Big thanks to all my readers, and to the original creatoers of the bittys and minis in my stories. I may take a bit more time to post more chapters after this as i will be a bit bissy, but if you have any questions or comments feel free to let me know and i will get back to you all as soon as i can.
The pizza shop was fairly empty as it usually was given most people just had it delivered, the shop had been located in the same store since before the monsters had been released from the underground. Many Humans had moved there shops or sold them cheap to get out of what they feared was going to turn into a “bad” neighborhood. However Vinny’s family had owned the shop for at least three generations, he was to stubborn to move, with his family’s pizza being as well known amongst the city as it was many humans still ordered from the shop even if they never ventured inside.
“Maddy!” the old gray and white haired man greeted as soon as she entered, “i was starting to get worried, you haven't ordered your friday night pizza in over four weeks, i was about to send over a courtesy pizza myself just to make sure you were alright,” He joked.
“Hey Vinny,” she Greeted the grandfatherly old man, to be honest she wasn't sure how old he was however as far back as she could remember he always had a bit of gray in his hair, “sorry to worry you, Alpha has been cooking most of the meals at home.”
“Oh i see now you have a in home chef and have no need for me? Well this old man knows when he isn't needed,” He gave a fake sniff with a over exaggerated pout before chuckling and asking “What can i help you with?”
Maddison gave her order then took her seat at a both giving her and her companions plenty of room. She retrieved boosters for Gnaw and King. Gnaw at first was horrified, but King simply let Maddy sit him down so he could cross his arms, set them on the table and use them as pillows. After some debate and after a stubborn attempt to just sit in the booth without being able to even see the table top, Gnaw begrudgingly let Maddison set him in the plastic contraption.
Stretch was asleep in her purse, using a handkerchief, maddison had incase her hair was to much of a bother, as a blanket. Button had taken out a box of small crayons, and coloring pages Maddison had started keeping for the childish bitty. Alpha was sitting patiently upon her lap waiting for the food to be brought out as Maddy gently rubbed his back.
“Hey it’s the Taco pizza chick from the Monster side of town,” The voice caused maddison to tense up, a feeling of dread washed over her. Out of the corner of her eye she had even seen king’s eye snap oven and clutch his hoodie, his magic eye temporarily flash. Alpha was giving a low growl, as he glared at the delivery man.
“O-oh Hello,” Maddison gave a quick nod to him but then looked down at Alpha who thankfully had not moved from her lap, giving her something to focus on.
“So do you really live there, In that crap hole? Or were you just . . .” he looked over maddy’s companions, “dog sitting”
“Excuse you?” Maddison’s attention snapped at the guy her eyes and body language nearly daring the idiot to continue down the dangerous path he was.
“Don’t you have work?” Vinny barked the irritation in his voice was enough to startle the young man.
“Oh, Y-yeah i'm going sorry sir.” the delivery guy darted out allowing maddison and king to breath a sigh of relief.
“I’m sorry about that Maddy, i assure you once i find someone else to take up the deliveries i will fire him. . . I just can't do this by myself.” the old man sighed. But after taking something from behind counter brought a tray up to her, “any how i recalled you saying one of your bittys is a fan of honey, so i wanted to see what he thought of these honey cinnamon sticks, and i also tossed on a few soft bread pretzel sticks incase some of the others wanted something different,”
“Well thank you Vinny, how much do i owe you for them?” she snorted at how Stretch was already peaking out over the edge of the purse at the plate.
“No extra charge Maddy. Just tell me what you thought about them before your group leaves,”
“Is good” Stretch said with a mouth full of the sticky Bread stick. Alpha gave a sigh and shook his head as he massaged two fingers at his temple.
“Thanks again Vinny,” Maddy smiled
“Yer welcome, your pizza will be out shortly,” Vinny walked back to his post behind the counter to finish a few more orders.
Maddison watched as Button colored and stretch enjoyed his sticky sweet treat, she looked over at the two minis, king was still resting his head on his arms, were Gnaw seemed to be staring at the pretzel sticks and the dipping mustard.
Without a word Maddison took a napkin and placed three of the pretzel sticks upon it before setting them in front of Gnaw along with the Mustard.
“King would you like any?” She offered as Gnaw was dipping his first pretzel stick into the mustard repeatedly.
“Nah, thanks though.” he mumbled without opening his eyes.
