Why is Spark in the Snow?! (spark in the snow au)

intro :O

"You know, the fact that I won't have to be woken up by you yelling my name every day might be the best part about this stupid trip."

"You say that now, but I'm sure you'll love it there."

Spark let out a mocking grin at his mother's words. "Sure." His tone was filled with a painful amount of sarcasm, mirroring how bitter he felt about the situation. Why was he moving again? Probably for the small chance to marry his mother out of her crippling debt, but if that were the case then she'd have a better chance of winning the lottery. Spark rolled his eyes just thinking about it. Him? With one of those good-for-nothing rich girls? Please, he'd rather kill himself the amount of times a rich person did something stupid.

Honestly, it made him wonder if he resented his brother for dying or was envious of him. He grimaced, staring back at the red scarf he used to own.

Damn it Shade, this is exactly what you wanted, But you just haaaaad to die-stupid little show-off.

He was almost certain that his brother would try dating a rich girl without mom even asking him to. Although Spark would never say it out loud, Shade would've definitely peaked high school if he were still alive. But then again, if he didn't die a stupid death trying to impress a girl back in middle school, maybe he would treat his death with a little more respect. He doesn't even know why he still carries around his stupid scarf. It doesn't even look good- Why did Shade even wear this?!

He sighed heavily.

"Fine, fine, I'll go without complaining, just...don't tell anyone about this,"

"You haven't already-?"

"No, I don't plan to for a long time- do you seriously not understand how embarrassing this is?"

Spark was exasperated, and almost quite embarrassed when his mother innocently shrugged at his sentiment. Who would he tell anyway? Gem? Please, not seeing her anytime soon was another positive about this trip. He sighed again, (he did that a lot, didn't he?) grimacing at himself. Another thing he would never say out loud; he didn't have any friends.

...Just thinking about it made him cringe. It sounded like some vent post he would unironically post back in 2021- But at least back then it was believable! Honestly, is it really that by definition, Spark peaked in Elementary School?!

It just irked him, but there was nothing he could do. Nothing except to go on a stupid trip, and somehow make a fortune out of absolutely nothing.

He groaned, keeping up this attitude until the train he planned to take finally arrived. It seemed that some Mon's nearby almost pitied his mother for having to deal with him.

"Alright, I'm off," Spark took his luggage, looking back at his mother in a monotone voice.

"Um...- I love you, don't do anything stupid, don't die until I come back, I'll miss you...bye." He gave her a small kiss on the cheek before finally leaving, not bothering to listen to whatever she said back. He knew her well enough to know it was probably something along the lines of what he said, so repeating it just seemed like a waste of time. Not to say what he said wasn't true. No matter what, he would miss her, she was his mom after all. The only thing was that if he said he didn't believe their relationship was at least a bit toxic, he'd be lying.

But, as stated before, what could he do? He was broke and unemployed, which was not a very flattering combination, but it wasn't his fault it was the one he'd been given.

He decided not to dread on it, covering his face with his dead brother's scarf. He opened a book once the train finally went in motion. It was kinda dumb since he didn't understand the 'reading rules' on trains, but It was a gamble, much like most this trip was.

Spark felt a little shame in thinking that. He was always too cheap to start gambling and just thinking about the amount of money he's seen others lose made him cringe. He sighed again, looking out the window with a scowl. If there was any chance to start though, it probably be now.

Now that his journey had technically begun.

A/N

Word count: 730

Dang, writing's hard. The story feels rushed re-reading it, but I still couldn't write this in a thousand words, so until then, this is the intro.

Anyways, some disclaimers: My six, seven, and five keys are broken; so is the key next to 0, updates are hopefully not slow, but maybe a week apart, and you'know, this is my first Fic, and I would truthfully not mind any constructive criticism (I have activley asked Chat gpt to insult my work before), for i am trying to be the best writer in my class, as i am very much a try hard. :D

I hope you guys enjoy this sorta 'modern au' of thominasaus original story, and yes, the description is true. I have spelled thominasaus' name so many times that it has become second nature to me.