Bonbon found herself shrouded in darkness. No light could be found. She desperately spun around, searching for any spot with light.
"Wh-where am I?!" She tried to back away, only to trip and fall to the ground. She brought her hands to her throat as she started gasping for air. She was so scared, she couldn't remember how she was there...alone ...and in the dark. "...please...somebody...anybody...h-help." The air around her began to chill. She wrapped her midsection as hard as she could, anything to try to calm her quaking body. Gasping down her cries, she heard a whisper. An ominous whisper that pierced through the dark.
{Do YOu rEallY wAnt mY hElp?} Bonbon let out a small gasp. Her eyes searching for the mysterious person who had spoked.
"H-hello?" She manage to say between her cries.
{Do yOu wAnT tO lEaVe tHiS rOoM?}
"P-please...anywhere ..*hic* but h-here..." The ominous voice let out a small chuckle.
{ALl rIgHt, bUt rEmeMbEr yOu aSkeD fOR iT.}
The floor beneath Bonbon started to move. She tried to find anything to hold on but couldn't find anything. Soon the floor disappeared and she started to fall. Her screams fell on death's ear as her world started to shift. As she fell, she could hear warped voices getting louder and louder. Her heart pounding against her ears till finally the world around her stopped. Closing her eyes shut, she placed her hands on her ears to stop the voices.
Feeling her soul quiver, she opened her eyes. Everything was blurry at first. But there was light, and that calmed her for a bit. Her hands fell to her side and found that she was sitting on a wooden floor. She tried to stand, but her body wouldn't listen. Not only could she not move, her body felt off. It felt wrong to her. As her vision cleared up she noticed that she was in a dark room with a small light shinning beneath a closed door. Looking around with only her eyes, she noticed a tall mirror. In that mirror, she saw a young child huddled in a corner. They had short hair, wearing tattered clothing, with visible scars around their body.
She was that child. Bonbon couldn't understand, how or why she was looking through the eyes of this child...only that she was. Which scared her. She felt so confused as to why she was here.
After awhile, Bonbon noticed that she could hear the child's soul. It was a strange thing to hear, almost as if it was a small whisper brushing her own.
Don't give up...don't give in...stay alive...stay alive...stay determined...
Just then, the door opened. Looking through the child's eyes, she watched as a tall woman walk closer and closer.
Mother...
Bonbon wondered, was this women the young child's mother? But if she was, then why did the women looked so menacing. The tall women grabbed her child by their hair and brought their face close to hers.
"You pathetic piece of SHIT! How many times do I have to tell you to not look at me with those FUCKIN' EYES!" The menacing women slapped the child across the face, before snatching it down on the floor. Bonbon couldn't move, she couldn't do anything as the women started to assault the young child. The barrage of insults and kicks kept coming and all she could do was watch as the child turned themselves into a tight ball, trying to protect any part of their body. Soon, Bonbon's vision started to fog as small specks of blood appeared on the wooden floor.
Bonbon's vision vibrated as the room around her changed once more. The space around her warped and soon she felt herself laying on a bed. The human child was hiding under their sheets, their body trembling.
Don't feel don't feel don't feel don't feel...don't give up...stay determined!
Bonbon felt so much fear from the child that she almost started choking on it. Then the bed shifted as a large body started to loom over the child.
Father!
The bed sheet slowly started to peel away from the child's body. Large callous hands began stroking the human child's arm. "My precious little princess, oh how much I missed the feel of your skin today." The rough hands then flipped over the child to face him. Bonbon stared at the looming man above. His face was stretched wide into a disturbing smile. His long dripping tongue hanged out as his rancid breath covered the air around them. Bonbon wanted to run, to hide, to close her eyes and wish it all away. But the child kept staring wide at the man. Just then the child's body stiffened as the man started to peel off their night gown.
Don't feel don't feel don't feel don't feel!
Bonbon wasn't sure if it was her own heart or the child heart that started to thump painfully, all she knew was that she had to get out.
