What if it was a mage teen!MC related to Taylor in this scenario? Say 13-17 yr old Mc gets kicked out of their house because the magic started manifesting at a later age and is homeless for a while- and shows up on the skeletons and Taylor's doorstep after starving for a long while with nowhere else to go out of desperation? Obviously Taylor wants to save face and takes them in, but spreads rumors about her being a druggie or mean or all the bad things normally associated with people that get kicked out- but MC is just sincere kid down on their luck and in an awful situation because of magic beyond their control, which manifests when their scared- sparks or flames or thorns and the like. Mc is sneaky and cagey and have the instincts of a survivalist from being the street for months- but are still kind and sweet at heart. Gasters too please :)
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Well, the Gasters don't take anything Taylor says as truth to begin with. So they're already on Mc's side, only added by the fact that she can see and interact with them. So she has them to help her. Whether that's with homework, avoiding Taylor or any of the skeletons, or anything else she may need. Plus just keeping her company.
Of course the Undertale, Underswap, and Horrortale are the better company, but the Underfell and Swapfell Gasters are great at helping her learn to understand and use her magic efficiently. Surprisingly great teachers when the others are there to keep them in check. Those two also respect her determination to keep going, something admirable they wouldn't have expected of her if they met earlier. Horrortale's Gaster is dead set on making sure she eats properly though.
The other skeletons aren't really outright hostile to a Teen!Mc, especially if she's a younger teen. But they are harder on her than if she was a child. Plus, all the skeletons have been homeless once in their life. While they were children even, so they're more understanding of her position. Black and Red especially, with their harsher timelines.
That doesn't mean they're nice exactly, especially with Taylor's crap in their earholes. But it does mean they're willing to hear Mc out more, and try to work through things with her. Plus get a doctor involved which will disprove the whole drug use thing, because that's a serious issue which could endanger her and they're not going to risk that problem becoming bigger.
They are a bit wary about her magic, though they'd be able to understand it better as time goes on. What triggers it, what it does, how to handle it. The fact that the whole intent of it is to protect Mc instead of just outright hostility helps a lot. If you're not trying to outright attack or harm Mc, you're pretty much in the clear as long as you keep your distance. And once Mc calms down, it's completely fine.
Black, Edge, Papyrus, and Blue definitely try to help her get a better control over her magic though. She can't be destroying parts of the house or the backyard every time she gets scared.
Black, Mutt, Red, and Edge would be able to see through any mean, tough girl act that Mc put on. And they would tell the others about it too. Those four come from harsh universes, they're easily able to see the masks that they themselves had to wear their whole lives. They get it, really. Mutt would become her biggest ally again, though Red would take pity on Mc a lot too and mostly ignore what Taylor said about her. Doesn't mean they just put up with the sneakiness though, but they're not going to be too hard on her for it. They want to make sure she understands it's not appreciated and that it's not needed while she's in their home.
Sans is mostly fine as long as she stays out of the basement. While he doesn't completely get Mc's attitude and everything, he does have some sympathy for her and her situation. Mage or not, horrible attitude or not, he's not going to kick her out and let her starve again. She's technically still a kid after all. He'll leave her in the Fells' hands, they seem to understand her better than he can and look like they've got it handled.
Papyrus and Blue nearly had a heart attack when they first saw how skinny she was. Blue has a bit more sympathy for her situation, being the big brother who had to deal with everything more, but Papyrus definitely feels bad for her too. They want to help her! Though they.. don't always know how to? The Fells are definitely better with this than they are, but they're patient and determined! They gone through something very similar with the Fells after all, so they just need to help her realize she's safe and things will start getting better.
Stretch definitely feels bad, but he mostly just stays out of the way. The Fells clearly got a better handle on this than he ever would and he doesn't know how to handle this ball of anxiety and distrust that is this human teenager. He does find some similarities in when the Fells first showed up, but he didn't do much with them either. Nor was that a whole lot of pleasant experiences. Plus, they're adults. This is a kid. He mainly just hangs out with her when they're in the same room doing separate things. Kind of just- You leave me alone, I'll leave you alone.
Grey and Lunar take one look at this starved, anxious, distrustful teenager and immediately just go: "Mine." They relate to her hard. Their AU got bad enough that they couldn't really trust anyone around them, not even what used to be friends. They also get having to do what you have to to survive. Magic also kind of went wild with everything that happen Underground and they had to relearn everything once they got to the Surface, another thing they can relate to her with. But at least they had their house they could hide in, Mc didn't even have that much. Plus they can also relate to her on Taylor's bullshit too. So they mother-hen Teen!Mc a lot and basically just kind of force themselves into her life. Both making sure she eats and has a safe place to hunker in if she comes over to their house.
Which as annoying as she can find them at times, she does. Just because they're so genuine in their attempts to care for her and they only really push when it comes to food. Plus, their house is quiet. It's a nice place to get away from the bustling of the lodge and all the crap that goes on there, plus she gets some reprieve from the sometimes overbearing skeletons there.
