~No one's PoV~
On a simple day, on Inkwell Isle, in a small house, two cup brothers were listening to a story, told by their grandfather Elder Kettle.
"Boys, now I will tell you a story" Elder Kettle said.
"What kind of story is it?" The red cup boy, also named Cuphead asked excitedly.
"It's about a cave, where, in this labyrinth lies a magical creature. It can grant you a wish"
Cuphead and his brother, Mugman, had stars in their eyes hearing about this magical wish creature.
"I will find this creature and ask for money!" Cuphead thought.
"But beware, in this grotto, dwells another creature and it's evil. Rumors say that this thing can send you to another dimension, from which you can't come back"
"A-Another dimension?" Mugman asked, he was slightly concerned.
"I wonder how much my brother would like to go there and ask for a wish..." he thought, sighing.
"Precisely. Of the many that adventured there, only one came back alive, to tell everyone about his experience" Kettle explained with a serious tone.
Cuphead still had stars in his eyes, while Mugman just looked at him and thinking about his brother, sighed.
"I have to advise you not going there, because knowing you, boys, especially you, Cuphead, I know you would go in this cave to ask a wish for sure, so beware"
"Okay..." Cuphead said in defeat, with the stars in his eyes fading slowly.
"Cups, it's better listening to what Elder Kettle says, for our safety" Mugman explained his brother.
"Fine, wanna go out and play?" Cuphead kinda lied, since he wanted to search for the cave.
"Yeah, sure!" Mugman said smiling to his brother.
Cuphead and his brother then went out to play, until the red cup boy found a grotto.
"Hey Mugs, do you think this is the cavern Elder Kettle was talking about this morning?"
"I don't know and I don't want to know, Elder Kettle told us to stay away from caves"
"But... but... if we find this creature we can make a wish!"
"Remember what Elder Kettle said? It's dangerous and there lives an evil creature that could possibly send us to another dimension where you can't come back from!"
"I'm going in anyways, you are free to follow me or staying here" Cuphead said, starting to adventure in the cave and signing the way he goes by using a stick.
"Ugh, fine I-I'm coming" Mugman said, following his brother, and being slightly scared.
As the cup brothers were walking in the cavern, lights mysteriously enlightened their paths.
They walked for some minutes until they stopped in a bigger and darker room, yet the path was still visible.
"C-Cuphead? I-I don't trust this at all..."
"We will be fine, don't worry"
As Cuphead said they'll be fine, a mysterious giant monster appeared from nowhere.
This monster had shiny and gray scales that resembles silver, a long tail, red eyes with black slits that emanate a faint light, a pair of medium wings, a long snout and horns. It resembled a dragon.
The monster stands on two feet and uses his anterior limbs as arms, since they have five fingers and nails as sharp as claws.
"Maybe, this is the creature that will grant us a wish?" Cuphead thought full of hope, but kinda lost it at the monster's first words.
"Finally, other victims!" The dragon said with a raspy and strong voice that echoed in the room and quite scared the little brothers, that both made a step back.
"They are just kids... not the adventurers that come here in search of my sister... well I will just spare one of them" the dragon thought.
"I feel good today, so I will let one of you go home, but the other one... will come with me!" The dragon said randomly grabbing one of the brothers.
"Cuphead!" Mugman yelled as he was being picked up by the monster.
"Mugman! No! You! Let go off my brother!"
"Or? What will you do?" The dragon mocked.
"I'll kill you!" Cuphead said seriously while pointing his finger gun towards the giant. The boy was also scared.
"Oho! How scary!" The monster mocked again, while the red cup tried shooting at him, though, in vain.
"Does he really think he could kill me with that?" He thought.
"Anyways, I don't have time to play with you, kid... I'll just send your beloved brother into another dimension!"
Then the dragon fired a blue projectile from his mouth and created a cyan portal with blue swirling lines. He let the portal suck in the blue mug into a different dimension.
"Cuphead! Go tell Elder Kettle about it, this monster said he will let you go! Don't worry about me, I'll be fine..." And that was the last thing Cuphead heard from his brother before he disappeared.
"Now that your brother is gone, what are you gonna do? Huh? Now, get out of my sight or I'll send you into another dimension like I did with your beloved brother!" As the mysterious creature said that, he disappeared who knows where, leaving Cuphead alone in the cavern.
Sad, scared and worried for the fate of his brother, he ran back home, finding the way in the labyrinth thanks to the path he signed with the stick.
As soon as Cuphead was back home, Elder Kettle asked him about his little brother, but the boy was finding hard figuring out how to explain the situation.
"Tell me, boy, what happened to your brother?"
"..."
"Don't tell me, you found that cave?"
"Y-Yeah... a-and... M-Mugman... g-got c-captured... b-by t-that... evil c-creature..." Cuphead cried, thinking of his brother.
"Don't worry, you can always go to rescue him, I'll let you go to save your little brother"
"R-Really I can go and s-save him?" The red cup swiped off his tears, full of hope.
"Yeah, but prepare for challenges that might reside in the other dimension. You will go tomorrow"
"Alright then! I can't wait to rescue my brother!" Cuphead showed off a determined smile.
"Mugman, wait for me!"
Hello everyone! I'm back with a new story! I know that it's different from the usual anime crossover I write, but I love videogames too so I decided to celebrate my birthday publishing a videogame crossover.
Anyways, hope you liked this chapter, stay tuned for the next one (hopefully will be published next week). Don't forget to review, vote and favorite for updates!
See ya in the next chapter,
Cheers,
UpriseDragon
Published the 11/02/2020