Hi over there, my name is Anthy. Here I am gonna tell you about a story that occured...
Well, hell no, that is happening currently in fact ! But, you know... just to add to the lyricism of the story, I'm gonna write it in the past tense.
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So, here I was now... with my best friend Théo in the kitchen, eating our usual afternoon collation together. He was explaining me some strange story that one of his other friends had told him about a few days ago.
« He came back after his long journey under the mountain that I was telling you about... and told me he met some weird creatures, all that... Hahaha, but you know, he must have a strange imagination sometimes. »
I raised an eyebrow, eager to hear some more from him, but nothing.
« Uh... oh. Well, he's kept some souvenirs with him ? »
« I... I don't know. I never asked him, but that's a right question to ask I guess ! »
I smiled, he smiled... I started laughing... he did too... we both did now.
« Aaah, hahahaha... »
« Hahahaha... »
« Ehh... ha... ha...ha... »
« Aahh... »
And we started again... for about 5 minutes, before staying just blank. He took one more bite of his toast with marmelade before saying with his mouth, still full : « What... f'bout seein' f'him ? I remem'fber I gotta see f'him anyway... »
I acquiesced, after making sure I wouldn't be much of a bother for any of them.
Well... he told me to join him in the park about 4PM. I guess I've got quite plenty of time ahead. Enough I guess to prepare the dinner and to play Call of Duty right after.
Here my sandwiches were ready ! I knew that would be a piece of delight for tonight... Guess I'll just shut the door behind, with the console still on as anyway we'll have another online « party » time later in there.
Here we are (errr, were, fine...) in there now. I perceived two silhouettes approaching me. Those were probably Théo and... the mountain guy next to him.
Théo greeted me back first.
« Hey, well, uh... so here he is... Beño , hahaha. And Beño, here is Anthy. »
Beño was a plump black haired man, about 1.75m with a pretty dark skin. He smiled at me.
« Hey, uh... hola. Soy very happy to meet you. Si ! »
I smiled back.
« Nice to meet you too ! »
We walked together, while chatting more or less about our (very fascinating) past days: apparently Théo had met some girl that he found pretty cute, and Beño went to the casino for the first time in his life, but quickly figured he was wasting money more than anything else (although he admitted the games were pretty fun).
« So uh, Théo said, you told me earlier about the mountain... how have you been feeling since so ? »
I didn't expect him to go so fast to the subject, but hey... I gazed at Beño's expression to see his reaction.
« Aah, la montaña ! Ehhh... si, la mountain, it's like... I went... you know underground ! I saw something like monsters ! Si ! And ehhh... it was very peculiar. »
« Was it scary ? » that I asked myself, as I felt pretty curious about the conversation...
While at the same time I recognized this might be a product of his imagination, I still found it strangely interesting to know a bit more about his all world, and what leaded him to say such things...
« Anthy, ehh... Well. Si, it was creepy. But they don't seem all... very nice down there. Ehhh... well, but one showed me the way out... I could show you if you want ! »
Even more curious, showing me ? I defied his logic.
« Really ? Of course ! Show me this ! Where is it ? Which mountain ?»
« I dunno... ehhh, apparently before there was no way out... something about a barrier that got broken and all, but now there are several... and several mountains that have access to the place... I guess underground is very big ! Si ! But I can show you one way! »
Is it far ? Oh well... anyway, give it a try. It's like now 6PM... still seems like the night is coming early. I was about to suggest that we do it tomorrow, but...
« Here it is », Beño said.
Théo made a very « What now ? » kind of look toward me. I shrugged.
« Uhh, I responded while staring down at the cliff, how to get down there ? I'm not sure it is very clever eventually... maybe we should go back to my car, and...»
« Come here », he continued.
He found a sort of hidden cave, in which I and my best friend followed after him. I'm not sure how to describe what I was seeing already... if not all these gleaming sorts of blue mushrooms that were surrounding us all along the way... What the... No, if any word, that was fascinating. My Call of Duty party kinda quitted my mind for a few... well, not for long, but for a few anyway. (Well, yeah... I mean... look at this shit around here, you'll understand).
The cave was going down... it was _what seemed like an endless_ slope actually... In fact, I wish there was an elevator after awhile. Damn it, technology forgot us already ?!
« Who gave you the way out ? A monster too ?», I asked, kinda breathless.
« Si, a monster. », Beño answered merely.
