Origins of the skeletons part 2

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POV Rei:

Weeks passed, and I still ran into people who wanted me dead, I guess skeletons already made a bad impression and it caused everyone who knows about them to directly attack and fight back when in sight, I didn't want to fight, but when I can't even communicate with them, I didn't really have a choice if I wanted to survive, thanks to my skeleton horse Cash, I was able to keep my distance when I fought and kept shooting the attackers with my bow, I was able to kill the people who attacked me.

I collected these green orbs called XP from each human I had to kill, I felt addicted to the xp orbs, so I continued to kill more humans in order to continue receiving them, I might as well since they were just gonna throw the first punch, to begin with.

A year passed, and I somehow kept surviving, searching for the entity who cursed my civilization, but I still had no luck.

However, something did end up going my way, with all the xp I collected from the killed humans, I noticed I started to... transform? Soon I began to look just like how I was when before I was transformed into a skeleton monster, I looked at my reflection, and I couldn't believe my eyes, my skin, hair, eyes, everything! I looked nothing like a skeleton anymore, the only noticeable change about me right now was just my hair became white for some reason, but I could easily look past that. I started to gain hope again, maybe I really can return to normal, I was even able to talk normally again.

Sure I was able to fix some of my current problems, but not EVERYTHING returned to normal turns out that besides my looks, I was still a skeleton on the inside, when I stepped into the daylight, I combusted into flames when I went up to humans, they still wanted me dead, and now to make matters worst, monsters now saw me as human, and they too wanted to kill me for my XP, The only living thing that trusted me now was Cash.

One night, I was bombarded by monsters, which is awful because I could only go out at night. My horse Cash got scared of all the monsters, ran away, and got separated from me, I was left alone fighting for my life against the mob hoard.

I barely won the fight that night, I was able to hide in a cave, my body bloody and beaten, but I kept moving on, because I still held onto whatever hope I had left, for I made a promise.

More weeks passed, and there was no sign of Cash, I was exploring a strange forest I'd never seen before, but while hiking I encountered something, it wasn't monsters no, but a pack of wolves! I don't know why, but I was completely terrified, which was strange because they never usually scared me, I tried to get away unnoticed, but I had no luck! The wolves spotted me and instantly ran in my direction. I didn't get it, wolves won't attack someone unless provoked, was it because I was a skeleton? That is probably the reason. I wanted to fight back, but something triggered inside me, to where I didn't want to do anything but run, I ran for miles, but the wolves were still hot on my trail, I was terrified, was this how I'd go out? After all the surviving I did? By WOLVES!?!!? I needed to think of something fast because the sun will soon rise, and I was going to end up dying either mauled by wolves or by burning to death from the sunlight.

That's when a miracle happened, I saw a human, who I assumed from afar she was a girl judging by her physical appearance. she saw me and began doing something strange, she was placing blocks down, and jumping on them, why? As I ran by, she quickly picked me up and built a bridge to a tree where the wolves couldn't reach us. They later gave up and left.

I was amazed, this was the first human I met who not only decided not to attack me but go out of her way to save my life! I had no idea why, she would help a stranger let alone a monster, but I was very grateful! of course I still needed to catch my breath, but I still managed to thank her.

I introduced myself, "My name is Rei," I said still out of breath

"well, I'm Takeo, nice to meetcha!" Takeo replied.

Her voice was so gentle, but a strange name for a girl, she was a little flat-chested sure, but with a pretty face like that, I just assumed it was because of genetics or something I didn't want to judge her, she did save my life and all. The sun was starting to rise, and I had to cut things short, so I wouldn't burn in the daylight, I didn't want to cut things short, but I wanted to take cover, luckily Takeo understood my situation, she even gave me a water bucket and bid me farewell.

A week passed, and I was finally reunited with my Skeleton horse Cash, I was so happy I could cry, we traveled together again, but there was one more thing I wanted to do, I wanted to see Takeo again, and really thank her in person, I knew she had to live in one of the villages, the first one I went to had no dice.

The next place I visited looked like a giant prison lab, I definitely knew Takeo wouldn't live there of all places, it was too heavily guarded and suspicious.