《Im so sorry...You are not supposed to be here...I have to get you out now!》
Something warm pulled on to Bonbon's soul, taking it away from the child's body. Away from the child, Bonbon soon felt her own body again. But just as she was able to see her own hands, the world around her warped and twisted around her, dragging her down. Vision after vision ran wildly around her, weighing her down.
Her throat burned as she shut her eyes tight. Her body and soul was then slammed onto a familiar bed. Feeling the bed caused her soul to shiver. Bonbon scrambled out and ran out of the darkned room. She skidded onto the floor as the memories played through her head. Shaking uncontrollably she brought her hands to her to her chest where her aching soul was and started to scream. She screamed and screamed till her throat burned and she screamed some more.
《Shhh..shhh...it's okay...it alright...they're gone...》
Trapped inside her pain, Bonbon didn't notice the numerous sound of feet running towards her.
"TINY HUMAN! WHAT'S WRONG!"
"munchkin, what happened?!"
"Punk! Come on snap out of it!"
{Ha hAha...I wArNeD yOu~}
Sans' soul gave a painful shake, waking him from his slumber. In the darkness of his room, he could hear a piercing scream. Throwing aside his covers, he rushed out of his room. Only to stumble back as he watched Bonbon sitting on the floor with her small hands clawing at her chest, screaming at the top of her lungs.
munchkin?!
Papyrus then came crashing through and immediately went down to the ground, kneeling beside Bonbon.
"TINY HUMAN! WHAT'S WRONG!" Papyrus was panicking, he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do. Desperately he looked at Sans pleading him to do something. Sans slowly got closer.
"munchkin, what happened?" He said as softly as he could.
"Punk! Come on snap out of it!" Sans wasn't sure when Undyne got there, but he could tell she was also starting to panic as Bonbon continued clawing at her chest. Papyrus carefully tried to hold Bonbon in his arms. Slowly as to not startled her. Bonbon stopped screaming, only leaving her gasping frantically.
"T-Tiny...Human, Please," Papyrus placed his hands ontop of her small hands, "Don't Hurt Yourself...Anymore..." Sans' soul screamed for him to comfort her, to do something...anything but just watch and see her in so much pain. Sans drew closer and layed his hand on top of her forehead.
"...shh..shhh...it's going to be all right ...okay? it was just a dream.." His hand let out a small blue-ish glow, as his magic caressed her forehead, calming her in the process.
"Mother...father...please...no more..."
All three monster's eyes went wide open as they heard her small voice. Papyrus wrapped his arms tightly over her small quaking body. As if he could protectively shield her from her dreams. Sans withdrew his hand from her head as to clench his fist to stop his magic from running rapidly out of control. He could hear Undyne's hand clenched tightly over the wooden beam of the banister. Crushing the wood between her fingers.
"I'll...behave...please...p-please..."
" shh...shhh.. munchkin...it's just a bad dream ...and they will not hurt you...okay?"
Bonbon felt herself surrounded by a comfortable warmth. Her throat was hurting and her body felt heavy, but even so, she felt safe. Bonbon couldn't remember when she went back to sleep, or where she was. Her eyelids felt so heavy, that she couldn't seem to pry them open. The longer they stayed closed, the more the memories seemed to flash. She wanted so badly to open them...but she felt to weak.
《I'm so sorry...that you saw that》
"...its..o-okay...I'll ...get used to...it"
{OH...sHe wiLL gEt uSeD tHeM iN nO tiMe hEe hEe hEe...} Bonbon trembled at hearing the voice from her nightmare sound so close.
《Why are you still here! Just..just leave her alone》
{I'M nOt gOiNg aNyWhEre...I wiLL gEt riD Of hEr ...aNd yOu, aNd I cAn cOnTinUe oUr fUN..}
《I'm...so sorry...please ...don't give up.》
Bonbon shivered slightly as she buried herself deeper into her unknown warmth. "Its...ok...I'll...get...used to it."