Once we (finally!) got sure we were down about maybe 30 or 1 hour later, I figured our montaña guy took his phone and called someone... (uh, wait) like there is some connection in here ? (Forget my last comment about technology then)
He told us to stay here. I wasn't sure, really... I looked at Théo, then whispered to him : « Where did you meet that guy... ? »
Théo stared at me confusingly. « Uuuh... well... uhh... he caused me a (minor) car accident... so... he still has to pay for the damages, and meanwhile we happened to become friends, and... »
We heard steps coming closer. I was sure this whole fiasco wasn't very clever... I should have stayed home, or even just in this park instead of being too curious. I EVEN happened to involve Théo in this, or maybe he actually did, or maybe...
« Hola ! Amiga ! Hey ! », Beño shouted.
I and my friend looked at the direction toward which the montaña guy was waving his hand.
« Is that a joke... ? » I asked.
« I don't think... so... uh... » Théo responded.
A very tall silhouette approached us in a very calm way. I kinda jumped at the sight of it, but didn't believe any of it ! Looked like a sort of anthropomorphic tall individual in a long dress... something like a goat or I dunno... someone probably cosplaying, eh ?
« Hello, my child, a peacefully lady like voice from this strange cosplaying anthro thing answered, I am sorry for the time I have spent to come... I, uh, was cooking, and I had to take my cake out from the oven. But I heard your call. Are these your friends ? »
« Si ! They are ! My amigos ! Théo and... Anthy !» he replied, very normally as it seems.
« I see. Welcome Underground... My name is Toriel, let me introduce you to this world that has been co-existing for so long, under your home. Oh, dear lord! You must be so confused right now ! »
I have to admit that was kinda intimidating, but we followed her anyway. Beño didn't seem very surprised by any of it, and talked to her very naturally.
« I am so cheerful to see you back here, my friend. », she told him.
While we were walking after her, she explained us how there used to be apparently a fight between humans and monsters centuries ago, and how after an epic win, humans sealed monsters underground... Recently enough, someone apparently happened to break the barrier that separated the world of the surface from underground, but since so... monsters have decided for everyone's sake to stay in there. The few individuals that went to the surface have never been very well welcomed (scaring humans away), and at the same time humans have happened to be hated underground. That's why it wasn't very safe to just walk alone in here apparently.
I wasn't sure whether all this story was true, if there was really an anthropomorphic goat that was talking to us, or anything... so I just happened to follow the unknown, without expecting anything anymore from the following events. Théo stayed quiet as well. And I could figure why. I tried more or less to analyze the physique of the lady to finally decide whether that was or not a cosplay costume.
It seemed like the furry skin on her face was in fact... so stuck to the face that it wouldn't be very likely to be a mask. Her jaw was also moving all along her speech... Damn, if that was a mask, that would get to be a very (hell, yeah, very!) realistic one.
We ended up in front of a very huge (damn, why so huge?) door. She opened it, and explained her that was the « Ruins », and that she did some renovations in there since so.
« My dear friends, feel at home. You must be hungry after such a journey ? »
I looked at my phone to realize it was... UUGH ! Nearly 8PM ! MY SANDWICHES ! MY CALL OF DUTY PARTY ! Where the... ok, ok. Calm down.
She invited us to take a seat in front of a table, on which we sat down. She had prepared all a meal... well, Beño just served himself and started eating. He thanked her for it and told her it was delicious. She thanked him for his compliment, with a huge smile that showed all the... love (?) she put through it. I and Théo followed then, admitting she cooked quite well eventually.
This is after the dinner that she showed us all this home in which she lived alone... which I found quite strange, for a single lady.
« Oh ! How silly I am ! I am sure you must be tired ! Well, follow me... »
She wasn't that wrong, the lady. I start getting tired...
She leaded us to osme huge room in which there were a few beds... yeah, dunno if that was part of her renovations...
I looked around, kinda suspiciously. All went so fast... that I wasn't sure myself if continuing was clever. Still, Beño seemed to behave completely at ease ! Toriel left. I sat down on one of the beds, then looked at the two guys left in here.
« For how long have you been knowing each other ? You two... »
« Nearly 3 months, I think », Théo replied. Beño just nodded.
« Ok. »
Later, they just both fell asleep. Despite my fatigue, I didn't manage to trust any of it. I was too confused... and my logic was no more really there. If I fell like I had one friend who was joining me in my confusion earlier, he was just now shutting his eyes, somewhere else in his dreams. I decided to walk alone, till the livingroom.
Oh, here was the goat now who was sitting on a couch, reading.
« Hello my child. Aren't you tired at this time ? »
« Not really... », I lied.
« Oh, I see... hmm... if you want there are a few books here that I would love to share ! »
« No... thank you. »
She stayed quiet for a second, before approaching me, and laying a hand on my shoulder.
