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Where should we start the story at?
The beginning?
Nah, overused.
In the middle of the action?
No no.
Oh I know!
Let's start with the setting.
Time: a long time ago, during the war between humans and monsters.
Place: on a cold mountain.
You didn't exactly remember why you and your friends were there. It's been too long.
You never knew what happened.
An attack from the monsters?
Friendly fire?
Just bad luck?
All you know is that one moment you were chatting with the others and the other everyone was dead.
Except you.
You had no idea how you were still alive.
But you remembered the pain of broken bones.
You couldn't remember which ones, or how many.
But it was painful.
You remember waiting for help, for somebody. Somebody knew you were here.
Wasn't somebody searching for survivors? Or for the bodies to give back to the families?
But nobody came.
You were cold, alone and surrounded by death.
And you started to get hungry.
So hungry!
Hunger was like a beast clawing at your sides.
You had no choice. You wanted to survive. You had no choice.
The cold preserved the flesh meat fairly well.
You cried. You cried at every bite you took. You prayed for forgiveness from your dead friends.
When the transformation started, you did not cared.
It was only fitting. You left your humanity behind after all.
If it was painful you didn't realised it.
But your bones weren't broken anymore.
You were more agile and your senses were stronger. You were build for hunting.
Time passed. The war must have ended because you didn't hear the explosions anymore. It didn't matter to you who won. You were nightmare fuel for both sides.
It was incredible how much you felt like... well, you. You weren't lost in a never ending hunger or in a endless hunt.
You held a little funeral for your former friends.
One night, (or was it day? It's hard to tell, it was always so dark) during a snowstorm things changed.
You were trying to find a place to rest when you smelt something new. It smelt... different. Why couldn't you point out what the smell was?
Your curiosity got the best of you and followed the scent.
You found a cave with... something inside. A small something.
The small something must had noticed you, because it started to shake.
The small something, or rather small someone, had something even smaller in his arms.
You didn't want to scare the little thing so you lowered yourself in a submissive stance, trying to look smaller, and you made some cooing sounds, words were still out of your reach.
It seemed to be trembling less and it turned slightly toward you. Two blue lights were pointed toward you. Did it had two flashlights? But why were they blue?
Your eyes were slowly adapting to the darkness of the cave it was.
You never stopped making sweet, calming sounds.
You sniffed, trying to understand the scent better. It-He, he smelled like a male.
You noticed more lights, these ones dimmer, slowly streaming down from the lights.
Were those... his eyes?
You were finally able to see him a little better.
He looked like... A skeleton?! You haven't seen a skeleton in ages! You remembered a funny skeleton that you used to hang out with before the war.
Who knows what happened to them.
The tiny skeleton looked at you with curiosity but he was still trying to hide whatever he had in his arms.
It was probably food. You couldn't blame him.
"H-Hello? W-Who are you?" He tried.
He was talking to you! But you couldn't talk! You whined and tried to sink into the ground.
"W-What do you want?" You made a purring sound, trying to sooth the tiny skeleton's worries.
You noticed that he was wearing a black and red striped long-sleeve shirt, a red bandana (too big for him) was tied around his neck.
There was something important about monsters and stripes. What was it?
"C-Can you talk?" He asked, tilting his skull. You shook your head.
He seemed to frown a little "Oh. B-But still!" He tensed up again "What do you want?" You just want to help! How are you supposed to tell him that if you can't talk?!
You whined and purred, hoping that he would understand.
"You... You want to help?!" He understood! You made some happy sounds.
"How are you-" his rambling was interrupted by a loud crying. A child's cry that came from... the bundle in his arms?!
He didn't had food! He had a baby!
The tiny skeleton cooed to it "Shhh Papyrus, it's ok, I'm here, don't cry brother. Shhh"
You remembered what stripes meant... a child.
Why was a child alone with a baby?! Were their parents around? You whipped your head around, searching for them.
"Don't bother, we are alone." You turned to the skeletons again "There was... so much dust... and blood." He was trembling, it was clear that he was trying to not cry "I... don't think..." You rushed to his side, nuzzling his skull. You then licked the baby who let out a happy/surprised "Nye!"
