Chapter 29: Cracks
(A/N: Sorry for the short chapter it's partly for story partly because I need sleep. Scare warning?!)
"Ahem" someone cleared their throat, that someone was getting closer—Frisk could hear the sound of packed snow underfoot.
Beside them they heard Chara shift quietly and they could tell their guide had noticed as well.
The fluttering of feathers filled the air and a cold gust of wind blew at their face as they turned toward the sound.
"There's some weird bird monster wearing a black bow tie in front of us" Chara groaned.
Tilting their head, Frisk smiled and waved a hand in greeting.
"M…m… macaroni and freeze!" The strange bird stammered… they sounded unsure.
Hehehe Frisk giggled silently, putting a now gloved hand over their mouth before fumbling for their notebook and pen.
((I'm glad I'm not ice-olated in my love of puns ;)))
"Heh," that prompted a small chuckle "not bad for a human."
"I'll grace you with one more then," the monster paused for effect "what's my favorite type of cereal? Frosted."
The bird waited expectantly and so Frisk clapped happily; the sound was muffled by the gardening gloves that they had pulled out of the backpack Chara packed but audible all the same.
During the exchange Chara had walked ahead and Frisk heard an exasperated shriek followed by the sound of smashing and wood cracking.
"What was that?!" The monster whipped around "What the? Did you just? But. How? I-I have to go… umm, You have been graced by the epic comedian Snowdrake!"
And with another burst of cold air, the sound of feathers vanished into the air.
With a last baleful hug of the glowing star, Frisk pocketed the notebook and started toward their guide.
"Puns, everywhere, stupid, puns, STUPID! Wh-
They placed their hand on Chara's shoulder. The cold seemed to seep into their bones. Withdrawing their hand they lunged forward wrapping the colder child in a deep embrace.
Panting to catch their breath, Chara scrunched their eyes closed concentrating to stay solid.
The chill seeped through their clothes and into their core. Wind tugged at their hair and pushed wisps of snow over the splintered boards already half buried in the drift.
Their throbbing knuckles numbed from the cold until they couldn't even feel their limbs.
Knees weak they collapsed into kneeling position and something inside of them cracked.
Frisk's eyes widened and throwing off their backpack, they bent down and hugged tighter.
~O*O~
Snowdrake let a small smile touch his lips as he flew against the wind. Little bits of snow felt like hail as they stung his face but it wasn't bad weather at all.
He had made someone laugh, Father was wrong afterall!
He sighed, so he was right.
Ha, ha, ha,ha,ha What a joke, he was such a ha, ha,ha,ha
~O*O~
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~O*O~
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