Chapter 1

Welcome to 'The Inn'

{It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, on days like these…}

"Why isn't anyone staying here?!" The owner paces, ranting to her sister over the phone. "Last summer I had a line, a line Rose! Every room was reserved within the first week of June! Now? It's the middle of September! September Rose and I haven't seen anyone. No walk-ins, no calls, not even a blip on our web-site! It's like a ghost town out here." She rubs her temples. "I don't understand what's goin on?

"It's just a bad year Katt, you've had them before." Rose speaks over the phone. "Remember when you first opened 'The Inn'? It's what you signed up for fallowing your dream.

"I know," Katt sighs "but I've had this place running for 7 years now."She continues to pace the communal front room. "The first 2 years were bad The third year was okay, the fourth? Wonderful! Now at 7 years? This is dead,"she sits down on the L shaped couch "completely and utterly dead." she whines "This sucks and they just raised the land taxes again."

"Don't be so dramatic little sister." Huffs a laugh over the phone.

Katt pouts as she slumps over. "M'not bein dramatic." Gets comfortable as she whines pitifully. "When're ya comin home? You've been gone fer ages.

Rose sighs. "I've only been gone 5 months Katt. I'll be back in 3 more. You'll survive til then. Hows Lou-Lou?"

Huffs. "She's good. Stopped by yesterday, said she'd stop by tomorrow or the day after fer dinner. How's the book signing tour?"

"Boring for the most part, got another 3 hours before I gotta get ready for a radio interview." Rose exclaims.

Katt stretches out fully on the couch. "Sounds fun, text me the stations broadcast and I'll listen in. Hey, you ever hear back from that movie producer? Wasn't he-" The door chime rings as someone enters. "Oh! Hold on, got a potential customer." She hops up and skips towards her registration area. "~Customer, customer, cust-~" Stops as she turns the corner. "Uh…"

"Katt? Hey, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

Blinking a few times to make sure she sees what she thinks she sees. 'Nope, still there.' 8 skeletons are standing in her front lobby. "…I'm gonna have to call you back Rose."

"Hey, wait a min-" Rose tries to stop the inevitable.

"Love ya, bye." Hangs up. An eerie silence settles around them until it is broken by a rather tall Skeleton in blue jeans, a white shirt, and a billowing red scarf.

"GASP!" Papyrus gasps dramatically. "LOOK SANS!" He runs up, grabs a hold of Katt and lifts her plump form into a bone crushing hug. "IT'S A HUMAN!" He skips back to Sans as he holds her like a much loved teddy bear. "AND THEY ARE SQWUISHY!" Nuzzles her head…and sniff her hair.

Sans chuckles. "I see that Pap, though might wanna put er down. She don't seem ta need a lift."

Papyrus stomps his foot."AHH! SANS!" He holds her closer, if possible."NO MORE PUNS! I WONT HAVE YOU INFECTING OUR NEW HUMAN FRIEND WITH YOUR HORRIBEL PUNS!"

Katt squeaks as he squeezes the air right out of her. "Uh-" Trying to speak through her shock of literally being lifted up by a skeleton. 'Shit! How strong is he? I ain't no feather and does he have to keep squeezing me like that?' She tries to struggle, but her arms are trapped between her body and his bony chest. She looks over when a dark chuckle is heard to see another skeleton, albeit shorter than the one holding her, looking at her like a piece of meat. Takes in his large black jacket with a fluffy hood, his red eye-lights, his gold tooth, but most worrisome…his sharp, shark like teeth.

"Come on Paps, let sweet cheeks down so we can get a good look at 'er." Winks when he notices her looking at him. Laughs when she sees her cheeks tint a light pink.

Katt's eyes widen when another sharped toothed skeleton smacks the back of the shorter skeletons head. Wincing at his loud voice. 'Definitely doesn't know what an inside voice is.'

"RED! KEEP YOUR LECHUROUS THOUGHTS TO YOURSELF! WE ARE HERE CONDUCTING BUSINESS!" He turns to Papyrus, glaring at them both. "PAPYRUS! PUT DOWN THAT WORTHLESS HUMAN FEMALE AND HELP US FIND THE OWNER OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT!"

