Chapter 12
Webs constricted her body and muffled her screams. She couldn't remember how she got stuck (literally) in her situation.
One minute she was falling through the darkness, the next, she was being entombed in webs. Luckily, her little friend managed to escape before it was too late.
Maybe he will go get help! She thought hopefully as she struggled against her bindings.
But deep down, she doubted that help would ever arrive. With her luck, more spiders would show up.
First Mom, now spiders. I swear, it's like I'm cursed...
The underground caverns on the outskirts of Hotland were dark and damp. Spider webs stretched in an interweaving network for miles.
Several purple spiders were cowering in the darkest corner of the massive web as they were assaulted by hostile invaders.
The invaders were other spiders, but none like the underground spiders had seen before. These spiders were mean, and ugly.
Some were small and red. Some were swollen and would burst in a shower of red gore if fatally injured.
Others had permanent angry scowls on their faces and liked to charge headfirst into whatever was in front of them.
But the most dangerous of these wicked spiders were the large "ticking" black spiders. They had a bad habit of exploding when they got hurt.
Needless to say, spiders were allergic to being blown up. All of this was very bad for business.
Their only costumer in the underground was now being cocooned, and they were powerless to stop it. But not all was lost.
Every now and again, one of the enemy spiders would be dragged off into the shadows by a small flying...something.
The spiders couldn't get a good look at it in the dark. Whatever it was, it seemed to attack whenever one of the enemy spiders got too close to the cocooned victim.
As things seemed to grow dimmer by the minute, the spiders of the underground felt a sudden change in the vibration of the webs.
It was subtle, familiar, and very catchy.
The vibrations caught by the webs began to intensify, and the spiders of the underground felt compelled to dance to the tune. This could only mean one thing.
The Mistress had returned from the surface.
"Ahuhuhuhu...Did you hear what they just said?"
A large mass of purple spiders moved towards the center of the cavern.
Hundreds, thousands, maybe even millions of spiders began to move away from the mass and bolstered the underground spider's defenses.
"They said that someone was picking on my spiders..."
Several boomerang like croissants flew out of the shadows, and struck several of the ticking spiders.
After the blasts shook the web, more of the scowling red spiders began to attack. Their attack was met with an larger group of the now dancing purple spiders, who quickly tore the red spiders to pieces.
"They also told me that someone was harassing a customer..."
Slowly descending from the cave ceiling, with two tea pots and two tea cups in her hands, Muffet looked down at the enemy spiders that had invaded her web.
"Now I know that someone is in charge of you ugly red spiders," Muffet hissed with a smile. "So if they would be so kind as to show them selves...we can sort this mess out."
Muffet's challenge was greeted by a loud hiss. Out of the darkness fell a large four legged creature.
The creature had four pitch black eyes underneath it's drooling mouth...which was odd to say the least.
To Muffet, the creature looked like giant human head that had grown legs out of it's neck. Whatever it was, it was bad for business.
The creature puffed out it's cheeks and sprayed thick webs out in every direction, summoning more of it's own spiders in the process.
"Ahuhuhuhu...how cute," Muffet giggled. "Someone thinks they're a spider. But you're not even close..."
Muffet snapped her finger and ordered several of her spiders to attack the "Widow".
The spiders dropped down onto the creature and began to bite it with their tiny fangs. The creature hissed and shook as it leaped into the air.
Muffet barely had enough time to zip out of the way before the monster could crush her beneath it's weight.
"Well aren't you a feisty one," she hissed as she balanced on a strand of web like a ballerina. "Rule number one, spider have eight limbs. You only have four..."
Muffet's spiders attacked the Widow. During their attack, Muffet began to notice a lot of black feathers stuck in her webs.
She didn't think too much about it, she had bigger things on her plate at the moment.
"Rule number two-" Muffet paused as she began to pour purple liquid out of her tea pots. "A spider should never get stuck in web."
The purple liquid ran down her web and coated the creature. The beast growled and hissed in confusion as it tried to free itself from Muffet's web.
But no matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't break free. Muffet giggled as the creature writhed.
"Ahuhuhuhu...rule number three," she paused as she sipped on her tea cup. "Always save room for dessert..."
The Widow let out and angry hiss as it spat and snapped in Muffet's direction. It's hiss was suddenly drowned out by a loud, bone trembling roar.
Before the Widow could react, a giant drooling maw opened beneath the creature and snapped shut.
With a sicking grinding and snapping noise, the Widow was chewed up by Muffet's very hungry pet.
After a few more sloppy chews, her pet swallowed the Widow's pulped remains in one gulp.
