The child nextdoor

Chapter 3

Trigger warnings

Mentions of child abandonment

Third pov

Autumn waited with her eyes closed, but nothing came. There was not pain , no hard thud to the head. Nothing there but high pitched voices of worry, anger and guilt. When she had opened her eyes, another skeleton who had a lot of resemblance to her new friend stretch was knelt in front of her, along side of blue as well. They had worried looks on their faces while they looked over her, making sure she wasn't hurt at all. When looking over to the others, she noticed red and stretch having a conversation with her parents...her parents? They weren't really parents anymore were they? They got rid of her finally, honestly she's not entirely surprised about it, sure she was hurt but she knew this day was coming ever since her mistake....

" AUTUMN? AUTUMN SWEETHEART ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" Blues voice snapped her back to reality, autumn looked at blue with tears rushing done her face for a moment, studying him before looking at his friend, he looked concerned and guilty at once. His frantic checks to make sure she was safe and out of harms way. He had his own tears as well as he hugged the girl close when he spotted she had fallen over and cut her knee.

" I'VE HARMED THE HUMAN CHILD! I AM SO SORRY HUMAN! LET ME HELP YOU FIX IT PLEASE!" He didn't really give autumn a chance to reply, after he had asked blue to park his car for him he took off running inside, not even bothering to hear what stretch and red had to say. When paps busted through the front door, a skeleton dressed in dark black and purple greeted him at the stairs, his hands were placed behind his back while a unreadable expression painted his face." PAPYRUS, YOU'RE LATE. WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?" his voice basically screamed, making autumn jump slightly.

" OH! HELLO BLACK AND YES I'M SORRY I'M A LITTLE LATE, I HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA PAPERWORK BEFORE I LEFT, BUT I WILL EXPLAIN THAT ALL WHEN I GET THIS TINY HUMANS WOUND HEALED!" paps spoke quickly as he rushed up the stairs, leaving black in a confused state. Once paps reached the nearest bathroom he set the small child on to the toilet seat, panicking as he searched through the medicine cabinet as they young girl swayed her legs back and forth, looking around at her new surroundings. While looking through, sans had poked his head in.

" paps? whats going on? are you ok?" He asked before his eyes sat straight on to autumn and her knee. " whose kid is that?" Papyrus looked over at his brother for a moment before explaining his side of the story to his brother. " ONCE I MADE MY WAY TO OUR HOME, BEFORE I COULD PULL IN SHE JUST RAN OUT IN TO THE STREET, I DON'T KNOW WHY HER PARENTS WERE LETTING HER PLAY THERE" Paps growled ( surprisingly) out as he glared out the door. " BUT BECAUSE OF THAT SHE NOW ENDED UP WITH A SCRAPPED KNEE AND I FEEL SO BAD!" He cries out falling to his knees as he placed his hands over his face, autumn scooted her way off of the seat. Planting herself back on to solid ground as she shuffled over to paps, patting the back of his shoulder soothingly. Sans grinned at the kid and chuckled.

" seems like she forgives you bro"

" REALLY? YOU'RE NOT MAD AT ME TINY HUMAN?" a shake of the head was his answer, bringing paps bright smile back on to his face, when he stood back up to look for the right medicine, autumn peered over at sans with curiosity. Does everyone in this house look alike?

Sans looked back at her and smiled, holding out his hand to her. " heya kid, nice to meet ya" he spoke waiting for her to take his hand, once she did, a loud ' pffffft' noise sounded through the air making everything freeze.

" UGE SANS! MUST YOU PULL YOUR PRANKS NOW? AT A CRISES LIKE THIS?"

" awe c'mon paps, just blowing off some air"

Autumn looked between the two skeletons before falling in to a fit of giggles. Theses two are so wacky! She hopes they all become the best of friends! Sans grinned more before winking up at his brother with a shrug. Paps ushered sans out the door before setting autumn back on to the toilet seat, getting the cleaning medicine ready. " I'M SO SORRY TINY HUMAN, THIS MIGHT HURT A BIT, BUT DO NOT FEAR FOR IT IS A GOOD PAIN! MAKES YOU KNOW THAT IT IS CLEANING YOUR BATTLE SCARS!" He annoced before placing a cotton ball of cleaning alcohol on to her knee, after a few moments of stinging papyrus placed a cartoon band-aid on to her knee. After a big bright smile to one another paps stood back up on to his feet, placing his hand over his chest while wind flowed through his scarf. " I THE GREAT PAPYRUS HAVE FIXED THE TINY HUMAN!" he declared as sans leaned back on to the doorframe.

" thats great bro, but lets get the kid back down to her parents ok? dont want them thinking we kidnapped their kid" paps agreed as he grabbed on to autumns hand, leading her back down to the stairs again where that purple skeleton still stood, he looked a little taken a back by autumns presence for a second before he recollected his self. " WAS THIS THE INJURED HUMAN YOU WERE BABBLING ABOUT? THEY SEEM PERFECTLY FINE TO ME...ASIDE FROM THE BARE FEET AND HIDEOUS CLOTHES THEY HAVE.." Black spoke walking behind autumn for a moment, eyeing her for a for seconds before returning his gaze back to papyrus. " WHY ARE THEY DRESSED LIKE THAT? DO THEY NOT CARE FOR THEIR LOOKS?"

" they're a kid black...dont think kids really care about how they look, only really care about how much fun they have"

" HMPH, OR HOW MUCH TROUBLE THEY CAUSE...WHY ARE WE FRETTING OVER THIS CHILD ANYWAY? SHOULDN'T THAT BE THEIR PARENTS JOB?" Black pointed out with a sneer. Sans shrugged his shoulders before autumn starred up at black with more child curiosity, his big cracks catching her stare, black peered down at the child. " WHAT IS IT CHILD? WHAT ARE YOU STARRING AT?"

Autumn points to her face and gave a soft pout. Black instantly understood what she was pointing out and only brushed it aside. " STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU AREN'T CAREFUL OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS, MUCH LIKE THAT SCRAPE OF YOURS."

autumn looked down at her knee for a moment before smiling up at black.

" NEXT TIME STAY OUT OF THE ROAD"