No Strings Attached: A Minisculetale Revamp Story

Prologue

(This is basically about how things are going with his life, before everything that's gonna happen)

Inks POV

"Uhhh, Ink? Are you sure this is gonna work? I got off duty just to help you, so I don't wanna be here for nothing"

  I smiled and nodded at Cross, strapping him into my new invention! This new invention, could be helpful for kids learning to fly. It's supposed to launch you into the air, to give you a little headstart, then once you're high enough, you fly!

  As soon as he was strapped in, I started turning the lever to throw him, he looked nervous, but he's always scared when I try out my new inventions on him.

  Cross is my best friend, a butterfly, like me. He's also in the royal guard, once Undyne dies, he'll be the captain of the royal guard.

"Just tell me when you launch me, okay Ink? I don't wanna break my damn legs again!"

  I chuckled and smiled, rolling my eyes. I kept pulling the lever.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever Cross. I will, scaredy cat!"

  He was about to say something, before I stopped pulling the lever and let him go. You might be wondering 'wait, you said he's strapped in, so how can he fly away?' well, the straps are supposed to undo as soon as he gets launched off, I only needed to strap him in, just so he doesn't fall off the launch chair while I'm pulling the lever, and so he doesn't fly away out of fear.

  Things seemed to be going good so far, but the strap let go late. Instead of Cross being launched into the air, he launched to the ground, falling face first. He landed on the dirt, and I ran to him.

  As I got down to look at him, he was spitting out dirt out of his mouth. I was going to help him, but not before laughing at him. I held my stomach while laughing, until I patted his shoulder, panting from laughing so much.

"A-Are you okay, Cross? I didn't think my invention would work that way, honest!"

  Cross looked at me as he got all the dirt off of him, he glared at me and started walking away. He would usually yell at me before stomping off, but I guess he doesn't wanna waste his time yelling at me today.

  I sighed as he stomped off, he'll come back in a few hours and forgive me for accidentally hurting him, as long as I pretend to feel bad that is.

  As I was about to shrug it off and go back to my invention, I turned around only to see my father, Top, in front of me with his arms crossed. He was alright with some of my inventions, but he hated when I hurt, injured, or broke Cross's bones in the process.

  I looked at him and groaned, sighing and putting my hands behind my back. He raised his eyebrow, a stern look on his as his arms crossed and his index finger tapped the other arm.

"Ink. What have I said about getting Cross involved in your inventions and its test runs?"

  I huffed and turned around, crossing my arms and taking a deep breath, rolling my eyes.

"You told me 'Ink, my boy. You're not allowed to use Cross for any more test runs, he's already broken twelve bones in total just from testing your inventions on him!' Yeah, yeah, I know dad. I just needed the best flyer I could find to test this invention! Trust me, this invention is worth it!"

  Dad sighed and rubbed his eyes with his index finger and his thumb, groaning. He was getting real tired of my shit. I sighed and turned to look at him, crossing my arms.

"Listen, Ink. I get that you love inventing, and I get that Cross is your best friend and doesn't say no to you. But you need to focus less on your inventions, and more on learning more about being a prince! You spend all your time making these inventions, but you don't ever try to learn what's gonna happen when I'm gone and you take charge"