Ye of little height.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2023 1:26 pm
Hi, before anything i just wanted to say that this is one the first time I've ever written a fanfic and that I started writting this with the goal of trying to improve my writting so I could really use all the advice/criticism you have to give, even the most minor.
Lastly i'll aim to update once every two week but if i don't manage that i'll try update at least once a month.
Anyway without further ado:
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Ye of little height.
Chapter 1 :
Some…ok no, pretty much anyone who had ever met him would describe him as a generaly pessimistic and anxious person, and King had to admit that was not necessarly wrong. It was true that he had a tendency to worry about most things and that his mind tended to latch onto all the worst case scenarios, even the more absurds ones.
Although to be fair,while the idea of your children getting sucked inside a interdimentional portal that spontaneously appeared in your living room was absurd, how much more absurd was it than say, the idea of a gryphon appearing in your jail cell and turning you into a corgi so he can use you as an avatar for a game of cosmic DnD ? And given that this episode was far from the only curveball life ever threw at him, King, despite everyone’s advice, King still held fast onto his anxiety.
Which is why, he was quick to adopt the same tense expression that Zach greeted him with when he opened the door.
« Hi. » said Zach.
« …Hi » replied King « How are you ? Did you come to see me ? »
« Oh,uh…I’m good,I’m good »Zach said even though his anxious expression gave another answer, King also noticed that he kept stealing small glances behind him as if looking for someone, even though the street where pretty much empty. « And, uh, yeah i wanted to talk to you about something »
« Oh, okay well come in then »King said retreating in direction of the kitchen.
« Thank you. »Zach said, casting one last look over his shoulder before stepping in and closing the door behind him. « I hope i’m not bothering you, I did come unprompted ».
« Oh no don’t worry about it, Bill and Bailey went into town for the pups’ health checkup and Fox is doing his shift at the station, so I was home alone up until now »King said, making his way into the kitchen and grabbing a step stool « Which honestly feels a bit strange, I mean, even if the wolf’s house is big, with this many people in it you tend to bumb into someone all of the time, and even here in between Bailey,Fox,Bill and the puppies it doesn’t feel any less crowded. But i think i ended up getting used to it so the house being empty feels a little weird. All of that is to say, I appreciate the company »He said while climbing on the step stool to open one of the cupboard « Do you want something to drink ? »King asked as he started reaching for the cups.
« Maybe if you have some tea? »Zach replied
« Oh yeah we have some, Tarot gifted us some lavender tea a while ago but none of us really drink tea so it’s just been sitting there »King replied.
Grabbing two mugs,a bag of coffee and a teabag he made his way down the stepstool before setting his load on the kitchen table and reaching for a kettle.
« Personally i wouldn’t mind a bit of peace and quiet these days, everyone back at Jess’ house can be nice, but it’s a bit hard to be alone with your thoughts when everyone around sings your praises everytime you sneeze. And Jerry’s house isn’t the definition of quiet either » Zach said taking a seat at the table.
« Well i can’t really emphatize with the «singing your praises » part, but i definitely get what you mean, I said i got used to the constant company, but i don’t think i could ever get used to having to wash soil out of my fur, especially because it always got EVERYWHERE »
« Yeesh » Zach grimaced « you know, that reminds me of that one time Keene called me to …
The two continued their conversation for quite a while, sharing annectodes and jokes with one another. King really enjoyed talking with Zach, the two had met by chance one day and immediatly struck a liking to one another, perhaps it was their similar nature, being both the local worrywarts, but there was also something to Zach that made you feel like you could be open to him about what’s on your mind, which King really needed. All of this made Zach and King fast friend, and King genuinely enjoyed spending time with Zach when he swung around Babylon Garden. Still King was pretty sure that Zach was currently spending his time at Jessica’s place and couldn’t help but wonder what he could have come all the way here to tell him. So when their current conversation started to die down, King asked :
« So, you said earlier you wanted to tell me something »
Suddently, the anxiety that had left Zach throughout their conversation came back and King couldn’t help but notice that Zach was suddently making an effort to avoid looking him in the eyes, which certainly wasn’t easing his own rising anxiety.
