The Alpha League [ Completed ]

Chapter: 58

We all sat down at the table. I sat between Sans and Ellie to make them feel more comfortable. There is a little chatter going on throughout the table, but I remain silent, eating my food until Sans interrupts.

"so pup, what made ya bring'em back here? that's not very usual." He says and I start to think about.

"I don't know, it just seemed natural I guess. I didn't second guess myself either which was weird considering I'm not too fond of the humans here." I add.

"Do you know them?" LB asks smirking a bit.

"I feel like I do. It feels familiar, like when I was facing that soul. I pulled two more people aside from mom out, but I don't know who they were. They seemed very familiar though, that's the feeling I get from these guys." I say putting my eating utensil down. "Now I'm curious Sans."

"we are too." He says, but that shit-eating grin says otherwise. "hey, do ya happen to have any photos of ya lost kid?" Sans asks them.

"Yeah we do, but it was from when she really small." Arty says pulling out his wallet.

"dont worry, it's perfect. trust me." Sans says as though planning something. They show me the picture of the three of them together and I take a closer look at the child.

"That kid looks like....." I stop my sentence and ran upstairs to mom's old room. I began to rummage through the shelves and pick up the old photo book. I took it downstairs and placed it on the table, pushing my plate towards the middle of the table. I opened the book to when I was first adopted, the first picture of me she ever took.

"That's her." Ellie says. I look up at them and they look at me. "What?"

"That's me." I say still making eye contact with them. "That's me when I was first adopted from the orphanage. I don't remember much, but it was the first picture she'd ever taken of me."

"You can't be...." Ellie gasps as tears stream down her face. "Esmerelda?"

"Now sweet heart, we can't jump to conclusions." Artimus says and Ellie shakes her head.

"No. It makes sense. It didn't physically mutate her, but it rewrote her DNA. The experiment, Artimus, she has wolf ears and a tail. It's her, it's Esmerelda, it's our child." Ellie says and I look at them and just smile.

"Well, I guess that solves the case of your missing child, mom, dad. Welcome to the family." I say watching them bawl their eyes and they both hug me.

"this doesn't phase ya at all? ya did find ya parents after all." Sans says.

"It never really occurred to me to look for my parents because I didn't remember anything about them. I remember basically nothing up until I was adopted from orphanage. I am happy that they found me, but I'm not Esmerelda, I'm Ray." I say and they both look at me still smiling.

"That's fine sweety. You can be whatever you want to be, as you long as you stay our daughter." Ellie, er mom, says to me.

"Mom, dad, I'm sorry. You probably expected me to be someone completely different than a mafia boss." I say.

"Although it is a little shocking, don't be sorry. You found people who really care about you and we have them to thank because we found you alive. Honey, we love you just the way you are." Ellie...... mom says. This is gong to take some getting used to.

"That's good to hear, but honestly, I feel like someone is planning this stuff as we go. I mean it's strange, I mention my parents one time and now they're here with me. That just doesn't fit into the category of coincident." I say as I begin to process the thought.

"y'know pup, ya make a good point. someone is pullin these strings and they're doin this for a reason." Sans adds.

"That actually makes a lot of sense." LB says.

"That would be strange, but it's definitely not impossible." Aurora says looking as though she's in a deep thought.

"Who would do such a thing and why?" Papyrus asks the questions we all want to know the answer to.

"We will find out in due time. I guess we have to dance to their tune a little while longer until we have a chance to pick our song." I say putting the photo book away and continuing on my meal. After we all finish, Aurora walks home with Brandy, I show my parents to their room, and Sans and I head into ours. Michael comes in just as I'm about to go inside.

"Heya Ray. Sorry I came late, got caught up in something stupid. They had the whole place on lock down and no one was leaving until they got what they wanted." He says.

"Hey Michael." I say and he looks up at me. "My parents are here." I say before turning and closing the door behind me. He probably wanted me to explain, but I'm honestly too tired to even think about it right now. I lie down in the bed on the other side of the room and try falling asleep.

"why dontcha sleep over here?" Sans asks. "it's not like im a stranger."

"I know you're not a stranger. I just thought you'd prefer more space on the bed." I say smirking at the ceiling.

"right. that's a good excuse. come on over and keep lil ole sansy here some company." He says making me float over to his bed. I let out a sigh and look him the face.

"You are such a pain sometimes." I say smiling.

"that may be true, but ya still put up with me." He says and I start giggling.

"Yeah, I do put up with you. I don't have to, but I do anyways because I love you." I reply turning on my side facing him.

"i love you too pup." He says wrapping his arm around my waist and pulling me in closer to him. I bury my face in his ribs and take a deep breath so that I can finally relax my body. Let's hope nothing else surprises us like this.