Underville
16th April 1664
3rd person POV
"... Vous avez déjà 5 ans, je pense qu'il est temps de vous préparer pour l'avenir!" (... You're already 5 years old, I think it's time to prepare you for the future!) the woman said, a name was heard in the beginning although it wasn't understandable
"Mais maman, j'étudie déjà beaucoup, je ne veux plus étudier!" (But mommy I already study a lot, I don't wanna study more!) the child answered
"You'll train magic and get used to your body this time, you'll also need to keep up with fast movements from now on, not really 'study'. You don't want to disappoint mommy now do you?" she said looking a bit enraged while he trembled a little while shaking his head a 'no' he remembered fairly well the last time he failed to achieve the goal his parents made "Don't you dare slack in your studies then."
"Yes mother." the little boy said looking down
Suddenly the now grown up boy woke up "Le même souvenir encore" (The same memory yet again) he whispered
It was the middle of the night, and the 3rd time he woke up repeatedly having 'childhood' memories if you could call them that. Since he didn't want to go back to sleep he decided he would start to do a sculpture, something that was ordered and due a week, but he needed time to complete it. As he sat down on the chair he started to sketch what the sculpture would look like, the person ordered something that was kinda unique, they wanted a flower with a circle behind it, like a moon made of flowers in a dark circular background, full color. All that the boy could think of was pinkish and light orange peonies in a dark marble-like circle
He quickly made a big ceramic flower with its petals and leaves. As he started to make the second one his eyes were captured by the first rays of the morning as they irradiated through his window "It's morning already? " The artist questioned, he looked down and saw the work he had made, suddenly, the realization hit him 'I forgot to ask if this design is okay first! '
He got up and went closer to the window opening it a bit to let the airflow
"Dear Asgore, time does fly when you're not waked up by your nightmares! " He giggled feeling his eyes getting heavier 'This sleep routine is the worst! It made me nocturnal ' he thought, smiling jokingly
~ Time skip ~
Azure POV
I was doing my morning walk before duties when I decided to make a stop in Sir Rufous's blacksmith, although it was early in the morning, he already had his shop open so I went in
"Hi, Sir Rufous!" I half screamed in excitement
"Hi, Azure, what's the reason for your visit?"
"I just wanted to see you and since I was close I came to greet you before I go to Encre's house!" I was beaming with joy, the day didn't even properly start and I had the opportunity to see him as well as being assigned to check on Encre since he was the person who lived the closest to the forbidden forest, home to a lot of vampires and other creatures, although I believed that some may be good it was my duty to protect everyone
"O-Oh, thank you for staying out of your way for me then." He said slightly blushing, I noticed and teased him a bit more before continuing my way to my best friend's house
~ Meanwhile ~
Encre POV
I've slept around half an hour before I heard a knock on my door, I got up and went to open it up, it was Azure
"Hé, Azure! Comment ça va? " (Hey, Azure! How are you?) I asked sloppily due to me being still kinda sleepy, after all, I've just woken up and only had around 4 inconsistent hours of sleep
"Good morning Encre! You look terrible, are you ok? Oh and speak English please you know my French is really bad."
"Sorry. I'm fine, thanks for asking, I just couldn't sleep last night."
"That's a shame. Hope you get some sleep soon, for now, the king needs you to make a royal family portrait." as he told me this I quickly got to my room to change getting a scarf hiding my face. In the village I was currently in, I was known for being mysterious. Nobody knew where I came from, all they knew was that I spoke French and was a famous artist occupying the position of the royal painter for the king Asgore
"Will you come with me or are you going with the 'hunters'? " I asked
"I'll go with the hunters, we'll do a bigger area this time and since I'm the leader of the knight's I'll lead a quarter of the team" he answered I nodded while putting my things in my satchel, truth is I didn't like the vampire hunters, I've lived near the forbidden forest for as long as I had been settle on underville and none of those who live there have once attacked me and now poor little bats were hunted, being them vampires or not, this kingdom was cruel. I knew that Azure agreed with me but being the captain of the knights he had to maintain his people safe.
I had everything I needed ready, it was time for me to head to the castle, "Au revoir Azure" (Goodbye Azure) I said smiling as Azure went closer to the forbidden forest entrance. As soon as my back was facing him my expression changed from that forced smile people seem to not notice to a frown. I had to walk to the bastard's castle
~ Time skip ~
I was beyond pissed when I was getting back home, some bullies decided that I was their target and that breaking my arms and legs was fun, they don't know what will come their way, I dragged myself to an alley so that the villagers didn't see me using magic. A green light formed around my legs and soon they looked as if nothing had happened to them, my arms were another story, I needed to get out of there quickly so I only deal with one of them the other I would have to treat at home
I stand up, picked up my things and went home when I reached the handle of my door I noticed a small bat trying to fly away from something but couldn't due to his broken wing, that's when it clicked the vampire hunters were chasing them, I run up to them and placed them on my satchel and fake dropped some pencils picking them up afterward, when one of them came up to me and asked for the bat I told them I didn't see it and that I was only picking up my pencils. He looked annoyed but didn't dare defy my word and went off.
'Enfin, ces années d'acteur ont fait leur travail ' (Finally, those years of acting did their work) I sight and went home with the little bat sleeping in a handkerchief I had inside the satchel, "You must be really tired. I wonder how long they've been chasing you."
I lit up a candle with some of my magic and started to treat my other arm, too many people saw me with it broken so I only applied some herbs and wrapped bandages around the broken part of the arm, then I focused on the bat, he was gorgeous, he had small orange markings under his eye cavities, pink eyes and his íris had different colors, the right one was yellow while the left one was blue with a yellow star around it. "Your eyes are kinda like mine." I whispered in a chuckle. The bat also had what looked like a horn, colored like a sunset although it was more like a detached piece of skull
'I see... Those markings gave it away honey. I'll speak with you after you wake up' I smiled and went to fix his broken wing it was an easy procedure, although it seemed that there was more to it so I decided I'd give it a bit of my blood so it could heal faster and feed the small vampire altogether. I grabbed a knife and a cup, cut the tip of one of my fingers phalange, and it started to bleed a little, collecting my blood in the cup, short after the wound closed up almost as quickly as I open it up "Sleep tight little vampire"
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Author Notes:
Hope you liked the chapter, I'm not French neither is English my main language so it might have some mistakes, the French is google translated so feel free to correct it
The images do NOT belong to me, the credits go to the respective owners
Flower Sculpture painting: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Delicate-flowers-Sculpture-painting-with-floral-bouquet/1104128/4348624/view
Total word count: 1515