Summary: Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur!
Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr!
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Ebott Ville, Peace Memorial Central Park, 1 year 7 months after the release of monsters and magic back in the world.
**"Fuck this shit, I'm out."
Even though Chara can't really leave me, she starts to float away calmly.
Chara! Don't leave me, I'm scared! Didn't you say you'd be there for me whenever I needed you?
I said to my soul-mate, she seemed to not be moved, not even a little, with my plead.
**"No, no! You got it all wrong, if you bring shit upon yourself and by that I mean getting mom mad at you, you sure as heck are alone and-"
"Frisk" A stern and concerned voice called out to me. The poor human policemen were not used to that tone from the queen and just shivered in fear.
"Frisk" she said again, calming. "Please, I believe that you have a good reason to protect this…" -She seemed to hesitate a little- "...creature. But you don't know what kind of danger it- "
"NO!" Okay, maybe I shouldn't raise my voice to my mom but I've had enough therapy to know that I can't bottle up my anger anymore. And well... -come on! I'm tired of running! I'm drenched, my hair is sopping wet and my feet are burning. Plus... maybe I am a little mad at my family for being okay with trying to kill an innocent person.
**"Frisk what the hell? Don't yell at mom!" Chara's eyes are as wide as saucers.
I ignored Chara, too. I don't remember the last time I ever did that.
Oh yeah, now I remember. It was when mom wanted me to stay in the Ruins for the rest of my life and Chara was fine with that arrangement, not wanting to defy her authority. I wish I didn't have to do this but they leave me no choice. I have to ACT.
"Do not call him creature ever again." I steal a look at Toriel before looking at my feet, the words lipping past my lips.
"What did he do to deserve immediate execution!? I'm sure none of you would really want to kill someone in front of thousands of viewers, right dad?" I say as I point at the camera that is still live streaming. Both Toriel and Asgore take a step back in realization.
I left the ex couple with that thought and turned around again to where Mr. Higgsbury is.
It looks like he couldn't care less about the tense situation. Judging by how he was aiming to jump at a dove that drew near, he is probably more focused on dinner than the commotion he is causing. Poor him, he must be starving.
He starts to lunge towards the dove, and I quickly try to stop him. "Mr. Higgsbury? Remember what happened the last time you tried to eat a whole bird in one gulp?" that stopped him... mid jump. He lands back onto the ground with a soft thud.
*Wild dove ran away.
Finally, he lowers his head in defeat. I chuckle lightly before continuing. "That's what I thought," I can't help but smile at him. So cute! "Okay, come here. Everything is fine now." I reach out for him again. He smells my hand to know if we are still good. We are. He nuzzles my palm in appreciation.
*Pet, pat, pet, pot.
*Prrr prrr prrr
*The Shadow King is glad for the petting but, it looks like he is in need of a can of tuna… or twenty…
*YOU WON
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Huh? Shadow King?
**"Shadow King? what does that mean?"
I… I don't know.
"Frisk, please." Asgore carefully says. "Frisk… for the love of the angel. Stop touching it!" The ex couple kept begging but what they didn't expect is that I would not pay any attention to them. The cute cat like shadow creature turns over, his tummy facing the sky, begging/mewing to be pet some more. By the angel! I couldn't resist such cuteness. I forgot how I had wanted to do this before!
*Pet, pat, pet, pot, pat.*
*Prrr prrr prrr….*
Hehe so cute.
Okay, looks like that's enough for you today.
**"Fricking finally"
I told you that I would explain after I'm a hundred percent sure no one will attack him. I want to show them he means no harm.
**"…" She grumbles, crossing her arms and floating a good distance away.
I'll try to make it up to her later.
I see something moving from the corner of my eye and I tense up immediately. Something... -white?
It turns out the white thing is Papyrus, who eyes the shadow creature before speaking, "MY LITTLE HUMAN FRIEND... PLEASE, I'M SURE KING ASGORE DIDN'T WANT TO APPROACH THEM WITH... MURDERY INTENTIONS. WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS THAT IF IT IS GOOD FOR YOU TO BE TOUCHING THIS BLACK GOOPY CAT-LIKE FRIEND OF YOURS! REMEMBER THAT GOOPY THINGS AND HUMANS DON'T MIX WELL WITH EACH OTHER!" Papyrus is talking about that one time I got sick. I had eaten some cup noodles he bought from a human store. They were way past their expiration date and looked goopy. Yikes. Papyrus is approaching us slowly but wary of the shadow being's movements. When I turned at him, I saw Sans two steps behind him, eye sockets devoid of his normal eye lights and ready to reach for the tall skeleton.
