Of Shadows and Hopes

by Nadia42

Finally finding an escape from the world of Don't Starve, Wilson finds himself in a world unfamilliar from the one he knew before. He isn't alone, though, Frisk and the monsters he calls his family will be there. Somehow... Wilson P. Higgsbury knows this won't be as easy as keeping himself alive in his old prison.

11. Chapter 11

Ebott Ville, Dremmur Residence, 1 year 7 months after the release of monsters and magic back in the world.

"The last thing he saw was tear tracks in the hollow and soulless creature that once was his friend and a shadowy hand coming to surely end him."

"But alas, that did not happen. And for years he wondered if it would have been better to die a hero´s death like Macario."

"Wow!" Undyne and Papyrus´ eyes were impossibly wide and full for wonder.

"I know, that was not a happy story but not all things in life are" Asgore voice came tired and older than it really is.

"THAT WAS" Papyrus started

"Awesome!" Oh no, Undyne will break something again

Huh?

"Eye bone what´s wrong?" I ask the little guy as he is trembling and his pupil is dilated.

"Uh? I´m fine… I´m fine" He assures but I sense doubt in his voice.

While Undyne and Papyrus are rambling on how awesome the story was I soothe Eye bone with the best of my abilities, and that is, petting.

"Ok please do calm down I will finish it" Says the goat man after a while trying to calm the two exuberant monsters.

"EH? Was it not over?" someone asked

"No. When Gorem returned to the kingdom only three days have passed for the almost four weeks that the trek inside the cave took"

"just. what.?" Sans, for the first time, sounded shocked and for less than a second stars formed in his eye lights. I would have thought of that as my imagination playing tricks on me but I have seen them often while stargazing with him and Papyrus on summer vacations.

"Time really slowed down in that cave, be it it´s magical properties, the shadows magic, their presence or a combination of these, he never knew."
"but, but did someone check on it again, a scientist, anyone?" Wow the little skeleton is really putting effort on this subject.

But really, how he could not when knowing about time loops. Or being able to sense them I don't know. That´s as much of a mystery to me as monsters fear for shadow beings.

"No Sans, sadly in peaceful times, scientists were not as needed and thus scarce, in those times as you know, they were usually called alchemists and lived in solitude"

"oh" Sans enthusiasm died.

"When King Gorem was crowned, he forbid any kind of interaction with shadow beings and them to be killed on sight, as he believed them to be monsters that had lost their ability to love, be compassionate and hope. Even with this, he never lost HOPE in that someday he will reunite with his best friend and go on adventures for all eternity."

"For centuries shadows were never seen again and were dimmed extinct."

Silence took the room like a morning breeze and is broken with a tiny hesitant voice.

"Asgore?"

"Yes uhm.. Eye Bone?" The king looked perplexed

"What was Macario´s family name?"

"Oh? Uhm… ok let me think" Asgore started to mumble under his breath having lived for so long I would take a long time to remember too.

Eye bone waited in silence as well as all of us.

"Phoelluf" The goat man said.

All of us saw the flinch in the little guy, as much as an eye mounted in a bone can flinch.

"Macario… Phoelluf" Eye bone said working with the words and struggling with an invisible force… I… I don't really know what´s happening and neither of my family seemed to know too.

"Is something the matter?" Toriel´s mother instincts reared their multiple and worried heads.

**"Mom is a mother at heart; she will mother everyone and anyone who needs it no matter what."

Heh yeah she is the ultimate goat mama.

"No, Miss Toriel, ´m fine"

*Twist and Shout tune*

My phone rang with a text from an unknown sender

*Dear Frisky sensation! Is Eye bone and Chester behaving themselves? Oh of course they are! Can we speak in private through this long distance communication apparatus or would you like to speak face to face? Oh, please do save this contact number. Truly yours, Wilson P. Higgsbury.*

**"Communication Apparatus? Hahaha" Chara laughter filled my thoughts and it rang like birds on a hill!

**"Like what?"

Hehe nothing…

**"Wait… when did you give him your number? No… you never even mentioned him having one."

Uhmm well

**"Frisk… Tell me…" The spirit was losing her patience.

*Twist and Shout tune*

Another one?

*PS. I love you~ you~ you~ you~*

PFFFTT

Oh no Frisk calm down you are making a scene.

**"When you start to talk to yourself you have lost it."

"Frisk darling, who is it?"

"Uhm a friend from school mom"

**"Oh no Frisk no, no, no, no. I accept your escapades, that you raise your tone and a lot of shit but NO lies to Toriel, capiche?" Chara said threateningly.

"kid no lies" Sans voice… Sans voice sounded fatherly?

Oh gods.

It´s started.

"Sorry mom… It´s… It´s Wilson, he asks if Eye bone and Chester are behaving themselves, he asks if we can talk privately and to save his new number."

I don't raise my head to see how they are surely looking at me.

**"How do you expect them to react?! Ok in order, Sans has a neutral smile, Papyrus neutral, Undyne look a little annoyed, Alphys wants to be anywhere but here, Goat papa… he is giving a disapproving look… dang… Toriel twitched her eye once and now is on neutral."

OH THANK YOU VERY MUCH I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER NOW

Anxiety in 3… 2… 1…

**"You´re Welcome!"

Why you do this to me

**"You deserve it."

… Guilty.

"IT´S OK FRISK WE… WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO SECURE WILSON´S SAFETY BUT LYING IS A NO, NO, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN DOUBT YOUR WORDS WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY SAYING A TRUTH, SO PLEASE RECONSIDER WHEN IT IS A GOOD IDEA AND WHEN IT ISN´T. SECRETS ARE MEANT AS THE ULTIMATE WAY TO MAKE SOMEONE SAFE AND IGNORANT AS I PRESUME ALL HERE KNOW WHAT I´M SAYING!."

OH. MY. GOD.

I, I don't know how to feel, he... he scolded me, Papyrus did it so smoothly that it did not just sounded as a scold but he metaphorically stabbed all the present in the heart!.

He is so cooooool.

**"He said that about all the present, that includes himself, Frisk"

Oh

O H

"you´re the coolest bro"

"Yeah the coolest!" I pump my fist on the air as all the others still looked like an arrow pierced right through their hearts giving a 99999999999 message.

**"He was right all of them are holding onto something and they know it" Chara´s serious tone filled my mind.

"You are right Papyrus I won't do it again. I´m sorry"

"IT´S OK FRISK AS LONG AS IT IS FOR THE GREATEST OF CAUSES I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, FORGIVE YOU"

Opportunity!

I stand and set aside the now fallen asleep Chester and Eye bone who kept to himself in the meantime

HUG TIME OH YEAH

*Papyrus bear hug and glad child noises*

"If he is available, call Mr. Higgsbury tomorrow morning to the Embassy of Monsters,

Frisk, we will discuss things there" Actually when I said we I meant we as in he and me not all of us!

"Uhm tomorrow is school day Asgore… so can we tell him to come after school hours?"

"Ok Tori- Toriel"

Notes: Yes! Frisk loves The Beatles!