"Hey! I-" Katt tries to argue that she is the owner, but is completely ignored and out voiced by everyone.'Worhtless?! How dare he!' But, apparently Sans, the skeleton in an orange hoody with a sucker sticking out of his mandible, another tall sharp toothed skeleton but with a gold tooth like Red wearing a spiked black dog collar, and Red take notice.

"Uh…" Red looks at her, starting to connect the dots as red beads of sweat form on his skull. "Boss? I think-"

Edge completely ignores Red as he looks around for the 'owner'. "NOT NOW RED! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I AM BUSY?!"

Blackberry is inspecting the decor. "THIS PLACE IS AN EYESOCKET SORE! EVEN SWINE HAVE BETTER TASTE THAN THIS!" Turns to Katt, ignoring her murderous look. "YOU! FEMALE WORKER SLAVE! WHERE IS THE OWNER?! WE WANT TO SPEAK TO THEM! BE QUICK, WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL DAY!

A short skeleton wearing a blue bandanna scowls at his darker twin. "BE NICE BLACKBERRY!" Black merely growls at Blue. "THAT IS NO WAY TO SPEAK TO A NEW FRIEND!" Turns to Katt. "WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE OWNER PLEASE HUMAN WORKER! MWEH HEH HEH!" Strikes a pose as his bandanna, somehow, waves from an invisible breeze. At that, they all turn their eye-lights to Katt as Papyrus continues to cuddle her close, nuzzling her short blue hair.

Katt takes a slow, deep, breath. "May. I. Speak. Now?" Red and Sans are both sweating as they nod. "Great." She looks up at Papyrus. "Please set me down." Papyrus does so gently. "Now," smiles pleasantly as she looks at everyone. "how may I be of assistance to you gentleman today?"

Edge scoffs at her. "WE DON'T WANT SOME LOWLY WORKER! WE WANT TO SPEAK TO THE OWNER!"

Black tsks. "COULD YOU NOT UNDERSTANT ONE SIMPLE REQUEST YOU WEAK MINDED FEMALE!" Besides Edge, Blueberry, and himself; the other skeles are sweating. All connecting the dots to their horror.

Katt swallows down her anger and smiles sharply. "Oh, well then. How foolish of me." Simply walks around them to behind the counter and turns to the group of skeletons. "Hello, my name is Katt Seeley, owner of 'The Inn'." Smiles with nothing but sharp edges and a fire in her eyes. "How may I help you?"

{Skeletons POV before and after they walk in}

Edge looks up at the large gated Inn. "WHAT SELF RESPECTING HUMAN NAMES THEIR PLACE OF WORK 'THE INN'?!"

Red snickers. "Ya see the name of the street?" They all turn to see the street sign at the end of the road. "Ha!" Continues to snicker. "Welcome to 'The Inn' right on 'Bite Me' boulevard." Sans, Red, Stretch, and Rus burst out laughing while the others groan.

Rus chuckles. "Oh, oh stars. I needed that." Snickers as Black glares at him. "So, we goin in or what?

Black rolls his eye-lights. "OBVIOUSLY! THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT MEETS ALL OUR STANDARDS!"

Sans just grins at the find. "E-yup. Not too close to a city or town. Three story building, plus a basement, and about fifteen acres of land." He sighs wistfully. "It's perfect. Just gotta convince the owner ta sell it ta us."

Reds grin turns feral. "And if they refuse?"

Edge tsks. "THERE ISN'T ANYTHING HUMANS WONT DO FOR THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEY! THE HUMAN WILL SELL, AND IF THEY DO REFUSE…" chuckles evilly. "WE JUST HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM TO CHANGE THEIR MIND!" They all pass the wrought iron gate and head up the few steps. 'Aweful Colors, The Owner Clearly Has No Taste In Decorum.' Snorts. "THIS COLOR SCHEME WILL HAVE TO GO ONCE WE BUT IT!"