Sans, Papyrus and Undyne were all laying near each other on the floor on top of pillows and blankets, surrounding Bonbon. Providing her warmth and comfort in her sleep. It was near morning when Sans heard her soft mumbles.
"...it's..o-kay...I'll get used to...it..."
"munchkin? you're awake?" She didn't respond. Sans sat up, dragging his phalanges across his skull. "munchkin...what happened to you? ...sigh...what's happening to you?" He felt so confused, he just didn't know what he was supposed to do. He watched as Bonbon snuggled deeper into Papyrus arms. He wasn't going back to sleep. He didn't want to. So he decided to go for a walk. Maybe a drink could settle his wary soul.
But as soon as he opened the front door, he heard a small whisper calling out his name. "munchkin, you're awake?"
"Hmm.."
Sans let out a sigh and closed the door. Walking back to the pile of monsters, he sat back down and started petting Bonbon's forehead. His magic danced round his phalanges as he did this. Which soothed Bonbon back to sleep. "don't worry, i'm still here."
In the quiet depths of her dreams, Bonbon could faintly hear someone's voice as a reassuring warmth rested ontop of her head.
" don't worry, i'm still here."
《Sans...》{ThE cOmEdiAn rEallY iS eAsy tO meSs aRoUnD ...IsN't hE...hEheHehE...}《Leave him alone...please...you've...sigh...we've done enough to him 》
"Sans?"
"yeah munchkin, i'm still here."
"Papy?"
"he's here too. we're not going anywhere." Bonbon smiled to herself as she went deeper into her sleep.
{ThEy'rE nOt gOiNg tO bE tHeRe fOr yOu All tHe tiMe, yOU kNoW. HEhEhEhE tHeY nEvEr aRe.}《Don't listen to her. She doesn't know what she's talking about...》
"...it's...okay..."
The sound of clattering pots and pans had woken Bonbon from her slumber. Rubbing her eyes, she felt something smooth and strong holding her tightly. "Hmm?" Opening her eyes, she found herself wrapped in Undyne's arms. "Undyne?"
"Hmm..mmnh" Undyne mearly held her tighter in her sleep.
"Aaaugh!" Bonbon started to giggle at the thought of being hugged to death. "P...papy?...he...help?" Papyrus stucked his head put of the kitchen at the sound of his name.
"TINY HUMAN! YOUR AWAKE! I'M ALMOST DONE WITH BREAKFAST, DON'T YOU WORRY."
"H-help...she's squishing me..."
"SILLY HUMAN, DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TO EARLY TO BE PLAYING SO RUFF?" Bonbon giggled some more as Papyrus pried Bonbon away from Undyne's death grip. "UNDYNE! IT'S ALREADY LATE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO STILL BE ASLEEP!"
"Uwha?" Undyne mumbled as she sat up. Rubbing away her drool she looked up at Papyrus. "Nghhh... it's NOT too late, you're just too early for everything *yawn*..." Undyne stretched out her arms as she got up from the floor.
"EITHER WAY, HURRY UP AND WASH UP. BREAKFAST IS ALMOST DONE!"
"Yeah yeah..." Undyne looked at Bonbon, who was still tucked in Papyrus' arm.
"Hehe, morning..."Bonbon smiled. Undyne plucked Bonbon out of Papyrus' arm and tucked her under her own arm.
"HEY!"
"What? You said to go and wash up, right? What better way to create a stronger friendship then to bathe together!"
"WHAT?!"
"Yeah! The humans do it all the time in Alphys' history books!"
"Yay!" Bonbon started squirming in excitment.
"WELL, IF YOU SAY SO. JUST DON'T TAKE TOO LONG."
"Yeah yeah. Come on punk!"
"Hehehe!"
As Papyrus was cooking, he could faintly hear the splashing of water coming from upstairs. He smiled to himself when he heard them laugh.
