My Protector 7 (SandyxReader)

My Protector

Chapter 7

As soon as you opened the castle doors, you found yourself waking up once again. However, instead of being in your room, simple room with a wooden floor, blue curtains and a box filled with toys--it was a room unfamiliar to your eyes; a room with gold curtains, floors, and light colored furniture.

Just where in the world were you?

The sudden sounds of soft whispers caught your attention when you looked down from the couch you were sleeping on, you noticed a group of sea shells and oysters talking to each other and immediately scattered when they noticed you were now awake.

'Sea shells?' You blinked in confusion. Why are there sea shells in a place like this? Unless...

You then sniffed at the air, the scent of sea salt filled your nostrils and you finally knew where you were.

You were in Sandy's castle!

Quickly kicking off the blankets you silently followed the shells in hopes that they will lead you to your sandy friend.

And thankfully they did.

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As you continued on, you noticed there were more than just shells inside the castle. There were also starfishes, turtles, and even mermaids spending most of their time here. And speaking of mermaids one of them with red hair was brushing a hand through your friend's hair as she appeared to be singing a soft lullaby.

"Sandy!"

The mermaid shushed you once she heard you and glared at you with hard eyes, and you quickly closed your mouth. When she saw no danger from you, the mermaid motioned for you to come over and you obeyed. "You need to gently shake him," the mermaid softly whispered. "This little one is very sensitive."

And that's what you did. With just one small shake, Sandy slowly opened his golden eyes to meet your (Eye color) ones. He blinked a couple of times before registering who you were. You are (Name), his close friend.

"Hey," You greeted.

Sandy returned the greeting with a fond smile.

"How are you feeling Sandy?"

Sandy gave you an image of a thumbs up to tell you he was okay.

"Good, good."

"?" Sandy asked if anything was wrong.

"Nothing's wrong," You replied. "I'm just amazed with everything that's happened. And now here we are inside the castle that we made! With walking sea shells and real life mermaids! Oh I knew they were real!"

Sandy silently chuckled at your childish wonder. It reminded him just how much he missed the times when he was like that as well; so naive and fully unaware of the dangers that may lurk. The sandman found himself frowning at the thought. Unlike how he was in the past, Sandy knew you were different. Since you were a small age, you knew what it was like to lose so much and have so little to relay on. It was something he had to protect and make sure it doesn't become the next thing to be further destroyed. Because he knew it took a lot of care to repair the damage.

A sudden cry of a mare filled Sanderson's ears, stiffening him in fear. But a small hand on his shoulder snapped him out of it.

"You don't look so good," you stated with worry. "Are you sure you're okay?"

Sandy reassured you by patting you on the head and trying to usher you back to your dreams but to no avail.

"But I can't leave you here by yourself Sandy, you look too pale! There might be a chance for you to get hurt if I'm not around! So please, let me stay with you a little longer okay?"
 
With a small sigh, Sandy finally agreed and let you hold him close while humming a faint tune that your brother once sang to you.

The mermaids and sea creatures that were once there had quietly left, leaving the two of you to yourselves in comfortable silence.