The Nutcracker And The Robot King // Astro Boy x Reader

Helping Hands

The two toys and you had been walking for quite some time. You had asked Astro if you all were going in the right direction and he said yes, you trusted him so you went along with everything.

"I bet she is beautiful!" Uran sighed, holding onto both of your hands while skipping.

"Who?" You asked.

"The Sugar plum fairy!" Uran smiled up at you. "I bet she has pink hair and purple eyes!"

Astro nodded. "I bet she's very magical!"

"You've never met her?" You quizzed.

He shook his head no. "She has gone missing some time ago, I hadn't gotten a chance to meet her."

"But... you know where she is?"

"Yup! Every toy knows where their queen is." He winked 

You nodded and look forward, listening to Uran talk about how she thought the fairy would look. She came up with a pink and purple princess with big wings. She kind of got the idea in your head that she was this glorious being and everything about her was magical.

After some more walking and bonding. You all found yourselves in the dark part of the woods. Literally. It was misty, damp and everything seemed to be dead. Once you all were far enough into the woods, the ground began to get colour full, but that was only where you all stepped. Uran gasped.

"Look look!" He pointed to the ground that started to light up with life where she stepped.

"Oh!" You stepped on a patch of mould and it turned into a patch of green grass with a flour.

"That's.. cool." The same thing happened to Astro when he walked across the gray land. Uran giggles and let go of both of your hands, jumping on the moss, but it didn't work that time.

"It's not working!" Uran huffed.

"Maybe it only happens when we are holding hands?" You suggested. After you said that, Uran held both of your hands again and kept on walking.

"It's working again!" She smiled. You looked up at Astro and he shrugged, not knowing what it meant.

"I wonder why this place is so dead.." You looked around, shivering.

"It's strange. The Sugar plum fairy's magic should have made it this place so colourful.." Astro sighed, feeling depressed by the atmosphere.

"Well.. maybe it's because-" You were cut off by a scurrying noise behind you. You gasped and turned around, making sure Uran was behind you. Astro must have heard it too because he got out his sword and stepped in front of the both of you. You looked back to Uran as she hugged your leg, if you all needed to run, she wasn't going anywhere. You held her hand and looked for a place to get away to. Maybe up a tree?

"The Robot King demands your presences. You have broken the law and you shall be executed." A shaggy voice behind you spoke. You all turned in fear to face those horrid wind up toys once again.

"Both of you, run! I'll hold them back!" Astro instructed.

Uran squeezed your hand as she began to tear up once again.

"Astro.." You shook your head, you didn't want to leave him.

"Run! I'll catch up! I promise."

You stepped back and nodded, tugging on Uran's arm. She began to shakily run with you while looking back. You had no idea where you both were going, all you knew was that you needed to get there fast.

After a minute of running, you both stopped. Uran was getting too tired, and you were puffed out too. That's when you heard people calling at you from above. You looked up. There was a tree house! Two men had been shouting at you to 'climb up!' They pushed down a rope and you made Uran get on quickly. She had trouble climbing, so the two men pulled her up.