Button Mash coward in fear as the unknown creature loomed over him. He slowly calmed down, hearing a voice call out to him. Once he was completely calm, he couldn't hear the voice anymore.

"Hey kid!" The voice yelled at him.

"Huh, what?" Button Mash said, confused and looking around for the source of the voice.

"Right here kid, I'm floating in front of you!" The voice yelled again.

Button Mash looked where the voice said it was, but saw the creature floating in front of him. "Wait, was t-that... you?" He asked the creature

"Yes, I'm the only other person here. And now that I've got your attention, can you explain this." The creature said, pointing at himself.

"I-I don't know what you mean?" Button replied, confused by what the creature was talking about.

"THIS!" The creature yelled, coming out of the shadows.

"I still don't understand..."

"Listen kid, my body is created by combing the deepest, darkest fears of the first person I enter. My old one was destroyed and you're the first person I entered. Now that you're all caught up, why do I look like this?"

Button Mash put a hoof under his chin. "My biggest fears are ghosts, skulls, and... tuxedos." He said, shivering at the thought of tuxedos.

"Really? Ugh, of course the first one I chose was a kid scared of his own shadow. And now I'm stuck looking like this until this one gets destroyed, but I really don't wanna go through that again." The creature said to himself before looking back at the colt. "Well, I might as well get a little snack while I'm here... boo." He said.

Button screamed and ran straight through the wall of a nearby house.

"Ha, still got it." He said, giving himself a high five. "Now then, let's get down to business." He gathered the purple mist on the ground, creating a small ball in his hand. "It's not much, but it'll have to do." He said before crushing the ball.

Three streams of purple smoke escaped from his closed hand. They suddenly grew the same masks like the one on the creature. They flew around for a few seconds before lining up in front of the creature.

"Hello my little Nightmarous, did you miss me?" He asked, scratching one's chin. "I bet you've been hungry since I've been gone. Let's go get something to eat and maybe make some more friends for you to play with, how does that sound?" The three little Nightmarous flew in excitement and followed the creature as they did.

The creature stuck out one of his claws and stabbed the air. He slowly pushed it down, creating a big, glowing tear floating in the air. The little creatures flew through the tear, slowly followed by the bigger creature. Once they exited through the tear, they were inside someone else's dream.

"Go on little ones, go collect some fear." He said, pointing in a random direction and laughing manically as they flew off into the distance. "Look out world, Mist Lord is back!" He stated, laughing some more afterwards.

Author's Note

I really wanted to get this part of the chapter out, which is why the title says it Part 1.5 instead of 2. I thought it felt more like half of a normal chapter I usually write.