A Feral Tale

A Feral Tale Ch.5

I own this particular adaptation of Feraltale and yes it was INSPIRED by Sketchy-vore's with their permission- as I can not draw, the Feralbros designs look like Sketchy's. Literally. I can't draw to save my life, but I can sing pretty damn good according to people that have heard me.

I also own my OC Amy and the concept of SOUL-speech and SOUL-bonds here.

Nicknames Amy gives the bros:

FellSans- Snarl

ClassicSans- Comic

FellPapyrus- Yip

ClassicPapyrus- Chirrup

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Amy's POV

   I was more than a little startled when the black-jacketed monster suddenly snarled at me and shoved me off of what seemed to be a shared Nest between all four skeletons. I was even more surprised when he snatched the food that the first monster gave me right out of my hands, growling at me. It seemed he was dead-set on maintaining the 'pecking order' here, and it looked like I was right at the bottom. When he fell asleep, I managed to get close enough to the nest to inspect the glowing hole in the ground.

   Guess I should call him Snarl...

   "Is that- that's freaking lava flowing through underground channels!" I whispered, eyes wide. I had a feeling the skeletons wouldn't be in this cave if they didn't feel it was unsafe, therefore the lava in the hole didn't concern me. It seemed to heat the cave, and provide a bit of light so it wasn't pitch-black in here. I noticed other holes along the edges of the cave and realized they all had lava flowing through underground channels in them.

   A growl behind me caught my attention and I spun around, meeting the annoyed gaze of the skeleton I was calling that was Chirrup's twin. Gulping nervously, I darted between his legs and over to a corner of the cave that nobody seemed to mind me claiming. However, the corner I'd claimed was right in the pathway of the door and not near any of the lava-holes, meaning whenever the door opened a blast of cold winter air hit me dead-on, and it took a very long time for the corner to warm up afterwards.

   Chirrup came up to me, chirruping in his adorable way as he held out a few apples for me. Smiling, I took them, glad to have some food for today. His twin, who I'd named Yip, let out a snarl at him, only to get a whine back in response. I couldn't be sure, but Yip and Snarl seemed to have it out for me and anytime the other two, Chirrup or Comic, as I called the other older skeleton, stood up to them it seemed they were lecturing them about me. Sighing, I bit into an apple, keeping an eye on the door to the cave. Comic had left earlier, for what reason I had no idea. They all left at random intervals, never more than two out at a time.

   I'd been with the skeletons about 2 weeks or so, and I dreaded the times Comic and Chirrup left me alone with Snarl and Yip. They'd gang up on me and even beat me, snarling and scratching at me. I covered the bruises and cuts they left on me with scraps of fabric from around the cave, trying to keep Comic and Chirrup from knowing but I think they knew anyway.

   I loved when Snarl and Yip left me with Comic and Chirrup, however, because the two were much kinder to me. Their size still intimidated me but I felt safer with them than the other two skeletons. Comic even showed me that the chests in the cave had things in them! He only showed me which belonged to him and Chirrup though, and I only ever opened those two. Chirrup had a collection of stuffed animals in his chest, along with some action figures, while Comic had books- a good portion of them joke books- in his chest, leading me to call him Comic. He let me take them out, and seemed surprised when I showed that I was able to read them.

   That was how I found out that Chirrup loved having bedtime stories read to him. Each night he would grab the same book from the bottom of his chest, a book called 'Fluffy Bunny' and would push it into my hands, whining until I read it to him. The moment I was done reading, Snarl and Yip would shove me away from the Nest and growl at me until I went back to my own corner, shivering with cold from the chills in the air.

Yip's POV

   This Human was getting on my last nerve. Why one of my older brothers thought it would be a good idea to bring it here, I had no idea. At least my other older brother had no qualms about showing this Human its proper place. Every chance we got, we'd take its food, forcibly show it its place, anything to make sure it knew that not all of us were welcoming it here.

   It seemed to work, and for the most part it left us alone, deciding to stay near my twin and the brother who'd brought it here. I kept myself busy with keeping our Den clean whenever my twin was occupied with 'entertaining' the Human.

   'That Human's workin' her charm on our bros...' my older brother growled as he watched it interact with my twin. My other brother was out hunting for food for us- including the Human, unfortunately. I let out a huff as I watched the Human interacting with my twin.

   'It is and I do not like that it is tricking our brothers so easily. Did our brothers not see the Dust on this thing when it first came here?'

   'They did. My twin said her SOULs clear though. Haven't looked for myself though, she's easily scared~' my brother said with a chuckle.

   Suddenly, the Human happened to look over at us for whatever reason, eyes wide and head tilted. I glared back at it, growling softly, but it's gaze didn't falter though I could tell it's breathing quickened with fear. My brother got up from our Nest and stalked over to the Human, growling at it. It cowered back, and my brother raked his claws across it's face, leaving four gashes along it's face. I let out a purr of approval, walking over to the Human myself even as it now tried to actively get away. My twin tried to get between us, to stop me, but my brother held him back with a smirk as I viciously kicked the Human in its ribs, my chest puffing out proudly when it doubled over, whimpering with pain.

   'You WILL learn your place is beneath us, Human. And you will learn to accept it.' I growled at it, even though I knew Humans were incapable of understanding SOUL-speech. I turned and went back to the Nest, grabbing the apples that my twin had given the Human along the way. My brother released my twin, who rushed to the whimpering Humans side, and joined me in the Nest as we finished up the Humans apples.

   'What about when my twin gets back?' my brother asked.

   'We tell him we were treating the Human appropriately as is due for a Monster Killer.' I said back.