« Are you ok, my child ? I mean... oh, she shut her eyes before keeping on in her words, I have noticed you looked quite worried since you came here. »
I didn't know what to respond... and I didn't anyway.
She kept on.
« I understand. This is probably not very usual for a human to end up here, and it's true it can seem pretty... strange ? But worry not, I am not this kind who would do you any harm. »
I looked down, and I still didn't find any word to say. I felt kinda anxious... No, NOTHING WAS ALRIGHT ! NO ! I wanted to GO HOME ! I WANTED TO PLAY CALL OF ! AND I'M FEELING LIKE MY SANITY IS BREAKING DOWN !
She faced me now, and opened her arms, that she soon ended up wrapping me with.
« Everything will be ok, my child. I am here if you need me. », that she said with tenderness...
If it did not smell like... goat, the scent made me strangely feel secure, like a protective aura. There was something comforting in it. She seemed to represent a quite motherly, but yet imposing figure... I let her embrace me, then, for a few minutes... She rubbed my head. I looked up.
« If anything is troubling your mind, I can listen. », she addressed me a confident smile.
« I... I want to go back home. »
She shut her eyes.
« Alright then. Tomorrow you will be back at your home as you wish. »
I thanked her for her attempt to comfort me. She left me her phone number in case I would « need anything ». I turned back, and walked away.
« I'm going for a walk », I said.
Not awhile after, she immediately responded : « Hmm... be careful, my dear. Don't walk too far... if you remember what I said earlier about... »
« I know. Well...thank you. »
I joined the door toward the exit. This last one left a creaky noise behind me. Snowflakes already added themselves to the setting of my way. I looked at my phone, and checked my messages... Nothing.
Well, a good walk, and what not... at least maybe to put my mind aside, and to give some more order to my thoughts... till I found something like a post. Err, it looked empty. Oh well, maybe used to be some place to sell whatsoever...
I started scanning it, but didn't find anything... Really, must be desertic anyway.
« Hey, what are you looking for ? »
… ?! What the...
I looked back, and... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH !
I made a step away. What the... ?
« oh wow, i scared ya, haven't i ? »
I made a one more step away, my eyes were probably open wide (and perhaps as much as my mouth...)
« my name is sans... yeah, sans the skeleton. what aboutcha ? »
Ah.. aah... a skeleton. Aaah hahahaha... ok... My brain quickly tried to analyze what it was looking at: a small guy, with wide black eyes and something like a... little light in it, maybe pupils. He had a big head, that strangely didn't exactly look like one of a regular skeleton of whatever kind of species. He was wearing a blue coat, loose black pants, and... was that flip-flops or...
He removed one of his hands from his pocket and moved it forward, waiting for my reaction. Ok... I approached, and shaked his (warm, really?) hand, after hesitating.
« My... I... my name is... uh, Anthy. » that I tried to say, as well as I could (and I bet I failed at this one).
« nice to meet ya. i bet you already met the lady who lives in there.»
He knew her ?
« you seemed quite curious to see that post, weren't ya ? well, i'm a sentry in here. i'm just... checking around here. that leaves me quite a ton of work, eh ? a... skele-TON. »
« Ah. »
« aren't my puns cool ? »
I didn't care...
« and i don't care you don't care actually», he suddenly said.
Wait... what ?! How did he gue...
« what ? that surprised ya, right? »
He made this strange grin that kinda intimidated me... Could he even shut his mouth in fact ? These wide eyes stared at my like they were entering the doors of my intimate persona. If not that, it was almost like he could see through my clothing (which I doubted frankly, thankfully).
« i bet ya curious. it's cold in here, right ? », he asked out of nowhere.
I was not really feeling cold...
« hey, pal. don't be scared i don't care about catching humans, and all that business... i won't hurt ya. take it easy... »
I tried to smile, although this situation wasn't very « easy » to take as such.
Despite his shortness, he surely had something quite intimidating, that's for sure. If my sanity was already flirting with the subzero... now I could tell it was clearly SUBzero, like -1000...
« Do you often see humans passing by here ? » that I randomly threw, anyway.
« no. actually not many fall underground... or even pay a visit, i shall say, that he did before looking aside and gazing back at me then, ya don't know how many monsters would have nosebled if they ever saw ya, heh. »
Heh. Yeah, heh. That's so reassuring... but I could guess with what Toriel told me earlier.
« … but like i didn't BONEbleed anyway! », he added.
I smirked briefly :
« Because you are a... SKELETON. Heh !»
« remark that i can bleed in fact... »
Uh, what ? Ok then. Sorry. He must be a very... SPECIAL skeleton then, right ?