You looked at the baby, maybe he was hungry? You patted your stomach, trying to make the other understand.
"You think he's hungry?" You nodded "But I don't have any..." You made a boob gesture as to say "milk?"
He frowned, but perked up soon after "Wait! I can just give him some of my magic!" A soft red glow enveloped his hand, that he proceeded to place on his little brother, who slowly calmed down and went back to sleep.
It was a truly amazing sight.
You patted your belly again, looking at him. 'Was he hungry?'
He looked at you with confusion "I... Don't know? A lot happened and... I'm not sure if I want to eat."
You did some quick math in your head. You nuzzled the skeleton as to say "I'll be right back." before taking off.
Your hunting ground was a bit far, so it took some time to get there.
You reached a group of deer and managed to kill one. Sure, you felt sad, but you needed to survive.
When you got back you decided to clean yourself in the snow, no need to scare a couple of children.
Once you returned to the cave you saw that the two skeletons inside were sound asleep.
You decided to hide the deer in the snow, to keep it fresh and entered the cave, laying down around the two children to keep them warm and protected.
You didn't know why you felt this need to protect this two skeletons, but you didn't care. It came from somewhere deep inside of you. You just closed your eyes and fell asleep.
A few hours later the older one woke up. You signed "hungry" again. He made an humming sound while he rubbed his eyes... eyesokets? Never mind.
You took one of the deer's leg and the kid's blue lights turned into stars.
"Wowzer! You caught a whole deer!" You puffed out your chest with pride.
"We just need to cook it!" You frowned at that. "You don't have fire?" You shook your head. His face scrunched up in concentration. "I can try to make some.
You started to think where you could find some dried wood when a flash of something caught your eyes. Fire. The tiny skeleton made fire! It was just there in his hands! You were amazed!
"I did it! I did it! Look!" He was so happy! You felt so proud. Why were you proud? He gently placed the fire on the ground while you got to work and prepared the meat.
You were happily surprised that you managed to have a somewhat normal meal.
The more time passed the more you realised that this wasn't a place for two youngs to grow up. They couldn't keep surviving on deer meat only. You needed to find a safer place for them to grow up in.
You immediately dismissed the thought of bringing them back to where they came from. They were running away for a reason.
Maybe if you moved upper, toward the mountain's peak, you'll be able to spot a nice looking place.
How to the children understand that?
You started to act nervous, pacing in front of the cave.
"What's wrong?"
You growled lowly at a random direction.
"You think here isn't safe anymore?" You nodded and lowered yourself to the ground, moving your head to sign to him to climb on your back.
Once he and his brother were safely secured on your back, you took off.
It took a while, but you finally reached a territory you didn't recognize.
You started to explore the place, sniffing around to find any dangers.
You were pretty satisfied with how things were going. At this rate you'll find a new home for the little skellies in no time! (Your soul hurted a little at the thought)
A growl pulled you out of your thoughts.
A bear! You were sure that there were no treats! Where this bear comes from?!
You growled at it, not backing down. You were hoping to end this without having to fight, but the bear was having none of it.
You made the two skeletons get off your back and pushed them into a cave, to make sure they'll be safe.
The bear charged at you, but you managed to evade it on time. You jumped on its back and started biting and scratching it.
The fight was hard and lasted for a long time. Blood and fur were everywhere.
The bear fell.
You won.
Panting you dragged yourself toward the cave where you hid the tiny skeletons and began calling them with soft cooing sounds.
Nothing.
You called them again.
But nobody came.
You lost them! Nononononono! It couldn't be! You frantically searched the cave until you came across a massive hole in the middle of it.
What if they fell down this hole?
You cried. You failed them. You didn't saved them! Again!
You mourned them for days.
You didn't even learned their names.
The Sun seemed to remember the existence of the mountain you were, because it finally came out from his hiding spot.
You forgot how good the Sun felt on your body.
Some animals came to explore the new territory.
You had something new to hunt eat.
You only caught the bare minimum you needed to survive.
