of the river. It was... That same lady with the yellow hair and her entire eyes were black sockets and her smile was terrifying. I scream in the river as bubble coming out of my mouth.
He woke up from his nightmare, and took a deep breath as he place his hand on his chest which he almost had a hear't attack.
I look around in my bedroom and sigh which he wipe the sweats off his face. "Good lord... Another nightmare..." He said. "The pill is not doing nothing, anytime I fell asleep peacefully, I get this damn nightmare and seeing that creepy lady again. Why won't see leave me alone." He said again and gets out of his bedroom as he begin to head to the bathroom again.
He was frustrated and tired of the nightmare he been getting every nights. "Every freaking time she appear in my dream, I'm sick of it!" He said anger as he open the medicine cabinet and grab the bottle of pills again and thinking of taking them more.
"I don't know I should take more of these, but hell with it." He said and grab more pills and putting in his mouth.
He turn the bathroom sink on and took a sip from once more and swallow the pills and then turn off the sink. "Please let me sleep peacefully miss... I want a good dream and no more nightmare I beg of you." He said to his self.
The man close the medicine cabinet lightly and saw something in the reflection which his eyes widen. "No... It can't be."
In that reflection it was the same lady in his dream as she smiling at him which she was enjoying his suffer.
He turn around to see if she was there, but... She wasn't there. "What the hell?" He swear he saw her in his bedroom standing there with her hands behind her back which he was thinking it was a hallucination or not.
"Is that the lady from my dream? It can't be real... There no way... It can't be real..." He said as more sweats running down from his face and begin to take a deep breath.
While he was taking a deep breath to calm himself, there was a noise in the kitchen. "What in the world was that?!" He said and rush out of the bathroom to head to the kitchen if there are intruder in his house.
I went downstairs quick to head to the kitchen if those intruder was in my house and trying to steal my things.
"Damn crooks! If they already stole my stuff, they're going to get it!" He said angrily.
He made it downstairs and made it to the kitchen and sees one of them items was gone. "What the..."
I then notice once of the sugar has spill on the counter and dripping on the floor. "Someone was really in my house, I know I was sleeping deeply a little and didn't heard no window break in the kitchen. But I should check and see." He said and check the window are destroyed.
He spotted one and the window aren't destroyed and completely fine. "They didn't break the kitchen windows I should check the living room." He said and begin heading towards the living room.
I went to the living room to find the burglars broke some of the windows. As I finally made it to the living room. The windows are completely okay too. "The windows are okay too in here?! Something not right... How on earth, did they manage to break in here? Did they use a pin to unlock the door to get here? If so, I need to buy a security door next time."
He went back to the kitchen to clean up the sugar, but soon as he went back there. He saw something written on the wall that shocks him.
"Huh...!?" As he witness that was written with sugar on the wall, it says 'You're skin and your soul are mine!'
The man was terrified what he was seeing that was written on the wall as he was stepping back from fear. "What...? I didn't see that on the wall when I came in the kitchen first. But how? I didn't hear no one walking." He said as he was shaking and stepping back which he has no idea who did this.
"It must be a prank... It gotta be." He grab his hair in fear as his eyes were wide open which he is going crazy.
"A prank? It is not a prank my dear."
"HUH!?" The man heard a voice in the kitchen and see no in here.
It begin to laugh. "It's nice to watch you in fear like a puppy that saw a ghost. Hehehehahahahaha!" It begin laughing so hard which it mocking him.
"Where are you!" He said in anger. "If you in my house and thinking it's a game, I will call the police!"
"Police? How rubbish and boring, you think calling your helpers will save you and trying to stop me? Ha! What a waste of time. I'm going to play with you a bit to see you suffer and rip that skin of your and also take your soul which I been wanting for." The unknown voice.
"My skin and my soul? Damn it! Where the hell are you! Enough with the prank!" He shouted loudly.
The knife on the table suddenly rise up and magically floating and perparing to aim it at him while he was busy looking for the person in the kitchen.
"I swear... I'm going to find where you hiding, you're going to get it." He said.
"You're threats are nothing to me? They don't scare me." The unknown voice laugh.
The knife was beginning to head right straight to him as it success stab him right towards his right hand.
"AH!" He felt the pain which the knife was impaled to his hand as the blood was leaking and dripping on the floor.
"Damn!" He said while in pain which he trying to pull the knife out out of his hand but can't which he might risk of blood loss.
The unknown voice laugh. "HEHEHE! Now who look scared now, you mortals are so fun to torture. Soon you will lose more blood."
He notice something which he heard that laugh before. "That laugh... No! Don't tell me."
"Oh? It's seem like you finally notice something."
"That laugh... You're that lady in my dream! You can't be real! This isn't possible!" He said in fear.
"Me? Not real? How nonsense of you, I am really real. If want to know I'm the same me in your pathetic dream, I'll show you." The unknown voice said which the darkness was forming something and then shows her fully appearance to him which cause his eyes widen.
"No..." He said as he was shaking. "There is no way..." He was speechless of seeing the same lady that was in his dream, but in reality. She in fact in the real world.
