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You woke up to the sound of voices and movement around you. Sitting up, you looked around and realized you were somewhere with lots of trees and grass. You then looked over to where the noises were coming from to see people not far from where you were.
Standing up and stumbling a little, you made your way towards them, watching curiously as some passed by you, talking, shouting, smiling and laughing.
It wasn’t long until you realized something. None of the humans seemed to be aware of you, almost as if they were ignoring you for some reason. One child almost ran into you if you hadn’t quickly moved out of the way.
Raising an eyebrow, you saw a young man coming your way and tried to reach for him, but he walked right through your hand as if it had been nothing.
You brought your hands close to your face and stared at them. Unlike everyone else, your hands were extremely pale and your clothes were all grey…...colorless.
Your brows furrowed in confusion, unsure of what to make of this. Frowning, you lowered your hands and glanced around. Everyone continued walking and chatting, completely oblivious of you. Not knowing what else to do, you decided to look around some more and disappeared through the crowds.
Many weeks later, you found out that you could take on a human form. It happened by accident the first time you changed, but then you tried to make use of it. You always wondered what it’s like to be noticed by others, what it’s like to actually exist, but it didn’t exactly turn out the way you had hoped.
No matter how hard you tried, you never managed to fit in with the other humans. You felt out of place, like you didn’t belong wherever you went. Some humans even grew wary of you. After a while, you stopped trying to find a place for yourself among them and resigned yourself to staying unseen.
That was a really long time ago.
Right now you were silently making your way through the crowd down the sidewalk. That’s how it had been for you. You moved from one place to another, watching the world progressing and changing around you, but never interacting with anybody. You got used to being alone and unnoticed.
Suddenly, you saw an armless monster child coming your way followed by other kids from his kind. You watched them chase after each other and giggle excitedly, unaware of the disdainful, annoyed looks some humans were giving them.
About two months ago, creatures of all shapes and sizes came from the mountain led by a small human child.
Convincing the humans that these creatures meant no harm was not easy and it took a lot of persuading from the young ambassador and the royal family before monsters were finally allowed to live in the city.
Of course, not everybody was willing to let monsters into their lives and those people weren’t quiet with their opinions on them. You couldn’t really understand the reason behind their fear and distrust. You hadn’t sensed anything malevolent or dangerous in the monsters. You finally stopped when you reached a house and looked over the fence to see a very large monster in his garden tending to some weeds. He was a bipedal goat monster with curling horns, wearing a floral shirt and dark pants.
The first time you saw him you could tell he had a good soul, but you sensed something else underneath his features, something almost empty, sad.
Sometimes other monsters would come to visit him and he would greet them with a smile. They would sit down and talk about their daily lives, sharing stories and laughing together, but when he was alone or thinks no one was looking his smile would disappear and his face becomes downcast. He then would spend hours in his garden all by himself.
You don’t know why, but something about that always bothered you. You never felt this way towards anybody before as far as you remembered. You wanted to do something about it, but you didn’t know what.
Which was why you were here today.
You made your way to his backyard and hid behind the wall, glancing around to make sure no one was looking.
You then carefully tapped into your magic and you changed to your human form. You looked down at yourself. You were wearing a thick dark brown jacket over a white shirt, jeans pants and boots.
You quietly moved closer to a window and stared at your reflection. You had long brown hair, slightly pale skin, and your eyes were a deep shade of crimson which have startled a lot of humans in your past encounters, but this is what you change into.
Finally, you peered around the corner only to find that no one was there. Confused, you made your way to the garden and looked around for the goat monster, but he was nowhere to be seen.
Did he go somewhere when you weren’t looking?
Sighing, you were about to turn around to leave, but then you noticed the patch of flowers he was tending to and knelt down to get a better look at them.
They were really beautiful. You reached out and touched the bright golden petals. You can’t really feel things in your other form so you savored the tickling sensation they left on your fingers.
“Excuse me,”
You turned around and yelped at the towering figure in front of you, falling backwards. Luckily, you didn’t crush any of the flowers.
“Oh sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you.”
Wincing a little, you glanced up to see the goat monster holding his hand out and looking at you in concern.
It felt weird, to be addressed by someone like this. You were always part of the background. People looked right through you, but never at you. You hesitantly took his hand and let him help you up.
“Are you alright?” he asked.
“I’m fine,” you said, surprised at the sound of your own voice. It’s been so long since the last time you had used it.
“May I ask what you are you doing in my garden?” the goat monster asked. He didn’t sound accusing, just curious.
You bit your lip and tried to think of an answer that didn’t involve telling him the real reason you were here. You looked over and quickly pointed to the golden flowers.
The large monster tilted his head in confusion. “You wanted to see the flowers?”
You stiffly nodded.
He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. “Oh, well I’m glad you like them.” He said before remembering something. “Golly, where are my manners? I am Asgore, nice to meet you.”
Asgore then set the watering can he had down and then took off his gardening gloves before turning to you again. “Say, would you like to join me for a cup of tea? I just made some.” He offered kindly. You nodded again, letting him lead you to a small table where a tea set was left.
Asgore took the teapot and filled two cups before passing one to you. “Careful, it’s hot.”
You held up the teacup and stared at the hot beverage, unsure. You hadn’t actually eaten or drank……anything before, you never had to.
You slowly brought the cup to your lips and took a sip. The flavor was really sweet, but had subtle bitterness to it. It was refreshing in a way.
“So, are you new here? I haven’t seen you around before?” Asgore asked curiously.
You thought for a moment and then raised your hands to sign.
Just passing by.
“Hmm, not many humans usually come here,” Asgore stated, taking a sip from his cup. Monsters mostly lived in this part of the city so humans often tend to avoid passing here. Even though most humans have been accepting of his kind, there was still some tension between the two races.
As you drank the rest of your tea, you listened to Asgore talk about the monsters who lived nearby, the flowers that grew in his garden and how he made his own tea from them.
You hadn’t spoken through it all, you were quiet by nature, but you still listened attentively to him. Your teacup had long been emptied.
And that’s when you suddenly felt something off. There was a strange tingling sensation on your left hand. You looked down to see your hand had gone blurry, slowly vanishing.
Eyes widening, you immediately pulled your hand down and hid it before Asgore could see it.
“Is something wrong?” the goat man asked.
I have to go. You signed with your other hand. You couldn’t let him see you disappearing. You needed to leave now!
“Oh right, I’m sorry for keeping you.” Asgore said.
Thanks for the tea. You quickly sat up and turned around, making sure to keep your hand hidden and began heading towards the gate.
“Wait!”
You froze and glanced back at the goat monster.
He fidgeted awkwardly for a moment. “You’re welcome to come back anytime. We could have tea like this again perhaps?” he said hesitantly.
You frowned, unsure of what to do. He looked so hopeful despite trying not show it and to be honest you did want to meet him again.
You finally nodded, watching him smile warmly at you one last time before you left. You kept walking down the street and avoiding people until you made it to an alley.
You looked down at your arm to see that most of it was fading now. You quickly tried changing back, watching the colors fade from your form and returned to grey. You checked on your hand again and were relieved when it was back to normal. You never stayed human for this long before so it must had something to do with it.
You finally walked out of the alley and began heading down the street, invisible to everyone’s eyes once again. You thought back to your meeting with the goat monster earlier and felt your lips quirk a little.
You looked forward to see him again.