A Taste Of Hope

Chapter One

Ink was softly humming to himself as his ever changing eyelights flicker over one Au script to another as he lazily floated over the many scripts that surrounded him.

All of a sudden, a familier tugging sensation pulled at the very core of his being and guided him towards one of the many Au's below him, he immediately snapped his attention towards the direction of the script and a wide smile begane to form. "Ooh! That must be Error!" He says happily and immediately dives down with a playful spin as he makes his way towards the Au and carfully grasped it in his hands.

His smile falters for a moment, however, as his eyes shifted into a cyan explanation mark and an orange swirl as he stares at the Au in shock. The tugging feeling was stronger than ever as he held the correct Au in his hands, but instead of it coming from the Au itself, or its creator, it instead came directly INSIDE the Au.

"That never happened before." Ink said softly before his eyes shifted again into a purple oval and a blue square. 'Hmm, I wonder...' He thought as in a flash of light, he disappeared from the doodlesphere and into the Au called DreamTale.

He started making his way around the Au, his eyes briefly glancing at the ruined civilization that roted with the plants and the air filled with a type of toxicity that would make an average human sick if they inhaled it for too long. As he made his way towards the village, a soft sound of crying could be heard near the hill on the right as the mere sound of it immediately got Inks attention.

'No way, no one's supposed to be alive anymore in this Au.' He thought to himself as he made his way towards the hill nearby, the feeling of curiosity growing by the minute. 'Unless...' He paused only for a second before immediately quickening his pase.

He climbed to the top of the hill as the sound of crying was steadily getting louder the closer he got to the source, until he was directly next to a golden skeleton with peices of stone surrounding him. Inks eyes widen in disbelief as his eyelights shifted into an orange question, explanation mark(?!) and a yellow swirling sun.

Right before him was a crying skeleton that perfectly resembled the old statue that used to stand here in the skeletons' place as it's remains were scattered around them in almost a perfect circle. "So...do you mind telling me who you are?" Ink asks as the golden skeleton jumps in pure fear and snaps his attention towards Ink.

"AAAAAAAHHHH!!" He shrieked and immediately pushed himself away from Ink. "W-who a-a-re yo-u?!?!" He demanded, his voice shaking and broken from his earlier crying, and his golden eyelights were small and trembling as they stared at Ink with clear fear and wariness.

"Hey! I asked you first," Ink playfully pouted as his eyelights shifted once more, and the skeleton continued to stare at him with wide wary eyes. "Buuuut~ If you must know~ My name is Ink! The protector and co-creator of the multiverse." He proudly announced, his voice light and friendly as he did a few silly poses that made the other smile a little.

"What about you? What's your name?" Ink asks with a kind smile as his eyelights shifted again to match the warmth he was showing. "M-my na-ame is Dr-dre-am." The skeleton monster answered softly with small hiccups as he raised his hands and wipes away the leftover tears in his sockets.

"Dream, huh? Well, isn't that a creative name." Ink winks as he formed a small brush with his paint magic. Dreams eyes lightened with wonder as he witnessed Inks magic before him and slowly scooted closer to Ink. "Whoah! How did you do that?!" Dream asks wistfully as his eyes sparkled with awe. Ink let's out a small laugh as he sits down in front of Dream and started showing his magic "It's pretty easy really, all I gave to do is focus on the magic that is connecting me to this paint." He started as he uncapped one of his vials and brought a quarter of it out as it floated steadily above his hand.

"Think clearly on what I want to make." He continues as the paint starts to bubble and form into a shape as Dream watches in amazement. "And tada!!" Ink said enthusiastically as the head of a rose layed comfortably on his palm. "See! It's as simple as that," he says happily as Dream brightly smiles in response. "Can I try that?!" He asks excitingly as a sheepish smile curls onto Ink's lips. "Sorry, but I'm afraid not, this type of magic is pretty rare, and only a selected few have it." He says honestly as Dream frowns in disappointment. "Oh," he said

Inks smile falters for a moment until a bright idea comes into mind. "I got it!" He yells with a sudden burst of energy as Dream lets out a startled squeak in response. "How about I teach you how to do magic!" Ink said with a bright smile as Dream looked at him in slight disbelief. "R-really? You'll-you'll teach me how to do magic?" He asked, clearly astounded as Ink nodded "Yep, in fact~ I won't be the only one teaching you~" he said with a mischievous smile as a HUMONGOUS paint brush appeared out of nowhere and splattered the grass with ink.

Dream lets out a squeak of suprise as Ink proceeded to grab his hand and stares excitedly at the puddle of black ink before them. "Ink? W-what are we doing?" Dream asks, nervousness clear in his voice as he stares at the puddle with clear uncertainty. "We're just going to visit an old friend of mine~," Ink answers with a wink before he immediately jumps into the puddle of ink while dragging an absolutely terrified Dream along with him.