ROACHES

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by ClownofSorrows

by ClownofSorrows

[Tw: Child abandonment]
||melinko POV||

{~22 years ago, melinko is about 8}
I was walking around the forest when I suddenly heard a thump, crying, and footsteps running away

This isn't good, I ran towards the sound, hopping over roots and dangerous sticks until I reached the source of the sound... A baby... Just left there, it was crying, so it was still alive, it looked too small, and a tad too curled up, it didn't have the cute little chubbiness a baby usually had, it was thinking, it had clown markings like mine, was someone trying to drop it off at the circus..? No. It's too far away for that... No... Someone was abandoning it

I'm not going to let that happen, I picked it up, a lot of small things look tiny in my hands but the baby looked even smaller than it should have. It had stopped crying when I picked it up

I didn't have much time to figure it out right now so I ran faster back to the carnival, Carnis would know what to do.

"Oh my, Melinko you scared me running in here like that" Carnis chuckled until it noticed that I looked worried and probably a tad desperate while holding something "bring it here" it said, motioning for me to put whatever it was on the medical table, it looked even tinier there

"I found it in the woods" I explained, Carnis looked surprised and slight mortified when it saw what I put down the too tiny baby

"This baby shouldn't even be born" it said

"Isn't that rude?" I tilted my head

Carnis shook it's head "no, I mean, it's not ready yet... It's premature" it said, hurrying to pick up the tiny baby and put it in a strange machine that I had been wondering what it was for, it was far too small to fit anyone from the nether void

"What is that?" I asked, a little nervous

"It's an incubator... Please go get some doctors as quick as possible, tell them it's an emergency" it responded grabbing some scrolls that I hadn't seen before

--------a few hours later--------

I was looking in the little incubator at the tiny baby, thinking, about a lot of things but mainly "how could anyone do this?!"

I was thinking so much that I hadn't heard Carnis come up behind me

"What are you going to call her?" It asked, pulling me out of my thoughts

"I don't know, I want to know if she'll make it first" I admitted

"She's stable" Carnis said simply "she's very likely to make it" carnis sat by me

"What about Klutz?" I asked, looking at the small baby

"She'll fit right in" carnis put a wing over my shoulders "I'll get you some blankets and pillows, I assume your staying in here, since you haven't left since I said you could come see her" I just nodded

||surprise! Klutz is trans 🫨 anyway, that's what happened with Klutz :p, I might not do Anne's because she's kinda basic with her story ¯\_(ツ)_/¯||