Fanarts made by: @Monody_ocean! The first drawing is in honor of my birthday last year and the second is for my birthday a week ago!
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@MasitaconTe_ and I are working on making an original cover for this book. The new cover will have slight hidden spoilers and we plan to make a game where you will have to guess where they are and from what part of the story they are from. We don't have a prize in mind yet for those who find them, but ideas are welcome.
You guys are the first to know this information since my readers in Spanish will know this when chap 45 is published. Unless they are also reading this version as @corruptale does :3.
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Let's start with the chap!
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Crescent's POV:
I was angry at Dad's attitude.
He had taken us out of the room without fulfilling what I had planned. Today was supposed to be the big moment where I would meet my mother face to face, but instead I only managed to exchange glances with him.
'Does that even count? I don't think he realized I was looking at him. He seemed lost in thought' I thought defeated.
"So? What impression did he leave you?" Dad asked me with an expectant look.
Hearing his question I stood still for a moment without knowing how to react.
"How do you expect me to know that?!" I asked angrily, starting to hit dad's chest non-stop "You didn't even let me see him properly! Bad Dad!" I shouted with my cheekbones inflated with anger.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I did wrong" was Dad's response, it could be seen as a sincere response to anyone else but I could see the mocking half smile he had on his face (?) "Come on, don't look at me like that" He said, tapping me on the bone of my nose "You'll have loooooooots of time to talk to him and spend time with him, I promise" he commented with his tone still mocking but with a sincere smile this time.
"Ugh! It better be that way, it's a promise" I said, caressing the bone of my nose and extending my little finger to intertwine it with my father's and thus seal the promise.
"Are my words not enough my little crescent moon?" Dad responded pretending to be offended, as if the look I was giving him and the pout I had wasn't enough of an answer to his question.
"No" I answered without further ado.
Dad just laughed at my response and after pretending to think about it a little he intertwined his little finger with mine.
"Do you still remember what I taught you?" Dad asked as he stopped in front of a door, all mocking attitude disappearing in an instant and putting on a serious expression.
"I shouldn't steal food from the plate of the skeleton with the broken skull (Horror), I should stay away from the grumpy skeleton with a gold tooth and red pupils (Fell), I shouldn't talk to the guy who looks like black skeleton-shaped dust (Hate), it is forbidden to steal candy from the black skeleton with multicolored eyes (Error), I must not mention my cousin Lux or my uncle Dream while we live here and even less in front of the skeleton that looks like an x with legs (Cross), I must not learn anything of the skeleton with black armor and red pupils (Rasp) and lastly I must not mention the name Papyrus in front of the hooded skeleton (Dust)" I mentioned counting on my fingers each of the things that Dad took so much time for me to learn.
"And the most important?" Dad asked me with his pupils fixed on me.
"..."
Most importantly, the reason I couldn't just run up to my mother and ask him why he wasn't with me all this time or why he didn't look at me the entire meeting.
"Mom has some memory problems so I have to pretend I don't know him..." I recited quietly but audible as if it were a phrase learned from a book.
Dad stroked my head gently, disappearing all traces of seriousness and forming a soft gaze.
In the weeks we spent together, Dad didn't leave my side for a single second, most of the time it was just the two of us while my uncle Dream and Lux (reluctantly) had stayed at a friend's house for a while.
In that short time I learned many things, but despite everything I still don't understand how my mother can have such a bad memory that he forgot about me... 'Will he really remember me over time?' I thought crestfallen. When dad realized, he settled me better in his arms and hugged me gently.
"Everything will be fine, your mother will remember you over time and fill you with endless cuddles and kisses" Dad stated as if he had read my mind, putting more force into the hug but not enough to make it hurt.
My father kept repeating that phrase ever since he told me about my mother's condition, those words sounded nice but they always felt like the first time I tried the unsweetened coffee that Dad drinks, and that is not a pretty taste. The feelings I felt from my father and the words that came out of his mouth felt very different.
I still didn't know how to distinguish emotions well, but I could differentiate the good ones from the bad. Good emotions are usually of bright colors, like the lamp I turn on at night while bad emotions were dark colors, just like my books in the dark.
'It can't be that Dad doesn't want Mom to remember me... right?'
"I need you to take a little walk around the castle, someone will come to talk to me. No matter what happens, don't go near the office, can you do that for me?" He said, taking me down from his arms and making me forget my doubt. I was curious to know who he would talk to but I nodded to his question obediently "That's my boy" he spoke stroking my head "Have fun" he finished saying, walking through the door.
"..." being without anyone around me, I could feel the loneliness that I thought I wouldn't feel being able to be closer to dad. The hallways were lit but the place itself was dark 'At times like these I miss how annoying my cousin Lux was... well, I just have to go explore' I thought, starting to walk slowly.
I hadn't noticed the decoration in the hallway when I was talking to Dad, everything in the place was really huge and dark in color.
'If I think about it better, I'm in a castle, a castle! Only the meeting room we were in before seemed the size of the house I lived in' I thought animatedly.
"Living in a castle makes me a prince right? I can't wait to show off my new royal position to Lux!" I spoke out loud with pride, more than happy thinking about the envious look on my cousin's face.