The change in your diet had some positive effects on you. For starters, you were able to walk on two legs (damn you're tall!) and you could speak again! Sure, you didn't have anybody to talk with, but it was cool!
Sometimes you spoke with your dead loved ones.
But somebody must have noticed you.
Hunters were chasing you.
You were running and running, trying to avoid the bullets.
You came across a cave and tried to hide in there. When you took in your surrounding, you realised that this was the same place where you lost the tiny skeletons.
You heard the hunters' shouting coming closer.
Maybe it wasn't a coincidence that you ended up here.
Maybe you'll die where they died.
You took a deep breath and jumped in the hole.
The first thing you noticed was that you weren't dead. The second thing was that you were covered in snow.
You shook it off you (kinda like a dog that was trying to dry itself) and looked around.
There were snow and pine trees. Were you... back to your territory? Had it all been just a dream?
That was what you were thinking until a lanky figure approached you. You thought it was a human, but the scent was different. It smelt like something burnt and something that tickled your nose (and somehow familiar).
"sorry darlin'. didn't mean ta scare ya."
He (He sounds like a he) was tall, not as tall as you on your hind legs, but still tall, and had what looked like a gold tooth in his mouth. Only when you looked at his face you understood why he didn't smelled like human.
He was a skeleton.
Your heart clenched a bit at the memory of your little skeletons.
"never saw ya around here. just moved ta snowdin?"
Your voice croaked for being unused for so long and from shock.
"I-I..."
"MUTT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! I DON'T PAY YOU TO CHAT!"
"ya don't pay me bro."
The tall skeleton started bickering with whoever just arrived. You couldn't resist and took a peek from behind the skeletons legs and you saw-
"TINY SKELETON!" It was him! He was alive! He was a little taller (not much though) ,he had a scar on one of his eyesokets (who hurted him?!) but he still had the same red bandana that he had as a kid! It fitted him better.
Your scream must have startled him because he was looking at you with wide sockets.
You wasted no time and hugged him.
"Y-You?! How Is It Possible! H-How Are You Here!?"
"you 'now 'em m'lord?"
"OF COURSE I DO! But This Is No Place To Talk About It. MUTT!"
The taller skeleton approached the two of you and placed a hand on your shoulders.
You blinked and you found yourself in a completely different place. It was a house! It was so warm, but not from the heat, warm as lived in!
"I Still Cannot Believe It. After All This Years... It Is Really You." He sounded like he was about to cry.
"who are they bro?"
"Papyrus, Do You Remember When I Told You About A Kind Creature Helping Me When I Was A Kid?" The other skeleton's eyes widened.
"is them?!" Your tiny skeleton nodded but you realized something.
"Where's the baby?" You asked, releasing the skeleton from your hug.
He chuckled "I Guess Some Introductions Are In Order. I'm Sans" he said, pointing to himself "And That's Papyrus, My Baby Brother." He concluded, pointing to the taller skeleton.
That was the baby?! He's so tall! "Why are you so short?" You didn't mean to say that out loud!
Sans's blushed and crossed his arms over his chest "I THINK IS BECAUSE I GAVE HIM MY MAGIC WHEN HE WAS A KID, THEREFORE, IS MY MERIT!"
You ignored his childish behaviour (but mentally praised his vocabulary) and got up on two legs and hugged Papyrus.
He seemed shocked to see how tall you actually were.
"sheesh darlin'. didn't expect ya ta be taller than me. not that i mind."
"How Come You're Able To Talk? I Remember You Were Unable To Do So."
You couldn't just tell him that it was because you haven't eaten human flesh for a while. You opted to tell them a half-lie.
"I... got better. And I remember my name now."
Sans's eyelights turned to stars for a split moment. "OH Really!"
Yes, you did. And it felt so good saying it out loud.
Sans had a dopey smile when he repeated it.
"Welcome To The Family." He said, hugging your leg.
Stars this guy is short!
Wait.
What did he said?
Did you had a family again? For real?!
You felt so happy you might actually cry.
Despite everything, you feel safe.