The Skele-lions (Mama Nootmare)

Chapter 1

It was all a blur, first he was with his mother and Night at the tree of life then there was an attack at the forest, nothing made sense. The injured black lion was in rage and confusion, wondering around in his cage hungrily. How could such a peaceful day be turned into something so heartbreaking?

How did this all happen?

Then it struck him-

-Flashback-

Giggles and laughter resonated under the purple and cyan leaves of the tree of life, fairies and spirits dancing in glee as Night and Mare danced to an urban song together. Afterall it was tradition, everyone turning 16 would dance at the sacred tree and have a banquet of raw meat and of course for the vegetarians all kinds of vegetables and fruits freshly picked from the sorounding forest.

Mare and Night bowed to their audience and laughed at each other's expressions of joyfulness as it was very rare that they could feel proper positive emotions... They would always have an argument later on, but let's just skip that part for today.

With a clap of a hand both of the skele-lion's mother smiled with joy at their smiles. She was very happy that her children were having a wonderful day on their birthday, she gave them a new life quite literally, how could she not care. After all the pain and suffering they've been through.

"Happy Birthday my dear children" Seimei (Say-may, or Life in Japanese and no this isn't Toriel) said bringing her hands forward for two gifts to spring to life, a moonlit flower, with a cyan hue hovering above it and the other a purple colored flower with yellow mixed into its beautiful petals.

"Thanks mother" Night grinned turning his head to Mare and hugging her. Their mother patting the white and purple skele-lion's head in affection.

Her white eyes traced over her son and kissed his forehead before separating from him and smiling at Mare, Mare smiling back at the loving gesture and his counterpart's happiness.

With that they both left with their designated flowers. So the party continued, the sunset meeting land in the horizon, the guests and birthday boys lined up on a giant clearing in the vast and enchanting forest. As everyone sat down to enjoy the sunset, Night and Mare shifted closer to each other and nuzzled their faces together in a brotherly affection, wrapping their tails together.

The day was peacful...so far

The next day Mare and Night were playing together under the tree, Seimei was picking fruits from the forest for a snack, and of course Night and Mare had to protect the tree,like always. That day they exchanged flowers and cared for them, pretending to be each other.

"Hey Night?" Mare questioned glancing at the other, his smile fading and turning into one in deep thought and sorrow.

"Yeah Mare?" Night kept staring at Mare's flower then peaking towards the black skele-lion's direction.

"I never stopped wondering... why didn't you run away from me like everyone else, I'm the encarnation of literal evil" Mare grumbled burying his face into his knees.

"Well... you seemed lonely and when you raised from the Tree of life's roots it just looked like you were a child... remember... everyone ran away from you because of your appearance, but you had such a clueless expression and such a baby face that I couldn't resist" Night sadly smiled and shuffled close to Mare, feeling sorry for that day. Afterall, it was his fault for waking up Mare in the first place.

"Yeah and you should've ran away, just like everyone else... Night I'm made out of everyone's broken hopes and dreams. Everyone ran away and they had a good reason, I mean for all we know I could be the one poisoning the tree!" Mare yelled at Night his tail swaying behind him.