Finally, I came across a village with a stone wall around it, knowing that Takeo was closest to this village I had a feeling she would probably be there, I tied Cash up in the forest nearby, and I used one out of three of my invisibility potions I was able to finally able to finish, and snuck past the guards at the gate, I then searched the village, and I couldn't believe it, It was Takeo!!! She looked like she was building something on a hill, so I ran out of the village walls before my potion wore off, and I measured my distance and proceeded to make a secret tunnel from the forest and into the spot where Takeo was located.

I rose up from the ground from my tunnel and I saw Takeo still in the mountain when I approached her I saw her in a pool, some kind of hot spring. I realized I should probably give her some privacy, and come back later, but surprisingly she saw me and even invited me to join her, I was hesitant at first because I didn't know her for THAT long, but she insisted and assured me I would be fine, I gave in, stripped, and joined Takeo in the springs, it had been ages since I enjoyed something like this. Takeo was questioning how I got into this predicament in the first place, I guess she will always be the curious type. I also proceeded to tell Takeo how I found her here in the first place, I also reassured her that I can be safe here despite being a monster that no one in the village knows about.

Takeo told me about her interesting experiences before moving to the village, I was going to tell her about myself, but she had to cut things short because Takeo needed to do some tasks today, she did say I could stay as long as I needed to, but I wasn't going to overstay my welcome. Though it's a shame, I really wanted to learn more about Takeo and Tell her more about myself too, I wanted to be true friends with her, for she is the first human who excepted me since the day we all became skeletons.

As Takeo was leaving the springs, I made a shocking discovery... I looked and saw that her chest was completely flat, and toned her body shape was a type of Mesomorph, but it was hard to tell that when she was wearing clothing, but at this point why am I still referring to Takeo as a female? It was clear at this point that Takeo was actually a guy!?!?!? I was shocked and embarrassed, and he seemed more confused at my reaction, thinking I knew he was a guy from the beginning. (why would I stripe and get into a hot spring with a guy I just met!!!!!) I was actually in a hot spring with a guy, I guess I kinda overreacted and ran away, I felt bad about it a little while afterward, sure it was just a misunderstanding, but it didn't matter what Takeo was, whenever judged me for who I was, and he still saved my life, I knew he didn't mean to do anything wrong, he just wanted me to relax too, I decided to come back to his base later, and apologize, and maybe find a way to make it up to him.

I snuck back into his village, and apologized to Takeo, with my surprise, he wasn't mad or upset or anything, in fact, he seemed very happy I returned. I then learned that he had another monster living with him who has transformed thanks to the xp she collected, her name was Teles, and she was an ender-girl (how rare). We greeted each other and talked for some time.

Takeo then took me to an enchantment table, where he somehow pulled what he called an "exploit" and took the bow hairpiece I was wearing and enchanted it!?!? I personally never learned about enchantments, just potion brewing for my time in the army. Once he enchanted it, he told me to do the unthinkable, to go out into the sun!?!??! He knows I will be set ablaze if I stand out there.

"Trust me," Takeo said "I have water buckets with me if this doesn't work"

well, I went this far, I might as well see if his experiment would work.

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"Unbelievable!!!!" I thought.

This actually worked!?!?!? I thought trying to contain my awe and excitement. Something was special about this guy, I could feel it, was he truly one of those fabled "otherworlder" humans I heard so much about? This is the second time he helped someone so much that he just met, I still don't know why, but all I know now is that he deserves to have my help, thanks to the enchantment he gave me, I could actually go to the desert now, and I had something that could help him get there faster!

I'd never been to the desert before, so I didn't know what to expect, but I introduced Takeo to my skeleton horse Cash, he was surprised at first but was content with riding with me, but I could tell this was his first time on a horse with how he was holding onto me, but thanks to Cash we were able to make it to the desert in a couple of hours, it would've taken half a day if we decided to just walk here.

In the end, I learned that you can hit rock bottom at any time, you may not be able to change your current situation, but it depends on how you respond to it, will you curl up and die? or will you still continue to fight to survive? I made the right choice and in the end, I met a new friend, Takeo the otherworlder, so far I've never been happier, I am so glad I met him.

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