«i was sure it would catch your curiosity at some point. »
He winked. To be honest, I wasn't sure anymore about what was possible or not...
After that he asked me how I ended up here, I merely explained him that whole fiasco with those friends...
« i see... i don't think i've seen any human called 'beño' before, i guess i just didn't perceive him when he was around then. »
Perhaps.
« wow, i bet it's quite late now. »
He walked a bit away, when I saw him fall... I raised an eyebrow, then approached him in a hurry.
« Hey, you ok ? », I asked.
« ...i...i think i'm gonna sleep on the snow in fact... »
I grabbed his hand, and helped him to stand back.
« hey, thank you, pal. anthy, that's it ? »
I smiled at him.
« Yeah, I guess it's late and I'm getting kinda tired as well... I'm gonna, err well... go to sleep I guess, ok ? It was nice to... meet you», I said.
« hey you too, pal. was fun i guess... see you tomorrow. »
See... you.
I was about to walk away toward Toriel's, when I just looked back behind. But he had completely disappeared. So fast ? Kinda like a ghost... I shivered a bit.
When I went back to the ruins, I carefully shut the doors behind me. Everything was so dark inside, the lights were off (I needed to use my phone's light to see around here). I guess mom goat went to sleep in the meantime...
I tried to discretely put myself under the beddings (that were very comfortable, I have to admit!) without awaking anyone in the room, before checking once again my messages. Some friend of mine asked me if I was up for a party. I guess I will text back tomorrow...
I stared blankly at the dark ceiling...
A living skeleton ? …
He had obviously some features that looked like a skeleton, but... I was surely surprised as well about what he said. He can bleed ? Well, I mean... if an anthropomorphic goat can exist, maybe an anthropomorphic skeleton as well...
I still tended to question how physically that must work... I just remembered his face. Well, that was surely not a regular human's skeleton. The skull was closed, and there was no hole under his jaw... that sort of light that represented his pupil as well... He was fully clothed after all, and I could not tell more about my observations. Although it left me kinda perplexed...
If his skull wasn't full of holes like a regular skeleton, maybe his pelvis was also a closed structure... do beings of his kind have genitals or... a butthole in fact ?
…
Wait, what ? Ah, my thoughts are going too far. Why do I even wonder...
May tomorrow be another day, and may I open my eyes newly on my normal bed.
All of this is probably just a strange dream. Théo would probably find that funny if I ever remember to tell him all of what happened in this one.
Still, it's true at « this one » I wondered quite a bunch, because the idea of monsters co-existing not _that far from us_ remains fairly interesting... because living skeletons are, in fact, quite fascinating.
(Good night)
Samiful note : Woah, I guess I'm not very familiar with writing fanfictions in general ! But I just wanted to try, to initiate myself more in the world of Undertale.
To be fair, I have not even finished the pacifist run of the game (I also did the neutral route until Asgore, but as I didn't have the heart to kill him, I resetted. Yeah... lame) so I guess it's quite strange to give it a shot, and all that, but you know...
I also wanted to share through this fiction this curiosity toward the concept of « living skeletons », that have always left me perplexed (they don't have that because they are skeletons, can't do that... blabla), hahaha...
I note how fandom has taken this habit to represent Sans' and Papyrus' tongue as respectively blue and orange. It's interesting how there is a whole movement over it... but I'm not taking any specific party. It still remains quite an interesting concept.
Many writers have surely a good talent in writing, and in depicting this whole universe that comes originally from a game released recently ! (And tbh, I recognize Undertale isn't only limited to the game itself, but also to what fans do out of it and the characters... they ARE ALSO the ones who make it live by their own productions, their imagination ! Some fanworks are awesome).
Also, I confess I'm not very familiar with the world of Call of Duty, but why not at least having a protagonist who loves this kind of game ?
The name "Anthy" just came randomly after I thought "Anthony" for some reason. (shrugs)
Did you know "Sans" meant "without" in French? Heh, kinda difficult, as I've got to see this word everywhere... to finally think about him everytime (well, maybe not, as it's part of my mother tongue and the word comes naturally, but still... if I focus just a little bit... ah, this innocence, once upon a time... ~)
As for the later chapters I'm not sure yet, but perhaps if I ever feel like doing so... Anyway, I've got a few ideas already. x)
Still, hope you liked it! (And if you did not... well, it's ok. There is a ton of stories from other authors that you might find _perhaps_ amazing! ~ And... if you already hate me for this one, I guess you might hate me even more for the possible following. /o/)
But please, don't lapidate me.