"REALLY?" Papyrus looks up at the cream colored house with light blue shutters. "IT MAY NOT BE MY FAVORITE COLORS, BUT THEY DO COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS VERY WELL."

Paps' right. The point is ta blend in, not stand out Edge." Sans side-eyes him. "Which I'm sure a red building with black shutters would." smirks when Edge harrumphs. "Glad we understand." He opens the door to the sound of bells ringing. 'Huh, nice sound.' As they walk in, he takes the chance to look around the nicely furnished and openly warm set-up. 'Nice, feels open and warm, Probly lots a good memories and emotions made here. That's a good sign. Usually means the people workin here got a good amount a Kindness.' He hears someone coming around the corner. "Here we go." A young woman steps around the corner, cell phone in hand. Watches her brown eyes widen in shock. He can hear another woman's voice through the phone as the brings it close to her pierced ear.

"...I'm gonna have to call you back Rose. Love ya, bye." She hangs up, pockets the phone, and an eerie silence ensues.

"GASP!" Papyrus gasps dramatically. "LOOK SANS!" He runs towards the woman and grabs her, lifting her plump body into a bone crushing hug. "IT'S A HUMAN!" He skips back to Sans as he hugs the shell-shocked woman. "AND THEY ARE SQWUISHY!" Everyone watches Pap nuzzle the woman's short blue hair, taking in her scent.

Sans chuckles. "I see that Pap, though might wanna put er down. She don't seem ta need a lift."

Black looks around the interior, ignoring the cream puffs ranting at his brother. 'It's To Bright In Here! Not Enough Escape Routes. To Open!' He hears the woman gasp, he turns to see the cream puff literally squeezing the life out of her. He ignores Reds perverted chuckle and wink at the woman.

"Come on Paps, let sweet cheeks down so we can get a good look at 'er."

Edge smacks the back of Reds skull. "RED! KEEP YOUR LECHUROUS THOUGHTS TO YOURSELF! WE ARE HERE CONDUCTING BUSINESS!" He turns to Papyrus and looks at the woman, taking in her short blue hair, six piercings in her ears, big brown eyes, lightly tanned skin, and her well endowed thick body. 'She Looks…Soft. Definitely Not Like The Other Small Females We've Come Across Who Run At Just The Site Of Us. Even The Cream Puff.' Looks back at Papyrus. "PAPYRUS! PUT DOWN THAT WORTHLESS HUMAN FEMALE AND HELP US FIND THE OWNER OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT!"

Red looks over at the woman when she tries to voice her opinion on being called worthless by his brother, then getting ignored by everyone else. He would have laughed at her irritation, but when no other worker seems to be coming in to investigate all the noise they are making, he starts to slowly connect the dots at where the 'Owner' could be. Red beads of sweat start to take form on his skull. "Uh…Boss? I think-" He is ignored by his brother as he looks to Sans for help. Notices that he, the ashtray, and the mutt have all come to the same conclusion. 'Oh boy, this isn't good.' They really start to sweat as Black calls her a 'Human Worker Slave' and Blue trying to defend her. They all sigh in relief and stiffen as the owner is questioned on where the 'Owner' is.

She takes a slow, deep, breath. "May. I. Speak. Now?" They all shudder lightly at her cold words. They nod hesitantly."Great." They see her look up at Papyrus kindly. "Please set me down." They all hold their metaphorical breath as he does so. "Now," she smiles pleasantly at them. "how may I be of assistance to you gentleman today?"

Red groans at Edges reply. 'Welp, we're getting kicked out. Heh, hasn't even been 10 minutes.'

Rus sighs at his brother. 'Bye-bye potential home.'

Stretch closes his sockets in frustration. 'Ugh, I wonder if this can be salvaged? I need a smoke.'

Sans hangs his skull in embarrassment 'Dammit guys!' They watch her swallow her anger and smiles sharply.

"Oh, well then. How foolish of me." They watch her simply walk around them to behind her counter. All of them now figured out who they have been speaking to. "Hello, my name is Katt Seeley. Owner of 'The Inn'." She smiles with nothing but sharp edges and a fire in her eyes. "How may help you?"