The bittys all also declined, Button due to wanting more room for taco pizza, Stretch due to being partly full on the honey sticks, and alpha simply didn't want any. It wasn't much longer till her pizza arrived, Maddison dished out pieces of the cut up pizza in easier to handle slices for Button, Gnaw, and Stretch just in case he found room for it. King was given his small four cut cheese pizza, and a salad was set in front of Alpha who looked a bit shocked.
“I recalled you saying you didn't really like greasy food, so i thought you might like a salad,” Maddison explained as she took two slices for herself.
Alpha gave an approving nod, “thank you, miss.”
The sound of the bell to alert someone has opened the door caught the attention of Madison who watched Two young teen girls entering, each with a bitty of their own.
“Oh, hi,” she greeted Vinny, “ I hadn't known this place was bitty friendly,” she picked a table near Maddison’s booth.
Vinny smiled, “I just have the same rules about bittys like i do with parents with their kids, If they are destructive, disturb other patrons, or start food fights. I will ask you to leave until another day. Repeat offenders or those who commit worse of the worse will be banned from returning, also i do not allow anyone's but workers behind the counter due to legal reasons,” He informed.
“Sounds fair enough,” the second girl smiled as she took her seat across from her friend.
“Your little bitty is so cute, is he a blue? Where did you get his cloths?” the first girl cooed upon seeing Button.
“Uh, sort of, he is a button blue, and i made the cloths he is wearing,” Maddison gently stroked Alpha’s back as Button made his way over to maddison and down onto her lap.
“Do you make dresses? Do you sell them?” The first girl asked, a small green flame bitty dressed in a schoolgirl outfit looked out and over toward Maddison’s table, “my little Emery here could use some new some new outfits,”
“Well i think i still have some patterns for dresses, and pantsuits. . . i think actually i could make some basic outfits rather easy,” Maddison thought out loud.
“How much per outfit?”the other girl asked, Her grillby bitty sitting chatting with the small green flamed bitty.
“Well it would depend, on the outfit, the amount of material it takes to make it, the complexity of the pattern. . . but i'm willing to work with people, if someone were willing to get the material or even extra for other projects i would be willing to cut some of the price. . .” Maddison wasn't feeling quite comfortable with the way the girls seemed to be overly thrilled.
“Oh!” both girl’s eyes lit up as they began asking if she could make specific outfits, vests or other random items.
The more the girl’s seemed to bubble and chat at her maddison couldn’t help but start to feel crowded. Mentally she began wondering if these girls were making fun of her or her bitty’s cloths. . .was the outfit she made bad? She knew she wasn't the best seamstress in the world but her bone babies looked alright in the out fits. . . didn't they?
She didn’t realise her breath was getting uneven or she no longer was looking down at anything, her vision unfocused, her hands shaking, expression almost blank as she was drifting into a panic attack.
The two girls seemed oblivious, however each of the bittys and minis seemed to notice, Button was removed from her lap by Alpha who now stood on the table unsure of how to help.
She was snapped out of her panic attack by a heavy “thump” upon her leg, she looked down to see King having fallen over onto her lap looking slightly sweaty, and exhausted.
“King are you feeling alright sugar skull?” her mind seemed to let go of her panic and fear, then focused on wanting to cradle and comfort the small monster, she placed her hand upon his skull feeling it to be a little warmer than it used to be. . . could monsters get fevers?
“N-not realy can we go home? I want to lay down,” he snuggled into her lap and cool hand, “Sorry to cut your chat short.”
“Oh no worries, let’s get you home so you can rest,” she looked back to Vinny who was already coming with a few togo boxes for the rest of the food.
“Well could we exchange numbers?” the green bitty caretaker asked, “i would love to come over and see what kind of cloths you have,”
“Look i'm kind of in the middle of moving, on top of that i don't have any girls cloths made at the moment i only have the patterns. . . just write down your number or whatever and i'll get back to you when i can, I have My mini here not feeling well and that kind of trumps your clothing issues,” Maddison’s body language, tone and expression were that of a determined sargent or Mother when someone had told them there child can't do something. It seemed to cause both girls to get uneasy, ware as Vinny only chuckled.
“There is the old Maddy,” this earned him an eyebrow raise from Maddison who was getting the carrier closed, and helping Gnaw into her purse.
“I'm only saying it's nice to know a part of your old self didn't die,” he raised up his hands in defeat, “So is the little guy going to be alright?”
“I hope so, i have a number for a Seara-sins Hopefully she doesn't mind the late call,” Maddison quickly dialed the number, Hoping her mini and his young were safe.