Undyne took a step forward, "YEAH PUNK! WHAT PAPYRUS SAID! IF THE KING SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT TOUCH IT, YA BETTER LISTEN!" added the shouting wet fish woman. Her tone actually made the shadowy one's ears perk, but otherwise, he remained on the ground. I wonder why Papyrus' voice din't affect him but Undyne's did… gotta ask him later.
**"And how are you planning on doing that, smartass? He is not listening to reason!"
He is! Actually, he is one of the most intelligent and kind people I have ever met!
**"Then, why he has not defended himself?! Or told them to stop, or, I don´t know, something!? Whatever, you're being a big dumb idiot right now so, fuck it"
She is right... not the "big dumb idiot" part, but of him listening to what I want him to do. Also, I have to take into consideration that the eyes of my family and -maybe- the whole world is watching how things are unfolding right now. If this doesn't end peacefully, I'm afraid there will be consequences.
**"I hate not to being alive..." She sighs, and I remind myself to go find some chocolate later to cheer her up. "Do whatever you need to do and let's go home."
Right away, pal.
I kept my hand planted in the shadow tendrils. They felt cold and smooth, and they flickered through my fingers. Mr. Higgsbury sure is a good cat!
As I pet him, I feel something sticky on his right side.
I bring my hand up to my face, and focus on the weird spots on my fingers.
Red clung to my hand. It slipped down my palm and I could feel some under my fingernails.
Oh no!
Blood!
On a closer look, he has a barely visible wound starting from his right side that stretches all the way to his belly. By the looks of it, the slice is deep and blookd trickles down from it steadily. We need to put him to sleep somehow, so he can transform back to normal!
Hopefully.
I hear two soft thuds and look up to see Asgore cloer than before. "Frisk, that creature is very dangerous and must be dealt with immediately. Please stand aside and let me put it out of it's misery. It's wounded, we must act quick!" Asgore sounds so sure of himself... as if he was doing some kind of charity to my friend.
He sounds like someone who was making a horrible decision thinking he's making the right choice.
I can't let Mr. Dad Guy near him. Once I saw Mr. Higgsbury fight a beefalo by himself. And he won.
**"A what?" Chara seems less upset and now just plain confused.
Later!
Everyone around me looked at him with varying degrees of displeasure, anxiety, anger and disbelief. I'm so grounded after this.
Ugh, focus Frisk, priorities first!
**"Frisk. He is being serious about this, don't make him mad if you don't want a trident through your tummy again."
Stop with the "again" comments! You think I don't remember how much it hurts?
He...he wouldn't do it again, right? Is he going to hurts us again?
Please, not again.
**"OKAY, okay calm down!" Chara places a ghost hand on my shoulder, but it doesn't help any.
Calm down? CALM DOWN?
What if I can't protect him?! What if Asgore kills him?
He doesn't deserves to die like this! Not after all the things he's been through.
What should I- A loud snore rings. It makes me hold that last thought.
Oh...
AWESOME!
**"Look here-" Chara tries to speak but I quickly silence her off,
Shhh Chara, silence!
**"WHAT!?" She flings up her arms, ready to explode.
Another snore rumbles from the shadow creature.
He fell asleep by himself!
*Your friend is too tired to wait for food. He went to sleep instead.
It's not like Chara could be heard outside my head but the first thing my mind thought was to silence every source of noise so that he wouldn't wake up. The spirit listened to me, for once. I believe she also forgot that she can't possibly wake him up even if she tried too.
The dark being's breathing slows and the following purr when my hand touched his side told me he was having a peaceful sleep. In the end, he was more tired than hungry. Sorry Mr. Higgsbury, I couldn't fill your tummy but it's time for you to turn back into what you really are.
Everyone present gasped when his shadow form dissipated in wisps of odorless grayish smoke…
A lightly sun burnt skin appeared below the darkness. His hair style… did'nt change. His eyes were closed as his size shrunk a little from his shadowy form. Most of his clothes were in rags but one could discern a blood soaked red vest, paired with black pants. Above all, the most important feature is that, without the shadows encasing his body he had all the features of a 30 or so human male.
I smile softly at his sleeping form and let out a sigh of relief.
Mr. Higgsbury shifts from his position on the ground, and I hear him utter only one word. "Hungry…."
Okay, that's a start.
"Welcome home, Mr. Higgsbury"