« Oh yeah, so uhm…you remember that time you told me about how you used to be human and a griffon turned you into a corgi and i realised that was the same griffon that had been trapped into the temple and that i accidentaly released »
« Oh you’re still worried about that ?» he asked, relaxing « Like i told you, I don’t hold you responsible. Like you said it was an accident, you shouldn’t beat yourself up over it, the only one responsible for the actions of that as-er… oversized feather duster is himself »King then took on a thoughtfull expression before adding « and those two doofus that enabled him, but you only were at the wrong place at the wrong time so you shouldn’t blame yourself »
« Oh no it’s not exactly about that » Zach said « I mean, I do still feel kind of bad about it, what I was trying to say was that at the time even after your reassurance that it wasn’t my fault I still felt pretty guilty, and when things like that happen I write about them in my diary, it help my parse through my feeling you know»
« Yeah ? »
« The thing is »Zach said « There was a period where some of the raccoons would steal my diary and copy it to make holy scriptures out of it, and since I wasn’t exactly a fan of my private innermost thoughts being shared to thousands of persons I kept trying to find a hiding spot for it they wouldn’t find and eventually I fond one »
A picture was slowing forming inside King’s head, and he didn’t really like how it looked, still he urged Zach on : « Continue »
« And I guess they must have kind of forgotten about it, and so did I for the most part, and so when I moved in with Jess i didn’t pay extremely close attention to where I hid my diary, and this week it was Ink’s turn the clean around the house and so –»
« PRAISE AVATAR SHORTY, PRAISE HIS STUBBY LEGS ! » Bellowed a chorus of voices interrupting Zach.
Surprised Zach turned to his head in the direction of the voices which were, he realised, clearly comming from the backward.
« …And so…yeah »Zach said, swallowing while slowly turning his head back to face King.
When Zach took a look at King he saw that his face held the most neutral expression he had ever seen on the corgi, it must have been either that he was making a collosal effort to keep it neutral or that the multiple aneurysms he was currently expenriencing had rendered his facial muscles inoperative.
Either ways he wasn’t saying anything and Zach didn’t have it in him to do so either.
After what must have been the longest 3 seconds of Zach entire life King simply said :
« So, do all woodland animal listen to rap ? »
Lastly i'll aim to update once every two week but if i don't manage that i'll try update at least once a month.
Anyway without further ado:
_________________________________________
Ye of little height.
Chapter 1 :
Some…ok no, pretty much anyone who had ever met him would describe him as a generaly pessimistic and anxious person, and King had to admit that was not necessarly wrong. It was true that he had a tendency to worry about most things and that his mind tended to latch onto all the worst case scenarios, even the more absurds ones.
Although to be fair,while the idea of your children getting sucked inside a interdimentional portal that spontaneously appeared in your living room was absurd, how much more absurd was it than say, the idea of a gryphon appearing in your jail cell and turning you into a corgi so he can use you as an avatar for a game of cosmic DnD ? And given that this episode was far from the only curveball life ever threw at him, King, despite everyone’s advice, King still held fast onto his anxiety.
Which is why, he was quick to adopt the same tense expression that Zach greeted him with when he opened the door.
« Hi. » said Zach.
« …Hi » replied King « How are you ? Did you come to see me ? »
« Oh,uh…I’m good,I’m good »Zach said even though his anxious expression gave another answer, King also noticed that he kept stealing small glances behind him as if looking for someone, even though the street where pretty much empty. « And, uh, yeah i wanted to talk to you about something »
« Oh, okay well come in then »King said retreating in direction of the kitchen.
« Thank you. »Zach said, casting one last look over his shoulder before stepping in and closing the door behind him. « I hope i’m not bothering you, I did come unprompted ».
« Oh no don’t worry about it, Bill and Bailey went into town for the pups’ health checkup and Fox is doing his shift at the station, so I was home alone up until now »King said, making his way into the kitchen and grabbing a step stool « Which honestly feels a bit strange, I mean, even if the wolf’s house is big, with this many people in it you tend to bumb into someone all of the time, and even here in between Bailey,Fox,Bill and the puppies it doesn’t feel any less crowded. But i think i ended up getting used to it so the house being empty feels a little weird. All of that is to say, I appreciate the company »He said while climbing on the step stool to open one of the cupboard « Do you want something to drink ? »King asked as he started reaching for the cups.