Seara had answered the call after a few rings, she had been setting the center’s minis up for supper. In a panicked and somewhat rushed voice Maddison explained everything that was going on with King, everything she could inform the women about her two Mini’s from how she got them and the state they had been in to now where King was clutching so hard to the shirt in his Unconscious state he was causing scratch marks in her flesh and holes in her shirt. Despite not hearing half of the frantic rant Seara gave Maddison an address to the center and told her to bring them right over.
“I’ll drive ya, once that dunce gets back with the delivery car,” Vinny offered.
“Thank you so much Vinny,” Maddison’s attention was fully on the seemingly sleeping mini. All of maddison’s companion’s eyes were upon the same sleeping marrow.
“I'm not that bad,” king muttered through his opposed sleep, “I’m ok to go home. We don't need to fuss over me.”
Maddison could feel the hair on the back of her neck rise in anger, “we are going to see Seara, and that's that. You obviously have something wrong and i need to make sure you are ok. If it helps you can think of this more of something more to calm my nerves, if it helps but you are going.” She hadn't meant to use the mother tone but it was there, “i don't know how but i can tell your stomach is churning, your upset and worried. On top of that you're now admitted with me, King just try to relax. I have you, i care about you, just like i care about all of you. I won't let anything bad happen to you.”
Vinny snorted at the scene playing out in front of him, “And here we thought after the one ordeal you would never be a mom,”
“Shut it old man, where is your idiot?” Maddison felt a part of her want to cry at that statement, but she couldn't let herself crumble, not now.
“Ya now ma. . . i actually believe you,” whispered the blue mini, as he nuzzled into the crook of her arm, his breath evening out as he finally did fall into an actual asleep, still clutching tightly to her.
Once the Delivery guy finally got back, He was warned by Vinny not to pester the patrons till he got back. He drove without hesitation to the center pulling up to what appeared to be an old daycare, or preschool.
The sign board out front looked home painted, the center of it had a papy, sans, and edge back to back the wording arching around them in a cercle read: Seara-Sins Mini center. The rest of the sign held small hand prints, paintings, drawings, and names one could only guess were made by the minis.
“Oh you must be Maddison, come on in,” a warm voice called from the door.
Maddison had to do a double take, at first glance she had thought it was some kind of wolf monster, instead it was a young woman maybe mid-twenties, definitely no older than Maddison herself. The woman's hair resembled some loud robot thing Maddison had once seen on t.v. with the short spiky hair, but this girls held pink tips, she wore a long sleeved gray shirt under a gray furry vest, jeans that tucked into gray furry boots, at her side was a Sans breed of mini, he looked larger than either Gnaw or King, but it was probably from him being older.
“I'm Seara by the way,” she greeted with a smile, “You were so frantic over the phone i could barely understand you. What exactly is wrong?” She looked from King in Maddison’s arms, to Gnaw who was just barely peeking out of the purse trying so hard not to be seen.
“To be honest i'm not exactly sure, I just got these two from the shelter yesterday,” Maddison tried to calm herself long enough to explain everything that had happened.
“Well i will need to bring them in and check them over, if that would be alright,” Seara looked to Maddison to see if she objected, when there was no protest she continued, “i also would like the number and address to this shelter you got them from. I was never contacted about any found mini’s and would like to have a talk with them.”
Maddison followed behind Seara who didn't even try to pry king from his death grip of a cuddle upon Maddison’s shirt at least not at the moment.
“Hey there little Edge sweetie can i see you for a bit?” she asked sweetly. Seara looked over Gnaw frowning at his porous “flesh”, as well as the tiny souls who despite having gained more light since Maddy had become Gnaw’s caretaker, still seemed a bit dim.
Maddison was gently Nuzzling King trying hard to calm herself as Seara looked over Gnaw. Hoping the small Mini would be alright, Had she done the right thing waiting till today? Was there something more she could have done?
“Well Gnaw here has marrow deterioration, it's from not having the needed amount of soul energy being given though positive emotion, I have medicines and teas to help with that, also some that would help bring the little ones up to full strength. I am a bit upset to see that these two are so young. This was probably their first heat. Normally Mini babies don't leave their parents till after their first heat giving them a chance to help there babes understand and teach them how to try and control themselves during such times. . . “ Seara seemed a little agitated to say the least, “it's the equivalent of teens going and getting pregnant. They CAN however there is a chance of complications come time to birth, with their bodies being so much smaller, and not quite ready to carry them. . . i expect you to call me as soon as the go into labor,” her eyes were on Maddison as she said this.