"hey bro, where's the kid?"
"HMM? OH, THE TINY HUMAN IS TAKING A BATH WITH UNDYNE AT THE MOMENT."
"heh, so that explains all the ruckus, i call dibs on not cleaning their mess."
"SANS WHEN DO YOU EVER CLEAN ANYTHING?"
"i took care of those dishes for you, didn't i." Sans took a seat at the table, laying his head on his folded arms.
"I SUPPOSE...MIND HELPING WITH THEM TODAY? "
"sure, no skin off my back." Papyrus mostly grumbled at Sans statement. The skeleton brothers settled down and ate in silence, listening to the laughter in the distance. Sans noticed the slight worry in his brother's face. "pap, your cooking's gettin' better."
"HMM? OH ...UH.. YES I SUPPOSE, THE TINY HUMAN HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSISTANCE IN...In..."
"bro?" Papyrus put down his fork as he looked down at his plate. Clenching his fist, he let out a shattered breath.
"Sans? Do You Think... Bonbon Had A Happy Life In The Surface?"
"comon' paps, cheer up, i bet she...she...ughh.." Sans pushed his plate aside as he rested his arm on the table. "i'm not sure."
"Brother...Do You Believe She's Happy Here?" Sans looked up to his brother, wondering where this conversation was heading.
"why?" Papyrus started rubbing his gloved hands.
"What...What Would You Say If We Went And Adop-"
"MAN! Taking a bath feels so much nicer then a shower!" Undyne shouted from the top of the stairs, disrupting what Papyrus was trying to tell Sans.
"Punk I gotta say you have some really nice scars there!"
"Really!?"
Papyrus stood up from his chair at hearing Undyne mentioning scars. "Sans?! She Has Scars?!"
"uh, yeah...i guess she's sporting a couple. you didn't notice?"
"I...Guess..Not..." Sans stood up and walked over to his sadden brother.
"..don't worry about it bro..." both brother's looked up as they heard Undyne and Bonbon descending.
"Hey, that large one infront, was that from one of my spears." Both brothers tensed up.
"Mhm! It looks cool right! Mr. Gerson helped me fix my dress afterward." Undyne walked into the kitchen with Bonbon tucked under her arm. But staggered back a bit as she felt a dangerous aura coming out of the kitchen. Bonbon looked up at Undyne, confused as to why she was backing away. "Undyne? You ok?"
"Heh, punk you ..you don't feel that?!" Bonbon looked forward towards the opening of the kitchen.
"Hmm? No...but Papy and Sans' eyes look pretty cool right now."
"Y-yeah...cool..." Sans and Papyrus blinked rapidly as they're eyesockets regained their original form.
"UNDYNE, WHY DON'T WE GO OUTSIDE FOR A BIT, I WOULD LIKE TO TRAIN A BIT BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN AND EAT!"
"Uh...maybe later Papyrus, we're pretty hungry and I kinda forgot to dry the kid's ha-"
"don't worry, the food will be waiting here for when you return," Sans went over and grabbed Bonbon from Undyne, while Papyrus began dragging Undyne away.
"Sans?"
"don't worry about it munchkin, they'll be back."
After Bonbon had finished with her meal, Papyrus came back looking quite satisfied with himself. "TINY HUMAN, DID YOU ENJOY YOUR MEAL?" Bonbon jumped off the chair and ran towards Papyrus.
"Hmh...where's Undyne?" Looking behind him, she saw a very peeved off and slightly battered Undyne, "Wow! Undyne you ok?"
"Hmph." Papyrus swunged his arm around Undyne's shoulder.
"UNDYNE IS JUST FINE, RIGHT!"
"Uh..yeah.. look punk let me dry that hair of yours. You know before these two boneheads decide to go for my head."
"What about breakfast?"
"My stomach is killing me right now to eat." Undyne snatched Bonbon up and walked away to the living room.
