The Animals Inside

Chapter 14: Forest and Foresttale

AN: Foresttale is an AU I made while writing the previous chapter, and it's basically where there are small clearings where houses and stalls are located. It is really simple, and most of it is surrounded by a large forest, where the trees are tall and all branches are located 2-3 stories up. I will explain it in larger detail in my other book where I write all my created AUs. I do not surf the internet for names, so I apologize if I use a name already taken. The sans is nicknamed 'Forest' and the papyrus 'Clearing.' Currently, the group is at one of the stargazing clearings.

"Hello"- talking | (Hello)- muttering or whispering | "Hello"- yelling | "Hello"- unholy screeching *Hello*- thinking | =Hello= - Flame's telepathy | \Hello/- Frost's telepathy | Hello- emphasized

Error POV:

I made a portal into Underfell, grabbing some of Red's chocolate and quickly taking it back before he could notice, staring at the starry night sky. We were in Foresttale on Frost's request, and we were pretty surprised, to say the least when they pulled up a command window displaying all the AUs they had gone to. I offered Flame some chocolate, and gazed up at the sky, before remembering that there were at least 15 AUs in that list of theirs. "H3y Fr0st, y0u sa1d that y0u d1dn't hav3 3n0ugh mag1c to trav3l t0 d1ff3r3nt AUs, s0 why w3r3 th3r3 s0 many AUs in that l1st y0u pull3d up?" Frost thought about this for a moment and eventually answered. "That was before I got hit in the skull and got this injury. I'm guessing that my magic is trying to close up the hole, but since I've never gotten a physical injury above the level of a cracked bone and not a fracture, my magic must not know how to heal it and therefore is extremely careful about healing. There are 17 AUs in that list, and that is the number of AUs I've gone to. I've noticed I can only go to originals, so there's that. You told me that it's kind of hard to detect an original from a copy since you have to scroll through to code, so if I've been there, don't destroy it." "That st1ll d03sn't 3xpla1n why th3r3 w3r3 that many AUs in y0ur l1st." They sighed. "Let me think about which AUs were in there, and I'll be able to give you an explanation for each one. Also, Flame, I'll be performing the ritual on 'Nightmare's Idiot' here. I trust him, and I don't think that Nightmare deserves being ridiculed for staring at 'nothing.'" Flame nodded and started flying around Killer, obviously trying to annoy him before he could see him. It seemed to work, as Killer started whipping his skull around, trying to catch Flame, who was poking him. Meanwhile, Frost had summoned a feather that was glowing emerald green, which Farm seemed to back away from. In addition to that, they had also taken off their mittens, revealing sharp, multicolored fingertips that, when asked about, they replied that they were simply called 'claws.' "You. What's your name." asked, no, demanded  Frost, pointing at Killer with a claw. "Huh? Oh, Killer." "Perfect. Killer, give me your hand."

Killer POV:

I noticed Farm shaking his head no, before tensing and freezing when Frost saw him doing so and shooting an icy glare that seemed physically icy. I handed Frost my hand, which they gripped with strong hands, and closed their eyes, focusing on doing something. What they were trying, I had no idea, until I felt a small, sudden wave of magic start washing over me. What were they doing? Didn't they mention that their magic was being used to heal their skull to heal the cracks? Their magic was getting better, as their cracks were disappearing slowly but surely. "Frost, what are you doing?" I asked, and Error answered for them. "Flame told me that they're performing a ritual to let you see them. Nightmare didn't have one, and neither did I, but he was visible when we saw him, so there must be something different," he explained. "Oookay... sooo, when's it gonna end?" I questioned, just as Frost turned my hand so that my palm was facing up, released one hand, and grabbed their floating feather. "Brace yourself..." I heard Farm mutter. I didn't know why, but he had gone through this before, according to this 'Flame' person, so I obeyed and braced myself. Just as soon as I did, Flame pressed the tip of their feather onto my palm, causing a burning pain, making me immediately try and yank my hand away, only for Frost's claws to dig in to hold me in place. Struggling was futile, so I just sat there and waited for the pain to tone down as Frost finished their ritual thing. The feather disappeared, and I suddenly saw a purple flying fox, with black-tipped ears and a black-tipped tail, just like Frost. They also had a frosty blue ring of fluff around their neck and a firey orange symbol on their forehead, so I jumped to conclusions. "Are you Flame? You can attack with fire, right?" Flame nodded. "I'm Flame, and Frost created me. I'm their magical companion, and we share a telepathic link." That is interesting. I was just about to ask how they were flying when I suddenly heard a loud crunch. I looked around, and when I saw the source, I paled, since it came from a spatula Frost had just bitten. They were calmly munching on the spatula when Error came over and tried to dissuade them from eating the spatula. Frost stuck out 2 cerulean lazurite tongues, startling Error before he responded by sticking out his 5 navy blue tongues.