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Chapter 1The townspeople were all gathered in the square, watching with both excitement and fear as the lottery was about to be drawn. It was time to begin the search for the relics, but this one would be the most difficult. The Dancing Demon had been cursed and split most of his essence and threw it into the reincarnation cycle. According to the other guardians, he had been reborn and needed to be located to fulfill his duty.
As the mayor pulled the two tickets he smiled sadly and called out to the winners. "Bendy Azazel and Boris Lupus!"
Two friends shared excited looks at their names being called, and ran forward as quickly as they could, the taller of the two was a wolf that stood at six feet, while the shorter was just barely over three. No one was sure what the shorter of the two was, just had odd horns on his head, and a tail that ended in a spade. No one had seen a creature like him before, but he was so kind hearted that the town accepted him with ease. It helped that the family of one of the guardian's partners had taken him in.
As the two reached the stage they were handed a map and two sturdy backpacks. "Boris, look out for Bendy, and Bendy… please stay out of trouble."
The wolf just gave a small smile patting the head of the shorter, whom was pouting as he replied. "It's not like I try to get in trouble… It finds me."
"You mean you just happened to find Ms. Ellie's room filled with crickets while holding a cage that had originally held crickets?" Bendy just pouted more as the nearest townspeople chuckled, even the one that had been pranked couldn't help but laugh. The shorter one had always been a bit of a mischievous one, pulling pranks and getting into things he shouldn't. The spaded tail gave a quick flick as its owner just huffed before giving a wide smile.
"I'll stay out of trouble the best I can. And Boris will be with me every step of the way to help keep me out of it too." He gave Boris a bright smile and rocked back on his heels as the mayor explained it was best to go to the closest temple and that Bendy's adoptive family can point them in the right direction. Soon both were off to pack up and for one of them to get some information.
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Bendy was grinning as he led the way to the closest temple, tail almost wagging. He hadn't been able to leave the village before, mostly due to his family worrying about what mischief he would cause if he did leave. "Isn't this great! We can finally get to see what it's like outside our village and travel all over the country! I can't wait to see the capitol! Oh! And maybe we can even get a glimpse of the ocean. I heard one of the temples is near it… And we might even get to see the people trying to cure the Dancing Demon's original body!"
"Bendy, calm down, we do have an important task ahead of us." Boris was giving his friend an exasperated look as they reached a small inn. "We need to set up for the night and rest anyway. Your mom did say there was a small market behind the inn here for those traveling to the temple. That forest that's on the map isn't easy to get through at all."
The smaller seemed to pause before letting out a sigh. "I know buddy… It's just… I've always wanted to leave the village… I've felt like I HAVE to, I have this need to see the world and everything it has to offer."
The wolf gave a small smile and just led his friend into the building and getting a room rented for the night. The smaller had gone out back to look around, pausing when he noticed a small band playing some kind of swing music. His feet led him over and he soon found himself skillfully dancing to a song he had never heard.
He didn't even see the crowd gathering to watch him dance, one of which was his own traveling companion. He continued dancing for several songs before the band stopped, thanking him and everyone for enjoying their music. As they were packing up, he looked at the now dispersing crowd to see his friend staring at him with wide eyes before running over.
"Bendy! Where did you learn to dance like that? And why didn't you tell me you knew how to dance?" Boris was almost bouncing on the balls of his feet as he spoke. While Bendy just seemed confused, he hadn't even really realized he had been dancing until the music stopped, it was like he had blacked out or something.
"I... don't know. I wasn't even really thinking about what I was doing, I was just moving to the music." He was frowning to himself, trying to figure out what could have caused him to just dance without even wanting to in the first place. He let out a tired sigh, he had worn himself out pretty quickly.
"We... can figure it out later, you just go head to the room and rest while I gather supplies for the journey." Boris gave him a reassuring smile. The shorter nodded and began to return to the inn. Maybe some rest was what he needed. He did tend to be a bit odd when tired after all.
Chapter End