With a loud belch, the remaining enemy spiders began to flee in terror. Muffet giggled as she perched herself on top of her pet's head.
"You didn't think I had forgotten about you, did you? Ahuhuhu~"
Once the remaining enemy spiders were disposed of, Muffet tip-toed down to the writhing cocooned victim.
"How dreadful, for such a thing to happen in my webs..." Muffet sighed as she picked the cocoon up.
Suddenly, a loud cawing split through the darkness. Muffet looked in the direction of the sound and was greeted by an angry pair of talons.
"A bird?! Who let a bird into my web?!" Muffet shouted as she batted away the angry bird.
A stifled cry came from the cocoon, and the black bird relented. With the bird out of her face, Muffet managed to tear into the cocoon.
What was inside the cocoon surprised her greatly. Gasping for air was a small black haired human girl. She wore black mascara that gave her eyes a sunken look.
Muffet also noticed that the girl had a tattoo of a star and crescent moon on the back of her neck.
The girl pulled the remaining web out of her hair and began to spit a few strands out of her mouth.
"Finally, I thought I was-"
The girl fell silent once her eyes fell on Muffet's smiling five eyed face.
"Great, more spiders," the girl pouted as she whipped her hair out of her eyes. "I really am cursed!"
"Ahuhuhuhu... so you were the one my spiders told me about," Muffet said with a smile. "They said you were the one those other spiders were after."
The girl rolled her eyes.
"Yeah...maybe they were after me. Honestly with my bad luck, I'm surprised you haven't eaten me yet."
Muffet smiled and patted the girl on the head.
"Well...the day is not over..." she said with a playful smile.
The girl tweeted loudly, and the black bird that attack Muffet earlier flew down and hovered over her head.
Upon further inspection, Muffet noticed that the bird was missing it's eyes, and in their place were two black buttons.
The bird must have been stuffed. Still, Muffet had seen stranger things...
"Try it, buggy..." the girl hissed threateningly. "My bird is still angry..."
Muffet was impressed, she was beginning to like this human.
"Relax, I was only teasing," Muffet said with a sly smile. "I would never eat a potential customer."
"Customer?" the human asked. "Customer for what?"
"Why, my Bake Sale of course," Muffet stated happily. "You must be starved after being cocooned for so long."
The human rubbed her stomach and frowned. Muffet could hear it grumbling.
"Would you like to try a free sample?" Muffet asked as she held up a small tray of various spider pastries.
Without thinking, the human began to stove her face with pastries. However; after a few bites, the girl began to gag and retch as spiders began to crawl out of her mouth.
Muffet giggled and opened up her coin purse.
"That will be fifty gold, Miss...?"
The human girl spat one last mouthful of spiders out of her mouth and scowled.
"Eve!" she snapped as she wiped her mouth. "My name is Eve."
Eve threw a handful of pennies at Muffet, who caught them before they could hit her.
"Ahuhuhuhu... another satisfied customer," Muffet giggled. "Well...since I'm here, I may as well escort you back to the surface. I can't let a customer of mine get gobbled up by some monster now can I?"
Eve sighed and whipped her hair out of her eye dramatically. For the last two days she had been trying to find somewhere safe.
If this Muffet character could take her to safety, then she would play along...for now.
"Alright, I'll go with you, but don't try to eat me!" Eve stated in a threatening tone. "Or you'll get the horns."
Muffet giggled as her pet moved underneath them. Her pet was large enough that they could ride it back to the surface with relative comfort and safety.
"Cross my heart..." she said with a smile as she ran her hand through Eve's hair, which earned her an angry peck from her crow.
Eve sighed and gently held the bird in her hands.
It's going to be a long trip. I must be cursed...
They all gathered around him, all vibrating intensely. All with the same, stupid happy face.
"hOI!" im Temmie! And dis is my friend...TEMMIE!"
"hOI! Im Temmie! Don forget my friend...TEMMIE!"
"Awawawawh! Keper is such a...CUTE!"
"hOI! Tem want to pet Keper!
It's paw brushed gently against "Keeper's" dusty skin. He swung gently from the noose that he hung from.
"hOI! Give Tem muns for colleg, piz!"
"hOI!"
"hOI!"
"hOI!"
Kill me.
"hOI!"
"hOI!"
Make it stop.
"hOI!
"hOI!"
End this torment.
"hOI!"
Another chapter for you!
Spoiler , That's the last we're gonna see of Keeper.
Hope you enjoyed this.
P.S
We'll be getting back To Isaac and Goat Mom next chapter.
