Little Scales

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Error had healed up over the past few days. He had eventually decided to open up and tell them the truth. They asked why he destroyed and he told them of the balance. They had all said it wasn't his fault. He had also discovered this was a miniverse called Bittyverse. It had monsters and humans living on the surface, a decent bit less magic, and small creatures called bitties. Error had begun left after healing and was now coming to visit his friends.

Error, or Tears as he was known here, was walking by when he heard a soft cry in an alley. He stealthily walked over to see what. He saw a man with a swappfell sans lamia bitty in a cage. He recognized the man as something his friends had told him about, an illegal bitty trader. They sold bitties illegally, often black market bitties, dangerous bitties, selling bitties to fights and labs as well.

"You shouldn't mess with innocent creatures." Said Tears as he walked up behind the man. "Heh, what would a monster freak like you know?" Sneered the man. He was a racist as well, Tears noted. "You shouldn't be illegally selling or transporting bitties." Said Error. "Oh? And you gonna stop me?" Said the man. He pulled out a gun, but Tears reacted faster from being destroyer of worlds. He grabbed the man's soul in his strings and shattered it. The man collapsed dead on the ground. Tears walked over to the cage. "Are you okay?" He asked the bitty softly. The bitty was badly shaking. He carefully opened the cage door.

The little bitty had been shocked when this monster had come. No one had ever done anything like this. He noticed the monster opening the cage. He could run, but bitties needed magic, and lone bitties have a hard time surviving. He looked at the monster that had freed him. He had a dangerous and destructive, yet safe, caring, and protective aura. He didn't think before he launched himself at the monster and slipped up his sleeve. He saw that the monster was littered with scars and wounds as he slithered along. He was drawn toward the monster's rib cage, where his soul rested and his magic was strongest.

Tears tensed at first when the bitty slithered on him, but relaxed. He remembered his friends telling him how bitties absorbed excess magic from people. This one probably had been starved and was trying to get some magic. He felt them twist around some of his ribs. He then felt the, tense nervously. "Don't worry, you can take some of my magic I have plenty." Said Tears. He felt the bitty relax and could feel as they feed on his magic. Most wouldn't notice, but Tears was very in tune with his magic. "I'm going to go see some friends, so you can just tag along and hang there." Said Tears. He then began the walk to Code and Brush's house.

"Tears!" Exclaimed Brush as he ran up excited. He didn't touch Tears, though, knowing about his haphephobia. "Hey Brush, Code." Said Tears. He walked in and told them what happened. "So there's a bitty on your ribs?" Asked Code. "Yep, hey want to come out? It's safe, they won't hurt you." Said Tears. The bitty carefully slithered up and was now wrapped around his neck. "Wow, that's a mamba bitty. They're normally super aggressive." Said Brush. "They seem pretty scared. They're probably traumatized from whatever happened." Said Code. "I have some free time. Maybe I could try to help them?" Said Tears.

They soon discovered the bitty was terrified of anyone but Tears and didn't want to be taken away. "Don't worry, you can stay with me." Said Tears. Then he thought of something. "Hey, do you have a name?" Asked Tears. The mamba bitty shook his head. "Hmm, hey your purple tail makes me think of something my sister mentioned, what was it? Oh, I remember! Ultraviolet light. How about I call you Ultraviolet?" Said Tears. "T-t-that s-s-s-s-sounds n-nice." Said Ultraviolet. "Isn't that a bit long?" Said Code. "We could call him Ultra for short." Said Tears.

Tears was reading through a book on bitties when he found a page on mamba bitties like Ultra.

												^not my art"Huh, that is pretty different from you Ultra

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"Huh, that is pretty different from you Ultra." Said Tears. "W-well I u-used to be l-like that. I also-so used to have a c-chain bitty friend." Stuttered Ultra. Ultra had begun talking more. Ultra knew about Tears's job and that he couldn't tag along for that. Ultra stayed with Code, Teal, or Moonfall when Tears's was doing work as Error.

Tears was coming back to Code and Brush's place. He might as well live there two after these past several weeks. He often stayed in there guest room. He paused when he heard a clatter from an alleyway. He walked over and saw two lamia bitties. A young corny(basically an original sans) was holding a baby papython.

												^Not my artHe could see the corny was very scared

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He could see the corny was very scared. "Hey, I'm not going to hurt you." Said Tears softly. It took a bit of coaxing, but he managed to get the young bitties to come over. He held them to his chest so they could absorb some magic as he walked to Code and Brush's house.

A/N: just so you know, when in the miniverse, Error will be called Tears, when doing his job as destroyer, he will be called Error

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