"so...bro, how was your...'training' with Undyne."
"IT WENT WONDERFULLY WELL!"
Undyne sat on the floor with Bonbon in her lap, combing out her hair. "Undyne, are you sure you're okay?"
"Come on, stop fussing about me, all right?"
"But, those brusies look like they hurt."
"Nah, nothing I can't handle. What I would rather know is if you're ok?"
"Me?"
"Yeah! Like what the hell happened to you last night?"
"Hmm...oh.." Bonbon placed her hands on her wiggling feet as she thought to herself. "Nothing I can't handle," she said with a soft giggle.
"Look punk, I might not have known you for that long. But you have a couple of boneheads that really care for you. So whatever issue you might have, don't keep it to yourself...okay?"
"Hmm..." Bonbon giggled slightly as she turned her head to face Undyne.
"Sigh...turn your head around you giggling twerp." Undyne chucked.
After awhile, Sans and Papyrus walked into the living room. Bonbon jumped up from the floor, giving herself a small spin as to show her new hairstyle. Undyne had tied her hair back, "Now she's BATTLE READY!"
"Hee hee! Yeah!" Bonbon said as she raised her fist into the air. Papyrus lifted Bonbon from the ground and started spinning her around.
"YOU LOOK ADORABLE AS ALWAYS, TINY HUMAN!" Bonbon spread her arms as she giggled. Papyrus set her safely back down and patted her head. "NOW TINY HUMAN, REMEMBER TO BEHA- I MEAN STAY SAFE! UNDYNE AND I ARE GOING TO CHECK OUT A FEW THINGS REGARDING THE ROYAL GUARDS."
"Not really anything important," Undyne placed her hands on her waist, "just the mutts making a ruckus about hearing some kind of dying animal coming from the river."
"EITHER WAY, IT'S AN IMPORTANT DUTY FOR THE HEAD OF THE ROYAL GUARD," Papyrus placed his gloved hand at the side of his mouth,"AND HER GREAT TRAINEE," Papyrus straighten his back,"TO INVESTIGATE!"
"The...river...hnmm.."
"TINY HUMAN, DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING?" Bonbon started smacking her lips as she tapped the bottom of her chin.
"Hmm...nnnnghhhh...nope."
"WELL THEN...WE'RE OFF. YOU TOO SANS! YOUR GONNA BE LATE FOR YOUR JOB!"
"alright, i hear ya paps," Sans patted the top of Bonbon's head as he passed her,"take care munchkin."
"Wait... can.. can I walk around Snowdin? I don't want to stay home alone." All three monster's gave a wary glanced at Bonbon for awhile, till Undyne decided to speak up.
"Yeah why not! It's not like anyone in Snowdin is after her." Bonbon jumped with glee as they all agreed to let her wonder the town. Bonbon stood tall by the front door as she waved all three monsters goodbye. She watched as they disappeared from view.
{MoNsTerS cOulD bE sO anNoyiNg sOmEtiMeS, I mUcH raTHer seE thEm TurN inTo dUst. MucH mOre eNjoyAblE.}
《...sigh...they are not annoying and I know that deep down, you enjoy their company...well... more then humans anyway.》
{SHut iT! WHy dOn'T yOu tAkE wHat yOu tHinK yOu knOw AnD sHoVe iT uP yOuR-}
"Hellooo~"
《...?》{WHat!}
"Are you two going to be stuck in my head all the time?"
{Of cOurSe wE aRe, hOw eLse aM I gOiNg tO toRmEnT yOu iNto GiviNg uP!}《I'm sorry about all...um...this. I rather not leave you alone with her.》
"Oh...okay! For a second there I thought I was going crazy or something." Giggling to herself, Bonbon closed the front door. Jumping down from the stairs, Bonbon started skipping her way through Snowdin.
{...THe kiD's wEriD...}《I think she's cute.》
"Whisper whisper...I think I'm weirdly cute...heehee"