In the end, I did end up getting distracted, admiring how cool it was to be able to be inside a real castle that I had only seen in books. I liked how there were so many things in the hallway that captured my attention and I couldn't help but start touching and asking myself questions about how each thing was built for something so big.
My thoughts were interrupted when I heard footsteps in the distance. I had gone a long way from dad's office but I was still in the same hallway, being scared I looked for a place to hide, finding a small table with a vase on it, which I could fit perfectly under. Without wasting time I crouched down and placed myself under it, hoping that whoever came wouldn't notice me.
'I hope he doesn't see me...' I thought without taking my eyes off where the sound was coming from.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, I could hear them clearly but I couldn't identify which of all my father's subordinates were those steps. I could sense that individual's feelings, but they felt so minuscule that it was difficult to differentiate with what emotion he was walking so quickly down the empty corridor.
As he got closer I was finally able to see who was heading to the office.
'Mother?!' I thought surprised. He didn't even notice my presence and quickly walked in front of the table I was hiding at.
I was about to come out of my hiding place to follow him, but the moment I placed my foot off the table I remembered the words my father had told me about not going near the office no matter what happened.
'Why is mom going to talk to dad?' I asked myself doubtfully.
Dad had mentioned that when he met Mom I would have more time to talk to him, the situation was very confusing.
'If I wait here I'll surely be able to see him again when he returns' I thought for sure. I wouldn't gain anything by disobeying my father's words after all.
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From waiting so much I had fallen asleep, being woken up when I felt something.
'What was that?' I thought, raising my head suddenly, I didn't remember when I had fallen asleep but when I woke up I didn't expect to find my Mother, who was hurriedly walking down the hallway again but this time trying to clean his face full of...
'Is mom... crying?' Before I knew it I was standing on my two feet and had held Mom's hand.
"A-are you okay?" I asked, surprised at how my hands and voice were shaking.
Mom turned to look at me, her face soaked with tears and somewhat dirty.
"I-I don't want you to cry" I spoke again without thinking, just by looking at him I felt pain but I didn't know where it was coming from 'I don't want him to cry, mom shouldn't cry' my sockets itched and felt wet.
From one moment to the next the painful expression I had seen on Mom's face changed. The sadness I perceived vanished like eating cotton candy. Looking at me, Mom wiped his tears and knelt in front of me, placing his hand on my head and beginning to caress it.
"I'm not crying anymore, see?" He responded with a smile.
Upon hearing those words the pain disappeared, I felt so happy that mom was no longer crying that I hugged him on impulse. When I realized what I did I felt a little scared that I had done something I shouldn't have, but when I felt mom hug me back that feeling went away.
It felt so good to be hugged by mom 'Is this how Lux felt every time she hugged my uncle? I'm so envious...' I thought, curled up in my mother's chest, I could stay in his arms without getting tired of the sensation forever.
"Don't you think that's enough Crescent?" Mom asked.
'No, if I let go he'll go away!' I thought, hugging him tighter and burying my head deeper into his chest without any intention of letting go. 'Does he want to abandon me again?' I asked myself agitatedly.
"I don't want to!" I shouted without loosening my grip. I wouldn't let him go, I wouldn't let my nightmares become real, as the prince of nightmares I couldn't allow it.
"Don't be selfish Crescent, you're making Killer uncomfortable" I heard Dad's voice nearby.
"I don't want to get away from Mom!" I screamed again still clinging to mom. Dad promised me that I could spend more time with my mother from now on, he can't break his promise that easily.
"M-mom?!" I heard mom exclaim in confusion, I forgot that he didn't remember me... but that wouldn't stop me.
"I can't... call you that?" I asked sadly, raising my head from my mother's chest with my sockets threatening to fill with tears. This method always worked with my uncle Dream.
I could see how mom looked at dad asking for help but my father only returned a mocking half smile.
"Do you have a problem with him calling you that Killer?" Dad said supporting me. I knew I hadn't done anything wrong, I may have said mom on impulse but if I do this right I wouldn't have to pretend from now on.
Mom looked at Dad with a bad face but by taking a moment to breathe he was able to calm down, directing his gaze towards me.
"Won't your mother feel sad if you call a stranger mom?" My mother answered as a scolding.
I lowered my little head sad without leting him go away from my hug and continuing with my act this time appearing to be on the verge of tears.
"Okay... *Sigh* you can call me mom" he replied admitting defeat.
At that moment I couldn't help but give several happy screams, running and spinning everywhere because I was so happy.
Even though my mother agreed, I didn't let him go so easily, forcing him to play with me and eat together.
After playing so much, having fun, and finally feeling like my family was complete, I couldn't help but fall asleep in my mom's arms.
When I woke up the next day I didn't find my Mother, I was so disappointed to find out, but together with my father we discussed a plan so that from tomorrow onwards Mom could agree to stay with us in the castle, and just as we planned everything went according to plan taking us to the present.
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This is where Crescent's POV ends. In the next chapter we will return to the original course of the story, I don't know if I will be able to finish the next chapter tomorrow but I will do my best, reminding you that I may finish the new chapter tomorrow but most likely I will translate it into English a day after publish the chapter in my native language.
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2516 words.
Should my new goal be to make chapters at least 2000 words long or more than that?