The child nextdoor

Chapter 31

third pov

it was all black for a moment, nothing in her sight until autumn opened her eyes again, in the arms of a completely weird looking stranger, he kind of looked like papa blue a little bit, but he was dressed in A LOT of different colors, there was also a skateboard on his back, a wheel cap sat backwards on his skull, glasses that said the words ' WHOA. ' Sat on the bridge of his nose. " yo yo little dude-ette! you should be a little more careful playing around this field" his voice sounded like one of those commercials showing off a bunch of cool looking toys, which is also something she needs to get started on, her Christmas list. back to the matter at hand, this new stranger placed autumn back on her feet before speaking to her with a happy grin " you might end up going for a fall-" the stranger couldn't help but laugh a bit at his own pun, autumn on the other hand couldn't help but stare at such greatness standing in front of her. the stranger rubbed the back of his neck while letting a long and awkward breath, shortly after a bit blue and papyrus both tackled autumn to the ground, hugging her tightly while scolding her a little bit about being more careful and to never leave their side again, the stranger gave a short wave at the two of them. " heya dudes!"

" AH FRESH! GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!" papyrus spoke, still on the grass hugging on to autumn tightly, he wasn't letting her go anytime soon so she better get used to it. while blue and papyrus stood to their feet, autumn looked between them before pointing at fresh. " Papa fresh?" a long pause of silence, the three skeletons peered at autumn for a moment before fresh bursts into fits of laughter. " Heh...hehehe! awe dudes, this little tike is hilarious!" fresh spoke while patting the child's head before he followed Paps and blue back over to the field, where they gave autumn strict rules to stay in their sights, which autumn agreed to, with the events that just unfolded, she was happy to stay clear of that area and to keep herself distracted with berries instead of butterflies.

while the three of them were a little too busy talking among themselves, they didn't seem to notice a pair of eyes peering at them from the trees of the forest, watching their every move before the human child they came with caught this being's attention. what a curious little one, even after near death this child seems to stay positive and happy no matter what, does that dream character have anything to do with this high positivity, whatever the reason, the being watching them in this moment gave a sly and cruel smile, giggling a little bit before disappearing into the ground.  autumn continued on her way, going more near the forest where fresh apples and mangos grew, she of course did ask blue and papyrus first before she made her way over, once over she was up high on a tree branch, making little grunts of determination as she reached out to pick a very red, ripe apple from the branch above her. The being from earlier was watching closely, for whatever reason making sure she didn't fall off like an idiot, why is she up there in the first place? she has people that are taller enough to reach the apple, was she asking for a death wish? as if on cue autumn reached out a little too far forward, resulting in her now hanging by the branch, her little legs dangled over the ground below her, if she were to let go, she was most definitely breaking an ankle or her leg, if not then both were sure to go. 

the being rolled his eyes in annoyance, making one of his vines pop out of the ground and up towards the child, wrapping around her body before they pulled her off of the branch on to the ground. The apple she was reaching was placed in her hands, autumn looked up to her savoir with a bright smile, only to came face to...face(?) with a small yellow flower, he seemed to be irritated that he had save her in the first place, news flash- he was. He crossed the leaved attached to him in front of him, like he was crossing his arms or something, either way he looked cute when he's angry, he is a tiny flower after all. " Thank you for saving me mister flower" he rolled his eyes once more before glaring up at her. " Whatever, next time ask help from your family instead of climbing up like an idiot." 

It was autumns turn to cross her arms, she looked around a little bit before she knelt down in front of the flower, startling him a bit before she placed her hands in the dirt around him, digging him out before placing him inside of one of the baskets she had. surprisingly the flower didn't bite her face off, usually he didn't like it when people picked him up, but she was allowed to all because he was bored, and it had been a while since he's seen papyrus. while the child rushed back, she looked down at her new friend with a bright smile. " what's your name mister flower?"

" FLOWEY?" a familiar high-pitched voice screeched out, autumn paused in her tracks while she stood in front of papyrus, with blue and fresh on either side of him. " MY WORD, SO MANY FRIENDS SHOWING UP TODAY HUH PAPYRUS!" papyrus nods at blue, shortly after Flowey made one of his vines wrap around Paps shoulder, pulling himself up to his side to greet pap with a bright smile. papyrus was one of the only monsters he could handle besides her mother toriel. 

" Hello papyrus, been a while since we saw each other"

" YES, IT HAS BEEN, HASN'T IT?"  it was a sudden surprise of course, but the four of the adults talked to one another while autumn went back to picking apples, this time with the help of fresh so she didn't fall off of the branch again. once their baskets were full, blue and papyrus offered to bring fresh and Flowey back home, to which Flowey kindly declined, he didn't want to have a run in with those smiley trash bags of brothers they have, it was bad enough that he had to deal with one unfunny comedian, several more was just too much for Flowey to handle. so, papyrus lets Flowey scoot his was back into the dirt before blue, fresh, autumn and himself went on back to their home. Flowey watched them for a bit before he ducked down into the dirt, digging towards the middle of the forest before popping back up out of the ground again. he waited for a bit before that goopy person from before appeared behind him. 

" did you find out how we can get passed them?"

" Yep, do you have that payment you promised me?"

" of course," the goopy being paused a bit, looking behind him towards another person who walked out of the darkness of the woods. " Cross, give the little weed his payment." ' Cross' as the goopy person called him, reached into his pocket, pulling out a whole satchel of gold, he tossed it down to the flowers side. The small flower grinned evilly, looking back up to the two of them before giving the two every bit of information he had been told.  It was very idiotic of papyrus to trust Flowey, after everything the naive skeleton shouldn't have given him so much trust.