"Hehehahaha! Are you happy seeing me? I know you do." She chuckles.
The man was stepping back from her which the lady use the other knife that was on the counter and use her magic to lift the knife up in the air and aim it straight and stab to his right leg to prevent him from escaping.
"ARGH!" He fell down on the floor in the pain which the knife impaled to his leg.
"No no no, you're not going anywhere. I want to play with you a bit to watch you echo in pain." She said.
"Please... Don't do this, how did you manage to appear out of my dream?"
"How did I end getting out of your dream? That's simple! I'm capable of invading every mortals dreams as possible I can to give them every terror they fear me so I can break them. But that's not all, I enjoy appearing in the mortal realm much often just to play with them just to watch them scream in agony." She said as she chuckles.
"You evil witch! You just enjoy this so you can kill them for pressure? You're a scum of this world!"
This has anger her which she use her sharp nails and slash it in his face.
"Really not polite to treat your new guest, you better watch your tongue for calling me a witch overwise I'll cut your precious tongue to watch your blood spilling all around the kitchen and then eat your tongue."
He grit his teeth which he wants to attack her.
"Now then, let me ask more story for you." She said. "Around long ago, I was created by my step brother named Halve which he wanted a sister that result him using dark magic and didn't use his own blood to create me, but something different. He was a part angel and part demon that he was banished from the angel kingdom due to him being a powerful hybrid which his power was so unstable and dangerous that could rival most demons and angels, and including the goddess. I wanted to ask more story from him but refuse which I understand that so I won't bother him more. He is my precious step brother that I care the most and collecting souls for him which we both been doing this for more than 100 years. We both want to collect every souls in this world and other worlds to see them watch in horror." She said and finish her story. "Oh! Forgot to tell you one more thing, my name is Claws."
"More than 100 years!? So you and your step brother been doing this for century and causing havoc upon this world and others?!" He said in surprised that Claws and Halve been doing this for the longest time for invading dreams. but including more worlds to see everyone suffer and causing harm damage as well too.
"Of course! We both don't get bored doing this. But unlike my step brother which he enjoy manipulation mortals and sometime rarely sparing people. I enjoy killing and stealing someone's skin for collection." Claws said and staring at the man with a evilly smile.
"No Please! I'll do anything! I won't tell anyone about this!"
"Like I said before I don't spare no one and I need your soul!" Claws said and lift her hand in the hand which she preparing to torture him.
She slash him in the stomach, and slashing his face, and finally his legs, and kept going while the man screaming.
Claws laughing like a manic while slashing the defenceless man.
After the torture, the man was heavily wounded and bleeding so much which they is nothing he can do to stop her.
"What's the matter? Can't scream no more?" She said and licks the blood off from her sharp nails which was delicious to her and look at the man again and grab his chin.
"I want to stay one more thing before I take your soul, I'm a demon, and no mortals in this realm have no hop'e defeating me and my step brother." Claws said to him and knows everyone on this planet have no hop'e defeating her and including her step brother as she laugh hard.
She then use her sharp nails to peel the skin off the man's face which he unable to scream more which he almost dying from blood lost before he die.
Finally, the blue soul came out from the man and she grab it. "Another soul! Now to return to my step brother's realm to see what I got." Claws said and magically appear out his house to return to the realm.
In a bizarre realm, Halve was watching the ocean of blood as he standing with his arms behind his back and daydreaming about visiting more worlds to visit.
"Such wonder to visit lots of worlds to meet new souls. Countless worlds to visit, it so magnificent to find new worlds to encounter new beings to encounter. I hope my step sister come back soon."
The portal open up as Claws came back to this realm. "Halve! I'm back! Look what I got!"
"Oh?" Halve turn around to see her return and ignoring the blood covered around her. "That was fast." He said and sees her holding the soul. "Is that a soul you holding Claws?"
"Yep! I took care of that mortal and want to bring you this." Claws said and handen it to him.
"Why thank you my dear step sister. It's nice you caught a lovely soul for me, and I see you have pieces of skin after you was playing with that mortal. Nicely done Claws."
"Thank you Halve, your the best step brother ever."
"It's a pressure Claws." Halve said and and pat her on the back.
"What's our plan if we get 666 souls?" Claws said and wondering.
"Soon my dear, we currently got 357 souls so we can access to a alternate hell dimension which that realm is ruled by belzebub so we can ask him bringing more demon army in our realm."
"Belzebub?" Claws was confused.
"Surprising I didn't told you this, Belzebub was a ordinary demon in a new demon realm, but he left that realm which was ruled by a kinder demon and was disgusted that every demons in the realm are too nice and decided to create his own hell dimension to plan a invading on the new demon realm really soon."
"I seen then, hahaha! I hope the mortals in the realm will get a surprised once every demons invading not just one, but every dreams."
"Very indeed my dear." He said. "Care to come along with me to the next world?
"Of course!" She said as both of walking together.
With Claws success killing the man and bringing the soul to his step brother, I wonder what's their next goal?