A Night in the Woods Fanfic
Chapter 1
4 months after the events at the mines, Mae has slowly but surely overcoming her depression and is enjoying time with her reclaimed friendship with Bea and helping Gregg and Angus gaining money for their planned housing at Bright Harbor. She also accompanies Bea to her mother's grave and does the honor of placing a wreath against her gravestone, commenting that her mother will be proud of Bea for sticking with her father. Bea then realised that she hasn't seen her father for months and she suddenly walked off, with Mae running after her.
On the way back to Bea's home, Mae tried to reassure Bea (albeit repeatedly) that her father is alright, but didn't get an answer back regardless. When they arrived at Bea's home, both Bea and Mae went to Mr Santello's room and are surprised to see it lit with candles and drawings of a demonic goat; both girls are realising that Mr Santello is part of The Cult – or at least, knows about it – but what broke Bea most of all is a wilted tooth she found after broking off the lock of her father's safe and she looked at it blankly.
Mae initially doesn't understand until she recalled of finding a tooth in the safe under her house and the leader of The Cult quoting that ever since the revolt at the mines a century ago, each revolted miner kept a tooth and gave it to their descendant and just recalled that she saw a few members wearing a tooth on their lockets. Mae then said repeatedly "Shit… Shit! Shit, Shit, Shit!"
Bea put her paws firmly on Mae and said loudly "MAE! Calm down… what's wrong with you?!" Mae stopped swearing and took some deep breaths before explaining what she just realised, as Bea was getting more horrified as she was slowly understanding the situation. When Mae finished explaining, Bea let her grip go and sat on her father's bed, traumatised that her own father – no – her own family tree is associated with The Cult, before yelling "DAD! Oh my god… W-We… we just… *sob* Oh god…" Bea then slumped on the bed, crying heavily because she realised she, Mae, Gregg and Angus have trapped Bea's father and possibly other townsfolk down in the mines. Mae tried to reach out to Bea, but Bea lashed out on Mae by yelling "Get out! Leave me the hell alone!"
Mae was frightened and she ran out the bedroom and went outside when Gregg yelled "Hey, MAE!" Gregg is arm in arm with his boyfriend Angus, as Angus said "What's wrong Mae?" Mae didn't respond, but made a whimper, making the boys worried about her. Gregg then asked "Is Bea okay?" Mae then shifted her eyes to the boys and replied in a soft tone "Ask her yourself…" Gregg then shifted his expression to sadness and said regretfully "We can't. We just want to tell you, me and Cap'n just packed our belongings to a moving truck. We're leaving now." Mae then looked down and started to tear up, which Gregg puts his paw under Mae's chin and said in a soft, reassuring tone "Don't worry, MayDay, everything's going to be fine." Mae looked into Gregg's eyes and saw his reassurance, but is surprised that Gregg gave her a kiss on the forehead as Angus, surprisingly, has no problem with it before they departed for Bright Harbor. Mae stood still for half an hour before she got her out of her trance and saw it's almost dark, so she ran back to her home.
Mae then entered her parent's house and saw her dad on the couch, which he noticed her and said "Hey Kitten." Mae then looked down sadly and her father continued "What's wrong Kitten?" Mae then replied "*sigh* I had a pretty bad day, Dadders. I'm now alone on a deserted island because of today." Mae's father then replied "Hop on my lap, Kitten. Tell me what happened." Mae walked to her father and sat on his lap, before explaining the events leading up to the current time, as her father listened to every word. When Mae finished, she was crying and she hugged her father in sadness, which her father responded by stroking her daughter's back, saying "My poor Kitten… what you've been through…"
Her father patted her back gently, before he sighed softly and admits to his daughter "Mae, the reason why I boxed that crawlspace in the first place is because your grandfather gave me that tooth and he asked me to destroy it. But up until now, I've forgotten about it." Mae sniffed hard and said with difficulty "I… I gave that tooth away… now I feel so bad to cursing Possum Springs all because of that… that… THAT MINER'S STRIKE A CENTURY AGO!" Mae bawled out crying as her mother just came home from church as well as Mr Pinkerton, who happens to be passing by, as Mae's father explained on what happened on Mae's day and their banter about a wilting tooth from the mine strike.
Mr Pinkerton then came in and gave the same tooth that Mae found in the safe below the house, before departing. Mae and her parents looked at the tooth and then each other, before she said "Is there a mallet or similar in the house?" Not long after, Mae's father got out a mallet and Mae placed the tooth on the kitchen counter. Mae then turned to her mother and said "Would you like to do the honors?" Her mother nodded and grabbed the mallet and smashed the tooth before either Mae or her father reacted.
There was a few moments of silence, before Mae said after making a yawn "I'm gonna turn in." Her parents agreed and went to turn in, as Mae got on her computer and chatted with Bea; Bea apologised for her sudden reaction and messaged Mae she didn't mean to lash out on her, but Mae commented it's alright. Bea then asked where Gregg and Angus is, as Mae told them they left for Bright Harbor and Gregg literally kissed her on the forehead before departing.
Bea then admits to Mae that Gregg told both her and Angus that he's actually a bisexual and he had a crush on Mae ever since the Mine fiasco and he's been meaning to tell Mae, but is unsure on how Angus will react. Mae then asked on how DID he react and Bea replied that Angus is actually aware of that and doesn't mind it. She then texted "I'm just going to cry myself to sleep… I need some time to myself. Goodnight, Mayday." Mae then responded to Bea "Nighty night, BeeBee." She then shut her laptop and she slid under the donah before going to sleep.
