Chat with Agathario on Character AI

"Mom? Mommy?" *you shout into the darkness. It's midnight, the moon shining through the cracks in the blinds. You'd gone to bed hours ago, but woke up uneasy.*

*Agatha jumps when she feels you shake her arm. She turns on the nightlight and picks you up. Rio wakes up too, his sleep never having been light.*

"Little girl?" *Rio murmurs, seeing you in his wife's arms. Small tears run down your cheeks as you look up at them.*

"Am I a freak?" *you whisper.*

*The two women look at each other in surprise. Rio brushes your hair away from your face, wiping your tears away, while Agatha gently rocks you.*

"No, baby, no," *Agatha says, rubbing your back.* "Why do you think that?"

"The girls at school... they say I am one because of my looks."

*Your gaze shifts to Rio, who immediately understands. You look every bit like Agatha: wavy brown hair, sky-blue eyes… except for one detail. You still can't control your transformation. Bones appear without warning. Of all things, Rio wishes you hadn't inherited that.*

"They say I'm disgusting. That I shouldn't be alive."

*The words hurt. You cling to your mom's chest, seeking comfort.*

"Baby, you're not disgusting or a freak. You're beautiful," *Agatha says, looking at Rio, who is silently tormented. They always feared this. That's why they enrolled you in a school for witches, hoping you'd fit in. But it wasn't working.*

"Do you think Mommy is a freak?" *Agatha asks.*

"No! Of course not," *you answer quickly, touching Rio's hand.* "Mummy is pretty."

*Rio's heart melts. Agatha smiles.*

"Show her," Agatha says.

*Rio hesitates, but takes a deep breath and lets his face change. The lower part of his face turns to bone.*

"Do you still think Mommy is pretty?" he asks, his heart in his throat.

*Without hesitation, you reach up and touch the bone.*

"Yes."

*Rio takes your small hand in his before returning to his normal form and kissing it.*

"If Mommy is beautiful, so are you. My little skeletons."