“You got it. If you don't mind telling me what all i can do to help though the labor i would appreciate it, i know next to nothing about minis. . .” Maddison explained.
“Of course once we get these two fixed up i will be more then happy to explain any of the main points of Mini Marrow care,” Seara put Gnaw down, he then walked over to Maddison’s leg and clung to her like a shy child to its mother.
With some Gentle coaxing from Seara, KIng let go of Maddison’s shirt. Seara looked over the clingy little mini carefully. Maddison picked up Gnaw and watched with worry, hoping King would be alright. Gnaw clutched her shirt seeking comfort as he watched his still unconscious mate.
“Sans can you come here? I need you to look over his soul, and tell me what you think,” she spoke to the larger Mini.
“Sure mama,” the larger Sans teleported onto the table and knelt be side the smaller mini, his blue magic eye glowing. After some time and whispered debate between the larger Sans and Seara, King was gently carried back to Maddison who took him gently into her free arm ware he then once again clung to her tightly, Gnaw placed a hand upon his sleeping companions back for emotional comfort.
“Well i have some good news, King is healthy and so are his little ones. Infact King is in better shape then Gnaw. Oh that reminds me, “ she turned to her mini, “Sans sweety can you go and get the items i mentioned to you?”
“So if he is healthy. . . what’s wrong? Why is he like this?” Maddison couldn't figure out how THIS counted as healthy.
“O.k. firstly breath, King will be fine. I’m suggesting putting them both on calcium rich vitamins, i will be giving you a small bottle to get started, for Gnaw extra cuddles. I’m also giving you some tea to help with King’s upset tummy, he will take a cup morning and night. However King is in no danger at the moment, some minis take a bit to get used to a new bond. It always feels the strongest at first. After a few days the bond will seem to dull down a bit once the. . . you have no idea what i'm saying do you?” Sierra's voice held slight exasperation but she simply took a breath and restarted, “Allright Minis need love and affection. The reason is unlike most monster companions, minis are unable to produce or replenish their magic on there own. Yes they can draw some energy from other sources, such as food and what have you, but it's not enough for them to survive let alone thrive. A primary bond isn’t strong enough to transfer enough soul energy except through positive emotions, these seem to be the only ones strong enough to transfer over and the only ones easy enough for minis to accept without burning more energy. Once a mini has gained enough trust in an owner, and feels safe enough with them a stronger bond will form. There are many forms of this stronger bond, but the one between you and king seems to be of mother/child type bond. Not hard to understand as he is still so young. This stronger bond feel different to the minis as before with a primary bond the emotions would only cross over when the mini was in direct area of someone caring for them, the secondary bond is a bit more constant. It's like going from having only soup and half a sandwich a day to having a constant all you can eat buffet. For some minis it’s a little overwhelming. But despite even that, your bond with King looks good, it seems healthy, no abnormalities. King will be fine and just need a few days to get the hang of how to cut off the flow when it gets too much,” Seara finished with a soft smile, “i'm Happy to see these two found a caretaker who worries and cares about them like you do. But at the moment i don't think it is helping King any as he can feel what you do,” At this point her Sans returned carrying a brown bag that was sitting inside a wooden crate.
“Here ya go,” he said to Maddison, “Mama told me to get you the meds, vitamins, and tea,”
“Thank you,” Maddison smiled as Gnaw took the bag for her, as both of her arms were busy holding the two Minis.
“I also had him place my contact info in there, If you give me a few minutes to clean up from dinner and make sure the others are ok. We can have some tea and discuss what you will need to know about caring for your minis,” Seara smiled and after a nod from Maddison walked off to clean up after dinner and make sure the many minis who lived in the center were settled.
Seara was more then happy to answer any questions Maddy had, by the time Maddy left she knew the pregnancies lasted three months, but as King and Gnaw were two months in, they were due to have their little ones within the next month. This didn't give much time to get the room or nesting box set up for the little ones. Seara had gone into great detail how to aid her Minis through the process. Maddison also knew it would be another four months after they were born before they could be sent to new homes safely.
As Madison neared the street of her apartment building she couldn't help but wonder. Was moving now the right choice? With everything already in motion she could only hope she could only hope she was doing the right thing.
Next-http://hellodragonkit.tumblr.com/post/150786167556/work-in-progress-ch-14
previous-http://hellodragonkit.tumblr.com/post/150399718841/work-in-progress-ch-12
first-http://hellodragonkit.tumblr.com/post/148160953486/work-in-progress-ch-1