« Maybe if you have some tea? »Zach replied
« Oh yeah we have some, Tarot gifted us some lavender tea a while ago but none of us really drink tea so it’s just been sitting there »King replied.
Grabbing two mugs,a bag of coffee and a teabag he made his way down the stepstool before setting his load on the kitchen table and reaching for a kettle.
« Personally i wouldn’t mind a bit of peace and quiet these days, everyone back at Jess’ house can be nice, but it’s a bit hard to be alone with your thoughts when everyone around sings your praises everytime you sneeze. And Jerry’s house isn’t the definition of quiet either » Zach said taking a seat at the table.
« Well i can’t really emphatize with the «singing your praises » part, but i definitely get what you mean, I said i got used to the constant company, but i don’t think i could ever get used to having to wash soil out of my fur, especially because it always got EVERYWHERE »
« Yeesh » Zach grimaced « you know, that reminds me of that one time Keene called me to …
The two continued their conversation for quite a while, sharing annectodes and jokes with one another. King really enjoyed talking with Zach, the two had met by chance one day and immediatly struck a liking to one another, perhaps it was their similar nature, being both the local worrywarts, but there was also something to Zach that made you feel like you could be open to him about what’s on your mind, which King really needed. All of this made Zach and King fast friend, and King genuinely enjoyed spending time with Zach when he swung around Babylon Garden. Still King was pretty sure that Zach was currently spending his time at Jessica’s place and couldn’t help but wonder what he could have come all the way here to tell him. So when their current conversation started to die down, King asked :
« So, you said earlier you wanted to tell me something »
Suddently, the anxiety that had left Zach throughout their conversation came back and King couldn’t help but notice that Zach was suddently making an effort to avoid looking him in the eyes, which certainly wasn’t easing his own rising anxiety.
« Oh yeah, so uhm…you remember that time you told me about how you used to be human and a griffon turned you into a corgi and i realised that was the same griffon that had been trapped into the temple and that i accidentaly released »
« Oh you’re still worried about that ?» he asked, relaxing « Like i told you, I don’t hold you responsible. Like you said it was an accident, you shouldn’t beat yourself up over it, the only one responsible for the actions of that as-er… oversized feather duster is himself »King then took on a thoughtfull expression before adding « and those two doofus that enabled him, but you only were at the wrong place at the wrong time so you shouldn’t blame yourself »
« Oh no it’s not exactly about that » Zach said « I mean, I do still feel kind of bad about it, what I was trying to say was that at the time even after your reassurance that it wasn’t my fault I still felt pretty guilty, and when things like that happen I write about them in my diary, it help my parse through my feeling you know»
« Yeah ? »
« The thing is »Zach said « There was a period where some of the raccoons would steal my diary and copy it to make holy scriptures out of it, and since I wasn’t exactly a fan of my private innermost thoughts being shared to thousands of persons I kept trying to find a hiding spot for it they wouldn’t find and eventually I fond one »
A picture was slowing forming inside King’s head, and he didn’t really like how it looked, still he urged Zach on : « Continue »
« And I guess they must have kind of forgotten about it, and so did I for the most part, and so when I moved in with Jess i didn’t pay extremely close attention to where I hid my diary, and this week it was Ink’s turn the clean around the house and so –»
« PRAISE AVATAR SHORTY, PRAISE HIS STUBBY LEGS ! » Bellowed a chorus of voices interrupting Zach.
Surprised Zach turned to his head in the direction of the voices which were, he realised, clearly comming from the backward.
« …And so…yeah »Zach said, swallowing while slowly turning his head back to face King.
When Zach took a look at King he saw that his face held the most neutral expression he had ever seen on the corgi, it must have been either that he was making a collosal effort to keep it neutral or that the multiple aneurysms he was currently expenriencing had rendered his facial muscles inoperative.
Either ways he wasn’t saying anything and Zach didn’t have it in him to do so either.
After what must have been the longest 3 seconds of Zach entire life King simply said :
« So, do all woodland animal listen to rap ? »