Marcus waved his flashlight all across the street. He could see no people outside; only houses with all their lights off. The coast is clear, he thought. He made a run for it all the way to the last house.
After that last house was a barren nature trail. Nobody knew where it led to, because the people in his neighborhood feared that monsters would jump out and break your bones and eat your flesh.
Marcus thought that that couldn't be true. He had never seen a monster, but he knew that they wouldn't be scary. Or rather, most monsters wouldn't be scary.
He continued walking while waving his flashlight around. He could see various tree trunks and insects. He watched a spider carry her babies on her back. He saw a cocoon turn into a beautiful butterfly. He had never seen nature so marveling before.
Marcus kept walking for a while when he saw a series of signs. They had the history of humans and monsters along with pictures. "Long ago," the first sign read, "there were two races that ruled the earth: humans and monsters." This was something that Marcus had never seen before. He continued walking and inspecting the signs.
"One day, the humans declared war on the monsters." The second sign read. "After a long battle, the humans were victorious." The third sign read, "The humans' greatest magicians sealed the monsters underground with a magic spell."
"Many years later, a human named Frisk fell down into the underground." The fourth sign read, "Frisk freed the monsters and acted as an ambassador to them." "The humans welcomed the monsters and built a village for them." The fifth and final sign read, "They lived happily ever after." Yeah, but it has been only a year, Marcus thought.
So, after reading the signs, he found that a human named Frisk freed the monsters. That's why they are roaming Earth right now.
Suddenly, he heard a noise of rustling leaves. Marcus shone his flashlight on it. There was a monster coming towards his way! However, before it bumped into him, it fell flat on its face. It was a small, yellow monster with no arms and spines. The monster got up.
"Yo!" it said. Marcus stared at it for a minute and finally said, "Hey. Are you a monster?"
"Of course I am!" the monster replied, "Are you a kid? I don't think you are, because you're not wearing a striped shirt…"
"I'm not really a kid. I'm more like a teenager, but I'm not one yet." He said to Monster Kid. There was a pause.
"Listen," Monster Kid explained, "I'm not supposed to be here…"
"I'm not either." Marcus replied, "I-I mean, I got lost in the woods."
Monster Kid frowned. "Really? It looks like you are sure." Marcus replied, "I-I-I mean, I, uh, I-I um…"
"C'mon!" Monster Kid exclaimed, "Aren't you gonna spit it out?!"
"Alright, I'll tell you the truth," Marcus said, "I'm running away from my foster parents. They don't love me. They never did."
Monster Kid stared at him in awe. "Are you alright?" he said, but it continued staring at him. Finally, it spoke.
"Wow…AWESOME! I've never met a person who has run away from home before…are you going to get in trouble for this?"
"No," Marcus replied, "They don't care about me at all. I need a place to stay."
Monster Kid said, "Well, my village is just up ahead! There may be a place for you to stay at for as long as you need! C'mon, let's go…um…"
"My name is Marcus." He said.
"Oh, well," it said, "c'mon, Marcus, let's go!" Marcus and Monster Kid walked for a while.
"The people at the village are really nice," Monster Kid said while walking, "You'll like Toriel. Oh, and Sans, too! And maybe you'll love Papyrus and his spaghetti! Nyeh heh heh! There's also Undyne, Alphys, and Asgore…oh, where do I begin?"
"Do all monsters look like you?" Marcus asked. "Of course not!" Monster Kid replied, "No two monsters look alike!"
Marcus and Monster Kid continued walking until they reached the entrance to the village of monsters. "Okay, so here's the plan." Monster Kid told Marcus, "I will go to my house and you'll wait here until sunrise. Then, I will go back to you and wait for a while. Then…I will walk back here and say that I found you. Man, how do I explain it to them?" "
You can say that my parents died." He replied.
"That's a great idea, man!" Monster Kid said, "I will tell everyone that your parents died and you survived. You have to look really dirty, okay, man?" He gave it a thumbs-up. "Okay, see you tomorrow, man!" Monster Kid fell flat on its face again and ran to its house.
Life may not be so bad now, Marcus thought to himself as he slept under the stars.
"Yo! Hey, wake up, man!" Monster Kid exclaimed, "It's sunrise! It's time for our plan!"
Marcus immediately woke up and rolled around in the dirt. "C'mon! Yeah! That's the spirit, man!" He stopped rolling around in the dirt after a minute. "I'll go tell everybody!" Monster Kid said as he ran off to his village.
Marcus looked at his clothes and realized that he messed everything up. His favorite shirt and jeans were muddy and had scratches all over them. His shoes had holes all over them. He noticed a gaping wound near his thigh. Perfect, Marcus thought even though he was in pain.
In the village of the monsters, everything was going as planned until Monster Kid showed up and shouted, "Oh, it's terrible! There's a boy from the other village in serious hurt! His parents have died and he's dying! Oh no, what should I do?" The monsters immediately ran to the entrance and saw the boy in pain. They wrapped him in a blanket and took him to a nearby house.
Marcus woke up feeling dazed and confused. He was numb all over his body. He saw a motherly goat monster sit next to him. "Where am I?" he asked the monster.
"You're in the village of monsters, my child." The monster replied, "We saw you in pain. You had a wound near your thigh, a gash on your foot, and another gash behind your ear."
"Am I the first human to step foot in monster territory?" Marcus asked.
"No, you are not," the monster replied, "Frisk is upstairs. It's a human." The monster paused. "Oh, I haven't even given you a proper introduction yet. I am Toriel. And this is Sans." Next to Toriel was a skeleton monster with a blue hoodie.
"hey. 'sup?" Sans said, "without us, you wouldn't be here. we saved your life."
"Alphys should be here any minute now," Toriel said, "She's going to check on you, my child."
At that very minute, a yellow dinosaur with a lab coat entered the house. She had a first aid kit. She sat next to Marcus. "H-h-hi!" the dinosaur said, "My name is Dr. Alphys. I-I'm here to check on you. What's your n-name?"
"Marcus," he replied.
"Well, Marcus," Alphys replied, "After I check you up, y-you will come out good as n-n-new!" She put gloves and a surgical mask on. "Y-Y-You won't even f-feel the slightest pain!"
Alphys's surgical operation involved stitching his wound and two gashes. Whenever she would use one stitch, Marcus would shrivel in pain. Toriel and Sans had to grab him so that he wouldn't move and mess up the operation.
After many stitches, Alphys finished. "Y-Y-You've been a good boy!" Alphys said, "W-Would you like a l-lollipop?" Marcus immediately accepted the offer.
"here's the thing though," Sans said, "you're gonna be using a wheelchair for a few weeks. we wouldn't want to apply too much pressure."
"I'm fine with that." Marcus said.
"In two weeks, you'll be walking again like nothing happened." Toriel told him, "We will take care of you for as long as you like. Would you like a butterscotch pie to celebrate?"
"Yes, please!" Marcus exclaimed. After baking the pie, Toriel, Marcus, and company all had a piece of the pie. Marcus had never eaten something this good in his entire life. Yes, life is definitely not as bad now, Marcus thought to himself as he took the final bite of his piece.