Summary: Every month´s reader reward! No one asked for this but I am doing it anyway, double chapter today ladies, gentlemen or whatever you are!
Chapter TextChapter 4: Discipline Time
Ebott Ville, Toriel´s residence, 1 year 7 months after the release of monsters and magic back in the world.
A very sun burnt skin appeared below the wisps of smoke, hair style… did not change even with the transformation, his eyes were closed and his size shrunk a little from his shadowy form, his clothes were in rags but one could discern a blood soaked red vest, black pants, but above all the most important feature is that without the shadows… absorbing, encasing? His body he had all the features of a 30 or so year old human male.
I allowed a smile at his sleeping form.
"Hungry…."
"…"
**"…"
Ok that´s a start.
The next hours passed in a blur, I just remember having him sleeping in my lap, an officer shouting for an ambulance, mom grabbing me and using green magic all over saying that I could be infected? Infected with what really? Mites? I don't know. While the paramedics took him away to the human hospital, yes human hospital, there is a hospital just across street from the park but human government has not yet given green light for the facility to be used not only for monsters so there is that. The thing is that we arrived home sometime around nightfall but I had already fallen asleep in my mom´s arms.
I dreamt about a gentleman scientist and his eccentric ways of describing things.
The morning after the ordeal came all too quickly for me, I just KNOW for a fact that all of my friends are in the living room already if Undyne's and Papyrus´ loud voices were anything to go by so I decided to make my morning rituals take the longest I could manage.
The calm before the storm or so they say.
**"If you are grounded until 2030 you´re lucky"
I know, but there is no turning back
**"Ironic that you say that, actually you have a way to go back" and she threw at me the LOAD button. There is no respect any more huh! I made it disappear before it touched my fingers, wouldn´t like to relive the stress again, thank you very much.
**"Well there is still the option Frisk, just remember, if this friend of yours gives them problems you´ll be held responsible" She said with a shrug
I... I really had not thought about that but I reassured myself that he is anything but dangerous and I had to make them understand this point. I also need to convince them to let me go to the hospital to pay him a visit, purchase him some clothes before that, what size is him anyways…
**"There it goes again, we lost him ladies and gentlemen."
Ohh shush you!
*Knock* *knock*
Urgh
"Yes?" I answered the door. "Frisk darling are you presentable already my boy?" "Umm yes mom" "May I come in?" "…sure" why not this is not going to get any better. I opened the door and there she was, the woman who once held the power and authority to a whole nation, in jeans and a white with red hearts stamped blouse.
And she closed the door behind her.
It was involuntary but I started to tremble, I knew that she would never hurt me, again, but-
**"So no "again" comments huh =) ?"
"…"
"Oh no Frisk darling I´m not that mad at you" As always she could not fathom the struggle going inside my head.
Wow that sounded so edgy.
**"Heh what does the voices on your head say pal? They trying to make you do bad things? Steal money from mom´s purse?"
Ok I did not mentally snicker at that I swear.
**"Whatever floats your boat pal."
Now calm I answer the goat mom.
"No mom I know that you aren´t that mad at me" I smiled and hugged her "I just, remember when foster homes took me in and those people used that kind of tone just meant… usually bad things"
"Oh my child I´m very sorry-" "No mom" I stopped her "You got all the rights to be mad at me even. I didn´t obey when you gave an order and I´m really sorry for raising my voice at you, I… I promise I won't do it again… I promise" I whisper the last part.
She kneels so she could look me in the eyes after I lowered my head.
"Listen Frisk, I… might not be the best judging people and I know for a fact that appearances deceive the eye, and all of us need to talk to you about that… friend of yours, but let me be honest with you my child, you should never apologize for defending your friends. I don't know yet when or how you met this person but we were in the wrong making assumptions from the start. Most importantly you saved Asgore of committing a crime Frisk, if you would have not opposed him, monster kind would have to deal with a public execution of a human. That would surely soil all the peace treaties that we have been working so hard for in this past year and a half."
Heh and just like that all the uneasiness melted away from my body, she always leaves me speechless.
"Goat mama the best mama" I managed to say time later and even though it is muffled by the crushing hug I give her she hummed acknowledging.
"Now having said that you are grounded until Christmas"
Nooooo
"Nooooooo" I whine.
**"Told you"
"And no chocolate for a month"
tries to load …. LOADED…
**"AUGGG NOOOOOOOOO" she even kneels in the mindscape as shouts, hands in balls and outstretched to the "sky".
*Achoo*
"Darling it seems that you caught a cold yesterday" she reaches to my forehead but I gently shove her away "I think it´s only your hair in my nose, don´t worry I don´t feel sick" And I mean it, I don't feel sick at all.
"Very well my child but do tell me if you start to sneeze later today okay? We don't want you to develop a cold now do we?" "Of course not mom" She nods gently, stands from where we are hugging and closes the door behind her. That will give me a couple of minutes before I have to deal with my friends.
**"Now what´s the plan smartass?"
*A decision has to be made.
[ACT]
*Run *Lie *Ask them for more time to explain.
*Ask them for more time to explain.
Well I would rather have them pushing at me asking for answers than to lie… and I don't feel like running today… or ever again for the matter. So the third option it is.